ADC Introduces Next Generation Broadband Wireless Access System.

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2000

New Axity(TM) Broadband Wireless Access System Extends ADC's

Leadership in Broadband Wireless with Enhanced Carrier-Class Features

ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) today announced the worldwide availability of the Axity(TM) Broadband Wireless Access System, the first carrier-class architecture for two-way delivery of communications services over the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) wireless spectrum. The introduction of the Axity system further enhances ADC's focus on the access sector of broadband communications networks, and is an integral part of the company's solutions for DSL, cable, and wireless.

Axity Broadband Wireless Access is an end-to-end solution that is fully tested as a system, and available now. This next-generation system builds upon ADC's proven MMDS broadband wireless access platform by establishing a carrier-class architecture. The Axity design capitalizes on ADC's extensive experience in carrier-grade telecom equipment and more than 15 years of MMDS radio frequency (RF) technology design and manufacture.

The Axity platform will enable providers to deliver voice and high-speed data services to homes and businesses in the local access market. Included are base station transmitters and receivers, wireless modems for the headend and the desktop, and a full-featured Element Management System (EMS). In addition, ADC provides complete network planning, design and integration services for MMDS deployments. The system operates in the MDS (2.1 GHz), WCS (2.3 GHz), and MMDS (2.5 GHz) spectrum and delivers up to 27 Mbps in each 6 MHz channel in the downstream.

"This is an exciting time for ADC--we had the vision to kick-start Broadband Wireless Access over MMDS, and now increasingly the market leaders are looking to us to assure them of stable reliable platform. With our long history of installing MMDS one-way and two-way systems, ADC has an extraordinary level of expertise in the delivery of data services over MMDS," said John Frederick, vice president/general manager of ADC's Broadband Wireless Access business unit. "The Axity system, built on this expertise, creates a new standard for reliability, flexibility and performance. Carriers are ready to deploy MMDS services today, and Axity is ready for the task."

"Carriers are aggressively pursuing the MMDS spectrum as an alternative delivery method of data and voice services, particularly for high-speed Internet access," said Eric Rasmussen, broadband wireless consultant for Telechoice, Inc., a leading telecommunications research and consulting firm in Denver. "ADC was one of the early vendors in the MMDS market, and systems like theirs are well positioned to help carriers deliver broadband wireless services."

The Axity platform includes the following carrier-class capabilities:

-- Tailored Bandwidth - The system offers the carrier the ability to tailor
bandwidth in the upstream path, based on customer demand. This feature helps to
ensure efficient bandwidth utilization.

-- Full Redundancy and Modularity - Axity is fully redundant by offering
real-time auto switchover to backup hardware, ensuring no downtime or service
interruptions.

-- DOCSIS+(TM) Architecture -The system uses DOCSIS+ or "wireless DOCSIS",
which adds enhancements for use in the wireless domain. DOCSIS-based chipsets
are available today at low cost and in high volume for use in cable modems, so
this contributes to lower costs for both overall deployment and customer
premises equipment (CPE).

-- Browser-Based Element Management - Axity offers remote monitoring of
deployed base stations and customer premises equipment, and provides real time
analysis of network performance. The browser-based system can be accessed
remotely and its SNMP-based architecture ensures that it will operate with
leading network management systems.

MMDS is a cost-effective, high-speed alternative to digital subscriber line (DSL) and cable modem service for the delivery of communications services to homes and businesses. From a single MMDS base station, providers can service a 20-30 mile radius and deliver up to 10 megabits per second to individual users of broadband capacity. MMDS also offers a quick-to-market deployment medium since it does not require existing infrastructure upgrades. A cellular scheme can also be deployed for increased capacity.

According to the Strategis Group, the global broadband wireless market could generate revenues of more than $10 billion by 2003 and $28 billion by 2008. Ovum, a leading equipment analyst firm, estimates that the broadband wireless equipment market will grow to more than $7 billion by 2005.

To date, ADC two-way MMDS systems have been deployed by Image Wireless Communications in Saskatchewan, Canada; Evertek in Everly, Iowa; and Northern Valley Communications in Aberdeen, S.D. ADC is also a deployment partner with BellSouth for a high-speed wireless Internet trial in Houma, La.

About ADC

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. is a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks that deliver data, video and voice communications over telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and enterprise networks. ADC's broadband, multiservice network solutions enable local access, high-speed transmission and software management of communications services from service providers to consumers and businesses over fiber-optic, copper, coaxial and wireless media. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ADC has approximately 14,400 employees around the world and annual sales of $2.1 billion. ADC's stock is included in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Index. For additional information, visit our Web site at www.adc.com.

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