Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Confirms Receipt of Notice From MMI

MELVILLE, N.Y., Sept. 26, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Comtech Telecommunications
Corp. (Nasdaq:CMTL) today confirmed that it has received a notice from MMI
Investments, L.P. ("MMI") to propose its own nominees for Comtech's Board of
Directors.

Comtech's management team and its Board of Directors are committed to an open
dialogue with all of its investors and recently met with representatives of MMI,
who only very recently became a stockholder of the Company. Comtech is
evaluating MMI's proposal in the context of the Company's ongoing commitment to
deliver long-term value to shareholders and will fully address MMI's view in due
course.

About Comtech

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets
innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions.
The Company believes many of its solutions play a vital role in providing or
enhancing communication capabilities when terrestrial communications
infrastructure is unavailable, inefficient or too expensive. The Company
conducts business through three complementary segments: telecommunications
transmission, mobile data communications and RF microwave amplifiers. The
Company sells products to a diverse customer base in the global commercial and
government communications markets. The Company believes it is a market leader in
the market segments that it serves.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information in this press release contains forward-looking statements,
including but not limited to, information relating to the Company's future
performance and financial condition, plans and objectives of the Company's
management and the Company's assumptions regarding such future performance,
financial condition, and plans and objectives that involve certain significant
known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors not under the
Company's control which may cause its actual results, future performance and
financial condition, and achievement of plans and objectives of the Company's
management to be materially different from the results, performance or other
expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include
the nature and timing of receipt of, and the Company's performance on, new or
existing orders that can cause significant fluctuations in net sales and
operating results; the timing and funding of government contracts; adjustments
to gross profits on long-term contracts; risks associated with international
sales, rapid technological change, evolving industry standards, frequent new
product announcements and enhancements, changing customer demands, changes in
prevailing economic and political conditions; risks associated with the
Company's legal proceedings and other matters; risks associated with the
Company's BFT contract, including the Company's ongoing negotiations with the
U.S. Army and pending audit of its BFT-1 contract; risks associated with the
Company's obligations under its revolving credit facility; and other factors
described in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission
("SEC").

Important Information

Comtech plans to file with the SEC and mail to its stockholders a proxy
statement in connection with its 2011 Annual Meeting. Investors and security
holders are urged to read the proxy statement relating to the 2011 Annual
Meeting and any other relevant documents filed with the SEC when they become
available, because they will contain important information. Investors and
security holders may obtain a free copy of the proxy statement and other
documents (when available) that Comtech files with the SEC at the SEC's website
at www.sec.gov and Comtech's website at www.comtechtel.com. In addition, the
proxy statement and other documents filed by Comtech with the SEC may be
obtained from Comtech free of charge by directing a request to Comtech
Telecommunications Corp., Attn: Investor Relations, 68 South Service Road, Suite
230, Melville, New York 11747.

PCMTL

CONTACT: Michael D. Porcelain, Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
631-962-7000
info@comtechtel.com

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