Comarco Lands Call Box Contracts

July 20, 2006

Comarco, a company known for its custom wireless test solutions, is makeing a name for itself in highway call box services. The firm has landed a new call box contract for nine Northern California counties around the Bay Area. Valued at more than $4.1 million, the contract is with the Metropolitan Transportation Commission Services for Freeways and Expressways "MTC SAFE," which provides motorist aid call box services in those nine counties. The company will upgrade existing analog call boxes to digital wieless technology. The new contract adds to existing call box work taken on by the company's call box group, now totalling over $14 million. For more information, contact Comarco at www.comarco.com.

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Jack Browne

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Jack Browne, Technical Contributor, has worked in technical publishing for over 30 years. He managed the content and production of three technical journals while at the American Institute of Physics, including Medical Physics and the Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology. He has been a Publisher and Editor for Penton Media, started the firm’s Wireless Symposium & Exhibition trade show in 1993, and currently serves as Technical Contributor for that company's Microwaves & RF magazine. Browne, who holds a BS in Mathematics from City College of New York and BA degrees in English and Philosophy from Fordham University, is a member of the IEEE.