FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

September 27, 2007

TIA Publishes New Telecommunications Systems Bulletin TSB-102.BABE

New bulletin accounts for improvements in Project 25 suite.

Arlington, Va. - The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) has published a new telecommunications systems bulletin, TSB-102-BABE, Project 25 - Vocoder Evaluation - Mean Opinion Score Test.

The Project 25 vocoder standard was selected in 1992 and subsequently standardized by TIA as TIA-102.BABA. The current TSB comes as various improvements have since been developed in the industry and the original suite of Project 25 has diversified into Phase 1 and Phase 2. The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), the Telecommunications and Technology Professionals Serving State Government (NASTD), and Federal Government Agencies (FED), known as APCO/NASTD/FED, will be issuing common systems standards for digital public safety radio communications (APCO/NASTD/FED Project 25 Standard). TIA, in cooperation with APCO/NASTD/FED, has generated standards, interim standards, specifications and TSBs that define the equipment and processes necessary for implementation of the APCO/NASTD/FED Project 25 Standard.

TSB-102.BABE was created under the cognizance of the TIA TR-8 Mobile and Personal Private Radio Standards, TR-8.4 Subcommittee on Vocoders. A TSB is not a standard, but rather contains technical material that may be valuable to industry and users. To obtain copies of the document, contact Global Engineering Documents at (800) 854-7179 or visit http://global.ihs.com.

For more information about TIA standards, please contact Ian Martinez at 703.907.7723 or imartinez@tiaonline.org.

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