Comarco Announces $4.3 Million in New Call Box Contracts

Comarco Announces $4.3 Million in New Call Box Contracts

California Counties to Upgrade to Digital Wireless Technology by May 2006

IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Comarco, Inc. (NASDAQ:CMRO), a leading provider of wireless test solutions, wireless emergency call box systems, and ChargeSource mobile power products for notebook computers, cellular telephones, PDAs, and other handheld devices, today announced that it has won three new call box contracts for several counties in the State of California.

The new contracts, totaling $4.3 million, are with the California counties of Orange, Riverside, and Santa Barbara and include the upgrading of wireless analog systems to digital wireless technology, among other services. These contracts were won through competitive bidding and are expected to be completed by the end of Comarco's fiscal second quarter of 2007, which ends on July 31, 2006. In total, Comarco will upgrade 2,500 call boxes to digital wireless and add TTY devices to approximately 340 digital call boxes.

Including these contracts and similar others announced for Hawaii, San Bernardino, and San Diego, Comarco has won a total of approximately $11 million in awards from Agencies during the last 9 months.

"State and local agencies continue to migrate towards the more reliable and efficient digital wireless technology for their call box infrastructure," said Tom Franza, President and CEO of Comarco. "This trend has increased revenue opportunities for Comarco as these agencies seek an efficient, advanced solution to make their installed base of call boxes compatible with digital wireless technology. Our Generation 2.5 GSM and CDMA-based call boxes offer a complete solution for agencies looking for cost competitive, leading edge technology."

"We continue to serve our customers by upgrading our installed base of approximately 19,000 call box units to digital technology," said Chrisann Lawson, Comarco's Call Box Project Manager. "Our digital call box technology helps municipalities meet the heightened need for security -- to quickly identify and respond to a wide range of urgent incidents, from minor car troubles to major medical emergencies."

About Comarco

Based in Irvine, Calif., Comarco is a leading provider of wireless test solutions for field test applications, wireless emergency call box systems, and ChargeSource universal mobile power products for laptop computers, cellular telephones, and other handheld devices. The Company's Web sites can be found at www.comarco.com and www.chargesource.com.

Forward-Looking Information

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" that are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements in this release are generally identified by words such as "believes," "anticipates," "plans," "expects," "will," "would," and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause our results to differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements, including, among others, the impact of perceived or actual weakening of economic conditions on customers' and prospective customers' spending on our products and services; quarterly fluctuations in our revenue or other operating results; failure to meet financial expectations of analysts and investors, including failure from significant reductions in demand from earlier anticipated levels; potential difficulties in the assimilation of operations, strategies, technologies, personnel and products of acquired companies and technologies; risks related to market acceptance of our products and our ability to meet contractual and technical commitments with our customers; activities by us and others regarding protection of intellectual property; and competitors' release of competitive products and other actions. Further information on potential factors that could affect our financial results are included in risks detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including without limitation our annual report of Form 10-K for the year ended January 31, 2002.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Moreover, neither any other person nor we assume responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of the forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason.

Company Contacts:
Tom Franza
President & CEO
Comarco, Inc.
949-599-7440
tfranza@comarco.com

Investor Contact:
Doug Sherk, Jennifer Beugelmans
EVC Group
415-896-6820
dsherk@evcgroup.comjbeugelmans@evcgroup.com

Media Contact:
Steve DiMattia
EVC Group
646-277-8706
sdimattia@evcgroup.com

Source: Comarco, Inc.

CONTACT: Tom Franza,President & CEO of Comarco, Inc.,
+1-949-599-7440, or tfranza@comarco.com; or investors, Doug Sherk,
+1-415-896-6820, or dsherk@evcgroup.com, or Jennifer Beugelmans,
+1-415-896-6820, or jbeugelmans@evcgroup.com, or media, Steve DiMattia,
+1-646-277-8706, or sdimattia@evcgroup.com, all of EVC Group, for Comarco,
Inc.

Web site: http://www.comarco.com/

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