Findings Telecommunications Equipment and Infrastructure Mobile radios are essential communications equipment. The majority of agencies are actively involved in LMR decisionmaking. Analog is still most common but most agencies prefer digital. Most new LMR systems will be trunked.
State agencies are most likely to have a major problem with outdated equipment.
Trunked systems relieve channel congestion. Comparison of current and preferred frequencies reveals shift to 800 MHz. Need for additional channels is related to agency size. Half need additional voice-only channels. More channels are being dedicated to data-only.