Multitone Electronics

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

Company type	Subsidiary
Founded	9 May 1931; 93 years ago (1931-05-09) in London
Founder	Joseph Poliakoff[1]
Headquarters	Basingstoke , United Kingdom
Owner	Champion Technology Holdings (64.9%)[2]
Parent	Champion Technology Holdings
Website	www.multitone.com
Footnotes / references source[3]

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]