OUR PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS — VEB

  RFT was not a manufacturer but consortium of state-owned companies (VEB) in the field of radio and television in the former DDR (East Germany). There were two RFT sections. The first one, known as VEB Kombinat Rundfunk- und Fernsehtechnik, was for civil broadcast electronics, such as radio and television sets. The second one was less well known. It was called VEB Kombinat Nachrichtenelektronik and was active in the field of communications technology.  The communications branch of RFT consisted of 14 companies (VEBs) and one research institute in Berlin (later: ZFTN). This consortium produced a wide variety of communications equipment,...