ADC First to Join TIA'S B2B Portal.

Business Editors

SUPERCOMM 2000, Booth no. 5211

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2000

Today at SUPERCOMM 2000, the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) announced that ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services, will become a charter supplier to TIA's new Internet marketplace and B2B portal GetCommStuff.com.

ADC has agreed to integrate their electronic commerce capabilities with GetCommStuff.com to provide access to rich product information and business services from within the communications portal. ADC's participation will be instrumental in creating an open electronic exchange to link buyers and sellers across the telecommunications industry throughout the world.

Kamalesh Dwivedi, vice president and chief information officer of ADC, commented, "As we deploy our own e-commerce efforts, we recognize industry-wide projects as an important way to strengthen customer relationships and offer new levels of service. We are pleased to be the first to participate with GetCommStuff.com and share our e-commerce experience to help lay the foundation that will not only help our own initiatives, but also those of the entire communications industry."

The GetCommStuff.com marketplace was developed by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) for the entire communications industry. Launched March 1 and debuted at SUPERCOMM, the portal offers products and services, jobs, RFPs, international agents and distributors, VARs, industry events, standards and more.

TIA President Matthew J. Flanigan stated, "With GetCommStuff.com, we aim to help our members and the entire industry participate in the B2B e-commerce explosion that is predicted to reach upwards of $1.3 trillion by 2003. ADC's participation will help to ensure marketplace integration and serve as a model, especially for small companies that may not be as far along in their e-commerce initiatives."

GetCommStuff.com is exhibiting with TIA in booth no. 5211 at SUPERCOMM 2000.

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.

TIA is a full-service national trade organization with membership of 1,000 large and small companies that provide communications and information technology products, materials, systems, distribution services and professional services in the United States and around the world. The association's member companies manufacture or supply virtually all of the products used in global communications networks. TIA represents the telecommunications industry with its subsidiary, the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association, in association with the Electronic Industries Alliance.