P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Systems Market: Overview

P25 or APCO-25 Also known as Project 25 is a group of standards for digital mobile radio communications intended for use by public safety administrations in North America. P25 provides the capability to transfer voice and data, permitting for other natural implementation of encryption or messaging. P25 radios offers replacement for analog UHF radios with additional feature of enabling data. P25 radios are commonly executed by dispatch organizations, such as police, fire, Ambulance and Emergency Rescue Service, using vehicle-mounted radios combined with walkie-talkie handheld use.

The P25 involves Land Mobile Radio (LMR) services for national (federal) public safety organizations, local, state/provincials and agencies. P25 compliant radios can communicate in both digital and analog mode with other P25 radios. P25 is applicable to LMR equipment authorized or licensed in the U.S. under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) or Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules and regulations.

P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Systems Market Size and Forecast

United States P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio System market is projected to expand with a CAGR of 8.87%, in value terms, over the forecast period 2019-2025, and expected to reach at USD873.45 Million by 2025. Need for seamless interoperable communication in applications such as public safety is the major driving factor for P25 Public Safety land mobile radio systems market. Additionally, high demand of internet services and continuous technological developments are expected to propel the market growth over the forecast period. 

Growth Drivers

Advancements in features

P25 provides advanced features such as Group calls, Common channel operation, Affiliation, Unit to unit calls, Broadcast calls that also guarantee interoperability. All such features are helping market to grow at steady growth rate.

Emergence of push-to-talk over cellular systems

Push-to-talk is also known as press-to-transmit, it is a method of having conversations including two-way radio, Push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) is a service option which is designed for cellular phone network and enables subscribers to use their P25 Public Safety land mobile radio with unlimited range along with the functionality to connects instantly. An important advantage of using it is the ability which enables a single person to reach to an active talk group by pressing a single button and the user need not to make several calls in order to coordinate with a group. The advance features is making the market more lucrative for the users thereby, aiding to the demand for P25 Public Safety Land mobile radio systems.

Restraints

High cost of P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio System

A major restraining factor of the P25 Land Mobile Radio Systems market is high costs associated with it. Additionally, for increasing the range of low VHF signal, a major component of P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Systems known as repeater is installed which ultimately increases the overall cost of P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio system. In addition to this, complexity associated with the manufacturing and licensing in order to avoid the interference with other frequencies of P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio System is also hampering the growth of the overall market during the forecast period.

P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Systems Market: Product Type Analysis

Based on product type, market bifurcated into the Portable P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio (LMR) System and Mobile P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio (LMR) System. Portable P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio (LMR) System segment is expected to occupy 59.96% market share in 2018 and will generate a revenue of 289.45 Million in 2025, due to advances in the communication networking technologies, rugged nature and their low cost. Further, public safety agencies needs a better solution for uninterrupted effective communication with high audio quality and better coverage, thereby  aiding to the growth and demand of Portable P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio (LMR) System during the forecast period.

P25 Public Safety Land Mobile Radio Systems Market: Frequency Insights