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Japan's final pager provider to end its service in 2019

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Tokyo Telemessage will end its pager service – which still has 1,500 users – next year.
Japan’s last pager provider has announced it will end its service in September 2019 – bringing a national end to telecommunication beepers, 50 years after their introduction.
Around 1,500 users remain subscribed to Tokyo Telemessage, which has not made the devices in 20 years.
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