Multitone Electronics

{{short description|British company}}

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| founded = {{start date and age|1931|5|9|df=yes}} in London

| founder = Joseph Poliakoff

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| hq_location_city = Basingstoke

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| owner = Champion Technology Holdings (64.9%){{cite book|url=http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2017/1030/LTN20171030529.pdf|title=2017 Annual Report|page=193|chapter=Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements|date=30 October 2017|accessdate=3 June 2018|publisher=Champion Technology Holdings|via=Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing}}

| parent = Champion Technology Holdings

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| website = [https://www.multitone.com/ www.multitone.com]

| footnotes = source[https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/00256314 Companies House]

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=10240 |title=Multitone; London manufacturer in GB, Model types from Great |language= |publisher=Radiomuseum.org |date= |accessdate=11 April 2017}}{{unreliable source|date=May 2018}}

Multitone Electronics is a British company, founded by Joseph Poliakoff in London in 1931, with a £500 loan from Henry Myer, his lawyer.{{cite web|url=http://content.yudu.com/A1s3iy/mutlitone80years/resources/6.htm |title=Multitone 80 Years |publisher=Multitone Electronics |date=9 May 1931 |accessdate=11 April 2017|via=yudu.com}}{{primary source inline|date=May 2018}} Joseph Poliakoff was a Russian-born telephone and sound engineer and inventor.{{cite news|first=Jeanne|last=Vronskaya |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-alexander-poliakoff-1331350.html |title=Obituary: Alexander Poliakoff |newspaper=The Independent |date= 30 July 1996 |accessdate=11 April 2017}}{{primary source inline|date=May 2018}} The first offices were in White Lion Street, Angel Islington, London.{{primary source inline|date=May 2018}}

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

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. He retired in 1977 and sold{{when|date=May 2018}} the company to Hong Kong-based Champion Technology. Multitone Electronics is a subsidiary of Hong Kong listed company Champion Technology Holdings since 1993.{{cite book|chapter-url=http://www.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/SEHK/2001/1109/0092/F103.pdf|chapter=Corporate Information|title=2001 Annual Report|date=9 November 2001|accessdate=3 June 2018|publisher=Champion Technology Holdings|page=2|via=Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing}}