Hezbollah distributed new Gold Apollo pagers, believing them to be safe, only to have them explode and kill 37 people. The attacks, suspected to be orchestrated by Israel, also injured more than 3,000.

The pagers, deemed by Hezbollah to be safer than cellphones, were probably rigged with explosives before they were delivered to Lebanon, experts said.

The model of pagers used in detonations in Lebanon were made by Budapest-based BAC Consulting, Taiwanese pager firm Gold Apollo said on Wednesday, adding it had only licensed out its brand to the company and was not involved in the production of the devices.