Abstract: In a radio paging system, radio paging signals contain a BCH (31, 16) format address and a BCH (31, 21) format address which are sent from a central station. The paper is assigned first and second BCH format user identification codes corresponding respectively to the BCH (31, 16) and BCH (31, 21) addresses. The pager has mode select switches for selecting the BCH (31, 16) address for local area reception or BCH (31, 21) address for wide area reception. When a paging signal is received, a coincidence is detected between the selected address and the corresponding BCH user identification code. When the coincidence is detected, the user is alerted to the reception by a paging signal. An appropriate channel is established in the local or wide service area.

Abstract: In a radio communication apparatus comprising a P-ROM (32), a loudspeaker (34), and/or a display unit (36) and carrying out a receiving operation of selectively receiving a call signal specific to the apparatus by the use of an identification number read out of the P-ROM, a predetermined signal to be produced after the call signal is defined to inhibit or disable the receiving operation carried out after reception of the predetermined signal. The loudspeaker may be driven under control of a reception controller (31) to continuously produce an audible signal when the predetermined signal is received. The display unit may also be driven to provide visual displays representative of particular messages conveyed by the predetermined signal. The particular messages may be "lost" and "theft" codes and a telephone number.