In over 160 countries throughout the world, Tait products are found wherever reliable, effective and affordable radio communication is required: from the congested airwaves of Europe and North America to the most isolated and hostile outer reaches of the earth such as Antarctica and the Gobi Desert.

Tait customers range from small private businesses to large multi-national corporations, government agencies, emergency services, network service providers and specialist communication agencies.

The Tait product range has grown beyond its roots in conventional two-way mobile radio to encompass a range of products and services that is as diverse as their customer base: from compact, stylish portable and mobile radios to wide area trunked radio network systems that provide integrated radio and telephone services for both voice and data communication.

The result is that Tait has the commitment, the knowledge and the product range to satisfy all your radio communication needs.

Company founder Angus Tait has lived and breathed radio communications all his working life.

From school he went into a radio store, before joining the RNZAF at the outbreak of World War II. He was then transferred to the RAF in England where he worked on airborne radar.

Returning to New Zealand in 1947 he was soon in business designing and assembling mobile radios. This small enterprise was the forerunner of Tait Electronics Ltd, formed in 1969, in Christchurch, New Zealand, with a staff of 12 people.

This team produced a new generation of lightweight compact mobile radios which secured a majority share of the New Zealand market within a few years. An unswerving commitment to research and development enabled those initial products to be developed into the award-winning Miniphone series of mobile radios by the mid-1970s.

By its tenth anniversary, Tait had launched a range of hand-held radios and base stations. Over 25% of its production was being exported by this stage.

The first wholly owned subsidiary was opened in the UK in 1979. The years immediately following saw further subsidiaries established in the USA and Singapore, and the first of many export awards. The new series of synthesised Miniphones and the new range of T300 base station equipment were released around this time.

After a move to a larger manufacturing facility, the T500 series of mobile radios was released in the early 1980s. The success of the T500 triggered major new investment in advanced production technology and the opening of a fourth subsidiary in Australia.

The momentum, in terms of both innovation and growth, was maintained and in the mid-1980s a key strategic decision was made to move into trunking technology. Substantial investment followed in a broad range of trunked products and TaitNet systems based on the MPT1327 standard.

The acclaimed T800 series of modular base station and repeater equipment was on the market by 1990. In that year, the T700 series appeared and two years later advanced SMD techniques saw the release of the new generation T2000 mobile radios.

Additional off-shore subsidiaries were opened and in 1993 the T3000 series of hand portables and the Quasi-Sync base station/repeater systems were introduced, followed in 1994 by a family of rural telephone products.

The first in a series of mobile data despatch products for use with the T2000 radios was also launched in 1994. That range now includes sophisticated mobile data solutions including Automatic Vehicle Location, using GPS, and the use of electronic fund transfer terminals in vehicles.

The momentum of mobile radio development continued and towards the end of 1997 the T3000 Series II, an enhanced version of the popular hand portable series, went to market. Early in 1998 Tait's top selling T2000 range was also updated with the launch of the T2000 Series II.

Today Tait has eleven subsidiaries, ten of which are offshore, serving dealers and providing the highest quality customer service and product support. The company employs over 900 people and over 95% of its sales are with overseas customers.

Tait Electronics is a privately owned company which maintains a strong financial equity structure. Its ability to do this in the face of rapid growth is in large measure due to its policy of investing virtually all profits back into its core business.

While the company's record thus far is remarkable, it is its future which is of paramount importance. Tait is approaching the opportunities lying ahead with the same enthusiasm that has been its trademark for the past 25 years.

Our success is the outcome of a long established commitment to produce world class mobile radio equipment, second to none. We have done this through a continued high level of investment in both research,development and manufacturing technology throughout the 27 year life of the company.

This single-minded dedication enables us to provide dependable products of unsurpassed design excellence. It also ensures we retain a flexible and responsive attitude to our customers' needs -- the essential market feedback.

Our commitment remains as strong today as it ever was. It is an integral part of our company culture and is your assurance of ever better mobile radio solutions from Tait in the future.

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