Noran Tel was originally established in 1985. It was initially formed to provide products and installation services to Saskatchewan Telecommunications. In 1987, Noran Tel created an R & D Department that began development of new and innovative products. Many of the products that Noran Tel has designed grew from an ongoing or pending problem that the telephone company required a solution for. Noran Tel will continue on with this type of customer/supplier relationship.

Noran Tel continues to invest heavily in its R & D Department focusing on the design and production of new, leading edge products. It has committed itself to remaining a company that is driven by its customers needs.

Major Achievments

• Noran Tel was the first in the industry to provide an Anti-streaming Circuit for Data Station Termination.  This feature provides an inexpensive solution to a major problem with multi-point data circuits.
  
  
• Noran Tel is the only Canadian Company that manufactures tone activated loop back maintenance/testing equipment and one of the few Canadian companies that manufactures power and remote monitoring products for the telecom industry.
  
  
• Noran Tel was the first Canadian company to provide installer friendly power distribution products.
  
  
• Noran Tel has recieved many vendor quality awards from their customers for excellence in products and service.
  
  
• Noran Tel has successfully penetrated potential markets throughout Canada and USA.  The products more than meet the needs of the telecommunication industry worldwide and the company is now very actively looking to expand business around the world.

On January 2, 2007, Noran Tel was acquired by Westell, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of telecommunications products.  As our two new companies begin to work together we will be able to bring each other's technology and products to new customers in new markets throughout North America.