Today, having your own mobile phone is no longer something supernatural and a person with an average income can afford to use this device. But not so long ago, not every inhabitant of the planet had mobile phones. They were successfully replaced by pagers.
A pager is a device capable of receiving text messages from the operator it works with. Each pager on the network has its own number. This number is the unique identifier of the device and allows you to send a message to a specific subscriber.
Unlike a mobile phone or smartphone, and therefore, the subscriber is forced to use the services of the same provider. Subsequently, most companies providing communication services have learned to reflash user devices to attract more subscribers from other networks.
The main disadvantage of paging communication is the inability to respond in any way to a received message. As a result, it is completely unclear whether the subscriber received important information or whether it went unnoticed. In addition, it is often morally difficult to communicate with call center operators and provide them with some personal information. Any information. However, with the development of the Internet and the increase in the number of mobile phones, technologies were introduced that allow receiving e-mail or SMS messages on a pager.
Today, pagers are rarely used, but the technology has received a new development in car alarm and security systems. Companies providing services in this market in the 90s ceased to exist. However, there are still several large operators that continue to work in this direction.
