Difference between revisions of "Pager"
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A pager is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric messages. | A pager is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric messages. | ||
==Pagers in Singapore== | ==Pagers in Singapore== | ||
The pager was an ubitiquous communications device in the 1980s and 1990s in Singapore, as an alternative to the [[mobile phone]], the latter of which had a high price tag in the range of $900-$2,000 [[Singapore dollar|SGD]]. Till the emergence of competitors like [[Hutchison Paging]], [[SunPage]] and [[M1]] in the 1990s, [[SingTel]] (then known as Telecommunications Equipment) was the only paging services provider then. [[Motorola]] was the dominant pager manufacturer in Singapore, although local brand [[Avont | The pager was an ubitiquous communications device in the 1980s and 1990s in Singapore, as an alternative to the [[mobile phone]], the latter of which had a high price tag in the range of $900-$2,000 [[Singapore dollar|SGD]]. Till the emergence of competitors like [[Hutchison Paging]], [[SunPage]] and [[M1]] in the 1990s, [[SingTel]] (then known as Telecommunications Equipment) was the only paging services provider then. [[Motorola]] was the dominant pager manufacturer in Singapore, although local brand [[Avont Innovations]] also had a share in the market. | ||
SunPage was the last provider in the market to bow out of paging services, ending the use of pagers in Singapore in April 2012, close to 20 years after the heyday of the pager. | SunPage was the last provider in the market to bow out of paging services, ending the use of pagers in Singapore in April 2012, close to 20 years after the heyday of the pager. | ||
Revision as of 23:03, 2 September 2013
A pager is a wireless telecommunications device that receives and displays alphanumeric messages.
Pagers in Singapore
The pager was an ubitiquous communications device in the 1980s and 1990s in Singapore, as an alternative to the mobile phone, the latter of which had a high price tag in the range of $900-$2,000 SGD. Till the emergence of competitors like Hutchison Paging, SunPage and M1 in the 1990s, SingTel (then known as Telecommunications Equipment) was the only paging services provider then. Motorola was the dominant pager manufacturer in Singapore, although local brand Avont Innovations also had a share in the market.
SunPage was the last provider in the market to bow out of paging services, ending the use of pagers in Singapore in April 2012, close to 20 years after the heyday of the pager.