ADC Announces 2006 FTTX Leadership Symposium Series; Industry Leaders Meet to Discuss New Technologies and Approaches for Successfully Deploying Fiber Networks.

MINNEAPOLIS -- ADC (NASDAQ:ADCT) (www.adc.com) today announced dates for the company's 2006 series of FTTX Leadership Symposiums. These symposiums bring together industry leaders to discuss important considerations in building the right FTTX infrastructure in terms of cost and performance to provide the best available service to customers - today and tomorrow.

As fiber is deployed deeper into the network to enable broadband service delivery, both the outside plant and central office are undergoing significant changes. New fiber-to-the-x technologies require new approaches to building fiber networks. Today, there is more fiber to manage, there is greater need for physical layer access, and the network must be designed for future expansion and upgrades. Successful FTTX deployment requires a new approach and new understanding.

"There has never been more pressure on carriers and service providers to get it right when it comes to deploying FTTX networks. Understanding the critical issues surrounding a successful FTTX deployment makes all the difference," said Tom Kampf, vice president of FTTX solutions for ADC. "The 2006 FTTX Leadership Symposiums offer useful guidelines for meeting the unique challenges presented by FTTX and provide a forum for industry leaders to share valuable insights with carriers to minimize costs, and maximize performance, flexibility, and revenue generation."

Driven by service providers' need for overall affordability and operational flexibility, ADC is designing and building the first true FTTX solutions. ADC's OmniReach(TM) FTTX Infrastructure Solutions are the industry's first platforms designed from the ground up to meet the unique requirements of FTTX networks. By building network infrastructures upon ADC's OmniReach solutions, service providers nationwide are accelerating deployment and maximizing operational efficiency from the central office to the outside plant. The decisions carriers make today determine the quality, cost, flexibility and performance of FTTX networks during and long after deployment.

The 2006 FTTX Leadership Symposiums are for any service provider currently engaged in or contemplating FTTX deployment and will feature not only informative presentations by ADC experts, but also will include FTTX "lessons learned" from OEM partners and service providers who are building fiber networks that deliver the triple play of high-speed Internet/data, video and voice services. In today's and tomorrow's FTTX architectures, the best solution for offering multiple services to subscribers will be the one that is the most cost effective, flexible and scalable.

ADC's FTTX Leadership Symposiums are free of charge and will take place following or during several state telecommunications conventions. Scheduled dates and cities include:

2/22/06          Halifax, Nova Scotia

         4/13/06          Belton, TX

         5/11/06          Fargo, ND

         6/13/06          Charleston, SC

         8/7/06           Jackson, WY

         10/12/06         Binghamton, NY

         10/31/06         Anchorage, AK

To register for any of these symposiums, visit: www.adc.com/promotions/2006symposiums. Learn more about ADC's OmniReach(TM) FTTX Infrastructure Solutions by visiting: www.adc.com/fttx.

About ADC

ADC provides the connections for wireline, wireless, cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world. ADC's innovative network infrastructure equipment and professional services enable high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers. ADC (NASDAQ:ADCT) has sales into more than 140 countries. Learn more about ADC at www.adc.com.