Outage impacting Telus and Koodo cell phone customers in B.C.

Telus and Koodo users are having difficulty making calls this afternoon, including calls to 9-1-1, according to the province's emergency communications centre.

"We are getting reports of a province-wide outage impacting cellphone customers in B.C.," the centre posted on Twitter today, May 30.

We are getting reports of a province-wide outage impacting @TELUS & @koodo cellphone customers in #BC. If you are experiencing an emergency, dial 9-1-1. If your call fails, please call back from another carrier or landline if possible #911BC pic.twitter.com/G22IVez3oJ

— E-Comm 9-1-1 (@EComm911_info) May 30, 2022

"If you are experiencing an emergency, dial 9-1-1. If your call fails, please call back from another carrier or landline if possible."

No service updates have been posted to either Telus or Koodo's social media pages as of 3 p.m.

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