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  2. 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]

  3. Satellite phone - Wikipedia

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    Satellite phone ( Inmarsat) in use in Nias, Indonesia, in April 2005 after the Nias–Simeulue earthquake. A satellite telephone, satellite phone or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to other phones or the telephone network by radio link through satellites orbiting the Earth instead of terrestrial cell sites, as cellphones do.

  4. SPOT Satellite Messenger - Wikipedia

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    SPOT Satellite Messenger. SPOT is a GPS tracking device that uses the Globalstar satellite network [1] to provide text messaging and GPS tracking (depending on the subscription type purchased). [2] [3] It has a coverage area that includes a large portion of the planet, with the exception of extreme northern and southern latitudes and parts of ...

  5. History of mobile phones - Wikipedia

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    The second generation introduced a new variant of communication called SMS or text messaging. It was initially available only on GSM networks but spread eventually on all digital networks. The first machine-generated SMS message was sent in the UK on 3 December 1992 followed in 1993 by the first person-to-person SMS sent in Finland.

  6. History of the Internet - Wikipedia

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    The texting phenomenon began on December 3, 1992, when Neil Papworth sent the first text message of "Merry Christmas" over a commercial cell phone network to the CEO of Vodafone. The first mobile phone with Internet connectivity was the Nokia 9000 Communicator, launched in Finland in 1996. The viability of Internet services access on mobile ...

  7. Walkie-talkie - Wikipedia

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    Walkie-talkie. Recreational, toy and amateur radio walkie-talkies. Assorted two-way FRS and GMRS walkie talkies with hand mic. A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver ( HT ), is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio ...

  8. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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    Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters, between two or more users of mobile devices, desktops/laptops, or another type of compatible computer. Text messages may be sent over a cellular network or may also be sent via satellite or Internet ...

  9. List of music video television channels - Wikipedia

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    Foxtel Smooth (defunct) Fuse (music video programming discontinued) FM TV (aka First Music Television) (Lebanon) Free TV (defunct) Gaan Bangla. Gospel Music Channel (defunct) Great American Country. Go TV. GTV (music video programming discontinued)