ADC Awarded $4.5 Million Contract for Brazilian Deployment of the BroadAccess Multiservice Access Platform.Business Editors & Technology Writers MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2000 ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq: ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform , www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today announced a contract with Companhia Riograndense de Telecomunicacoes (CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. ), a leading telecommunications provider in Brazil. The contract estimated $4.5 million includes the supply and installation of BroadAccess Multiservice Access Platforms and will be implemented by Meta Telecomunicacoes, ADC's local subsidiary in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul Rio Grande do Sul (rē`  grän`dĭ th s . "We are very pleased with BroadAccess capabilities and evolution, and we found it to be one of the most cost-effective solutions for provisioning of narrowband and broadband services to our residential and business subscribers," said Jaques Diskin, general manager of the Planning Department at CRT. "We are proud to receive this award, achieved through a bidding process of this major operator," said Amnon Unger, president of ADC Teledata. "BroadAccess' support of SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy transport enables CRT to serve thousands of subscribers over SDH optical rings and to supply a mix of voice and high bit-rate data services such as ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line ." BroadAccess is the first access system to be approved by CPqD, a recognized Brazilian standards institute, fully complying with ABNT ABNT Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Brazil) (Brazilian Technical Standard Association) standard for V5.2 switch interfaces. BroadAccess is deployed in more than 50 countries. It is a sophisticated fiber-based multiservice access platform that enables the delivery of narrowband and broadband services from POTS to xDSL on a single shelf. The platform interfaces to local exchanges through V5.2/V5.1 digital protocols or 2W connections and to ATM backbones through E1s or STM-1 User Network Interface (UNI). About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC's fiber optics, 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 consumers and businesses. ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT) has annual sales of over $2.8 billion and employs more than 20,900 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. Cautionary statement under the Private Securities Litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. Reform Act of 1995 Any forward-looking statements contained herein reflect management's current expectations or beliefs. ADC Telecommunications cautions readers that future actual results could differ materially from those in forward-looking statements depending on the outcome of certain factors, including the risks and uncertainties identified in Exhibit 99-a to ADC's Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 31, 1999. |
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