SEATTLE (AP) -- T-Mobile subscribers are having problems sending text messages and receiving phone calls.
David Beigie, a T-Mobile spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement that the company has dispatched teams to fix the problem.
The statement describes the outage as "intermittent."
A just-released statement offers more insight into the problem, saying:
"We’re making good progress restoring voice and messaging service to affected customers. At this time, approximately 5 percent of T-Mobile customers are experiencing service disruptions. Issues began at approximately 5:30 p.m. Eastern time. Our rapid response team is working continuously to fully resolve this disruption. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that this has caused our customers."
This could be the second black eye for T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, in less than a month. In October, a server failure caused customers with Sidekick-brand phones to lose much of their data.
