Aware, Inc. – News & Events

BEDFORD, Mass. – May 10, 2006 – Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a worldwide leader and innovator of broadband intellectual property, today announced the immediate availability of its comprehensive product line of standard-compliant ADSL2+ and VDSL2 modem modules for telecom outside plant handheld test equipment. The modules are designed to enable test equipment vendors to quickly integrate modem emulation and advanced diagnostics into their products for use by field technicians responsible for ADSL2+ and VDSL2 service verification. These “all-in-one” modules offer a full suite of DSL physical layer diagnostics, ATM statistics, and IP connectivity, as well as Aware’s advanced Dr. DSL® expert diagnostics software.

Aware’s products are available in three models. The powerful yet economical 350 model is a low-power ADSL2+ ATU-R modem which is fully compliant with the ITU G.992.5 ADSL2+ standard and is based on Aware’s field-proven interoperable technology. The 450 and 550 models are flexible, small-profile VDSL2 modems which can be software-configured to operate as a remote terminal (RT) to verify DSLAM sync rates and IP network connectivity, or as a central office (CO) for customer premises service verification. Both the 450 and 550 are fully compliant with the recently approved International Telecommunications Union (ITU) G.993.2 VDSL2 standard and support all eight configuration profiles, including the 50 Mbps 17a and 8b profiles to be deployed by Deutsche Telekom for their IPTV initiative. The 350, 450 and 550 modules are backward compatible and interoperable to legacy ADSL equipment.

All modules also support Aware’s Dr. DSL expert diagnostics software which troubleshoots outside plant physical layer problems that impact DSL, including far-end bridged taps and wideband noise interference. By using Dr. DSL’s problem identification capability and SmartRx™ rate reduction technology, field technicians can quickly determine if a line can be cost-effectively conditioned to support new VDSL2 high-bandwidth services such as HD IPTV video.

Each module supports a Linux operating system which contains drivers and applications that are used to manage the initiation of DSL links and to support a broad spectrum of diagnostics, from physical layers through the ATM and IP packet layer. The modules also support bridge and router functionality and provide a convenient LAN interface for modem control and the passing of ATM and IP data.

Aware’s outside plant handheld test modules will be featured in Aware’s booths at GLOBALCOMM 2006 (#16035) and OSP Expo (#67030) from June 5 – 7, 2006 in Chicago. For more information on Aware or its line of DSL test and diagnostic products, please visit Aware’s website at http://www.aware.com.

About Aware
Aware, Inc. designs, develops, licenses and markets DSL technologies that enable broadband communications over existing telephone networks. Its solutions, including splitterless G.lite, full-rate ADSL, ADSL2, ADSL2+, VDSL2, Bonded ADSL2+, Dr. DSL®, StratiPHY™, StratiPHY-Bonded™, StratiPHY2+™, StratiPHY3™ and G.SHDSL, address central office as well as customer premise requirements. Aware is also a leading provider of standards-based biometric transaction and image compression software toolkits. More information can be found at www.aware.com.

Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings and the growth of the DSL market. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. These factors include, but are not limited to: we have a unique business model, our quarterly results are difficult to predict, we depend on a limited number of licensees, we derive a significant amount of revenue from a small number of customers, we depend on equipment companies to incorporate our technology into their products, we face intense competition from other DSL vendors, DSL technology competes with other technologies for broadband access, and our business is subject to rapid technological change. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dr. DSL, SmartRx, StratiPHY, StratiPHY2+, StratiPHY3, and StratiPHY-Bonded are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aware, Inc. Any other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

Contact:
Sarah LaLiberte
Aware, Inc.
sarahl@aware.com
781-687-0695

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