EXHIBIT 99.1

NEWS BULLETIN
     FROM:

  CalAmp logo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

          CalAmp Satellite Products Requalified By Key Customer

   Company expects to resume shipments to its historically largest customer


OXNARD, Calif., January 16, 2008--CalAmp Corp. (Nasdaq: CAMP), a leading
provider of wireless products, services, and solutions, announced today that
a key Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) customer has requalified two of
CalAmp's products, including the latest generation offering that supports
expanded high-definition television (HDTV) content along with a popular older
generation product line.

As previously announced, a product performance issue affecting certain DBS
equipment manufactured by CalAmp for this customer resulted in the customer
returning product and putting orders on hold pending the requalification of
products.  Last month, CalAmp announced that it had reached a settlement
agreement with this customer related to this issue.  Today's announcement
that the customer has requalified the products paves the way for CalAmp to
resume business with this important customer.

Fred Sturm, CalAmp's President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "I am
very pleased to announce that CalAmp products have been requalified by the
DBS service provider that has been our largest customer over the past several
years.  We will immediately begin working with our customer towards
restarting the production process.  Initially, we expect we will be shipping
a mix of both revenue-generating new units and non-revenue refurbished units.
We believe these shipments will likely resume during our fiscal 2009 first
quarter, and we look forward to rebuilding our market position with this key
customer."


About CalAmp Corp.
CalAmp is a leading provider of wireless communications products that enable
anytime/anywhere access to critical information, data and entertainment
content. With comprehensive capabilities ranging from product design and
development through volume production, CalAmp delivers cost-effective high
quality solutions to a broad array of customers and end markets.  CalAmp is a
supplier of DBS outdoor customer premise equipment to the U.S. satellite
television market.  The Company also provides wireless data communication
solutions for the telemetry and asset tracking markets, private wireless
networks, public safety communications and critical infrastructure and
process control applications.  For additional information, please visit the
Company's website at www.calamp.com.


Forward-Looking Statement
Statements in this press release that are not historical in nature are
forward-looking statements, which involve known and unknown risks and
uncertainties. Words such as "may", "will", "expect", "intend", "plan",
"believe", "seek", "could", "estimate", "judgment", "targeting", "should",
"anticipate", "goal" and variations of these words and similar expressions,
are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Actual results could
differ materially from those implied by such forward-looking statements due
to a variety of factors, including general and industry economic conditions,
product demand, increased competition, competitive pricing and continued
pricing declines in the DBS market, the timing of customer approvals of new
product designs, operating costs, the Company's ability to efficiently and
cost-effectively integrate its acquired businesses, the Company's ability to
obtain an amendment of its bank credit agreement to eliminate the event of
default under the credit agreement, the risk that the ultimate cost of
resolving a product performance issue with a key DBS customer may exceed the
amount of reserves established for that purpose, and other risks or
uncertainties that are described in the Company's fiscal 2007 Annual Report
on Form 10-K filed on May 17, 2007 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) and in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on January
15, 2008 with the SEC.  Although the Company believes the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable
assumptions, it can give no assurance that its expectations will be attained.
The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.

AT THE COMPANY:                         AT FINANCIAL RELATIONS BOARD:
Rick Vitelle                            Lasse Glassen
Chief Financial Officer                 General Information
(805) 987-9000                          (213) 486-6546
                                        lglassen@frbir.com