EXHIBIT 99

              EMRISE CORPORATION ANNOUNCES EXCHANGE LISTING LETTER

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2006--EMRISE CORPORATION
(NYSE Arca:ERI), a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace
electronic components and communications equipment, today announced that on May
15, 2006, the Company received a letter from NYSE Arca Equities, Inc. staff
("Staff") indicating that the Company's common stock price per share does not
comply with the minimum $1.00 price required for continued listing by NYSE Arca
Equities Rule 5.5(h)(4). The Staff noted that since March 31, 2006, the price
per share of the Company's common stock has averaged below $1.00 for 30
consecutive trading days. At the request of the Staff, the Company intends to
submit to the Staff no later than June 5, 2006, a plan that describes how the
Company intends to regain compliance with the $1.00 price criteria in order to
retain its listing.

About EMRISE CORPORATION

EMRISE Corporation is a multi-national manufacturer of defense and aerospace
electronic components and communications equipment. EMRISE's electronic
components group, which consists of EMRISE Electronics Corporation and its
international subsidiaries, provides custom power conversion, RF components and
subsystems as well as digital and rotary switches to the North American,
European and Asian electronic components market. These products are primarily
used for defense, aerospace and industrial applications. EMRISE's communications
equipment group, consisting of CXR Larus Corporation and its subsidiary CXR
Anderson Jacobson, provides network access, satellite timing and synchronization
and transmission products as well as communications test equipment to the North
American, European and Asian communications industry. Founded in 1983, EMRISE
operates out of facilities in the United States, England, France and Japan. As
of April 30, 2006, EMRISE had a total of 310 employees in its various
subsidiaries and divisions. Website: www.emrise.com. Listed on NYSE Arca under
the ticker symbol: ERI.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

With the exception of historical information, the matters discussed in this
press release, including without limitation, the timing and content of any
compliance plan to be prepared by the Company for submission to the Staff, are
forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
Actual future events could differ from those statements. Factors that could
cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, any
determination that the Staff may make as to the Company's listing status and
compliance, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's public
statements and its periodic reports and other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.

Contact:

Carmine T. Oliva, Chief Executive Officer
(909) 987-9220