Several people were killed and thousands injured when hundreds of pagers exploded across Lebanon - and here we take a look at the technology which seems to belong to the past. Hezbollah members and a ...

The NHS has been told to stop using pagers for communications by 2021, in order to save money. The health service still uses about 130,000 pagers, which is about 10% of the total left in use globally.

Cassette tapes have made a comeback. Thankfully, the boombox-on-shoulder look has not. The roughly 1,000 people who still used pagers in Japan might have shed a tear this week when they were finally ...

Sky News' Data and Forensics team has spoken to four experts to answer the question - how does a pager or hand-held radio explode? The pagers that exploded in Lebanon on Tuesday are consistent with ...

Last week we wrote about the growing popularity of smartphones among doctors and their growing use at hospitals. We wondered what it would take for smartphones to displace legacy pagers. After posting ...

Whenever someone brings up pagers nowadays, it's usually a sign that they've been around the block. While Gen-Z kids may never know what it's like to use these devices, that doesn't mean the humble ...

The health service still uses about 130,000 pagers, which is about 10% of the total left in use globally. They cost the NHS about £6.6m a year. Health Secretary Matt Hancock called them "outdated" and ...