Aware, Inc. Introduces the Veritas 992B DSL Test and Development System for ADSL Over ISDN --Annex B--.

Business/Technology Editors

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2001

DSLcon Spring 2001--Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ:AWRE), a worldwide DSL technology leader and innovator, today announced the latest addition to its Veritas product line, the Veritas 992B. The Veritas 992B facilitates the evaluation and development of standards-compliant ITU-T G.992.1 Annex B ADSL over ISDN customer premises (ATU-R) and central office (ATU-C) equipment. The Veritas 992B is shipped with Aware's DSL Manager, the Veritas 992B management software suite, enabling a broad range of configuration and testing options.

"With over 10 million ISDN lines installed in France and Germany alone, the need to effectively test and develop standards-based Annex B ADSL over ISDN equipment is critical to the success of leveraging ADSL technology over existing ISDN infrastructure in Europe," said Jeff Wallace, Director of Test Equipment Sales and Marketing for Aware. "The Veritas 992B, Aware's newest product in a comprehensive line of ADSL testing and design solutions, addresses the need for a truly interoperable, standards-based ADSL over ISDN test and development platform."

Each test and development system in the Veritas product line is designed to assist systems developers to evaluate and build standards-compliant DSL products, as well as to implement quality control measures in the manufacturing process. The Veritas 2000 and Veritas 4000 are test systems that provide two and four standards-compliant CO ports, respectively, to test and analyze ADSL CPE. The Veritas 2000 can be modified to support ADSL over ISDN (Annex B).

For a demonstration of the Veritas line of products, visit Aware at the DSLcon Spring 2001 exhibition in Booth #905 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado from April 10-12.

About Aware

Aware, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets DSL technology that enables broadband communications over existing telephone networks. Its solutions, including splitterless G.lite, full-rate ADSL, VeDSL(TM), Dr. DSL(R), DMTflex(TM), and FastADSL(TM) address central office as well as consumer electronics requirements. The company licenses its intellectual property and software to semiconductor manufacturers and equipment manufacturers who sell products incorporating Aware's technology. Aware also markets to systems companies to encourage them to design its technology into their products, and to service providers to encourage them to deploy new broadband services based on its technology. More information about Aware can be found at http://www.aware.com.

Safe Harbor Warning

Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: we have a unique business model, our quarterly results are difficult to predict, we depend on a limited number of licensees, we derive a significant amount of revenue from one customer, we depend on equipment companies to incorporate our technology into their products, we face intense competition from other DSL vendors, DSL technology competes with other technologies for broadband access, our business is subject to rapid technological change, and we will require additional engineering personnel. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Factors That May Affect Future Results in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2000 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.