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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) | 9 Months Ended |
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Apr. 30, 2015 | Jul. 31, 2014
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |  |
Effective income tax rate, continuing operations, excluding discrete adjustments | 34.75%cmtl_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperationsExcludingDiscreteAdjustments |
Unrecognized tax benefits | $ 2,873,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits | $ 2,743,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefits
Interest accrued relating to income taxes | 64,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued | 40,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued
Total unrecognized tax benefits recorded as non-current income taxes payable | 1,778,000 us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesNoncurrent | 2,743,000 us-gaap_AccruedIncomeTaxesNoncurrent
Unrecognized tax benefits that would positively impact our effective tax rate, if recognized | 2,182,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate | 2,152,000 us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Accounting Standards Update 2013-11 | Deferred Tax Liability Noncurrent |  |
New Accounting Pronouncements or Change in Accounting Principle [Line Items] |  |
New accounting pronouncement, effect of adoption, quantification | $ 1,095,000 us-gaap_NewAccountingPronouncementOrChangeInAccountingPrincipleEffectOfAdoptionQuantification / us-gaap_AdjustmentsForNewAccountingPronouncementsAxis = cmtl_AccountingStandardsUpdate201311Member / us-gaap_BalanceSheetLocationAxis = cmtl_DeferredTaxLIabilityNoncurrentMember |

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