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  2. PageNet - Wikipedia

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    PageNet. PageNet , also known as Paging Network, Inc., was founded in 1981 by entrepreneur George Perrin and ceased in 1999. The company grew to become the largest wireless messaging company in the world, with more than 10 million pagers in service, and $1 billion in revenues, before the paging industry's rapid decline in the late 1990s.

  3. FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user ... - AOL

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    April 29, 2024 at 3:38 PM. Andrew Kelly/Reuters. The US government has issued millions of dollars in fines to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon after an investigation found the nation’s top ...

  4. Pager - Wikipedia

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    Pager. A pager, also known as a beeper or bleeper, [1] is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric or voice messages. One-way pagers can only receive messages, while response pagers and two-way pagers can also acknowledge, reply to, and originate messages using an internal transmitter. [2]

  5. FCC fines wireless carriers for sharing user locations ... - AOL

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    The Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers' location data without ...

  6. A Devastating Click: How an Email Scam Can Cost You Your Life ...

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    A Devastating Click: How an Email Scam Can Cost You Your Life Savings. It’s a story that’s becoming increasingly too common. A 60-year-old warehouse worker named Renato Calalang received an ...

  7. Personal flotation device - Wikipedia

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    Personal flotation devices being worn on a navy transport. A personal flotation device (PFD; also referred to as a life jacket, life preserver, life belt, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid or flotation suit) is a flotation device in the form of a vest or suit that is worn by a user to prevent the wearer from drowning in a body of water.

  8. Sick of those scam text messages? What you can do - AOL

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    Here is what you should do if you get a scam text: Copy the message, without clicking on a link, and forward it to 7726 (SPAM). This helps your wireless provider spot and block similar messages in ...

  9. Technical support scam - Wikipedia

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    Technical support scammers use social engineering and a variety of confidence tricks to persuade their victim of the presence of problems on their computer or mobile device, such as a malware infection, when there are no issues with the victim's device. The scammer will then persuade the victim to pay to fix the fictitious "problems" that they ...