Verizon Fined $1M by FCC for Repeated 911 Outages

The penalty follows two major outages in late 2022 that disrupted emergency services in several southeastern states.

The December 2022 outage affected 911 calls in six southeastern states for nearly two hours.
This incident followed a similar outage in October 2022, despite Verizon's mitigation efforts.
The FCC attributed the outages to poorly named and managed security policies within Verizon's system.
Verizon must now implement a compliance plan and report progress to the FCC over the next three years.
The fine reflects the FCC's commitment to ensuring reliable emergency communication services.