For several hours on Wednesday, many cellphones on the AT&T network in Anchorage couldn't make outgoing phone calls, including to 911. AT&T customers in Juneau and the Mat-Su also reported the outage, which appeared to have been resolved by 10:45 p.m., according to the Anchorage Police Department.
During the outage, Anchorage police advised anyone who needed to call 911 to use a landline or a cellphone on another network until the problem was fixed.
AT&T director of communications Andy Colley said that the issue began Wednesday afternoon and affected wireless service in Anchorage and "some additional cell sites in the state." It was not immediately clear what caused the outage.