ADC's New Program Helps Emerging ICPs Quickly Deploy Key Element of Singularit.e OSS Product Suite.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000

ICP Fast-Break Program Enables Service Providers to Take Market

Advantage by Deploying ADC's Singl.eView Affordably and Rapidly

ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT; www.adc.com) a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today announced a new program to help emerging integrated communications providers (ICPs) rapidly deploy Singl.eView(TM), ADC's convergent billing and integrated customer management system. ADC's ICP Fast-Break Program enables new ICPs with limited resources to purchase and implement Singl.eView as a core component for building a comprehensive operational support system (OSS) quickly and easily. The program also enables ICPs to finance additional OSS component purchases.

"Emerging carriers often face a dilemma when making OSS decisions," said Eric Fredine, senior vice president of ADC's Software Systems Division. "Economic factors may force them to consider lesser solutions, which may not have the features and flexibility they need to react quickly to competition and stay competitive as their business grows. The combination of innovative solutions and creative business practices from a large, stable company like ADC will help new carriers worry less about their OSS and concentrate on winning new customers."

The ICP Fast-Break Program provides ICPs with:

-- aggressive, entry level pricing for emerging ICPs who are

focused on the convergent voice and data services market;

-- "wrap-around financing" to help ICPs purchase all the hardware

and software components required for a comprehensive OSS

infrastructure;

-- pre-configured package designed specifically for the enhanced

data and voice services market;

-- advanced deployment model that includes licensing, ASP or

facilities management options for launching services in as

little as 60 days.

The Singl.eView Advantage

The ICP Fast-Break Program offers ICPs Singl.eView's integrated customer management system and a convergent billing architecture. Singl.eView gives ICPs a real-time next-generation, convergent billing architecture with the rules-based advanced configuration expressions that growing ICPs need to stand out in the marketplace. Singl.eView's IP pre-configuration package unites traditional voice capabilities with enhanced data service features such as digital subscriber line (DSL), voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), Web-hosting, asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) and Frame Relay. Singl.eView grows with a service provider's customer base. It will also help service providers quickly respond to changing market dynamics and expand their product and service offerings by allowing them to simply add new pre-configurations to the system.

The Integrated Customer Management system provides a single, integrated view of the customer via the Web or call center. It enables service representatives to see all previous interactions with the customer and deliver the most effective care. The system ties into Singl.eView's billing configuration packages for orders, adjustments and other account management functions. It also provides such customer management capabilities as scripting, computer telephony integration (CTI), and workflow management via an ICP-oriented configuration. The combination of Singl.eView's convergent billing architecture and integrated customer management enables ICPs to extend their OSS capabilities and provide comprehensive customer management from one integrated package.

Singl.eView is an integral part of Singularit.e, ADC's new suite of products, services and enterprise application integration (EAI) connectors that allows ICPs to build open operational support systems (OSSs) to compete more effectively in the broadband era. Singularit.e automates key OSS processes by combining real-time convergent billing, advanced customer management and service assurance technology with integration services from leading consulting companies.

"The competitive operators all need an integrated customer care, usage collection and billing solution before the first customer uses the network, otherwise providing services is just a hobby," said Karl Whitelock, program director of Stratecast Partners' OSS Competitive Strategies Analysis Service in Denver. Stratecast Partners is a strategic analysis firm focused on the telecommunications industry. "The ICP Fast-Break Program is designed to help service providers quickly address this need, so they can focus on other critical business challenges such as capturing market share and creating customer retention programs."

About ADC

ADC is The Broadband Company. ADC's network equipment, software and integration services make broadband communications a reality worldwide by enabling communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to homes and businesses. ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT) has annual sales of over $2.3 billion and employs more than 16,900 people worldwide. ADC's stock is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Index. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com.

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