Multitone Electronics

Last updated

Multitone Electronics
Subsidiary
Founded9 May 1931;89 years ago (1931-05-09) in London
Founder Joseph Poliakoff [1]
Headquarters,
United Kingdom
Owner Champion Technology Holdings (64.9%) [2]
Parent Champion Technology Holdings
Website www.multitone.com
Footnotes /references
source [3]

Multitone Electronics plc is a British company, founded in 1931. Initially a manufacturer of hearing aids, before becoming a pioneer in the development of pagers (bleepers). Multitone now makes wireless voice and messaging systems. [4] [ unreliable source? ]

Multitone Electronics is a British company, founded by Joseph Poliakoff in London in 1931, with a £500 loan from Henry Myer, his lawyer. [5] [ non-primary source needed ] Joseph Poliakoff was a Russian-born telephone and sound engineer and inventor. [1] [ non-primary source needed ] The first offices were in White Lion Street, Angel Islington, London. [5] [ non-primary source needed ]

Notable customers for the company's hearing aids included Winston Churchill. [4]

Joseph Poliakoff's son, Alexander Poliakoff (1910–1996), a Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman, was the chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years. [1] He retired in 1977 and sold[ when? ] the company to Hong Kong-based Champion Technology. [4] Multitone Electronics is a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed company Champion Technology Holdings since 1993. [6]

Related Research Articles

PCCW Hong Kong telecommunications company

PCCW Limited is a Hong Kong-based information and communications technology (ICT) company, known for being the majority owner of telecommunications company HKT Limited.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange stock exchange in Hong Kong

The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. It is Asia's third-largest in terms of market capitalization behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the fourth single largest stock market in the world. As of 2018, it has 2,315 listed companies with a combined market capitalization of HK$29.9 trillion. It is reported as the fastest growing stock exchange in Asia.

Stephen Poliakoff British television director and writer

Stephen Poliakoff is a British playwright, director and scriptwriter.

Vision Values Holdings Limited is a Caymans-incorporated Hong Kong listed company. The company was under two backdoor listing, which the company was formerly known as New World Mobile Holdings, Asia Logistics Technologies and Wah Yik Holdings before the takeovers. Under the ownership of New World Development, New World Mobile Holdings was the owner of New World PCS, a mobile network operator of Hong Kong.

PCCW Mobile HK Limited previously known as Mandarin Communications Limited, was a subsidiary of PCCW involving mobile network operator of 2G and 3G in Hong Kong. It was previously owned by a Caymans-incorporated Hong Kong listed company Sunday Communications until 2006.

Sunday Communications parent company of a Hong Kong mobile network operator

Sunday Communications Limited is a Cayman Islands incorporated holding company, but headquartered and listed in Hong Kong S.A.R., China. It is the parent company of a mobile network operator of Hong Kong, Mandarin Communications.

Sun Mobile Hong Kong virtual mobile network operator

Sun Mobile Limited, formerly known as New World Mobility Limited, is a mobile network operator brand and company in Hong Kong. It is a joint venture of HKT and Telecom Digital.

New World PCS Mobile network operator (MNO) of Hong Kong

New World PCS Limited was a mobile network operator (MNO) of Hong Kong.

China Aerospace International Holdings Limited is a Hong Kong incorporated holding company. The company itself is a subsidiary of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation and a listed company on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong. It is a red chip company, but not part of the "red chip index" of the stock exchange.

Poly Property

Poly Property Group Co., Ltd., is a Hong Kong incorporated Chinese property developer, with its major businesses include property development, investment and management. It mainly develops mid to high-end residential and commercial properties in the cities along Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta as well as the second-tier provincial capitals.

Sateri and Bracell are business divisions of Royal Golden Eagle (RGE). The divisions were formerly owned by a listed company, Sateri Holdings Limited. RGE privatized the Sateri division in 2014, which the listed company was renamed to Bracell Limited in 2015. However, Bracell Limited was also privatized in 2016. Sateri is a manufacturer of viscose rayon, while Bracell is a manufacturer of wood pulp.

John Chan Cho Chak, GBS, CBE, LVO, JP is a Hong Kong civil servant and executive. He currently serves as a non-executive director of Transport International Holdings Limited, The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, Long Win Bus Company Limited, RoadShow Holdings Limited, Hang Seng Bank Limited, Guangdong Investment Limited and Swire Properties Limited. He was a long-time civil servant and one of the most senior Chinese officials in the Hong Kong Government under British rule.

Coolpad Group Limited formerly known as China Wireless Technologies Limited is a Caymans-incorporated holding company. Its major subsidiary Yulong Computer Telecommunication Scientific (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., is a Chinese telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Shenzhen, Guangdong. It was a large smartphone company in China and the largest Chinese domestic brand by sales outside of China. From January to June 2012, the company had a market share of shipments of 10.4% phones of China.

APT Satellite Holdings

APT Satellite Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-incorporated holding company. Its Hong Kong-incorporated subsidiary APT Satellite Co., Ltd. is the operator of the Apstar satellite constellation. APT Satellite Holdings and APT Satellite are headquartered in Hong Kong.

TCL Electronics Holdings Limited is a Chinese company headquartered and listed in Hong Kong, but incorporated in the Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands. It manufactures televisions and other consumer electronics. It is a subsidiary of TCL Industries Holdings, a company which is a subsidiary itself of TCL Corporation.

Alexander Poliakoff OBE was a Russian-born British electronics engineer, inventor and businessman, the chairman of Multitone Electronics for over 40 years.

Joseph Poliakoff Russian-born British engineer (1873–1959)

Joseph Lazarevich Poliakoff was a Russian-born British telephone and sound engineer and inventor, particularly of hearing aids.

Hoifu Energy Group Limited is a Bermuda-incorporated energy and financial-sector holding company. The company headquartered in Hong Kong and listed its shares on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

Hong Kong Telecom Hong Kong telecommunications company

HKT Limited, also known as Hong Kong Telecom, is one of the largest telecommunications company of Hong Kong. It has a dominant position in fixed-line, mobile, IDD and broadband services in Hong Kong. HKT Group is a subsidiary of PCCW since 2000, after it was acquired from Cable & Wireless plc.

Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd., known as Fosun Pharmaceutical or just Fosun Pharma is a Chinese listed pharmaceutical company. It is majority owned by Fosun International. Fosun Pharmaceutical is the co-owner of Sinopharm Industrial Investment, the parent company of fellow listed company Sinopharm Group.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Vronskaya, Jeanne (30 July 1996). "Obituary: Alexander Poliakoff". The Independent. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  2. "Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements". 2017 Annual Report (PDF). Champion Technology Holdings. 30 October 2017. p. 193. Retrieved 3 June 2018 via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing.
  3. Companies House
  4. 1 2 3 "Multitone; London manufacturer in GB, Model types from Great". Radiomuseum.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Multitone 80 Years". Multitone Electronics. 9 May 1931. Retrieved 11 April 2017 via yudu.com.
  6. "Corporate Information" (PDF). 2001 Annual Report. Champion Technology Holdings. 9 November 2001. p. 2. Retrieved 3 June 2018 via Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing.