Telbit was founded in 1988 by Sam Ashkenazy, based in Linbro Business Park, Sandton.  By maintaining a lean but effective employee driven workforce, the company positioned itself as a leader in the design, development and manufacture of electronic boards and systems. Telbit attributes its success to the ability to design, develop and manufacture products to customer specification, using latest analog, digital, micro processor and RF technology. An in-house software development team caters for all software integration in our projects.

 

The company operates through a dedicated international distributor network, to market and support its wide product range. All manufacturing is done in-house, using state of the art SMD pick-and-place equipment, complimented by a strong manual assembly production line.   Our ISO9001 Quality Management System is audited annually by Dekra Certification.

 

Telbit was one of the founding pioneers of prepaid water metering in South Africa, providing solutions from as early as 1994.  Today our range of prepaid water products is integrated and distributed by Honeywell (Elster Kent Metering), Sensus and Precision Meters.  Our STS (Standard Transfer Specification) certified prepaid valves are compliant with the international IEC standard for prepaid credit transfer. Our engineers were also key contributors at the working groups that formed the SANS as well as STS specifications for prepaid water meters.

 

Telbit is considered a leading supplier of Shaft Signaling equipment for the Gold and Platinum mining industry. Our Locked Bell System consists of an Onsetter, Banksman, Driver and Call Bell units, based on the popular 3-wire communications system, which forms the backbone of all communications between the surface winder and below surface levels.  The system successfully operates the world’s deepest mines ranging over 3km’s in depth. Telbit holds a patent that defines a unique multi-wire signaling platform, and therefore the only company capable of manufacturing the Probell Signalling System.

 

Our product portfolio boosts a range of Surge Arresters for the lightning protection industry.   These devices provide both outdoor and indoor solutions that gives protection of 8kA, 15kA, 40kA up to 100kA, with various operating voltages.  Some devices were tested according to IEC61643-1 specification.

 

We also specialize in accessories to the very successful 1-Wire iButton memory devices and are registered with Maxim Integrated as a “Third Party Solution Provider” complementing their products with our range of iButton sockets and readers.

 

Over the years Telbit designed and manufactured a whole range of customer specific products.  Products includes air conditioner thermostats for the automotive industry, washing machine controllers, time and attendance systems, irrigation controllers, gate control boards, floor level Indicators used in lifts, among others.