ADC ANNOUNCES GLOBAL FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT WITH COMPAQ.

ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, announced the signing of a global framework agreement with Compaq, covering the service assurance elements of the Singularit.e suite of OSS solutions. The agreement will enable Compaq to offer products and services including network performance management, service level agreement tools and the recently launched network performance management for carrier-class IP solution.

This agreement represents a formalization of the ongoing relationship which ADC and Compaq have. The new alliance allows for closer integration of Metrica/NPR with Compaq's TeMIP network management product. The combined offering provides a complete workflow process to locate, correlate and solve performance problems.

To date, the two companies have worked together on a number of Operations Support System (OSS) projects. Operators who have benefited from the combined offering include: Eplus (Germany), GTS (UK), CWC (UK), Celcom (Malaysia) and Telefonica (Spain).

Singularit.e is ADC's new suite of products and services (drawn from the Metrica and Saville heritage) that allows integrated communications providers (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. ADC's Singularit.e products are deployed in over 160 networks in 55 countries around the world. More information can be reached on the Web at www.adc-ss.com, where complete details about its expertise and range of solutions are available.