Tait develops voice and data radio technologies, exporting about 95% of products from its Christchurch manufacturing base.

[2] Customers include the New Zealand Police,[3] London Buses,[4] Country Fire Authority[5] and Basin Electric Power Cooperative.

[6] Competitors include Motorola, Harris Corporation, E.F. Johnson Company, Raytheon, HYT, Selex and EMC spa.

[7] Sir Angus Tait (founder) established a trust structure for the company to be held in.

Tait is financially independent and audited annually by PricewaterhouseCoopers.