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  2. Pager - Wikipedia

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    The first telephone pager system was patented in 1949 by Alfred J. Gross. [7] Intended for the use of physicians, there was initial resistance to the idea of being permanently on-call, according to Gross. [8] One of the first practical paging services was launched in 1950 for physicians in the New York City area. [9]

  3. Al Gross (engineer) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 2024 Lebanon pager explosions - Wikipedia

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    In February 2024, Hezbollah's secretary-general, Hassan Nasrallah, instructed the group's members to use pagers instead of cell phones, claiming that Israel had infiltrated their cell phone network. [32] [33] Hezbollah then purchased Gold Apollo AR924 pagers, a brand new to them, [34] [35] [36] about five months before the explosions. [37]

  5. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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    As phone lines became more popular—between 1942 and 1962, the number of phones in the U.S. grew 230% to 76 million—telephone companies realized they would run out of phone numbers.

  6. How could pagers in Lebanon have been rigged to explode? - AOL

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    First responders carry a man who was wounded after his pager exploded in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, on Sept. 17, 2024. ... a University of Texas at Austin professor who studies how ...

  7. Martin Cooper (inventor) - Wikipedia

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    Martin Cooper (inventor) Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928) is an American engineer. He is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, especially in radio spectrum management, with eleven patents in the field. [2][3] On April 3, 1973, he placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone while working at Motorola, from ...

  8. Meet the person Mark Stoops calls ‘invaluable’ to Kentucky ...

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    Solving a logistics problem at Mississippi State. Take Kentucky’s 2023 game at Mississippi State. The Cats would normally stay in Columbus (30 minutes away) or Tupelo (45 minutes away).

  9. 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.