AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon confirm service outages for customers abroad

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon, the three major cellular carriers in the U.S., on Thursday said a roaming outage is affecting customers traveling internationally.

The outage means that customers who are abroad are currently unlikely to be able to make phone calls, send text messages or use cellular data. 

T-Mobile told CBS MoneyWatch that the carrier is "one of several providers impacted by a third-party vendor's issue that is intermittently affecting some international roaming service." The company added that it is working with the vendor to resolve the outage and restore service for customers.