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Isn’t the Pager already dead?

Pager We were having dessert at Cafe Breton in GB3 a while ago with the rest of the BoB thinking when we could record our next episode when our discussion rolled over to those ancient Nokia cellphones and the pager or beeper.

Aren’t they dead yet? At least, here in the Philippines. Easy Call used to be one of these paging companies but has now evolved into a call center (with clients like Wendy’s). Are there any other companies still into this?

Just curious.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

16 Comments

AhmedF says:

18 years ago

In a professional capacity where immediate access is required (eg doctors), pagers are still common. Of course, in that situation its more like ‘get here’ than ‘call me’
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

It’s dead in the Philippines. There’s not enough market for a “guaranteed delivery” messaging system like there still is in the US. But I guess placing a voice call works just as wel.
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Miguel says:

18 years ago

Out of curiosity, I could not find where Easycall houses its contact center. Their main place before in Libertad St. Mandaluyong was sold to ePLDT Ventus.
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leo says:

18 years ago

EasyCall’s address now is:
EasyCall House
2F Mary Bachrach Building
25th cor A.C. Delgado Sts
Port Area, Manila
(source: callcenter.mixph.com)
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edward says:

18 years ago

What do you think? I never used one before. Technology is evolving.
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beeps says:

18 years ago

EasyCallâ€™s address now is:
EasyCall House
2F Mary Bachrach Building
25th cor A.C. Delgado Sts
Port Area, Manila
(source: callcenter.mixph.com)
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beeps says:

18 years ago

Easycall office is just right here beside my office here in Port Area
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Francis Acero says:

17 years ago

In MC-16-10-2007, the National Telecommunications Commission revoked all access codes for pagers, noting that there were no longer any active paging companies in the Philippines.
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Bert says:

16 years ago

Which access codes were used for pagers in the Philippines? Like cellphones, starting with 9xx? Or landline-numbers? For an alphanumeric message, did one had to call the operator, or did the paging companies already provide sending messages via e-mail and Internet?
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Jefferson Faudan says:

14 years ago

well i wish they’d have those pagers back… it gives you the option to respond back or not and you get messages that are important… mobile phones can somehow be a hassle in a way specially when you have personal matters going on…
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13 years ago

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Karlo says:

13 years ago

Hi, while cleaning my cabinet, I found a pager motorola “infopage”. At the back of the beeper theres a sticker that says “FINDER OF THIS PAGER WILL BE REWARDED MAX. P500”.
its still working when i put in AAA battery. Anyone want a pager? Im thinking of selling it
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blaqrainbow says:

12 years ago

yeah :) how much?
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blaqrainbow says:

12 years ago

i used to have colored pager, a red one :) i miss it..

i forgot where the pager number is located, the one that u should give to the operator as the number of the recipient..
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raffy says:

12 years ago

i want it whose selling their beeper?
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