TESSCO Awarded Iowa & Kansas State Contracts

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Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:00pm EST

State and Local Agencies Eligible to Purchase Wireless Products
                              from TESSCO
HUNT VALLEY, Md.--(Business Wire)--TESSCO Technologies Incorporated (Nasdaq:TESS), a value-added
provider of the product and supply chain solutions needed to design,
build, run, maintain, and use wireless systems, has been awarded two
new contracts with the states of Iowa and Kansas.

   The contract issued by the Iowa Telecommunications and Technology
Commission declares that all Iowa State and Local agencies are
eligible to purchase from TESSCO's entire portfolio of 30,000 wireless
products, services and solutions for the Iowa Communications Network.
The contract specifically includes communications equipment and
supplies required to expand and maintain telecommunication systems,
local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs).

   The Kansas Department of Administration contract awarded to TESSCO
is a Western States Contracting Alliance-based Public Safety
Communications Contract. Under this alliance, political subdivisions
of the State of Kansas are eligible to purchase required equipment
from TESSCO.

   TESSCO Chairman, President and CEO Robert B. Barnhill, said, "We
are excited and pleased that the states of Iowa and Kansas have
honored us with these important contracts. We look forward to
providing their agencies with the wireless communications and data
equipment they need to succeed in wireless."

   The states of Iowa and Kansas represent two of several alliances
TESSCO holds with a variety of State and Local governmental entities,
under which TESSCO stands ready to provide more than 30,000 wireless
products, solutions, and training services, and offers three GSA
Schedules and 5,000 GSA-approved products, including a vast array of
the latest technologies for Security, Wireless Internet, Cellular,
PCS, Two-way Radio, Paging and In-building Wireless Systems, among
others.

   About TESSCO

   TESSCO Technologies Incorporated is a value-added provider of the
product solutions needed to design, build, run, maintain and use
wireless systems. TESSCO is committed to delivering, fast and
complete, the product needs of wireless system operators, program
managers, contractors, resellers, and self- maintained utility,
transportation, enterprise and government organizations. As Your Total
Source(R) provider of mobile and fixed-wireless network infrastructure
products, mobile devices and accessories, and installation, test and
maintenance equipment and supplies, TESSCO assures customers of on-
time availability, while streamlining their supply chain process and
lowering inventories and total costs. To learn more, please visit
TESSCO.com.

   Forward-Looking Statements

   This press release may contain forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements may generally be identified by the use of
the words "may," "will," "expects," "anticipates," "believes,"
"estimates," and similar expressions, and involve a number of risks
and uncertainties. For a variety of reasons, actual results may differ
materially from those described in or contemplated by any such
forward-looking statement. Consequently, the reader is cautioned to
consider all forward-looking statements in light of the risks to which
they are subject.

TESSCO Technologies Incorporated
Jamie Holloway, 410-229-1123
hollowayj@tessco.com

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