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Westell And Texas Instruments Technologies Expand Capabilities Of Westell's Access 4000™ Broadband Integrated Access Device To Include Voice Over DSL
First Multi-Networking Platform of its Kind
AURORA, IL, and DALLAS (February 8, 2001) -- Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL) through its Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) Business Unit, and Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), today announced that Westell is implementing one of TI's industry-leading voice over digital subscriber line (VoDSL) solutions to further enhance Westell's new Access 4000(tm) broadband multi-networking platform. The Access 4000(tm) incorporates TI's ultra power efficient programmable digital signal processor technology and Telogy Software(tm) products.
Westell's Access 4000™ is the first broadband multi-networking platform for small business and home networking. It is the first such device on the market today to provide multiple networking options, including HPNA, Wireless LAN, USB and Ethernet, which can all be used simultaneously on a shared DSL connection via plug-in modules and PCMCIA cards. A user upgradable business and residential solution, the Access 4000™ combines high-speed data, shared networking and voice services in one multi-networking platform, at an affordable price point to competing integrated access devices (IADs). The incorporation of TI's VoDSL solution enables the Access 4000 to support both voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and voice over asynchronous transfer mode (VoATM) services.
With Westell's selection of TI's solution, TI further strengthens its position as the leading VoDSL silicon and software technology provider within the rapidly expanding small office/home office (SOHO) market. According to In-Stat, service revenues from VoDSL services are expected to reach $9 billion in 2003. For Westell, the TI technology is in keeping with its strategy of ensuring against obsolescence by providing products with flexible architecture that can be easily upgraded to accommodate a range of new capabilities in the future.
"The Access 4000™ leverages TI's leading VoDSL solution to add significant value to the product beyond its unique multi-networking platform advantage," said Mike Santiago, Vice President and General Manager, Westell CPE Business Unit. "In addition to VoDSL, we will introduce other products based on TI technologies including ADSL and other broadband solutions. This is another example of the value of Westell's close relationship with TI, which supports us in our mission to offer superior yet cost-effective technology solutions to our customers."
"We are very pleased that Westell, a leading provider of broadband networking solutions, has chosen TI to provide full-featured VoDSL capabilities for the Access 4000™," said Dennis Gatens, product management director of Telogy Networks, A Texas Instruments Company. "Our technologies will take the Access 4000™ to the next level of performance and interoperability."
Westell plans to make available the Access 4000™ for trials beginning this March. For more information about Westell Access 4000TM, go to www.networking.westell.com. For more information about TI's VoDSL solutions, visit: www.ti.com/sc/adsl or www.telogy.com/vodsl
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Texas Instruments "Safe Harbor" statement and disclaimer:
Statements contained in this press release regarding service revenues from VoDSL services, the VoDSL silicon and software technology market, the small office/home office market and other statements of TI management's beliefs, goals and expectations may be considered "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. Statements regarding expected service revenues from VoDSL services are based on projections provided by In-Stat, an independent market analyst. The following factors and the factors discussed in TI's most recent Form 10-K could cause actual results to differ materially from the statements contained in this press release: the introduction of new and competitive technologies; TI's ability to meet manufacturing demands; changes in customer intentions or preferences and other factors affecting market growth or sales. TI disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of development occurring after the date of this press release. Statements contained in this press release that expressly relate to Westell (including but not limited to statements regarding Westell's products and services and the beliefs, goals and expectations of its management) are statements of Westell, and their inclusion herein is not intended to constitute TI's approval, warranty or endorsement thereof.
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