[April 30, 2012]

Teletouch Public Safety Equipment Division Named Winner of 2011 Excellence Award by Whelen®

Teletouch Communications, Inc. (OTCBB: TLLE), a leading U.S. wireless services, cellular, consumer electronics and public safety equipment distributor, today announced that Whelen Engineering Company, Inc. recently named Teletouch's Public Safety Equipment (PSE) division as the winner of its Excellence Award for Outstanding Sales of Whelen® Products in 2011.

"Teletouch PSE has seen solid sales growth over the past few years by aligning with top manufacturers of public safety equipment for first responders, federal, state and local governments and commercial vehicle needs," said T.A. "Kip" Hyde, Jr., President and COO of Teletouch. "After securing a multi-year GSA contract for public safety products in 2010 [GS-07F-0024X], and the subsequent awards last year of similar agreements for the Texas Multiple Awards Schedule [TXMAS-11-84060] and Texas BuyBoard, this year's sales growth has been outstanding, at greater than 540% through the third quarter this year over the prior year period. A large partof this growth is attributed to our relationship with Whelen."

Hyde added, "For over 60 years, Whelen Engineering has been a leading developer of automotive, aviation and mass notification equipment. Their commitment to bring leading edge technology to market has placed them at the forefront of their industry. We are proud to have received this recognition from Whelen for all of our sales and installation teams' hard work and effort through 2011 and ongoing through this year."

Whelen offers a large array of public safety equipment including lightbars, traffic advisors, beacons, flashers, sirens and speakers. The NFPA Edge® Ultra Freedom™ and LFL Liberty™ all Linear-LED® lightbars feature the next generation of ultra-bright, ultra-wide-angle Super-LED™ technology, in a warning package that rivals strobe in impact, but provides heavy-duty, long life operation with low, low current draw. The NFPA Justice® Series Super-LED® offers high performance, cost competitive Super-LED lightbars with a wide range of options, designed for ease of operation, upgrade and serviceability.

For more information on Teletouch's government and cooperative purchasing programs, public safety equipment and two-way radio communications products, go to shop.teletouch.com.

About Teletouch Communications (News - Alert)

For over 47 years, Teletouch has offered a comprehensive suite of wireless telecommunications solutions, including cellular, two-way radio, GPS-telemetry and wireless messaging. Teletouch is a leading Authorized Services Provider and billing agent for AT&T (NYSE: T) products and services to consumers, businesses and government agencies, as well as an operator of its own two-way radio network and LTR systems in Texas. Teletouch operates a chain of 19 retail and authorized agent stores under the "Teletouch" and "Hawk Electronics" brands, in conjunction with its direct sales force, call center operations and various retail eCommerce websites including: www.hawkelectronics.com, www.hawkwireless.com, www.hawkexpress.com. Public safety equipment products for government agencies, first responders and commercial enterprises are available directly and through shop.teletouch.com. Teletouch also operates a national distribution business, PCI (News - Alert) Wholesale, primarily serving large cellular carrier agents and rural carriers, as well as auto dealers and smaller consumer electronics retailers, with product sales and support available through www.pciwholesale.com and www.pcidropship.com, among other sites.

Teletouch's common stock is traded Over-The-Counter under stock symbol: TLLE. Additional information about the Teletouch family of companies can be found at www.teletouch.com.

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