Nautel is a privately owned company headquartered in Canada. Founded in 1969, it employs approximately 150 individuals and reported $40.0M in revenue as of 2024, functioning as a tier 2 media tech buyer. The company specializes in connectivity infrastructure, designing, manufacturing, and supporting high power Radio Frequency (RF) products for AM and FM radio broadcast, navigation, sonar, and industrial applications.
Nautel is expanding its NX AM transmitter line at the lower-power end, with the NX1 (1 kW) and NX2.5 (2.5 kW) models set to debut at the NAB Show, bringing the company's advanced AM modulation and digital transmission capabilities to lower power levels for the first time and featuring a new look. Previously, on April 9, 2026, Nautel Head of Marketing John Whyte and members of the software development team hosted a webinar to share the latest status and forthcoming availability plans for the new AUI Web App, designed for VS, NVLT, and NX Series transmitters. This followed a March 26, 2026, announcement for a webinar, hosted by Jeff Welton with John Whyte and guests from Nautel’s AM development team, to introduce the newest members of the Nautel AM transmitter family.
Nautel offers 3 products in the media tech industry. Nautel's product portfolio comprises of connectivity infrastructure.
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Nautel's revenues were less than $50M in 2024. Caretta Research has split Nautel's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is analogue radio transmitters. For full access to Nautel's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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Nautel's customers primarily consist of broadcast Media Production and Distribution and broadcast television and radio companies. Examples of Nautel's customers include Ideastream Public Media and KYUK Public Media.
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