Paging Systems It is often important to be able to reach certain people very quickly. The conventional telephone network is not always optimal, because a line may be engaged or the person being called might not be available. Mobile telephone systems offer a high degree of reachability of a mobile subscriber, but MSs are not always switched on and are expensive to use. Paging systems fill a particular gap (see Table 7.1). They allow unidirectional transmission of information in the form of a tone o