POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTING AT THE JP MORGAN CONFERENCE

POWERWAVE TECHNOLOGIES PRESENTING AT THE JP MORGAN CONFERENCE SANTA ANA, Calif., October 20, 2004 - Powerwave Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:PWAV) today announced that on October 26, 2004, Powerwave will be making a presentation to the investment community at the JP Morgan Small Cap Conference in Boston. The Company's presentation reviews Powerwave's strategy within the wireless infrastructure industry, as well as potential market opportunities and historical financial results. Interested investors may listen to the JP Morgan presentation via a simultaneous Webcast on the Investor Relations page at www.powerwave.com. This presentation is scheduled to start at 2:50 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, October 26, 2004. A replay of the presentation will be available on the Powerwave website until November 4, 2004. Powerwave Technologies, Inc., is a global supplier of end-to-end wireless solutions for wireless communications networks. Powerwave designs, manufactures and markets antennas, boosters, combiners, filters, repeaters, multi-carrier RF power amplifiers and tower-mounted amplifiers and advanced coverage solutions, all for use in cellular, PCS and 3G networks throughout the world. Corporate headquarters are located at 1801 E. St. Andrew Place, Santa Ana, Calif. 92705. For more information on Powerwave's advanced wireless coverage and capacity solutions, please call (888)-PWR-WAVE (797-9283) or visit our web site at www.powerwave.com. Powerwave, Powerwave Technologies and the Powerwave logo are registered trademarks of Powerwave Technologies, Inc. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2004/10/20/20041020BIT22420/wkr0001.pdf