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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.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. 2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) Remnants of a Hezbollah pager that exploded on September 17, 2024 Location Lebanon and Syria Date 17–18 September 2024 Target Hezbollah members Weapons Pagers (Day 1) Walkie-talkies (Day 2) Deaths 42 ...
A buzzer or beeper is an audio signaling device, [1] which may be mechanical, electromechanical, or piezoelectric (piezo for short). Typical uses of buzzers and beepers include alarm devices , timers , train and confirmation of user input such as a mouse click or keystroke.
Lebanese officials have urged citizens with pagers to discard them, warned hospitals to be on “high alert,” and asked health workers to urgently report to work to assist with the “large ...
The Kremlin warned that the region was in an “explosive state” while its foreign ministry called the pager attacks an “act of hybrid warfare” aimed at provoking a major war.
Lebanon has been targeted twice in the past two days by exploding pagers and handheld radios in deadly attacks that have killed more than two dozen people and wounded thousands.
Another breakthrough came in 1949 when he adapted his two-way radios to one-way for cordless remote telephonic signaling. He had effectively invented the first telephone pager system. His intention for this system was to be used by medical doctors, but was met with skepticism by doctors who were afraid the system would upset patients. [6]
The senior Lebanese security source said the group had ordered 5,000 beepers made by Taiwan-based Gold Apollo, which several sources say were brought into the country in the spring.