VTech then branched out into personal computers, including a series of 8-bit TRS-80 competition computers named the Laser 200, 210, and 310, as well as a series of IBM compatible PCs both beginning in 1983, followed by Apple II compatible computers, beginning in 1985, including a model called Laser 128. After acquiring PC manufacturer Leading Technology of Oregon in 1992, [13] VTech exited the personal computer market in 1997 due to tight competition. [14] VTech Welcomes 4th Generation Children's Learning Tablets to Award-Winning InnoTab Family, Including First to Feature Android Learning Content". VTech. 5 June 2014. VTech initially focused on developing video games. In 1977, the company created its first home TV game console, a version of Pong. Since only consumers in North America and Europe could afford such items, the company targeted primarily these markets. This section needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( July 2016) Today VTech makes both individual standalone products and platform products that combine a variety of consoles with different software. [9]

Today, VTech's core businesses remain cordless telephones and electronic learning products. Its contract manufacturing services – which manufactures various electronic products on behalf of medium-sized companies, have also become a major source of revenue. The company has diversified geographically, selling to North America, Europe, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and Africa. [21] Core businesses [ edit ] Electronic learning products (ELPs) [ edit ] VTech then began to build its own brand. Starting in the early 1980s, a line of electronic games would be manufactured. VTech unveiled its first electronic learning product, called Lesson One, at the New York Toy Fair, in February 1980. [5] It taught children basic spelling and maths. An exclusive version under the name Computron was offered to Sears, with the product being prominently advertised by Sears, in its catalogue, which was a popular shopping guide. [11] [12] VTech introduced the world's first 900MHz and 5.8GHz cordless phones in 1991 and 2002 respectively. According to MZA Ltd, [30] the company is the world's largest manufacturer of cordless telephones.Finkle, Jim (2 December 2015). "Congress wants VTech details on child data it collects". Reuters.com . Retrieved 5 December 2015.

VTech brings teacher-endorsed Android games to its InnoTab Max tablet for kids". Gizmag. 8 June 2014. In 1985, the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated the frequency band 900 MHz to ISM (industrial, scientific, and medical) devices. Taking advantage of this, VTech began development on a cordless telephone, using the 900MHz band, and in 1991 introduced the world's first fully digital 900MHz cordless telephone. [15] [16] [17] The MMI Top 50 for 2014". Manufacturing Market Insider. Archived from the original on 17 March 2006 . Retrieved 8 June 2015.

In 2000, to expand its cordless phone business, VTech acquired the consumer telephone business of Lucent Technologies. The acquisition also gave VTech the exclusive right for 10 years to use the AT&T brand in conjunction with the manufacture and sale of wireline telephones and accessories in the United States and Canada. [18] Although the acquisition increased sales of VTech's telecommunication products by 50%, it led to operating losses and write-offs. The company issued a profit warning in March 2001 and launched a broad restructuring plan. [19] By the financial year 2002, the company had turned around the business and returned to profitability. [20] VTech started manufacturing products for other brand names on an original equipment manufacturing (OEM) basis in the 1980s and CMS became one of the company's core businesses in the early 2000s.