Program sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities for a Pan-European radio (paging) message system.

Enhanced Radio messaging System; a paging technology developed by ETSI that was intended to allow users to roam throughout Europe. Adopted by a number of European and Middle Eastern countries, ERMES, like paging in general, was overtaken by the ubiquity of GSM.

uropean adio essaging ystem: A paging system specification used in Europe and other parts of the world.