Westell’s VersaLink Gateway Supports DSL Forum TR-069 Protocol

Aurora, IL, July 13, 2004 -- Westell Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: WSTL), a leading systems developer and manufacturer of high-speed broadband/DSL and VoIP technology access products, announced today that its VersaLink™ Wireless Gateway is the first to support the DSL Forum’s new protocol TR-069 for customer premises equipment (CPE) WAN management.

Westell co-authored the TR-069 protocol and helped drive the open standards based implementation with other Forum members. TR-069 establishes rules for how a CPE device communicates and is managed by a remote management system. Westell is one of the original founding members of the DSL Forum and co-chairs the DSLHome technical and marketing committees, including the one responsible for the creation of TR-069.

The VersaLink Wireless Gateway offers service providers the ability to now remotely manage the device via a resident TR-069 client. This flexibility allows the device to receive software upgrades and feature changes via Westell’s EnVoy Service Management System™ without requiring upgrades or field replacement. Unlike other wireless gateways currently on the market, VersaLink supports optional Quality of Service (QoS) at both layer 2 and layer 3 as well as an optional, software programmable uplink Ethernet port (VersaPort™).

VersaLink offers wired, wireless and alternate WAN, such as fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) access via the VersaPort, making it the only TR-069 compliant device to offer such capabilities. “As the principal driver behind the creation of TR-069, Westell is focused on delivering manageable, more feature-rich CPE, such as VersaLink to our service provider customers”, said George Pitsoulakis, Product Line Director at Westell and co-chair of the DSL Forum’s Home Working Group. TR-069 is a key development and will allow our customers to lower their operating costs of maintaining and managing CPE devices and create more opportunities for revenue generating applications”, he added.

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. For more information visit www.westell.com.

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