Telus and Bell customers in Western Canada experience service outages

Teluscustomers in B.C. and Alberta experienced a widespread wireless service outage on Thursday.

Telus spokesperson Liz Sauvtold CBCthe problem lasted about an hourand 911 calling was not affected, although the company website still showed activeoutages at around 12 p.m. PTin Kamloopsand Nelson in B.C., and Calgary and Red Deer in Alberta.

Bell also said its customers in Western Canada "may be experiencing issues with their wireless services."

Users report having to reboottheir phone after being kicked off the network to re-establish service.