Uniden

{{short description|Japanese company in the wireless communication industry}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Uniden Holdings Corporation

| native_name = ユニデンホールディングス株式会社

| native_name_lang = ja

| romanized_name = Yuniden Hôrudingusu

| logo = Logo Uniden.svg

| type = Private

| genre =

| foundation = {{start date and age|February 7, 1966}}

| founder = Hidero Fujimoto

| successor = Kengo Nate (President and CEO) (as of Jan 1st, 2023)

| location_city = Chuo ku, Tokyo

| location_country = Japan

| location =

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| area_served = Japan, Taiwan, United States, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, Vietnam, and China

| key_people =

| industry =

| products = Electronic radio communication devices.

| services =

| revenue = US$135,537,000 (2017/2018){{cite web|url=http://www.uniden.co.jp/ir/report/dat/2018_53/BA4Q20180514.pdf|title=Consolidated Statements of Operations|access-date=20 December 2018|publisher=Uniden Corporation}}

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| num_employees = 742 (2018){{cite web |title=Company Profile |url=http://www.uniden.co.jp/company/profile/ |website=www.uniden.co.jp |access-date=20 December 2018}}

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| homepage = [https://uniden.com/ uniden.com]

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}}

{{Nihongo|Uniden Holdings Corporation|ユニデンホールディングス株式会社|Yuniden Hôrudingusu }} is a Japanese company in the wireless communication industry.

History

Uniden was established on February 7, 1966, by its founder Hidero Fujimoto as "Uni Electronics Corp". Uniden became a well-known brand in the 1970s by manufacturing and marketing millions of citizens band radios (CB), under the Uniden brand as well as other companies such as Midland and Realistic, which rebranded the equipment under their own labels. Uniden also marketed CB Radios in the UK under the Uniden and Uniace brands during the early '80s.

During the 1980s, Uniden grew to become the world's largest manufacturer of cordless telephones in addition to television satellite equipment, mobile radios, advanced marine electronics and radio scanners (the latter under BearCat brand).

In Europe, it became successful in the telecommunications market with its introduction of 900 MHz cordless telephones.

As Uniden continued to grow and extend its international operations, Uniden Australia and Uniden New Zealand were established in 1989.

Uniden's revenue has plummeted since smartphones and VOIP solutions have become mainstream. In 2007, Uniden had a revenue of 77.7 billion yen.{{cite web |title=Financial Data {{!}} IR Information {{!}} Uniden |url=http://www.uniden.co.jp/english/ir/financial.html |website=www.uniden.co.jp |access-date=20 December 2018}} Just three years later in 2010, Uniden reported a revenue of just 35.5 billion yen.

Operation

As of 2018, current products include cordless telephones, radar detectors, radio scanners, CB radios, and security/surveillance products. As of 2023, Uniden no longer produces cordless telephones, as per FAQs at support.uniden.com.

At one point Uniden produced over two million wireless products every month and manufactures one cordless phone every 3.2 seconds. This statistic has become part of their company description used by many retailers and the date of the statistic is unknown. Despite the cordless phone's falling popularity, this claim still appears on Uniden Australia's website.{{cite web |title=About Uniden |url=https://www.uniden.com.au/about-uniden/ |website=Uniden Australia |access-date=20 December 2018}}

Uniden operates globally, but the main commercial activities are situated in the United States and Japan. Manufacturing sites have been located in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the Philippines. In 2008, Uniden began to move production from China to Vietnam because of lower wages.{{cite web |last1=xTECH（クロステック） |first1=日経 |title=ユニデンが社長交代，中国からベトナムへ生産の軸足うつす |url=https://tech.nikkeibp.co.jp/dm/article/NEWS/20081211/162719/ |website=日経 xTECH（クロステック） |date=11 December 2008 |access-date=20 December 2018 |language=ja}}

Uniden delisted in November 29, 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.jpx.co.jp/english/news/1023/20221028-11.html | title=Decision on Delisting, etc.: UNIDEN HOLDINGS CORPORATION }}

Uniden-AS-7402.jpg|Landline telephone model AS-7402 manufactured in 2013

CordlessUniden-large.jpg|Uniden telephone handset

UnidenBCD396D.jpg|Uniden BCD396T handheld radio scanner

Uniden_BCT-15_deck_in_bracket-right.jpeg|Uniden BCT-15 mobile/base radio scanner

10 Meter 2Way Radio.jpg|Uniden President HR2510A, a mobile 10-meter band radio.

Uniden GMR1035-2.jpg|Uniden walkie-talkie model GMR1035-2

Pearce-Simpson CTV-894 (Picture 6).jpg|Pearce-Simpson CTV-894 handheld television