BEDFORD, Mass., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aware, Inc., a leading provider of DSL test and diagnostics solutions, today announced that its Dr. DSL® Line Diagnostics Platform (LDP) supports the new International Telecommunications Union (ITU) G.996.2 line testing standard for DSL subscriber lines. The recently ratified standard defines specifications for embedded single-ended (SELT), dual-ended (DELT), and metallic (MELT) line testing parameters and reference models. Aware's LDP can be used by telcos to collect and interpret chipset-level G.lt parameters to provide advanced DSL service assurance.

"As telcos look to reduce operational expenses and increase revenue from advanced services such as IPTV, they need a simple and cost-effective DSL test and diagnostics solution to ensure subscriber lines meet stringent throughput, performance, and stability requirements," commented Peter LeBlanc, Aware's vice president. "Our LDP solution is compatible with industry-leading DSLAMs, which allows telcos to use their installed access equipment to improve technician trouble resolution, increase revenue through accurate service qualification, and optimize line performance for delivery of IPTV."

Aware's Line Diagnostics Platform is an advanced software-based test solution that uses open interfaces to collect SELT, DELT and MELT parameters from DSLAMs, customer premises equipment, test heads, and outside plant handheld devices. These parameters are normalized in a centralized server and interpreted using Aware's award-winning Dr. DSL interpretation algorithms. Aware's diagnostics technology is based on a decade of experience in developing DSL silicon intellectual property and has been used to qualify millions of lines around the world.

Aware's Line Diagnostics Platform will be showcased in its booth (#1038) at the TelcoTV2009 Conference, November 10 - 12, 2009.

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

About Aware

Aware is a leading technology and software supplier for the telecommunications and biometrics industries. Aware has pioneered innovations at telecommunications standards-setting organizations for DSL and home 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-News ) based in Bedford, Massachusetts. 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 and biometrics markets. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements. General factors include, but are not limited to: our quarterly results are unpredictable and may fluctuate significantly; our business is subject to rapid technological change; we face intense competition from a wide range of competitors; current economic conditions, including the credit crisis affecting the financial markets; our intellectual property is subject to limited protection; our ability to obtain or enforce patents could be affected by new laws, regulations or rules; and our business may be affected by government regulations. DSL factors include, but are not limited to: our DSL licensing and DSL test and diagnostic businesses depend upon a limited number of customers; there has been and may continue to be a cyclical demand for DSL chipsets; the success of our DSL licensing and test and diagnostics products businesses requires telephone companies to install DSL service in volume; our test and diagnostic hardware and software products could have quality problems; we depend on a single source contract manufacturer for the manufacture of our DSL hardware products; and we are dependent on single source suppliers for components in our DSL hardware products. Biometric factors include, but are not limited to: market acceptance of our biometric technologies and products; changes in contracting practices of government or law enforcement agencies; the failure of the biometrics market to experience continued growth; announcements or introductions of new technologies or products by our competitors; failures or problems in our biometric software products; delays in the adoption of new industry biometric standards; growth of proprietary biometric systems which do not conform to industry standards; our ability to sell services contracts in a manner that is consistent with our business model; our ability to deliver service contract milestones; and our dependence on third party contractors and consultants to deliver certain services contract milestones. We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Aware and Dr. DSL are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aware, Inc. Any other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

SOURCE Aware, Inc.

Danica Cheslofska of Aware, Inc., +1-781-276-4000