Comarco Wireless Awarded $12 Million Contract.

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1999--

Comarco Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRO) announced today that its subsidiary, Comarco Wireless Technologies (CWT), has been awarded a $11.9 million contract by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Service Authority for Freeways and Expressways (MTC SAFE).

The contract covers the service and maintenance of MTC's 3,300 call box system in the San Francisco Bay Area for the next 10 years.

"This contract represents a commitment from a major customer to provide call box service to the community well into the next millennium," said Sebastian Gutierrez, Vice President of CWT. "This contract is of strategic importance because it clearly demonstrates the value our customers place on the services that call boxes provide the motoring public."

"Despite the growth in the number of cellular subscribers, we continue to receive large volumes of calls daily from the call boxes. These calls represent aid to motorists that do not have other means of obtaining assistance. Furthermore, the call boxes provide an exact location of the incident that is being reported, a feature currently not available in the cellular network. The call boxes are an integral part of a larger program to keep traffic on our freeways moving," said Wes Wells, Director of the SAFE Program for MTC. "As we look at the next 10 years we see call boxes playing an important role in our Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) plans. Smart call boxes will see dual duty as telemetry devices along with their duties for providing motorist assistance."

Comarco Wireless Technologies is completing a full upgrade of the MTC SAFE call box system. The system, which is 10 years old and originally manufactured by another company is undergoing a complete electronic renovation that will allow the MTC SAFE to take advantage of future improvements in wireless technology. The upgrade was a $2.9 million project that is scheduled for completion by the end of the year.

Comarco Wireless Technologies is the leading manufacturer of motorist aid call boxes. The company's call boxes are installed in the United States as well as South America, Asia and Europe, and its call box division is responsible for maintaining over 16,000 call boxes for California SAFE customers. Comarco Wireless Technologies provides service to over 4,000 additional call boxes installed through out the United States.

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this news release are forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Potential risks and uncertainties include such factors such as the level of sales of the company's wireless communications products, timely and cost-effective product development, foreign marketing, the level of competition for the company's products and services, the company's ability to meet contractual commitments with its customers, and the ability to meet the technical requirements of its customers. Investors are also directed to consider a more detailed description of risks and uncertainties facing the company discussed in documents filed by the company with the SEC.

For further information contact Don Bailey at 714/796-1800 or the Shareholder Information Office at 714/796-1818. Our web sites can be found at www.cmro.com or www.comarco.com.

COMARCO, Inc. (Nasdaq:CMRO) provides wireless communications products, including advanced wireless network evaluation equipment to the cellular and PCS industries worldwide and motorist aid systems to the public sector.