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MTS telephone service restored following Monday outage

MTS telephone users were unable to use their phones for hours Monday. Walther Bernthal

WINNIPEG – MTS says it has restored service to cellphone and landline customers following an outage Monday.

An equipment failure left customers unable to use their telephones for hours.

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Backup equipment also didn’t work properly, causing network congestion that affected phone service, the telephone provider said.

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