Nautel, a privately owned company headquartered in Canada, was founded in 1969 and employs approximately 150 individuals. The company reported $40.0M in revenue as of 2024, specializing in connectivity infrastructure. Nautel designs, manufactures, and supports high power Radio Frequency (RF) products for AM and FM radio broadcast, navigation, sonar, and industrial applications.
On July 6, 2026, Ted Nahil rejoined Nautel, returning to serve customers in the eastern USA and restoring the company's US sales territories to three, with Jeff Welton continuing to manage central USA sales and Jeff Wilson handling the western states. Previously, on June 23, Nautel explored "The Future of Broadcast" in its 100th "Transmission Talk Tuesday" episode, highlighting over-the-air broadcasting's ongoing resilience and value within the media landscape. This event followed Radio Light FM's acquisition of a Nautel GV20 and a GV60 FM transmitter on June 16, 2026, to meet a new broadcast classification for its Belo Horizonte, Brazil, operations, marking a continued relationship as these were not the broadcaster's first Nautel transmitters. The station had reportedly installed two new Nautel FM transmitters, replacing older tube-type models, on June 15. Nautel announced its 100th "Transmission Talk Tuesday" on June 15, setting the topic as "The Future of Broadcast" for the upcoming event.
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 KYUK Public Media and Ideastream Public Media.
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