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  2. Are our smartphones and devices safe? Experts speak out ... - AOL

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    Pagers across Lebanon have exploded in what appears to be a highly advanced and unexpected deadly attack. At least 12 people are dead and thousands have been injured in the incident.

  3. 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 ...

  4. How did the Hezbollah pager explosions happen? 5 things to know

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    Pager technology is simpler than a cellphone and carries lower risks for intercepted communications. Both attacks are widely believed to be carried out by Israel. Hezbollah and Lebanon immediately ...

  5. Doctors and first responders are among those who still use pagers

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    They run on batteries and radio waves, making them impervious to dead zones without WiFi, basements without cell service, hackings and catastrophic network collapses such as those during the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Some medical professionals and emergency workers prefer pagers to cell phones or use the devices in combination.

  6. 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]

  7. Cell site - Wikipedia

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    Cellular lattice tower A cell tower in the bush in Africa. A cell site, cell phone tower, cell base tower, or cellular base station is a cellular-enabled mobile device site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed (typically on a radio mast, tower, or other raised structure) to create a cell, or adjacent cells, in a cellular network.

  8. 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks - Wikipedia

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    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] The attack killed at least 42 people, including at least 12 civilians, and wounded more than 3,000. [7][9][10] The incident was described as Hezbollah's ...

  9. How did pagers explode in Lebanon and why was Hezbollah using ...

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    The Iran-backed militant group said the wireless devices began to explode around 3:30 p.m. local time in a targeted Israeli attack on Hezbollah operatives. CNN learned that Israel was behind the ...