Westell Technologies Announces Noran Tel Acquisition
Canadian Telecommunications Company Becomes Westell Subsidiary
AURORA, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Westell Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: WSTL), a leading provider of broadband access products, gateways and conferencing services, today announces that it has acquired privately-owned Noran Tel, Inc., a Saskatchewan, Canada-based premier provider of telecommunications products. Noran Tel will remain based in Saskatchewan and will operate as a Westell subsidiary.
"This acquisition represents another important strategic expansion to our Network Service Access (NSA) sector and signifies our efforts in further developing this business," said Van Cullens, Westell President and CEO. "Noran Tel will provide us with new customer, channel, and geographic diversification which will allow us to offer more products to more customers in more markets," Cullens said. Noran Tel's carrier-class portfolio of products and technologies extends Westell's current network transport and termination solutions with transmission products, power distribution products, and newly developed remote monitoring solutions. As a combined product portfolio, Westell will now offer a larger suite of transmission, distribution, and maintenance solutions for telecommunication providers, value-added resellers and business enterprises throughout North America.
The addition of Noran Tel builds on the successful 2005 acquisition and integration of HyperEdge Corporation. "We believe the acquisitions of Noran Tel and HyperEdge very strongly benefit Westell and, most importantly, our customers," Cullens said. "We will immediately take full advantage of the opportunity to offer the expanded product set of both companies to each other's customers," Cullens said.
Randy Blayone will continue to serve as president of the Noran Tel subsidiary. "We are confident that combining Noran Tel's expertise in telco power distribution and remote monitoring with Westell's proven history in carrier markets will create exciting future growth opportunities for both companies and more choices for our customers," Blayone said. "My team is committed to working closely with Westell to ensure that our combined customers experience the benefit of this acquisition in a timely manner."
About Westell
Westell Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: WSTL) headquartered in Aurora, Illinois, is a Broadband Access Solutions company that provides leading broadband products, service solutions, and conferencing solutions for carriers, service providers and business enterprises around the world. Westell delivers innovative, open broadband solutions that meet the market's needs for fast and seamless broadband connection. ConferencePlus, 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 www.westell.com.
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Source: Westell Technologies, Inc.
Released January 3, 2007