precision design

What precision design does

Telecommunications Engineering Associates (TEA), doing business as precision design and operating at policedispatch.com, is a privately-held systems integrator founded in 1975 and headquartered in San Carlos, California. The company designs, deploys, and supports mission-critical communications infrastructure for public-safety agencies, integrating radio frequency (RF), IP networking, and electrical disciplines into end-to-end systems that police, fire, EMS, local government, and federal law enforcement customers cannot afford to have fail.

The company's product portfolio is organized around four core technology pillars: Land Mobile Radio (encrypted P25, analog, simulcast, voting receivers, and interoperability gateways with coverage testing); Dispatch & 9-1-1 (radio consoles, NG-911 PSAP CPE, voice logging, CAD integrations, and fire station alerting); Transport & Networks (licensed microwave, IP/MPLS with QoS, fiber plant, and site power systems); and Secure IP Networks (CJIS-compliant encrypted IP data communications). These products are wrapped by three service layers—System Engineering (site surveys, coverage modeling, spectrum licensing, multi-vendor architecture), Implementation (staging, rack build-outs, configuration, acceptance testing), and Support & Maintenance (24×7 on-call, SLAs, spares programs, depot repair).

The business model combines professional services, hardware sales, and recurring managed services under custom, multi-year contract pricing negotiated through engineering-led consultation. Go-to-market is exclusively direct enterprise sales with no self-serve, channel, or marketplace presence. The customer base is entirely government, with primary concentration in municipal/regional police, fire/EMS, and local government in the San Francisco Bay Area, plus a secondary segment in federal law enforcement and intelligence community customers with CJIS-compliant requirements. No revenue, headcount, funding, M&A, or leadership data is publicly disclosed.

Name

precision design

Legal name

Telecommunications Engineering Associates

Website

https://policedispatch.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1975

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Telecommunications Engineering Associates (precision design) is a privately-held systems integrator founded in 1975 in San Carlos, California, designing and maintaining mission-critical LMR, dispatch, NG-911, and CJIS-compliant IP communications systems for public-safety agencies in the Bay Area and federal law enforcement.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

San Carlos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Systems Integration and Design: End-to-end system design, engineering, and integration services for mission-critical communications. Includes requirements gathering, site surveys, coverage modeling, spectrum & licensing, and multi-vendor architecture planning.
2. Equipment Sales and Staging: Sale and staging of radios, dispatch equipment, microwave/fiber infrastructure, and related hardware. Includes equipment rack build-outs, network configuration, and site construction management.
3. Support and Maintenance Services: 24×7 on-call support, preventive maintenance, SLAs with response targets, spares programs, and depot repair services. Ongoing lifecycle support contracts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Telecommunications Engineering Associates (TEA) is a private systems integrator that designs, engineers, deploys, and supports mission-critical communications systems for public safety agencies. The company's offerings span Land Mobile Radio (LMR), dispatch and 9-1-1 systems, NG-911, microwave and fiber transport networks, and CJIS-compliant secure IP/MPLS networks, delivered as turnkey engineering, implementation, and lifecycle support services. Founded in 1975 in San Carlos, California, TEA serves police, fire, EMS, and federal law enforcement customers.

Product overview

precision design is a systems integrator focused on public-safety communications, offering an integrated portfolio of hardware and software solutions. The core product suite includes Land Mobile Radio systems (P25, analog, simulcast, interoperability gateways), Dispatch & 9-1-1 systems (NG-911 PSAP CPE, radio consoles, CAD integrations, fire station alerting), and Transport & Networks (microwave, IP/MPLS, fiber). Supporting services include System Engineering (RF planning, site surveys, spectrum licensing), Implementation (staging, configuration, acceptance testing), and Support & Maintenance (24x7 on-call, depot repair, spares programs).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Land Mobile Radio Systems

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Broad incumbents

• Motorola Solutions: Dominant incumbent in public-safety LMR (APX/P25), command-center software, and NG-911 video, directly competing with TEA on large municipal and federal procurements while also being one of the OEMs TEA integrates.
• L3Harris Technologies: Major LMR and tactical communications prime contractor with deep federal law-enforcement and DoD presence; competes head-to-head with TEA on federal IC and public-safety system integration work.
• Intrado / West Safety Services: Major NG-911 call-routing and PSAP infrastructure provider; directly adjacent to TEA's NG-911 PSAP CPE business at the network-services layer.

Direct peers

• Zetron: Specialist in dispatch console systems, NG-911 PSAP CPE, and CAD integrations — a direct product overlap with TEA's Dispatch & 9-1-1 portfolio for the same public-safety buyer.
• EFJohnson (JVCKENWOOD): P25 and DMR land mobile radio manufacturer serving public safety, frequently integrated by systems integrators like TEA into agency deployments.
• Aviat Networks: Provider of licensed microwave backhaul and transport systems for public-safety and utility networks, overlapping TEA's Transport & Networks offering and often co-deployed with LMR systems.
• Hytera (US operations): Global P25 and DMR radio vendor and systems integrator active in public-safety communications; competes with TEA on multi-vendor system integration deals.

Emerging players

• CentralSquare Technologies (TriTech/CAD): Provider of CAD, RMS, and public-safety software platforms that integrate with TEA's radio and dispatch deployments via message switches and CAD interfaces.
• GeoComm: Specialist in GIS-based NG-911 location services and PSAP mapping, often paired with TEA-style system integrators on next-generation 911 deployments.

Regional players

• Codan Communications (Barrett): HF and tactical communications vendor with public-safety and federal adjacencies; comparable as a specialist radio OEM/system integrator serving mission-critical government customers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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