ADC Introduces EasyAdmin Web, Graphical Interface for Provisioning and Managing Unified Communications.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 3, 2000

New Browser-Based Self-Administration Tool Allows Subscribers

to Configure and Manage Voice Messaging, Call Management

and Fax Services Directly From the Web

ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today introduced EasyAdmin Web(TM). The newest release in the company's line of web-enabled enhanced services products, EasyAdmin Web is a suite of self-administration tools that telecommunications subscribers can use to manage their phone and Internet services via the Web.

As communications devices have proliferated and service options have become more numerous and complex, subscribers to multiple communications services find it increasingly difficult to control their personal communications. For instance, many people have separate voicemail boxes for their home, business and mobile phones. Likewise, maintaining several email accounts has become standard for most busy professionals.

EasyAdmin makes it easy to administer and configure the full range of ADC's enhanced services portfolio. It provides a user-friendly environment in which subscribers can use pull-down menus, graphical icons and point-and-click functionality to create and configure voice mailboxes, assign forwarding numbers and email addresses, and initiate new services. EasyAdmin Web gives the subscribers of ADC's carrier customers unprecedented control over their personal communications and enables them to adapt voice messaging, call management, fax and email applications to better fit their personal needs.

"The underlying promise of anytime, anywhere, any device communications is that the individual will have complete control over their personal communications. EasyAdmin Web is a major step in fulfilling this promise," said Grant Wakelin, president of ADC's Enhanced Services Division. "Traditionally, subscribers have had to work directly with a carrier's customer service department to configure their phone and messaging services. EasyAdmin Web lets subscribers log onto the Web to manage all aspects of their communications. It is a powerful tool that leverages Internet technology to give subscribes more choices, and helps carriers reduce costs."

"Enhanced services and unified communications applications give consumers what they want: power to manage and control their interactions with others. But comparatively few people take full advantage of these services because they seem so complex," said David Berndt, director of the Wireless Mobile Technology practice at the Yankee Group. "An easy-to-use Web-based tool that lets subscribers quickly set up and manage all their communications services could significantly broaden the appeal of these advanced applications. In fact, as more and more communication streams are channeled through the Internet, Web-based tools that simplify personal telecommunications management will become essential."

ADC's Enhanced Services Division is a leading supplier of global telecommunications software for the convergence of voice and data communications in wireless, wireline and next generation networks. The Centigram/NewNet product line consists of unified communications and SS7 platforms commercially deployed in over 45 countries, as well as short messaging, voice processing applications and over-the-air service provisioning solutions, SS7-IP gateways and Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) compliant lawful intercept solutions.

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.

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