EE and Vodafone are down — live updates on these outages
We're covering these outages to get to the bottom of what's happened, who's affected and how long they will take to get fixed.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-24T11:48:40+00:00
Title: Who is impacted?
Content:
Looks like the outages for EE and Vodafone are pretty spread out in main city areas of network congestion!
Oddly, in our own testing, Tom's Guide writers don't seem to be having call issues... We'll investigate this further.
Update:
Date: 2025-07-24T11:42:17+00:00
Title: What is affected?
Content:
Looking at the % splits on what people are reporting, an overwhelming majority are point to mobile connectivity problems — specifically the ability to make or receive calls.
Vodafone's customer support has acknowledged a similar issue. "Due to some technical issues some customers will be experiencing issues making or receiving calls," the rep said on X.
Hey there 👋 We're really sorry, but due to some technical issues some customers will be experiencing issues making or receiving calls, we know how important it is for you to have this working and we're working really hard to fix this as soon as possible. AbhayJuly 24, 2025
Update:
Date: 2025-07-24T11:39:57+00:00
Title: Tale of the tape (so far)
Content:
So here's what has gone down so far:
Both seem to be concentrated in Manchester and London being the two worst-hit areas.
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