Spok history

1995: Motorola introduced the world’s first two-way pager, the Tango two-way personal messaging pager.

1996: Research In Motion (now known as BlackBerry) introduced the Inter@active Pager, which allowed users to receive and send messages thanks to its full keyboard and graphical display.

In 1999, Metrocall strengthens its focus on internet-based wireless services by forming Metrocall.net to offer bundled service solutions to the small office/home office (SOHO) market and to small and midsized enterprises.

But he didn’t hold any resentment that he never profited from his inventions. “They have “permeated our society,” he said in 2000, a year before his death, “and I’m delighted.”

2001: Motorola and Glenayre, the dominant paging equipment manufacturers, began to exit the paging space.

2004: USA Mobility was formed from the merger of Arch Wireless, Inc. and Metrocall Holdings, Inc., combining the two leading independent paging and wireless messaging companies in the United States.

2007: USA Mobility acquired full ownership of GTES, which provided rights to the Glenayre IP and software source code associated with the GL3000 and other Glenayre product lines.

Amcom acquires another important company in 2008, bringing on board Commtech Wireless, a leading provider of technology that connects critical data sources, such as nurse call system alarms and patient monitors, to the right people via their preferred communication devices.

2011: USA Mobility acquired Amcom Software, creating a company at the forefront of critical communications.

2012: USA Mobility took action on behalf of customers to ensure service continuity to replace the aging Glenayre products.

In 2014, two powerful communication companies, USA Mobility and Amcom Software, merged into one cohesive business—and Spok was born.

2015: Spok introduced the T5, an alphanumeric pager with an encrypted paging option.