Widespread Rogers outage affects 911 calls, passport offices

Rogers Communications has been hit with a widespread network outage that has left many customers without mobile and internet service Friday morning.

A notice on the Toronto-based telecommunications company's website said the outage is impacting both its wireless and home service customers and is also affecting phone and chat support. 

"We are aware of issues currently affecting our networks and our teams are fully engaged to resolve the issue as soon as possible," Rogers said in a tweet.

Asked what caused the outage, how many customers were impacted and where and when service might return, Rogers spokesperson Chloe Luciani referred The Canadian Press back to the tweet.