Project MESA

Project MESA is an international partnership producing globally applicable technical specifications for digital mobile broadband technology, aimed initially at the sectors of public safety and disaster response.

Project MESA Origins

ETSI and TIA have agreed to work collaboratively by providing a forum in which the key players can contribute actively to the elaboration of MESA specifications. 

The means for this activity has been provided in the form of a Partnership Project, originally known as the Public Safety Partnership Project (PSPP), which constitutes the legal and operational framework ensuring a swift progress of results. 

The original Partnership Project Agreement (PPA) was signed in Washington DC in May 2000. The current partnership agreement for Project MESA was ratified in January 2001 in the City of Mesa, Arizona. The PSPP was given the name 'Project MESA' in recognition of the city, where the partnership agreement was finalized.

Project MESA aims

Project MESA produced the specifications for an advanced digital mobile broadband standard and represented the first such international initiative to involve users and organizations from the Public Protection & Disaster Relief (PPDR) and Peacekeeping sectors to join forces with Industry for the production of a truly global standard.

MESA status

Project MESA has now achieved its mission and is closed.

For more information, see the MESA web site.