verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message tait communications type trust structure industry technology founded 1969 area served worldwide key people garry diack 1 products two way radios network systems public safety solutions utility solutions urban transport solutions number of employees 869 worldwide 2011 website tait communications tait communications is a multinational radio communications company with headquarters based in christchurch new zealand . the company has offices in 17 countries and employs 869 staff 2011 . tait develops voice and data radio technologies exporting about 95 % of products from its christchurch manufacturing base . 2 customers include london buses 3 country fire authority 4 and basin electric power cooperative . 5 competitors include motorola harris corporation e.f. johnson company raytheon hyt selex and emc spa . contents 1 history 2 technologies and solutions 3 corporate affairs 3.1 ceo 3.2 structure 3.3 quality and environmental ratings 3.4 corporate recognition 3.5 offices by location 3.6 australia & new zealand distribution 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit tait limited trading as tait communications and formerly known as tait electronics ltd was founded in 1969 by new zealand electronics innovator and businessman sir angus tait knzm obe . the company s founding staff of 12 radio technologists 2 produced the first generation of all transistor mobile radios in new zealand . 6 in 1973 tait released the mini phone series of mobile radios which were adopted as the industry standard in new zealand . 6 in 1979 tait launched a range of portable radios and base stations exporting over 25 % of its production . the first wholly owned subsidiary was opened in huntingdon uk . in 1982 tait opened facilities in houston united states . in 1988 tait opened facilities in brisbane australia . in the mid 1980s tait moved into developing trunking technology . substantial investment followed in a broad range of trunked products and taitnet systems based on the open mpt 1327 standard . in 1990 the t800 series of modular base station and repeater equipment was on the market . the t700 series also appeared . in 1992 the t2000 series of mobile radios was released . in 1993 additional offshore subsidiaries were opened and the t3000 series of hand portables and the quasi sync base station repeater systems were introduced . in 1994 the first in a series of mobile data despatch products for use with the t2000 radios was launched . in 1996 the t3000 series ii an enhanced version of the portable series went to market . in 1997 tait s t2000 range was updated with the launch of the t2000 series ii . in 1998 tait released the orca series of portable radios . additional base station and system enhancements followed including the t1810 single site trunked channel controller before the release of tait s portable radio range the tait orca 5000 . in 2003 the release of the 8000 tier of base stations and mobiles replaced the t800 base station and t2000 mobile . in may 2005 tait launched p25 project 25 products based on open standards and open interfaces . in 2008 the tp8100 replaced the orca portable radio . in 2010 tait opened facilities in vienna austria . 7 in 2011 tait opened facilities in melbourne australia 8 and expanded in beijing china . office in beijing has been shutdown 9 in 2012 tait electronics ltd changed its name to tait limited . in 2014 the regional office in huntingdon uk was closed and opened office in milton cambridge uk 10 technologies and solutions edit p25 project 25 dmr digital mobile radio mpt 1327 mpt ip distribution automation network management corporate affairs edit ceo edit frank owen was the ceo of tait communications until april 2014 . owen s tenure at tait began in march 2009 . previously he was the ceo at privately owned australian company gpc electronics . 11 in april 2014 david wade has been appointed as the acting ceo until a replacement for frank owen was found . garry diack has been ceo since september 2014 after having been a director of the board since july 2014 12 13 structure edit sir angus tait founder established a trust structure for the company to be held in . the company is owned by three trusts the contel charitable trust the tait foundation and the lady tait charitable trust . tait is financially independent and audited annually by pricewaterhousecoopers . quality and environmental ratings edit tait is certified according to iso 9001 and the headquarters in christchurch including all manufacturing facilities is as well certified against iso 14001 . all shipments from the tait manufacturing facility into the european union and china are restriction of hazardous substances rohs compliant . tait s factory material supply chain is also compliant with rohs requirements . 14 the company is compliant with waste electrical and electronic equipment weee regulations . corporate recognition edit tait communications has received the following awards prince philip designers prize for t500 1985 nz industrial design council design award 1985 neda award for excellence in electronic design and manufacture 1986 governor general s supreme award for exporting 1986 1994 air new zealand award for overall excellence in exporting 1994 canterbury champion supreme award 2003 15 supreme winner at the 2014 kiwinet research commercialisation awards 2014 tait partners with the following associations and groups in their industry funding and oversight of globally acclaimed wireless research centre located at the nzi3 innovation institute university of canterbury christchurch new zealand 16 founding member of the dmr association 17 member of international association of public transport 18 associate member of the utilities telecom council offices by location edit australia brisbane melbourne austria vienna brazil s o paulo france paris new zealand christchurch singapore uk milton 10 usa houston locations information via tait website australia & new zealand distribution edit logic wireless is the exclusive distributor of tait communications two way radio infrastructure & terminal equipment in australia and new zealand . tait mobile wellington tait mobile waikato and tait mobile auckland are regional new zealand based dealers . references edit http www.bloomberg.com research stocks private person.asp personid 105316351 & privcapid 207040756 a b http christchurchcitylibraries.com business people t taitangus http www.highbeam.com doc 1g1 147802316.html heather ben 6 july 2010 . tait wins firefighting deal . stuff.co.nz . retrieved 16 november 2011 . http urgentcomm.com mag radio power cooperative upgrades a b http www.victoria.ac.nz canz research docs tait.pdf http www.pressreleasepoint.com tait opens new vienna office http www.invest.vic.gov.au 20110211 global technology company tait radio expands its operations in victoria http www.nzte.govt.nz features commentary in brief pages tait expands in china with new facility.aspx a b http www.taitradio.com contact europe middle east and africa http nz.linkedin.com pub frank owen 6 835 3b6 http www.taitradio.com about us our structure https www.linkedin.com in garrydiack http www.bis.gov.uk nmo enforcement rohs home http www.highbeam.com doc 1p2 12113333.html http www.nzi3.com partners.shtml http dmrassociation.org page id 16 http www.uitp.org about our members.cfm further reading edit the best is yet to come tait radio communications by dave wilson et al. 2004 radio fidelity the story of angus tait and an industry sparked by loyalty by virginia green . isbn 978 0 476 01508 1 external links edit tait communications official site tait communications corporate video retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title tait communications & oldid 731784958 categories companies based in 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