ADC Adds Flexibility to Indoor Wireless Coverage with New Digivance Plug-In Transceivers; Configure-to-Order Design Reduces Initial Cost While Allowing for Expansion When Needed.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2002

ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) is introducing a new plug-in transceiver option for its Digivance(TM) Indoor Coverage Solution (ICS), which extends in-building wireless coverage and capacity. Available for both 800 MHz and 1900 MHz networks, the new plug-in transceivers let network designers purchase only the precise number of transceivers needed for a particular application, rather than having to install a fully configured Digivance digital host unit or digital expansion unit.

A typical Digivance digital host or expansion unit includes six factory-installed transceivers. The new configure-to-order option offers customers a "pay-as-you-grow" approach, allowing purchase of only the precise number of transceivers needed for a specific application. The plug-in option also decreases the overall cost of indoor coverage by accommodating single-mode fiber, multi-mode fiber or a combination of the two in a single digital host or expansion unit. This gives network designers more flexibility in fiber distribution and may reduce the need for purchase and installation of new fiber.

"Our new configure-to-order Digivance ICS design helps lower the initial cost of a Digivance installation when a full complement of transceivers won't be utilized," said Jeff Quiram, president of ADC's Connectivity Business Unit. "It also provides the flexibility to expand the solution as needs change. When additional coverage is required, a customer can simply add more transceivers and remote units. The solution can be easily expanded without disrupting system design, preserving the original investment and delaying the full cost of deployment until capacity and coverage needs justify further investment."

Digivance ICS is the first and only all-digital RF transport system for enhancing the coverage and capacity of wireless networks. It distributes radio capacity over optical fiber within and between buildings. By extending wireless coverage within and between buildings, operators can offer improved service that increases subscriber satisfaction and reduces subscriber churn.

The configure-to-order ICS design is the latest addition to the Digivance RF Transport Solution family, which also includes the Digivance Long-Range Coverage Solution (LRCS). Digivance LRCS distributes radio capacity from a base station over optical fiber to high mobile-traffic areas such as dense urban areas, urban canyons, tunnels, highways and large open facilities. ADC also offers a wide assortment of tower-mounted amplifier systems, operations support-system software, systems integration services, and fiber, copper and data connectivity solutions for wireless networks.

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