Filed in archive Device Evolution by Scott on March 22, 2007

Yomuiri Shimbun reports today that NTT DoCoMo will cease offering pagers this month after 40 years in the beeper business. Having launched the technology way back in 1968, NTT says there are only just under half a million subscribers remaining, down from a peak of 10 million in the mid 1990s.

Before the advent of affordable mobile phones, pagers reached cult status among young Japanese, who used the devices to organize meetups and send coded messages to one another, often late at night.

Those interested should grab a copy of Mimi Ito's terrific work on Japanese mobile culture, Personal, Portable, Pedestrian for a short history of pagers in Japan's recent Pop Culture.

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Response from: Directory (03/23/07 10:28am)

Who uses a pager anyway?

Response from: Wojankas (04/04/07 2:37am)

Response from: Free mobile games (05/09/07 2:18am)

Pagers are dead!!!

Response from: girls on webcam (05/18/07 1:41am)

i agree, pagers are dead

Response from: Home Remedies (07/16/07 4:07am)

Yes. Pagers are out of fashion

Response from: Herbal Remedies (07/16/07 4:23am)

However, pagers are still use in some developping countries,

Response from: gifek (08/09/07 8:38am)

ha, ha, pager? no way!

Response from: Martin (08/29/07 4:09am)

No More Beeps???

Response from: Mobiltelefon (11/11/07 3:42am)

Pagers are popular in the United States but in europe, no good. The main marked would be the States, I belive?

Response from: dysfunction (01/07/08 6:45pm)

I tried to give away my old pager and nobody wanted it. I ended up giving to my baby to play with.

Response from: Affiliate Program (01/17/08 10:58pm)

I gave mine to my mother who still uses it. I think she is the only one that still has one in my town.

Response from: Impotence (01/28/08 4:03pm)

pager, pager - where's my pager ? - I would like to track down one a pawn shop to put it on display at my local museum.

Response from: muhabbet (08/02/09 9:22am)

thank you admin very very beatifull ..

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