Some areas in Lebanon and Syria had suffered serial blasts. Pager is been used to do this blast. Yes, you are hearing right. It is Pager. People even forget this technology after the arrival of mobile and internet. But now all the security agency are trying to detect the reason.
But now the question arises which are those countries who are still using Pager. So in today’s story I will tell you which are those countries who are still using it?
First let discuss what is Pager?
Pager is a small wireless device which is use to receive or send a message which is called beeper. This technology was widely used in 1980s and 1990s. The time when mobile phones were rare.
Countries who are using Pager
- In USA, hospital and healthcare department still use Pager. The count is low but they still use it.
- Japan too use Pager technology for their communication system in healthcare department.
- In Britain, healthcare department use Pager a lot
- Canada also use Pager in their health services, emergency services and remote area.
- Switzerland too use Pager in there various sector
Why People still use Pager?
There are still many places in the world where internet coverage is very low. This are those places where calling, message and internet cannot work. Here Pager comes as hero as it works in even low coverage area.
In Pager, people get strong battery. In a single charging, it can go for week. Even it sends message faster than mobile.
Two type of Pager-
- One way pager: In this type of Pager people can receive message but cannot reply.
- Two way Pager: In this type of Pager people can do both receive and send message.
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