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Pagers were developed in the 1950s and 1960s, [3] ... It also marked one of the first consumer applications of the transistor (invented by Bell Labs in 1947), for ...
Pagers were the first iteration of ‘always on’ From the start, people have been ambivalent about pagers and the irksome feeling of being summoned when it's convenient for someone else. Inventor Al Gross, regarded by some as the “founding father” of wireless communication, patented the pager in 1949 intending to make it available to doctors.
11 February 1876: Elisha Gray invents a liquid transmitter for use with a telephone, but he did not make one. 14 February 1876 about 9:30 am: Gray or his lawyer brings Gray's patent caveat for the telephone to the Washington, D.C. Patent Office (a caveat was a notice of intention to file a patent application.
The UK's NHS was using around 130,000 pagers in 2019, more than one in 10 of the world's pagers, according to the government. More up-to-date figures were not available.
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 company’s founder and president, Hsu Ching-kuang, told reporters on Wednesday that the pagers were made by another company licensed to use its brand.
Motorola Pageboy was a pager produced by Motorola. In the 1960s, when pagers were mainly used by medical professionals, the Pageboy was considered "cutting edge and compact", measuring 5.25 inches by 2.36 inches. [1] As of 1967, low-frequency Pageboys were priced at $180, while very-high frequency VHP units cost $275 in the United States. [2]
The two ex-Mossad agents told US CBS News how the service duped Hezbollah into buying thousands of rigged walkie-talkies and pagers without realising they were made in Israel.