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To: HVN who wrote (7711)	11/19/1997 8:46:00 AM
From: w2j2	Respond to of 21342

Wednesday November 19, 8:21 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Texas Instruments Incorporated Texas Instruments and Westell Announce Strategic Alliance For Digital Modem Technologies Alliance will Accelerate Consumer Mass Market Deployment Of xDSL Advanced High-Speed Data Communications AURORA, Ill. and DALLAS, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN - news) and Westell Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: WSTL - news) announced today a strategic alliance that will accelerate the development and deployment of TI's digital signal processing (DSP)-based digital subscriber line (xDSL) technologies with Westell's DSL systems. Westell and TI will initially work together to define and integrate TI's technologies into Westell's SuperVision_ xDSL Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) and customer access equipment. The DSPs will incorporate discrete-multi tone (DMT) software technology. According to industry analysts, DSP-based solutions are expected to provide the industry's best cost/density/performance implementation for standards compliant DSL system solutions. The Westell DMT products are planned for customer availability in the first half of 1998. In addition, TI and Westell will jointly define and develop next generation DSL solutions. These platforms will include higher speed and consumer oriented digital modems and will leverage DSP programmability to include value-added services like network and service management. The results of these efforts are expected to provide mass volume deployment of broadband multimedia services such as high speed internet access, work at home and real-time video communications. ''This alliance will provide Westell early access to leading TI DSP technologies and the volume manufacturing clout that will allow us to turn DSL into the next generation of high speed modem technology for everyone. TI is a proven market leader in digital signal processing solutions and together we are committed to enable this emerging industry with cost-effective standards compliant systems,'' said Gary Seamans, Chairman and CEO of Westell Technologies. ''Westell's recognized leadership in DSL systems and extensive field trial experience lends a powerful endorsement to TI's programmable DSP solutions for digital modems. Our relationship with Westell will accelerate deployment of standards-based DSL equipment and services worldwide'' said George Barber, vice president of TI's Semiconductor Group.

To: HVN who wrote (7711)	11/19/1997 8:53:00 AM
From: bill c.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21342

[ Hubert: First-take ] Wow! What happens to the Amati Overture 8 product line. Does anyone see the GTE ILEC using the Amati hardware now? Westell will incorporate the Amati technology into it's product line. Westell gets14.8 million in a break-up fee and they still get to work with Amati/TI. They just don't own the patents. What happens with the Siemens/Amati partnerhsip? Westell should still use the NEC/TI/AMTX VDSL solution. I don't want to see Westell purchased... until later.