Pagers Direct

The European Mobile Messaging Association (EMMA) and the American Association of Paging Carriers (AAPC) co-hosted the first ever Global Paging Convention in Montreal, Canada. Carriers, manufacturers, suppliers, and resellers from fifteen countries and five continents joined together for two days to showcase their emerging technologies and applications, and to learn innovative applications for wireless messaging from numerous educational sessions.  The convention contributes to the success of the global paging industry by providing a forum for paging companies to meet the challenges of the new global environment with enhanced services and equipment.

Distinguished Speakers

Dr. Ralf Ackermann Vice President of the German Fire Service Association, President of the Hessen State Fire Service Association (in Germany), and Vice president of the International Association of Fire and Rescue Service well known as CTIF (Comité Technique International De Prevention Et DÉxtintion Du Feu) reinforced the benefits of paging technology in mission-critical communications based on its proven reliability, efficient one-to-many broadcast capability, extensive deployment, cost and its sheer simplicity.  In addition, other sessions focused on how to successfully capitalize on the strengths of paging technologies in other wireless communication markets.  Manufacturers from several countries displayed their current and planned products and shared ideas for inventive and creative enhancements in the future.

New Focus on the Basics

Several speakers pointed out that the strong core of customers for pagers today are the same health care providers that have utilized paging technology for critical wireless notifications for decades. Paging continues to work for them at the right price and reliability, and no other technology can provide similar facilities.

Renewed Enthusiasm

Since the unfortunate events of 9-11 and Hurricane Katrina in the USA, and then 7-7 in London, Radio Pagers and paging technology are being enthusiastically promoted for their unique ability to notify small or large target groups of people, with critical time-sensitive messages when other means of communication are either overloaded or out of service. By using its Group Call facility, paging technology has the ability to broadcast a common message to everyone in a very large city, or an entire country, in just one call.