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BellSouth Strengthens Broadband Home Networking Initiative and Awards Westell New Supplier Contract Westell's VersaLink(TM) Gateway Chosen as the Primary CPE Choice for DSL Wireless Home Networking ATLANTA and AURORA, Ill., June 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE:BLS), one of the nation's leading communications companies, today announced that it has selected Westell Technologies (NASDAQ:WSTL) to supply its VersaLink Gateway for BellSouth FastAccess(R) Broadband DSL Subscribers. The announcement builds upon a relationship that has been in place for several years and follows a previous contract award last November for Westell's ProLine(TM) DSL modem product line. The Westell VersaLink Gateway integrates a Broadband DSL modem with a remotely manageable Quality of Service (QoS)-aware multi-port router that provides 802.11g wireless networking. Westell has incorporated the latest technology available to provide optimal 802.11g coverage, enhanced QoS for advanced services support, physical layer troubleshooting support, and customized configuration screens to allow for seamless customer self installation. "The Versalink Gateway will be used as the primary support for BellSouth HomeNetworking Plus(R) Service. HomeNetworking Plus(R) provides BellSouth FastAccess DSL customers the ability to network multiple PC's to the internet through a high speed DSL connection," said Jeff White, General Manager of BellSouth's Broadband Internet Operations and Support organization. "In addition, the VersaLink Gateway will be able to provide BellSouth strategic capabilities for advanced service deployment, such as DSL2+, enhanced QoS for the DSL connection and the 802.11 home connection," he added. "VersaLink is enjoying strong acceptance in the DSL marketplace, and we will continue to work closely with BellSouth to help them fulfill their strategic vision for broadband access." said Rob Guglielmi, Vice President of Sales for Westell. "Our high-speed VersaLink Gateway is another example of our innovation around wireless and networking products." About BellSouth Corporation BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 100 communications company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40 percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice and data provider with more than 50 million customers. Backed by award winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R) Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also offers online and directory advertising through BellSouth(R) RealPages.com(R) and The Real Yellow Pages(R). BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at http://www.bellsouth.com/ . About Westell Westell Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ:WSTL) headquartered in Aurora, Illinois is a Tier-1 provider of intelligent, carrier-class broadband access and networking products, manufactured using a TL-9000 registered quality management system. Westell offers high-speed broadband/DSL and VoIP technology products for carriers, service providers and business enterprises around the world. ConferencePlus(TM), a Westell subsidiary, offers conferencing services including voice, video, and IP data conferencing to carriers and multi-national corporations throughout the world. For more information visit http://www.westell.com/ . "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act 1995: Certain statements contained herein including, without limitation, statements containing the words "plans," "believe," "on track," "anticipate," "committed," "expect," "estimate," "await," "continue," "intend," "may," "will," "should," and similar expressions are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These risks include, but are not limited to, product demand and market acceptance risks, need for financing, the economic downturn in the U.S. economy and telecom market, the impact of competitive products or technologies, competitive pricing pressures, product development, excess and obsolete inventory due to new product development, commercialization and technological delays or difficulties (including delays or difficulties in developing, producing, testing and selling new products and technologies), the effect of Westell's accounting policies, the need for additional capital, the effect of economic conditions and trade, legal social and economic risks (such as import, licensing and trade restrictions) and other risks more fully described in Westell's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2004 under the section "Risk Factors." Westell undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. DATASOURCE: BellSouth Corporation CONTACT: Nadine Randall for BellSouth, +1-404-829-8724, or ; or Nicholas Hindman for Westell, +1-630-375-4136, or Web site: http://www.bellsouth.com/ http://www.westell.com/ Company News On-Call: http://www.prnewswire.com/comp/095650.html

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