Background and Identification
Uniden Holdings Corporation is a Japanese wireless communication company established in 1966. Uniden became internationally known in the 1970s for selling millions of CB (citizen band) radios under the Uniden name and under many popular private brand labels like Realistic, Clegg (amateur transceivers), Cobra, Craig, Fanon-Courier, Midland (only certain clone models, originals were made by Cybernet), President, Teaberry, Stalker, Super Star, Teledyne-Olson, Pearce Simpson, Regency, Robyn and many European brands such as Zodiac, Stabo, and Inno-Hit.
During the 1980s, Uniden became the world’s largest cordless telephone manufacturer in addition to producing television satellite equipment, mobile radios, advanced marine electronics, and radio scanners. In Europe, Uniden became successful with the introduction of 900 MHz cordless telephones.
Although cordless phones have fallen out of popularity with the emergence of smartphones, Uniden still claims to produce one cordless phone every 3.2 seconds. As of 2018, Uniden produced cordless phones, radar detectors, radio scanners, CB radios, and security and surveillance products.
Uniden telephones include the name “Uniden” on their main base and on the phones themselves. Other identification information is often included on the phones and bases, and cordless Uniden telephones generally include a ten number keypad (0-9) along with ‘pause,’ ‘mute,’ and ‘clear’ buttons. Many Uniden phones include digital displays that show the time and the number dialed.