High-performance wireless interface enables Westell’s customers to provide a range of new and emerging services

AURORA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL – News), a leading provider of broadband products, outside plant telecommunications equipment, and conferencing services, today announced that it has begun offering integrated 802.11n wireless networking in its broadband products. Specifically, it is announcing the availability of the VersaLink™ 7550 ADSL 11n gateway and the UltraLine™ Series3 9150 11n high-performance home router. Integration of the most advanced wireless home networking standard will provide end consumers with additional performance and security for their in-home wireless network. For Westell’s service provider customers, the new wireless capability provides the additional throughput needed to provide content-rich services across the wireless network. The use of 802.11n also reduces “dead spots” and extends network reach, increasing the reliability of the service offering and providing a better customer experience overall.

Both product lines come equipped with a multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system design for optimal performance. Each product can support wireless rates of up to 130Mbps, taking advantage of enhancements included in the 802.11n standard, such as packet aggregation and spatial multiplexing. To ensure consumer privacy and to protect any licensed content distributed wirelessly, devices connected to the Westell products are designed to utilize government-grade wireless security including AES encryption. Westell’s 802.11n implementation is fully compatible with existing devices utilizing 802.11g technology. The products have been tested against a broad range of 802.11n and 802.11g client devices to ensure the broadest possible compatibility with the many millions of wireless equipped client devices in use today and in the future.

“As broadband service speeds continue to increase and the number and variety of wireless-enabled devices proliferate, it is important to facilitate a commensurate amount of wireless throughput. Our 802.11n products provide more wireless speed, combined with better coverage and security, which together provide the best possible experience to our service provider customers and ultimately to their end users,” said Scott Voegele, Executive Director of Product Marketing for Westell’s Customer Networking Solutions business. “Westell’s wireless gateway devices have a well-earned reputation for best-in-class performance, quality, reliability and cost-effectiveness, and we are pleased to introduce our 802.11n gateway products to market.”

Westell has already executed a contract with one major customer to migrate a portion of that customer’s gateway shipments to 802.11n-equipped Westell gateways, and it has seen significant interest from other customers. Commercial shipments of Westell’s 802.11n-equipped products are expected to commence in volume in 2010.

About Westell

Westell Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, is a holding company for Westell, Inc. and Conference Plus, Inc. Westell, Inc. designs, distributes, markets and services a broad range of broadband customer-premises equipment, digital transmission, remote monitoring, power distribution and demarcation products used by telephone companies and other telecommunications service providers. Conference Plus, Inc. is a leading global provider of audio, web, video and IP conferencing services. Additional information can be obtained by visiting http://www.westell.com and http://www.conferenceplus.com.

Initiative Teams Axway with Thales/nCipher, Entrust and Quantum Secure to Support Global Identity Security Projects in Government and Enterprise

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AXWAY LEADS GLOBAL IDENTITY SECURITY INITIATIVE TO MINIMIZE FRAUD, DATA LOSS AND ID THEFT

Initiative Teams Axway with Thales/nCipher, Entrust and Quantum Secure to Support Global Identity Security Projects in Government and Enterprise

Axway, the Business Interaction Networks company, has announced the creation of a strategic global initiative to address identity security and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) requirements of governments and enterprises. This initiative has been created in response to the building momentum for identity management initiatives throughout the world.

Through this initiative, Axway will partner with complementary solutions providers including Thales/nCipher, Entrust and Quantum Secure to address increasing global data security and access control requirements. The companies will deeper integrate and deliver components that include hardware security modules (HSMs), certificate authority, authentication, validation, device and credential management, physical and logical access integration and security consulting.

Identity management’s rapid growth is driven by the need to manage complex identity validation and security needs in sectors like defense, healthcare, finance and human services. Presently, technologies the initiative supports – like ID cards with embedded chips, mobile devices and biometrics – are used increasingly to minimize fraud, identity theft and data loss.

