Tait Limited 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 produced the first generation of all-transistor mobile radios in New Zealand.
In 1973, Tait released the Mini-phone series of mobile radios, which were adopted as the industry standard in New Zealand.
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 products based on open standards and open interfaces.
In 2008, the TP8100 replaced the Orca portable radio.
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
Technologies and solutions
P25
DMR
MPT 1327
MPT-IP
Distribution Automation
Network Management
Corporate affairs
CEO
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 . 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
Structure
Sir Angus Tait 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.
Air New Zealand Award for Overall Excellence in Exporting
Canterbury Champion Supreme Award
Supreme Winner at the 2014 KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards
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
is the exclusive distributor of Tait Communications two way radio infrastructure & terminal equipment in Australia and New Zealand. , are regional New Zealand based dealers.
