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Telefunken was a large German manufacturer of electronic equipment, with its
headquarters in Ulm (Germany) and subsidaries all over the country, including
Backnang (near Stuttgart). The company was active in many fields,
ranging from domestic appliances (radio, television, etc.)
to high-end radioequipment for the Department of Defense (DoD).
Founded in 1903 as a joint venture between
Siemens & Halske
and AEG, the company has also traded as AEG Telefunken.
AEG was aqcuired by DASA and was later merged into EADS Racoms.
The resulting company was subsequently sold to Cassidian and eventually to Hensoldt.
Some parts are still based in Ulm, but have undergone many reorganisations in recent
years. In 2004, the former Racoms 1 division was sold to the Israeli
Elbit Systems conglomerate – that also holds
Tadiran – and is now known
as Telefunken Racoms. It is still based in Ulm and produces radio equipment
for the German Army.
Officially, AEG Telefunken no longer exists as a company, but its name is used
(under licence) by several companies in various fields, as it is considered
a strong brand name. Telefunken Racoms (i.e. Elbit Systems) uses a red variant of the
old Telefunken logo on its stationary and brochures.
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Telefunken Racoms = Telefunken Radio Communications Systems GmbH.
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Telefunken equipment on this website
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Covert listening devices (bugs)
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It is little known that AEG-Telefunken also produced a range of covert
listening devices (bugs) and hybrid components for such devices,
for use by intelligence agencies and law enforcement services.
Some of these are listed in a confidential catalogue of April 1980 [I].
➤ Read the catalogue
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In 1983 AEG-Telefunken Nachrichtentechnik GmbH in Backnang (Germany),
was sold to a consortium consisting of Bosch, Mannesmann and Allianz.
At the same time the name of the company was changed to
ANT Nachrichtentechnik GmbH. Apparently, this affects some of the
products listed above, as the name ANT may appear on the front panel
or in the firmware of some of these devices.
➤ More about ANT
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ELCOM GmbH was an idependent company in München (Germany), owned by
Dr. Edmund Vollrath, that developed and supplied key components for
a number of high-end Telefunken products, such as the E-1800 and E-1900
series of receivers and their accessories.
➤ More about ELCOM
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AEG Telefunken is known under the following names:
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- Telefunken
- AEG-Telefunken
- AEG
- TST 1
- Telefunken System Technik
- DASA
- EADS
- EADS Racoms
- Telefunken Racoms
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- Minisender-Programm
Overview of miniature transmitters (German).
N13 V53. AEG-Telefunken, Ulm (Germany), April 1980.
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