PRESS RELEASE

BEACHWOOD, OHIO April 10, 2000 - Allen Telecom's (ALN: NYSE) Comsearch division announced today that it has entered into a significant agreement with FOX Digital to provide engineering consulting services to ensure the integrity of their television signals during the industry-wide migration from analog to digital transmission.

The changeover from analog video to digital compressed video provides broadcast viewers with a much sharper television picture than is currently possible with analog modulation. A major technological advantage of the changeover is a more efficient use of the available satellite spectrum for broadcasters. One challenge of the changeover is that the reception of the digital signal from satellites requires a much cleaner frequency interference environment.

Broadcasters who will be using sites that have traditionally received analog video realize that these sites have been engineered and frequency protected in accordance with interference criteria for analog reception only. In order to ensure quality digital reception at each site, accurate on-site RFI measurements will have to be conducted to identify not only potential terrestrial microwave interference sources, but also potential interference from such systems as cellular, PCS, pagers, UHF transmitters, military and FAA RADARs, and aircraft RADAR altimeters. If interference levels are identified, mitigation techniques will be employed to overcome them.

"FOX Digital is leading the industry by proactively addressing the issues involved in this changeover," said Chris Hardy, Vice President of Engineering Services at Comsearch.

"We have been working with FOX Digital to accurately measure every earth station in their affiliate markets as the first step in making sure that there is no interference. We will continue to work with them to verify our on-site measurements using our comprehensive knowledge base, manage the FCC licensing process, and to ensure the interference-free environment of each earth station once the migration to digital has been completed."

Said Paul F. Beeman, FOX Digital Vice President of Broadband and Satellite Transmission: "Comsearch has been selected to conduct site visits and radio frequency interference measurements at FOX affiliated TV stations so that FOX can file for frequency protection with the FCC for each site. Comsearch has been a key vendor to FOX for many years in providing frequency coordination and FCC license filing related to C-Band earth stations."

Comsearch (www.comsearch.com) designs, deploys, and optimizes wireless networks worldwide. Comsearch provides service solutions, engineering and GIS data to operators of Microwave, Satellite, Cellular, PCS, and Fixed Wireless networks. In addition to experienced engineers, our software line addresses the engineering challenges of fixed network design and spectrum relocation. Comsearch is located in Reston, Virginia.

Allen Telecom Inc. (http://www.allentele.com) is a leading supplier of wireless equipment to the global telecommunications infrastructure market. Comsearch offers engineering and consulting services for wireless operators. FOREM supplies sophisticated filters, duplexers, combiners, amplifiers and microwave radios to an array of OEM customers. MIKOM focuses on providing repeaters, in-building systems and other products that enhance both the coverage and the capacity of a wireless system. Tekmar Sistemi provides integrated low power fiber optic and cable distributed antenna systems for indoor coverage systems. Decibel Products and Antenna Specialists manufacture land based and mobile antennas in frequency bands that cover all of thetraditional wireless networks. Grayson Wireless supplies state-of-the-art measurement
and signal processing systems for testing the overall performance of a wireless network and providing geolocation services.

Statements included in this press release, which are not historical in nature, are forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements regarding the Company's future performance and financial results are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Allen Telecom Inc.'s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q contain certain detailed factors that could cause the Company's actual results to materially differ from forward-looking statements made by the Company, including, among others, the costs and timetable for new product development, the health and economic stability of the world and national markets, the uncertain level of purchases by current and prospective customers of the Company's products and services, the impact of competitive products and pricing, the future utilization of the Company's tax loss carry forwards, the impact of U.S. and foreign government legislative/regulatory actions, including, for example, the scope and timing of E911 geolocation requirements and spectrum availability for new wireless applications, the financing availability for geolocation projects, and other transactions.

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