BellSouth awarded a new broadband supplier contract to Westell Technologies for its remotely-manageable DSL modem. BellSouth will begin shipment of the Westell modem to DSL subscribers beginning next month. The two companies agreed to a new one-year agreement that builds upon the supplier relationship that has been in place for several years. As BellSouth’s primary CPE supplier since 2002. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Westell’s ProLine modem use Texas Instruments’ AR7 chip designed to support ADSL2+. The modems conform to the DSL Forum’s Technical Report TR-069 specification for enabling remote management. http://www.westell.com
