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The pager as a communication device was reintroduced in [[Grand Theft Auto III]] for largely the same purpose as GTA 1, but to a more limited extent, such as updates on newly available weapons at [[Ammunation]], messages to meet new contacts, or information during a mission. The pager in GTA III is also notable for playing a ring tone based on the song ''Grand Theft Auto'' by Da Shootaz, one of several GTA games that adopted the song in a certain form. [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]] is also known to depict a pager when characters relay information to the protagonist.

The introduction of the [[Mobile Phone|mobile phone]] and a verbal protagonist in [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City]] rendered the pager obsolete as a slower form of communication. [[Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories]], however, saw the use of the [[Beeper 220]] pager as a matter of historical accuracy, assuming practical mobile phone technology in [[1984]] had yet to mature. The pager is also featured in [[Grand Theft Auto Advance]], justifiable given the use of the pager in GTA III, set just a year after events in GTA Advance.