Cellphone Outage in Denmark Causes Widespread Disruption and Hits Emergency Services

Cellphone Outage in Denmark Causes Widespread Disruption and Hits Emergency Services
A large Danish flag during the Pro Am event prior to the start of the Made in Denmark at Himmerland Golf & Spa Resort in Aalborg, Denmark on May 22, 2019. Andrew Redington/Getty Images
The Associated Press
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COPENHAGEN—One of Denmark’s largest cellphone networks suffered severe outages Thursday that prevented people from contacting emergency services, forced at least one hospital to reduce non-critical medical care, and prompted security services in some regions to patrol the streets in search of people in need of help.

The network provider, TDC Net, said in a press release Thursday afternoon that the problems were likely due to an update carried out in the past 24 hours and they had no reason to believe that disruptions could be due to cyber attacks.