India, June 10 -- Thousands of Verizon Communications users in Texas reported outages with Verizon's network on Tuesday afternoon. In response, Verizon confirmed on social media that its service in Texas has been affected after a fiber cut and they are working to restore it.

Among the areas affected were parts of West Texas and areas in the Texas Panhandle, such as Amarillo, Odessa, San Angelo, and Midland. Users complained that their phones were stuck on "SOS Only" mode and were unable to connect to the network.

In response to a question from a user on X, the X account of Verizon Support confirmed the problem following the fiber cut.

It read: "A fiber cut is causing a service interruption for customers in the West Texas area. Our engi...