pagers

A pager is an electronic device used to contact people via a paging network. It pre-dates mobile phone technology, being most popular during the 1980s and 1990s, but similarly uses radio transmissions to communicate between a control/call center and the recipient. Many of today's pagers use the FLEX on-air protocol. The slower POCSAG on-air protocol is still used for some pagers in the United States and probably in other countries. Motorola pager used in Brazil, in the '90s, operated by TeletrimPagers remain in use to notify emergency personnel. For example, they are required to be used by UK lifeboat men and retained firefighters. In this use, they can be thought of as a modern equivalent of maroon rockets. A common type of pager used to alert emergency personnel is the Motorola MINITOR pager. On a smaller scale, pagers are mostly carried by staff in medical establishments, allowing them to be summoned to emergencies. China's demand for cell phones and pagers has grown at a fast pace in the past decade. In the next five years, both production and demand will continue to grow. The latest selective examination of pagers showed that 92 percent of examined China-made pagers met state quality standards. The examination by the State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision covered 25 enterprises across China and found that 23 out of the 25 checked products qualified.