Aware Showcases DSL Technology Leadership At SUPERCOMM 2001.Business/Technology Editors BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2001 Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq:AWRE AWRE Atomic Weapons Research Establishment AWRE Australian Workshop on Requirements Engineering AWRE Automatic Write Reallocation Enable ), a worldwide DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary technology leader and innovator, will showcase its DSL technology offerings next week at SUPERCOMM 2001 at the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. in Atlanta, June 5-7, 2001. Aware (Booth #2110) will feature demonstrations of the company's core DSL technologies as well as technology enhancements that enable new service offerings and more cost effective provisioning of DSL service. "Worldwide demand for DSL among both consumers and businesses is stronger than ever, as evidenced by continued ramping deployments both domestically and overseas," commented Michael Tzannes, chief executive officer of Aware. He added, "Aware is also seeing increasing demand for advanced DSL chipset features such as video capabilities, loop diagnostics, and channelized Refers to an architecture that transmits data in channels. It often refers to the 64 Kbps channels in T1 lines, which were originally developed to handle digitized voice streams (TDM). See TDM. voice. These enhancements are proving valuable to carriers in providing their customers the most satisfying DSL experience possible." Full-Rate and G.lite ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Aware's ADSL intellectual property offerings enable silicon suppliers to rapidly enter the ADSL industry with market leading, field proven, fully interoperable, standard compliant technology. Aware is committed to enhancing the versatility and robustness of its ADSL technology in ways that best serve the mass market. Our intellectual property offerings include single and multiport architectures, system and run-time software, ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. (application specific integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for ) cores and reference/line card designs. Aware's ADSL solutions will be present in the booths of various exhibitors throughout the show floor, reflecting the growing presence of Aware's DSL technology in the marketplace. Symmetric High-bit-rate G.shdsl G.shdsl delivers greater symmetric bandwidth at longer distances than current SDSL See DSL. SDSL - Single-line Digital Subscriber Line technology and traditional T1/HDSL systems, making it an attractive solution for carriers' business-class voice and data services. Aware's G.shdsl technology, which is compliant with the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) G.991.2 G.shdsl standard, further enhances Aware's core DSL technology portfolio. Using Aware's technology, silicon providers can rapidly enter the emerging G.shdsl marketplace. Voice-enabled DSL (VeDSL(TM)) VeDSL is Aware's brand of Channelized Voice over DSL (CVoDSL) technology. CVoDSL enables a single phone line to carry additional lines of voice along with high-speed internet See broadband. access and POTS (plain old telephone service). CVoDSL technology is being developed by several silicon and equipment vendors, and is making progress towards standardization at the ITU. CVoDSL can enable DLCs (digital loop carriers) and next-generation DSLAMs (DSL access multiplexers) to incorporate derived voice functionality. The elimination of much of the processing required by other voice over DSL techniques also makes integration of CVoDSL into customer premise modems relatively inexpensive. Aware will be demonstrating multi-line VeDSL in its booth at Supercomm. Dr. DSL(R) Diagnostics Software Aware's Dr. DSL diagnostics software provides ADSL chips with embedded loop diagnostics to reduce provisioning costs, improve troubleshooting, and expand monitoring necessary for service level agreements. Because Dr. DSL resides on the DSL chipset, it can be cost-effectively incorporated into any device with a DSL chip, including DSLAMs and test heads at the central office and a consumer's DSL modem ADSL modem or DSL modem is a device used to connect a single computer or router to a DSL phone line, in order to use an ADSL service. The acronym NTBBA (network termination broad band adapter, network termination broad band access) is also common in various countries. at the home. Aware will be demonstrating Dr. DSL's single-ended DSL pre-qualification as well as advanced two-ended tests. The demonstration will illustrate how Aware's Dr. DSL integrated into test heads, DSLAM (DSL Access Multiplexor) A central office (CO) device for ADSL service that intermixes voice traffic and DSL traffic onto a customer's DSL line. It also separates incoming phone and data signals and directs them onto the appropriate carrier's network. See DSL. chipsets, and DSL modem chipsets can form a comprehensive testing architecture. FastADSL(TM) FastADSL is an advanced technology from Aware that increases the data rates of existing ADSL chipsets to over 11 Mbps, enabling service providers to offer two channels of digital-quality video using MPEG-2 compression, high-speed Internet access, and traditional voice services over a single telephone line. A software upgrade that enables FastADSL can be loaded into existing chipsets without requiring a hardware design change. Aware will also demonstrate FastADSL at the show. 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 Refers to the standard ADSL technology in contrast to the slower-speed G.lite version. See DSL. , G.shdsl, VeDSL(TM), Dr. DSL(R), and DMTflex(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 Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. 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 Risk Factors in our quarterly report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarter ended March 31, 2001 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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