AT&T restores service after hours of outage


A man stands next to the logo of Verizon at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain February 26 2019. REUTERSSergio PerezFile Photo

A man stands next to the logo of Verizon at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/File Photo

(Reuters) -AT&T said late on Thursday an outage that disrupted calls and text messages for thousands of U.S. users and prompted federal investigations was not caused by a cyberattack.

The carrier had restored wireless service for all affected customers, several hours after an outage that affected more than 70,000 users at its peak.

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