The non-exclusive initiative will be promoted to customers, common technology alliances, leading system integrators and security resellers globally. Over time, other like-minded solution vendors will join this ecosystem to drive integrated solutions and best practices for security initiatives within multiple delivery mechanisms, such as cloud computing. Initiative members will take these integration efforts, coupled with best practices from the joint deployments across all sectors, to provide new delivery options.

Axway will contribute both its proven leadership in Business Interaction Networks and policy-based IT governance along with its Validation Authority (VA) suite technology. Axway’s VA technology is uniquely positioned to provide validation and authorization solutions based on both Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) and Server-based Certificate Validation Protocol (SCVP).

“We often create this type of initiative with other vendors to deliver complete solutions for specific projects, so formalizing this is the next logical step,” says Alan Taylor, director for alliances, Axway. “This global security initiative marks an important step forward in addressing government challenges worldwide for security, credential and identity management. This initiative protects citizens and enterprises’ critical data across all sectors, and provides a powerful business continuity and authorization framework.”

These integrated solutions will ensure compliance with government mandates for physical and logical access, e-authentication and personal identity validation credentials.

Other solution providers in this security initiative include:

• Thales/nCipher, Integrated Security Solutions for Unrivalled Preparedness: http://www.thalesgroup.com/iss
• Entrust, Securing Digital Identities & Information: http://www.entrust.com
• Quantum Secure, the leading provider of enterprise software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events across disparate physical security systems: www.quantumsecure.com

“We are excited to partner with Axway on this important strategic initiative for identity management,” added Laurie Aaron, vice president, government and alliances, Quantum Secure. “Quantum Secure has been a leading provider of enterprise and government software to manage and streamline security identities, compliance and events in real time across disparate physical security systems.”

For more information on Axway, please visit: http://www.axway.com/products-solutions/email-identity-security/identity-security.

About Axway

Axway is the Business Interaction Networks company – the only provider in the market today to manage, run, secure, and monitor all of your business interactions, including email, files, messaging, services, events, and processes. Serving over 11,000 organizations in more than 100 countries, Axway facilitates the multi-enterprise transactions, processes and integration that accelerate business by eliminating the barriers between vendors, customers, departments, partners and suppliers. Axway’s comprehensive offerings include business-to-business integration, managed file transfer, secure email, business activity monitoring, enterprise application integration, service-oriented architecture, business process management, track & trace and identity validation solutions. Axway provides professional and managed services, as well as cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) offerings. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Axway’s global presence spans 20 countries.

VeriCall(R) multimedia software enables high-definition voice and video calling applications on i.MX51 processor in smartbooks, media phones and other connected CE devices

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire/ — Trinity Convergence today announced that its VeriCall family of IP communications and multimedia software is now available for the i.MX51 family of applications processors from Freescale Semiconductor.

VeriCall Edge 4.0, the company’s flagship product, provides consumer electronics (CE) manufacturers a comprehensive embedded software platform for rapidly designing multimedia and real-time voice/video communications functionality into IP-connected devices such as Multimedia Tablets, Video Phones, Digital Photo Frames, Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) and Netbooks / Smartbooks.

The company also announced that it has already licensed VeriCall software for the i.MX51 to OEMs manufacturing Multimedia Phone, Set-top Box and Smartbook devices.

Trinity Convergence’s collaboration with Freescale benefits CE manufacturers by providing a proven solution that supports High-Definition voice and video calling (including wideband voice and up to 720p video), as well as a broad range of multimedia capture / playback / transmit functionality. Manufacturers will leverage VeriCall software on the i.MX51 applications processor to shorten product development cycles and accelerate time-to-market.

“Advanced processors such as the i.MX51 device are enabling the delivery of real-time HD video communications and digital entertainment services to a wide range of connected devices,” stated Jeff Schline, director, partner and marketing programs for Trinity Convergence. “We’re excited to make our VeriCall software solutions available on the i.MX51 processor it offers a compelling platform for portable consumer electronics. Our collaboration is focused on providing solutions that simplify how OEMs integrate new features and services into their next generation devices.”

