Exhibit 99.1

Communication Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JCS)
Press Release

For Immediate Release:

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|Contact: | Jeffrey K. Berg, President and Chief Executive Officer
|         | David T. McGraw, Chief Financial Officer              
|         | Telephone: 952-996-1674                               

JEFFREY BERG COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. CEO
TO RETIRE

WILLIAM SCHULTZ, EVP OF OPERATIONS, NAMED AS
SUCCESSOR

Minnetonka, MN 
 March 14, 2011  Communication Systems, Inc. (CSI) announced
today that Jeffrey Berg, the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer,
will retire from active management on May 19, 2011 concurrent with its Annual
Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Berg will continue as a member of CSIs Board and
provide consulting services following his retirement. He will be succeeded by
William Schultz who currently serves as CSIs Executive Vice President of
Operations. These moves are part of a planned succession.

It has been
an honor to lead Communication Systems for the last four years, and to have the
privilege of working with so many loyal and dedicated employees. CSI is one of
the most respected companies in our industry, and I am proud to have been part
of its success. I am confident that Bill Schultz and the rest of CSIs
excellent leadership team will continue to move the Company forward, said
Berg.

Curtis
Sampson, Chairman of CSIs Board of Directors, commented: Jeff has provided
excellent leadership to the Company throughout his 20+ year career at CSI,
including seven years as COO and then four years as CEO. The Board is
particularly grateful for his four years of service as the Companys CEO in
which the Company surmounted many challenges and during which our management
team has been significantly strengthened.

Schultz was
named as CSIs Executive Vice President of Operations in May of 2010. He
originally joined the Company in 2000 as a product manager in its Transition
Networks subsidiary, following nine years at AMP, a division of Tyco
International, Ltd. He was quickly promoted to Marketing Director of Transition
Networks in 2001 and as its Vice President of Marketing in 2002. In October
2007 he was appointed Vice President and General Manager of Transition
Networks, a position he held until February 2011. During the three and one-half
years Schultz led Transition Networks, its revenues increased approximately 28%
and its operating income increased approximately 250%. He holds a B.S. degree
from Michigan State University and a Masters of Business Administration from
Emory University.

About Communications Systems

Communications Systems, Inc.
provides physical connectivity infrastructure and services for cost-effective
broadband solutions and is a leading supplier of voice-grade connecting devices and wiring systems. CSI serves
the broadband network market as the worlds leading supplier of media
conversion technology that permits networks to deploy fiber optic technology
while retaining the copper-based infrastructure already embedded in the
network. In addition, CSI supplies copper wire and fiber optic structured
wiring systems for broadband networks, as well as line filters for digital
subscriber line service. CSI also provides network design, training and
management services.

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