Aware's Dr. DSL Line Diagnostics Platform Receives Frost & Sullivan Excellence Award

Line Diagnostics Platform Recognized For Outstanding Technology, Contribution to the Advancement of DSL-Based Services
 

BEDFORD, Mass., - Aware, Inc. (Nasdaq: AWRE), a leading provider of DSL test and diagnostics solutions, today announced that its Dr. DSL® Line Diagnostics Platform (LDP) received Frost & Sullivan's Product Differentiation Excellence of the Year Award for the DSL Test and Measurement Market. Aware's LDP is an advanced software-based test solution that reduces service provider's operational expenses and increases revenues by providing the ability to accurately pre-qualify service tiers, rapidly diagnose and resolve customer complaints, and ensure subscriber lines meet performance and stability requirements that are needed for advanced DSL-based services like IPTV.

"Aware's LDP achieved the top ranking in each category that we used to evaluate DSL test and diagnostics products for this award," said Olga Yashkova, Industry Analyst at Frost & Sullivan. "LDP's features, quality, customization, target market focus, and brand recognition make it an excellent choice for DSL operators."

Aware's LDP collects standard-compliant chipset-level diagnostics parameters from access devices such as DSLAMs and customer premises equipment. It then uses its advanced interpretation algorithms to convert the raw data into easy-to-understand and actionable results that customer service agents, network operations experts and field technicians can use to rapidly resolve customer complaints. Aware's LDP also implements dynamic line management (DLM). This technology automatically scans an operator's DSL network to determine the health of individual DSL lines and then adapts DSLAM service profiles to mitigate disturbances that affect customer service and optimize the stability and performance of each subscriber line. Aware's LDP supports the recently ratified International Telecommunications Union (ITU) G.996.2 line test standard which defines embedded singed-ended (SELT), dual-ended (DELT) and metallic (MELT) line testing parameters and reference models for DSL networks.

"We are pleased to be recognized by Frost & Sullivan for our solution that brings comprehensive DSL service assurance capabilities to the world's largest broadband access market," said Peter LeBlanc, Vice President at Aware, Inc. "LDP is based on Aware's 15 years of experience in designing DSL chipsets and systems that, when combined with our focus on test and diagnostics solutions, uniquely position us to deliver software test solutions that will expand the capabilities of DSL networks for decades to come."

Aware's LDP and evaluation software are available immediately. More information about Aware's Dr. DSL Line Diagnostics Platform can be found at www.aware.com/ldp.

About Aware

Aware is a leading technology and supplier for the telecommunications and biometrics industries. Aware has pioneered innovations at telecommunications standards-setting organizations for DSL and networking. Telecom equipment vendors and phone companies use Aware's DSL test and diagnostics modules and Dr. DSL® software to provision and troubleshoot DSL circuits globally. Aware is also a veteran of the biometrics industry, providing biometric and imaging software components used in government systems worldwide since 1992. Aware's interoperable, standard-compliant, field-proven imaging products are used in a number of applications, from border management to criminal justice to medical imaging. Aware is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts. www.aware.com