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Native name | アイコム株式会社 |
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| Company type | PublicKK |
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| ISIN | JP3101400004 |
| Industry | Electronics |
| Founded | April 1954; 71 years ago (1954-04) |
| Founder | Tokuzo Inoue |
| Headquarters | , Japan |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Tokuzo Inoue (Chairman andCEO) Masataka Harima (President) |
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| Revenue |  JPY 24.8 billion (FY 2017) (US$ 234 million) (FY 2017) |
| JPY 626 million (FY 2017) (US$ 5.8 million) (FY 2017) | |
Number of employees | 1,080 (consolidated, as of March 31, 2018) |
| Website | Official website |
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Icom Inc. (アイコム株式会社,Aikomu Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese manufacturer ofradio transmitting and receiving equipment, founded in 1954 by Tokuzo Inoue with the company's original name being "Inoue".[2][3][4] Its products now include equipment forradio amateurs, pilots, maritime applications, land mobile professional applications, andradio scanner enthusiasts.
Its headquarters are inOsaka, Japan.[4] It has branch offices in the United States (inKirkland, Washington),Canada (inDelta, British Columbia),Australia (Melbourne,Victoria),New Zealand (Auckland), theUnited Kingdom (Kent,England),France (Toulouse),Germany (Bad Soden),Spain (Barcelona) and thePeople's Republic of China (Beijing).
IDAS is Icom's implementation of theNXDN protocol[5] for two-waydigital radio products intended for commercialPrivate Land Mobile Radio (PLMR) and low-end public safety communications systems. NXDN is aCommon Air Interface (CAI) technical standard for mobile communications. It was developed jointly by Icom andKenwood Corporation.
The D-STAR open radio system was developed by Icom based on digital radio protocols developed by theJapan Amateur Radio League and funded by theMinistry of Posts and Telecommunications.[6] This system is designed to provide advanced voice and data communications over amateur radio using open standards.
Icom manufacturestwo way radios and receivers for use in marine applications,Airband,amateur radio applications, land mobile applications,[7] andFRS /GMRS applications. Some radios made by Icom are compatible withMotorola and SmarTrunk trunking systems.
TheIcom IC-V82 is aVHFhandheld transceiver with coverage in thetwo-meter band (144–146 MHz) and a maximum output power of 7 watts.[8] It was manufactured and sold by Icom from 2004 to 2014.[9][10][11]Following its discontinuation, Icom issued an advisory warning about counterfeit radios, including the IC-V82.[12][13] In October 2018, the company issued a cease-and-desist order against a Chinese manufacturer suspected of producing counterfeit Icom products; it also noted that this was not the first time it had taken such steps.[14]
In June 2022,United Against Nuclear Iran, a U.S.advocacy organization, identified the Icom IC-V82 as being used byHezbollah, a U.S. designatedForeign Terrorist Organization. It sent a letter to Icom outlining its concerns about the radios' dual-use capability (analog+digital[15]) and regarding Icom's business ties to Power Group (Icom's representatives in Lebanon) and Faza Gostrar, which claims to be the "Official ICOM representative in Iran".[16][17]
Many of the devices purchased byHezbollah that subsequently exploded in the2024 Lebanon radio device explosions, killing at least 25 people and wounding over 708, were reported as being IC-V82s.[17][18] Icom opened an investigation into the case on 19 September 2024,[19][11] while a sales executive at the company's U.S. subsidiary said the radios involved appeared to be counterfeit units.[20]
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