The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) met via Web on Thursday September 26 3:00 PM Eastern for the Annual Meeting. The Meeting was hosted by: Stephen Nichols, PTIG Executive Director; Brad Stoddard, PTIG Chairman; Cheryl Giggetts, PTIG Treasurer.

A Board of Directors and Officers was unanimously elected for the coming year 2024-2025.  Stephen Nichols was retained as PTIG Executive Director.

Retiring from the PTIG Board:

Doug Chapman,  Etherstack
Tom Bretthauer, State of Ohio MARCs system 
Siralal Gamini, New Zealand Police 
Nick Pennance, Tait
Ed Latimer, Viavi 

We offer our sincere thanks to these retiring members for their loyal years of service and participation on the PTIG Board.

New to the PTIG Board

Stuart Sanz, Interoperability and Radio System Manager for Arlington County, Virginia.
Barry Crates, Product Line Manager - P25 and Infrastructure,Tait Communications
Giles Gillison, Senior Product and Marketing Manager, Etherstack
Wayne Wong, Director, Radio Test, Viavi Solutions
Kerei Gray, Business Change Leader, Public Safety Network Programme, New Zealand Police
William DeCoste, Program Manager and Lead Engineer STARS,Virginia State Police

Officers for the coming Year:

Chariman: Brad Stoddard, State of Michigan
Treasurer: Cheryl Giggetts, CTA Consultants
Vice Chariman: Jim Holthaus, US Department of Justice
Secretary: Andy Davis, Motorola Solutions, TIA TR-8 Chair

PTIG Board of Directors 2024-2025

 PTIG Year in Review by Stephen Nichols:

Renewed growth and interest for Project 25 was evident over the last year. There is broad acceptance that P25 and LMR will remain the primary PTT communications technology for Government, Public Safety, Military, and Critical Infrastructure users for the next decade or more. P25 remains the primary Standard for Government and Public Safety LMR in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Our PTIG Mission continues with the development and sharing of information about P25 Standards, Benefits, Interoperability, Applications, and Market.

Highlights:
• New Mexico P25 System of the Month
• New P25 Trunking Systems List Update May 2024
• IWCE: 5 PTIG panels presented, Strong attendance, 10x20 booth
• APCO 1 PTIG panel presented, Strong attendance, 10 x 10 booth
• New Conference Participation: Comms Connect Australia, Comms Connect New Zealand, IAFC, IACP, APCO Canada.
• PTIG Website: Sessions up 136%,  File Download 5,700
• PTIG Whitepapers: How to Extend your P25 System for LTE Interworking published
• Updates underway for PTIG P25 FAQ and Capabilities Guide
• 4 New Members: Frequentis, Omnitronics, Altairis, EML Calibration

 Meeting closed at 5:00 PM.

P25 for the Future Presentation from PTIG panel at APCO 2024 is now available.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group is pleased to offer “P25 for the Future” panel presentation slides from APCO 2024 in Orlando.

The full PPT presentation can be downloaded using the link below.

P25 for the Future APCO 2024

See how P25 technology is adapting and interworking to meet the changing communications eco-system. Look at the top priorities for the future of P25 from the Steering Committee Chair and User Needs Working Group. Get the latest Standards update including: P25 Standards recently completed and new Standards in development including LMR interworking with LTE and Mission-Critical PTT.

Learn what's new for Project 25 in 2024 and beyond including: New P25 Link Layer Security Standards (Cyber Security for P25 Control Channels and Unit IDs), a new "GPS location on every PTT" Standard for P25 subscriber units, a new Multi-vendor "User ID alias" capability to share the user-name for each unit across multiple systems and talk groups, and new radio receiver design specs to protect mission critical systems from harmful interference.

Hear how P25 technology is best deployed and managed to meet the communications needs of Public Safety and government user agencies. Explore P25 Inter-System Interface (ISSI) capabilities and best practices for multi-agency interoperability through roaming and sharing region-wide, and state-wide. Learn about new P25 Standards for Emergency Alarm operation including remote emergency activation.

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group (PTIG) is pleased to publish a presentation of the latest New P25 Products and Services at APCO 2024. The information is compiled from the 43 Commercial members of PTIG.

The full P25 New Products and Services presentation can be downloaded using the link below

P25 New Products & Services APCO 2024

A matrix of All PTIG Members with links to their websites can be downloaded using the link below.

P25 Member Products and Services Matrix August 2024 

Each New Product slide includes information on:
• What is New
• How does it improve Interoperability
• Benefits to Public Safety

The following New P25 market trends were derived from an analysis of the offerings.

P25 LMR Interoperability with LTE Broadband Data
• Multi mode P25/LTE Portable & Mobile radios
• Mobile P25 radio with Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity
• New P25 Consoles connect P25 and LTE technologies

Multi-Band P25 Portable Radios (VHF/UHF/700/800 MHz)
New products are P25 Phase 1 and Phase 2 capable
Voice recording in radios
Scalable, Configurable P25 Airborne Radios
Deployable, mixed-mode, P25 repeaters for Emergency Ops

P25 Antenna Site Monitoring
“Over the Air” radio maintenance for P25 Systems
“Cloud based” Asset management for P25 Systems
“Cloud based” Dispatch in the field
New P25 Location Services
P25 enhanced Vocoder Software

The Project 25 Technology Interest Group is pleased to publish the latest list of P25 Trunking Systems July 2024.

A New July 2024 Edition of the P25 Trunking Systems list is now available.
Thanks to Ken Brown for his continued updates on this database

The Full list can be downloaded using the link below:

P25 Trunking Systems List July 2024

The P25 Trunking Systems List was last published in January 2024 with 1,218 Systems
The new May 2024 list shows an additional 62 systems with 2 systems merging into larger networks for a net gain of 64 systems.
Total of 1280 P25 Trunking Systems.

Important Note: The P25 Trunking Systems List is organized by State by State to allow Individual agencies within that State to have an easy reference for those P25 Systems on the air and potentially available for their use.
In some instances, P25 Systems have coverage and access across State lines and as a result these Systems may be listed in Multiple State sections of the list.
Total of 981 P25 Trunking Systems. (duplicate multi-State entries removed)

When this total is added to PTIG’s separate list of 2,387 P25 Conventional Systems
The Grand Total for P25 Trunked and Conventional stands at 3,667 known P25 Systems.

Notes:

• Consolidation continues with smaller P25 systems merging and joining larger regional or Statewide P25 systems
• Transition from Phase 1 FDMA to Phase 2 TDMA systems continues. May 2024 database count shows 670 Phase 1, 610 Phase 2
• New P25 Systems identified for US Air Force in Japan, Korea, and Italy
• No significant changes for Frequency Bands in use
• No significant changes for User Demographics
• International Systems are on Tab 2 of the spreadsheet.