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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.
In general, all pagers are given unique telephone numbers so that callers could dial in and send a numeric message, such as their callback number or a numerically coded special message, such as room numbers to report to, etc. [1] However, alphanumeric pagers could only receive text messages when the message sender had installed software on ...
161.175 MHz (for tone/voice only and numeric pagers, probably for the alphanumeric pagers); 466.075 MHz (for tone/voice only, numeric and alphanumeric pagers, using the narrow frequencies of the TACS phone system) In France, POCSAG is operated by E*Message over the AlphaPage network on the 466 MHz frequency: 466.025 MHz; 466.050 MHz; 466.075 MHz
The Minitor is the most common voice pager used by emergency services in the United States. However, digital 2-way pagers that can display alpha-numeric characters can overcome some of the limitations of voice only pagers, are now starting to replace the Minitor pagers in certain applications.
Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol (TAP) is an industry-standard protocol for sending short messages via a land-line modem to a provider of pager and/or SMS services, for onward transmission to pagers and mobile phones.
Pagers grabbed headlines on Tuesday. But the tiny electronic devices remain a vital means of communication in some areas - such as healthcare and emergency services - thanks to their durability ...
With landlines, modems and pagers falling out of use in favor of all-digital always-connected broadband Internet and mobile phones, telephone numbers are now often used by data-only cellular devices, such as some tablet computers, digital televisions, video game controllers, and mobile hotspots, on which it is not even possible to make or ...
Radio-paging code No. 1; ReFLEX; T. Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol This page was last edited on 29 March 2013, at 06:08 (UTC). Text is available under the ...