Motorola’s Wrist Watch Pager, now 2 years old, looks like a black digital watch. “The pager business is very strong right now around the world, with the exception of Japan,” said Mr. Growney ...

Motorola claims the pager is actually manufactured by Glenayre Technologies, a 35-year-old technology company. Last week, Glenayre announced that it is no longer making any devices.

Motorola Inc. will discontinue all one-way pagers and some two-way models in mid-2002 in favor of newer, more profitable devices that double as mobile phones.

Boynton Beach, Fla. — Motorola, which introduced the first pager in the mid-1950s and still sells more pagers in the U.S. than anyone else, is exiting the market. The company, which began early this ...

The original Motorola was founded in 1928 and developed quickly into a maker of car radios. In the 1970s and 1980s, it helped pioneer the cell phone business with its clunky shoe-sized devices.

Pager connection: Motorola Inc. joined with Wolfetech Corp., a software company, and InfoSpace, an Internet directory provider, to develop two-way pagers with Internet capabilities. InfoSpace said … ...

Just across the canal from an old cow pasture in Boynton Beach, ... Motorola Inc. has turned Boynton Beach into the world’s wellspring for electronic pagers. This plant first turned out […] ...