“Trinity’s technology offers customers a proven platform for enabling high-definition communication services and multimedia applications in a variety of end-products,” said Sridharan Subramanian, senior manager of software and platforms for Freescale Semiconductor’s Multimedia Applications Division. “Trinity’s support for the i.MX51 family of products underscores the depth and quality of Freescale’s growing ecosystem for applications processors.”

Support for the i.MX51 processor based on ARM technology adds to a long list of Freescale processors and product families (including StarCore, ColdFire and i.MX processors) onto which Trinity Convergence has ported its embedded software solutions. Â The companies have more than 75 joint design wins over the past decade in a range of IP communications and multimedia devices from some of the world’s leading CE companies including D-Link, Philips and Sony.

VeriCall Software Solutions

VeriCall embedded software solutions, consisting of VeriCall Communicator, VeriCall Edge and VeriCall Phone Editions, are licensed by the world’s leading CE manufacturers for use in products such as video phones, multimedia tablets, set-top boxes and other personal voice and video communications devices.

VeriCall Edge 4.0 includes a unique Media Quality Module (MQM) that provides video tuning mechanisms designed to deliver the highest quality IP video communications possible over a given network. The ability to deliver media processing, networking technology and quality of service (QoS) components in a single software framework helps CE manufacturers minimize the challenges and risks inherent to embedded software design.

VeriCall software leverages industry standards for voice and video processing, as well as call control protocols such as SIP, to ensure product interoperability and simplify deployment. Â More information is available on the company’s web site at www.trinityconvergence.com

About Trinity Convergence

Trinity Convergence is a leading developer of embedded software solutions for the Automotive, Communications, Consumer Electronics, Industrial Controls and Medical device markets. The company provides highly integrated software solutions designed to help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturers (ODMs) accelerate their product development cycles. The company’s embedded VoIP software and graphical user interface (GUI) development tools offer a competitive advantage to manufacturers by providing highly-integrated solutions and the flexibility to run across a variety of operating systems and microprocessors. Trinity Convergence is headquartered in Research Triangle Park, USA and maintains product development and engineering offices in Port Huron, USA; Pune, India; and Cambridge, UK. For more information, visit www.trinityconvergence.com.

VeriCall is a registered trademark and VeriCall Edge is a trademark of Trinity Convergence, Inc. Â All other products or services referenced may be trademarks or service marks of their respective companies or organizations.

Cable Europe Invites ARRIS Chairman Bob Stanzione to speak at Opening CEO Panel

SUWANEE, Ga., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ARRIS (Nasdaq: ARRS) today announced its participation at this year’s Cable Congress held from March 3-5 in Brussels. ARRIS will be demonstrating its convergence-enabling broadband solutions at Cable Congress. ARRIS is supporting Cable Europe in the set up of the Cable Europe Broadband Village, a demonstration area featuring current and future leading edge multi-screen and super high speed Internet applications via cable. The Cable Europe Broadband Village will be enabled by a live connection to the network of local cable operator Telenet. The ambition of the Broadband Village is to demonstrate to attendees and regulators a view on the wired home and customer experience of the future.

Additionally, ARRIS CEO & Chairman Bob Stanzione and two of ARRIS’ senior technologists will be speaking on panels during the event:

• Bob Stanzione, CEO of ARRIS, will join Mike Fries, CEO LGI and Hans Holger Albrecht, CEO MTG on Wednesday’s Opening CEO panel entitled “A View From The Top: Beyond Speed” at 11:30am, March 3rd.
• Jeff Howe, Senior Director, Broadband Communications Architecture, ARRIS, will present a technical paper in the Technology session: Translating Network Speed to the Home a Discussion of Next Generation Access Networks. The panel is scheduled on Thursday, March 4th at 3:50pm.
• Jobst Muhlbach, VP On Demand Business, ARRIS EMEA, will provide his expertise on Targeted Advertising and Value Added Services to the technical panel: “New Service Opportunities Courtesy of the Cloud” moderated by Telenet on Friday, March 5th at 10am.

