About
Mission Statement
To provide the highest quality network engineering services for clients with wide area networks (WANs); and to develop the most cost competitive and most reliable APCO Project 25 (P25) network products for mission critical and public safety applications.
Project 25
Over the past few years, the Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) lead the effort in developing a set of communications protocols and standards to allow radios, trunking systems, and consoles from different vendors to be able to operate on the same system. In a P25 system, audio is digitized once, then routed throughout the system embedded in IP packets according to the P25 protocols.
Older legacy systems of different jurisdictions were patched together for interoperable communications by converting the audio back to an analog 4-wire interface for handing off between systems where it may be digitized again by the next system. Conversely, P25 systems can be interconnected via an Ethernet link so the digitized audio can be passed between many systems before reaching its final destination where it is converted back into analog audio. This results in the ultimate interoperability and flexibility in interconnecting many systems without degrading audio or requiring expensive hardware for a 4-Wire interface for each audio path on each system.
The MCE Advantage
At MCE we believe these new P25 standards provides an opportunity to enter the public safety market to competitively compete with the two major providers of public safety communications equipment. With lower overhead, and without the burden of supporting lower tech, less reliable systems, we believe we can beat the competition in cost and reliability. Our experience with public safety radio systems, data communications protocols, and IP networking, put us in a unique position to capitalize on these new standards.
Our Values
MCE believes in integrity by standing by our commitments to our customers and shareholders, and ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction. Without our customers, we have no business. To ensure we meet our commitments, MCE believes in hiring the most qualified applicants and compensating them appropriately. We stay competitive by encouraging continuing education, requiring industry certifications, participating in P25 standards development, and presenting technical papers at industry conventions.