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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]
2024 Lebanon pager explosions. On 17 and 18 September 2024, thousands of handheld pagers and hundreds of walkie-talkies intended for use by Hezbollah exploded simultaneously across Lebanon and Syria in an Israeli attack. [8] As of 22 September 2024, 42 people had died, [7][9] including at least 12 civilians. [10]
Irving " Al " Gross (/ ɡroʊs /; February 22, 1918 – December 21, 2000) was a pioneer in mobile wireless communication. He created and patented many communications devices, specifically in relation to an early version of the walkie-talkie, [1] Citizens' Band radio, [2] the telephone pager [2] and the cordless telephone.
History of mobile phones. A man talks on his mobile phone while standing near a conventional telephone box, which stands empty. Enabling technology for mobile phones was first developed in the 1940s but it was not until the mid-1980s that they became widely available. By 2011, it was estimated in Britain that more calls were made using mobile ...
Since 23 September 2024, Israel has conducted around 1,500 attacks on Hezbollah positions in Lebanon, [2] in an operation codenamed Northern Arrows. [a] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that Israeli aircraft targeted 1,600 Hezbollah positions, destroying cruise missiles, long- and short-range rockets and attack drones. [4]
Pre-existing pager numbers were already scattered under various codes in the 02xx to 09xx range and had 9 digits. Several services used non-standard 01 numbers. [31] These would all eventually be moved to 076 codes and to 10 digits in the Big Number Change in 2000. From 1998 onwards, new pager numbers began to be issued in parts of the 076 range.
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.
Overview. Founded by Hsu Ching-kuang in October 1995, Gold Apollo produces POCSAG / FLEX pager. Initially, the company only produced numeric pagers and focused on the domestic market. However, in 1999, when Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom announced it would no longer issue pager numbers, the pager market collapsed overnight.