AURORA, IL, JANUARY 27, 2004 -- Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), announced today that the company has received the prestigious QuEST Forum TL9000 Award at the association’s annual meeting this month in Long Beach, CA.

Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance (LRQA) has registered Westell’s quality management system to TL9000 status for the design, manufacture and in-house repair of data modems, and has registered all processes to ISO9001:2000 for the design, manufacture and in-house repair of its telecommunications equipment.

To date, of all the global telecom industry companies, just over 400 companies worldwide have achieved this rare distinction.

“This award further certifies our competitive advantage as a Tier-1 provider of intelligent, carrier-class broadband products manufactured using a TL9000 quality management system”, said Van Cullens, Westell President and CEO. “Westell continues to achieve Best-in-Class performance as we focus on reducing the total cost of ownership for our customers”, he added.

TL9000 is an international telecommunications industry standard that is an extension of ISO9001 and formalizes quality management systems and processes to improve reliability and reduce costs throughout the supply chain. Included in TL9000 are performance and cost-based metrics that measure reliability and quality performance of the products and services.

About Westell
Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL) headquartered in Aurora, Illinois is a Tier-1 provider of intelligent, carrier-class broadband access products, manufactured using a TL9000 registered quality management system. Westell offers high-speed broadband/DSL technology products for carriers, service providers and business enterprises around the world. ConferencePlus, a Westell subsidiary, offers conferencing services including voice, video, and IP data conferencing, to carriers and multi-national corporations throughout the world. For more information visit www.westell.com. .

About QuEST TL9000
The Quality Excellence for Suppliers of Telecommunications (QuEST) Forum is a unique partnership of telecommunications suppliers and service providers. In April 1996, a core group of telecommunications service providers, including Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Pacific Bell, and Southwestern Bell, initiated the idea of establishing better quality requirements for the industry. From this meeting, the QuEST Forum was formed in October 1997. Work began at the inaugural meeting in January 1998. The purpose of TL9000 is to define the telecommunications quality system requirements for the design, development, production, delivery, installation and maintenance of products and services. Included in TL9000 are performance and cost based metrics that measure reliability and quality performance of the products and services.

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Certain statements contained herein including, without limitation, statements containing the words "believe," “on track, “ "anticipate," “focus,” “should,” “committed” "expect," "estimate", "await," "continue," "intend," “may,” “will,” “should,” and similar expressions are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks include, but are not limited to, product demand and market acceptance risks, need for financing, the economic downturn in the U.S. economy and telecom market, the impact of competitive products or technologies, competitive pricing pressures, product development, excess and obsolete inventory due to new product development, commercialization and technological delays or difficulties (including delays or difficulties in developing, producing, testing and selling new products and technologies), the effect of Westell’s accounting policies, the need for additional capital, the effect of economic conditions and trade, legal social and economic risks (such as import, licensing and trade restrictions) and other risks more fully described in Westell’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2003 under the section “Risk Factors”. Westell undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.