Decided to check if pagers are still alive. Alive and kicking!
The same protocols and hardware as 40-50 years ago. And plenty of service providers! For instance, in the USA there are Spok and American Messaging, Metrotel, Pages Direct, Pager99, MySecretaryUSA, DirectPage. For strictly local use, one could of course set up their own transmitter and send messages, say locally to hospital staff, factory workers, or use a service provider if you are in a coverage area. All major cities and their surroundings are covered.
Pagers are sold on Amazon for 150 bucks. Annually, the cost ranges from 100 to 500 dollars depending on the provider.
Surprised, but it actually makes sense. There is a market.
Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev. 