At Booth #3 and at Cable Europe’s Broadband Village, the Company will display exciting new applications such as the DOCSIS 3.0 High Speed Experience, the 3-Screen User Experience with new Home Gateway technology, HD Videoconferencing on TV, and 3DTV. All these new applications are made possible through ARRIS’ newest technology platforms including the ConvergeMedia Management suite, the ConvergeMedia XMS video distribution system, the Touchstone modem portfolio and the ARRIS Moxi Mate media player.

To arrange meetings or schedule interviews with ARRIS executives or platform specialists, please contact Riki Rau at 33-1-5656-0175 (riki.rau@arrisi.com). For more information on the Cable Congress, visit: www.cablecongress.com

About ARRIS

ARRIS is a global communications technology company specializing in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers around the world. The company supplies broadband operators with the tools and platforms they need to deliver reliable telephony, demand driven video, next-generation advertising and high-speed data services. Headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, ARRIS has R&D centers in Suwanee; Chicago, IL; Beaverton, OR; Wallingford, CT; Waltham, MA; Kirkland, WA; Cork, Ireland; and Shenzhen, China, and operates support and sales offices throughout the world. Information about ARRIS products and services can be found at www.arrisi.com.

MOTOBLUR Service Gives Customers Home Screen Access to Content and Contacts

BASKING RIDGE, NJ, and LIBERTYVILLE, IL — Verizon Wireless and Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced the availability of Motorola DEVOUR™ in March. Motorola DEVOUR will be the first Verizon Wireless phone to feature MOTOBLUR™, Motorola’s unique Android™-powered content delivery service created to make wireless phones more personal and customizable.

MOTOBLUR is the first solution to sync contacts from work and personal e-mail services, including Gmail™, with posts, messages, photos and more from popular sites such as Facebook®, MySpace and Twitter. With MOTOBLUR, content is automatically delivered to the home screen and fed into easy-to-manage streams.

Key features:

• Touch-sensitive navigation pad
• 3.1” capacitive touch screen
• Pre-loaded applications such as Gmail, Google Talk™, YouTube™, Google Search™ and Google Maps™ with Google Maps Navigation.
• Android Market™ gives users access to more than 20,000 applications.
• Happenings Widget – MOTOBLUR automatically pushes status updates, wall posts and photo updates from popular social networking sites to the Happenings Widget on the home screen. Customers can flick through the latest updates and fire back responses using the slide-out full QWERTY keyboard.
• Universal Inbox – MOTOBLUR gathers texts, social network messages and e-mails into one home screen widget for quick response.
• Back-Up and Security – Contacts, log-in information, home screen customizations, e-mail and social network messages are backed up automatically on the secure MOTOBLUR portal. The portal also allows customers to use the phone’s fully integrated aGPS to help locate the phone if misplaced. Remote wipe easily clears information from a lost device.
• 8 GB microSD™ card pre-installed
• Bluetooth® profiles supported: A2DP, HID, HSP, HFP, AVRCP and GAP

Service plans:

• To get the most from Motorola DEVOUR, customers will need to subscribe to a Nationwide Talk or Nationwide Talk & Text plan and a Data Package for smartphones. Nationwide Talk plans begin at $39.99 monthly access, and Nationwide Talk & Text plans begin at $59.99 monthly access. A Data Package for smartphones is $29.99 for unlimited monthly access.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. Android, Google, Google Maps, Android Market, Google Search, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk are trademarks of Google, Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. © Motorola, Inc. 2010. All rights reserved.

About Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving more than 91 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 83,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NASDAQ and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $22 billion in 2009. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.