POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTING AT INVESTOR CONFERENCES

SANTA ANA, Calif., May August 1, 2005 – Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: PWAV) today announced that it will be making presentations to the investment community at two upcoming conferences. These conferences are as follows: on Tuesday, August 2, 2005, at the 2005 Adams Harkness Summer Seminar in Boston, Massachusetts; and on Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at the RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference 2005 in San Francisco, California. The Company’s presentations review Powerwave’s strategy within the wireless infrastructure industry, as well as potential market opportunities and historical financial results. Interested investors may listen to the presentations via a simultaneous Webcast on the Powerwave Investor Relations web page at www.powerwave.com. The following is a schedule of the presentation times: Tuesday, August 2, 2005 Adams Harkness Summer Seminar at 3:00 p.m. EDT; and Wednesday, August 3, 2005 RBC Capital Markets North American Technology Conference 2005 at 11:30 a.m. PDT. Replays of these presentations will be available on the Powerwave web site until August 31, 2005.