Draft:DC Pager

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Declined by Iwaqarhashmi 3 months ago. Last edited by Saqib 3 months ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

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Comment: Draft:Saleem-ur-Rehman — Saqib (talk I contribs) 13:14, 10 August 2024 (UTC)

DC Pager was the first Digital pager company in Pakistan mainly operating in Karachi and Lahore.

Their service started around the same time , late 80s , when Pakistan's first Mobile phone service "Paktel" started operating. Paktel Mobile phones were very bulky and expensive, about 4 Lakh rupees in today's money and battery the size of a Motorcycle battery. Pager was a small device (Actual device shown in the picture), with very long battery life. In 1995 ,DC pager had about 15 Thousand users in Karachi. Like any pager service it was a text message based device. The user carried the pager device with him or her. Anyone wanting to contact the user had to ring the DC pager call center , ask them to page a message to the user. The user would then be sent a small message,which was most of the times a request to call a certain land line number. It was very cheap and affordable service at the time. The company started taking financial hits during 1995 Mohajir-Pushtoon riots in Karachi. Their service was repeatedly shut due to security concersns and rioteers on both sides using pager service for planning attacks. The company closed their doors in 2001.

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