Wikipedia's first sentence called it “new zealand based manufacturer of frequency timing solutions”. Today it says “technology company founded in 1967 that designs and manufactures frequency control products”. Sections present on October 6, 2023 no longer exist: “World's smallest GPS”.
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Rakon Limited is a technology company founded in 1967 that designs and manufactures frequency control products, primarily quartz crystals and temperature-compensated crystal oscillators ( TCXO ), oven controlled crystal oscillators ( OCXO ) and voltage controlled crystal oscillators ( VCXO ). Its head office is in Auckland , New Zealand with wholly owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and France with joint venture operations in India and China . The company specialises in supplying frequency-control products to the GPS industry.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Rakon Limited ( NZX : RAK ) is a New Zealand based manufacturer of frequency timing solutions, primarily quartz crystals and temperature compensated crystal oscillators ( TCXO ). Since 1990 Rakon has specialised in supplying frequency control products to the GPS industry. Rakon considers itself the leading supplier to this market and claims to supply over 50% of all the frequency control products used in GPS. In March 2007 Rakon acquired the frequency control products division of C-MAC MicroTechnology. This expanded Rakon's product range greatly to include oven controlled crystal oscillators ( OCXO ), voltage controlled crystal oscillators ( VCXO ), the Pluto ASIC and a range of low performance commodity products.
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Rakon Limited is a technology company founded in 1967 that designs and manufactures frequency control products, primarily quartz crystals and temperature-compensated crystal oscillators ( TCXO ), oven controlled crystal oscillators ( OCXO ) and voltage controlled crystal oscillators ( VCXO ).Its head office is in Auckland , New Zealand with wholly owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and France with joint venture operations in India and China .The company specialises in supplying frequency-control products to the GPS industry.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Frequency controller manufacturer Rakon Limited is a technology company founded in 1967 that designs and manufactures frequency control products, primarily quartz crystals and temperature-compensated crystal oscillators ( TCXO ), oven controlled crystal oscillators ( OCXO ) and voltage controlled crystal oscillators ( VCXO ). Its head office is in Auckland , New Zealand with wholly owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and France with joint venture operations in India and China . The company specialises in supplying frequency-control products to the GPS industry.
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new zealand based manufacturer of frequency timing solutions
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technology company founded in 1967 that designs and manufactures frequency control products
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World's smallest GPS
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