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To: P314159d who wrote (16529)	6/30/1999 8:02:00 AM
From: Skiawal	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 21342

AURORA, ILLINOIS, U.S.A., 1999 JUN 29 (Newsbytes) -- By Grant Buckler, Newsbytes. Westell Technologies, Inc. [NASDAQ:WSTL] said it has formed interoperability alliances with three vendors to make its Voice Over DSL access device work with voice gateways from TollBridge Technologies, Jetstream Communications, and CopperCom Inc. Voice Over DSL allows a single copper pair to carry not only high- speed data transmissions but several simultaneous voice conversations. This makes it especially attractive to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) as a way of wringing more capacity out of the local loops they must obtain from their competitors, the incumbent carriers. However, said spokesman Bruce Albelda of Westell, Voice Over DSL can appeal to incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) as well. Voice Over DSL is "a terrific offensive play for CLECs, and a cost- saving and defensive play for ILECs," Albelda told Newsbytes. CLECs could put as many as half a dozen simultaneous voice connections over one physical circuit by using Voice Over DSL technology, said Ian Angus, president of Angus Telemanagement Group Inc. in Ajax, Ont. Westell's three alliances are quite similar, though they differ in some details. They all revolve around making Westell's Communications Portal, which is due for release in the third quarter of this year, work with the other vendors' voice gateways. Westell has been working with TollBridge for some time, Albelda said; it has just announced relationships with Jetstream and CopperCom. At the SuperComm trade show in Atlanta recently, CopperCom introduced CopperComplete DSL, a system aimed at local exchange carriers that want to provide DSL services including digital voice to small businesses and "upscale residences." The company is aiming primarily at small and medium-sized business applications and concentrating on the US market at the moment, Albelda added. Westell is at westell.com on the Web. Reported By Newsbytes.com, newsbytes.com