   () is an international manufacturer of radio transmitting and receiving equipment, founded in 1954 by tokuzo inoue with the company's original name being "inoue". its products now include equipment for radio amateurs, pilots, maritime applications, land mobile professional applications and radio scanner enthusiasts. its headquarters are in osaka, japan, with branch offices in the united states (in kirkland, washington), canada (in delta, british columbia), australia (melbourne, victoria), new zealand (auckland), the united kingdom (kent, england), france (toulouse), spain (barcelona) and the people's republic of china (beijing). ==protocols== ===idas=== idas  is icom's implementation of the nxdn protocol for two-way digital radio products intended for commercial private land mobile radio (plmr) and low-end public safety communications systems. nxdn is a common air interface (cai) technical standard for mobile communications. it was developed jointly by icom, incorporated and kenwood corporation. ===d-star===  icom has developed the d-star open radio system based on digital radio protocols developed by the japan amateur radio league. this system is designed to provide advanced voice and data communications over amateur radio using open standards. ==products== thumb|right|an amateur radio station composed of three icom radios. icom manufactures two way radios and receivers for use in marine applications, airband, amateur radio applications, land mobile applications, and frs / [
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