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Who We Are

Based in Irving, Texas, EFJ, Inc. is the parent company to industry-leading businesses dedicated to providing wireless telecommunications solutions. We design, develop, market and support private wireless communications, including wireless radios, wireless communications infrastructure and systems, and secured communications encryption technologies for analog wireless radios.
Our products and services are developed to support homeland security, defense, public safety and public service and international markets.

Where We Have Been

For 84 years, EFJohnson has been designing, developing, marketing and supporting wireless mobile radios and wireless communication infrastructure and systems. We leverage our engineering and technical expertise to address the specific needs of our customers and developments in our market. We are an industry standards leader providing significant support to the industry groups formulating the standards.

Our wireless radio offerings are primarily digital solutions designed to operate in both analog and newer digital wireless radio system environments. Our products and systems are based on industry standards utilizing Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol, or VoIP, technology and are designed to enhance interoperability among systems, improve bandwidth efficiency, and integrate voice and data communications. We sell private wireless communication products and systems primarily to domestic entities, such as the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, as well as state and local governmental agencies.

Over the past 28 years, Transcrypt International has achieved significant market share for voice security products worldwide. This segment leverages our leading market position to gain new customers in parts of the world where wireless radio systems remain analog, security needs are high, and the cost to upgrade to digital secured communication system is usually prohibitive.
Our secured communication products are sold as aftermarket add-on components or embedded components for existing analog radios and systems. Terrorist threats, political unrest and military conflicts drive the need for more secured communications.

Where We Are Going

We also have significant license rights that allow us to sell products that work in the largest proprietary analog public safety radio network base as well as in networks that will utilize the next generation of public safety technology. Government agencies have a large installed base of analog wireless radios, infrastructure and proprietary systems that are used for private and secured wireless communications When the terrorist acts occurred on September 11, 2001, many first
responders, such as police and fire, were unable to communicate with each other due to incompatible wireless communication systems, severely hampering the coordination of emergency and rescue efforts. The US Government has made a strong commitment to improve homeland security by providing first responders with secure and interoperable communications.

Government agencies are now mandating secure and interoperable compliant digital wireless communication systems to replace the existing analog wireless radio communication systems. The federal government, which typically provides the funding for such wireless systems, and to a lesser extent state governmental agencies have made appropriations for such future systems a top priority. According to IMS Research performed in 2003, approximately $7.0 billion could be spent in the next four years on upgrading analog systems to new digital radios and systems.

Demand is increasing significantly as the industry transitions from analog to digital and public safety and public service users increasingly utilize Project 25 products and solutions. We plan to capitalize on this demand growth by continuing to develop Project 25 compliant feature enhancements and additions to our digital radios and systems. In addition, our secured communications business will continue to enhance the recently launched digital encryption product that is designed to provide digital encryption for analog radios. In all, our goal is to be the provider of choice for
homeland security communication needs.