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  2. PageNet - Wikipedia

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    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. Who still uses pagers anyway? - AOL

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    The UK's NHS was using around 130,000 pagers in 2019, more than one in 10 of the world's pagers, according to the government. More up-to-date figures were not available. Doctors working in ...

  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. Motorola Pageboy II - Wikipedia

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    Motorola’s Pageboy II was launched in 1975 for the United States and 1976 for Europe in various types. Pb II 5-tone only 68–88 MHz / 146–174 MHz (US and Eur). Pb II tone only for 5-tone 80,6–88 MHz / 146–174 MHz (US). Pb II tone & voice radio for 2-tone signalling systems 68–88 MHz / 146–174 MHz (US). Pb II A04FNC Series radio ...

  6. Hezbollah pager explosions in Lebanon and Syria: Everything ...

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    What is a pager and why do Hezbollah use them? Pagers pre-date mobile phones, having been widely used in the 1980s and 1990s. They are a one-way communications device, allowing people to send a ...

  7. Things Boomers Took for Granted That are Obsolete Now

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    The first pager was originally developed for a hospital in 1949. One-way pager use hit its peak in 1998, and then began a rapid downward spiral. ... USA TODAY. A cat went missing in Wyoming. 2 ...

  8. Motorola Pageboy - Wikipedia

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    Motorola Pageboy was the second pager produced by Motorola with individual-unit addressing, [clarification needed] after the lesser-known "Handie-Talkie Radio Pocket Pager" from 1955. [citation needed] The first pager-like system was used in 1921 by the Detroit Police Department. However, the first pager that we would today recognize as such ...

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