ADC Launches Compact Connectivity Bundle Designed for Wireless Networks; All-In-One Design Simplifies Wireless Network Evolution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

3GSM World Congress 2004

MINNEAPOLIS & CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004

ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT, www.adc.com) today introduced a new connectivity offering in a single, compact cabinet designed for wireless networks. The cabinet can be installed anywhere in the network and enables wireless operators to more easily add to or update their networks to meet the growing demand for enhanced mobile services. The new offering will be unveiled at 3GSM World Congress, 23-26 February, in Cannes, France, on ADC's booth number C12 in Hall 1.

ADC designed the offering to help wireless operators manage growing and complex networks that include a broad array of copper and fiber cables. The cabinet includes equipment to meet wireless network power requirements, fiber management needs, value-added modules for the addition of optical splitters, and connection and jack access to copper lines. The temperature-controlled cabinet was designed for easy installation next to active equipment at the base of cell site towers, in remote nodes or on a rooftop.

"Wireless operators face many hurdles, including how to generate revenue from existing networks," said Pat O'Brien, president of the Connectivity Business Unit for ADC. "But we realize that to deliver new services, existing equipment will be replaced. Our new cabinet solution supports operators' copper and fiber cable infrastructure, so that equipment changes and technology upgrades can occur without significant service disruption. It's a flexible platform that maximizes existing capital investment and provides accelerated time-to-market of next generation mobile services."

The compact (144.69 x 700 x 50.8 cm) cabinet bundles the following connectivity equipment:

-- PowerWorx(R) power distributing products. PowerWorx products

have been engineered to properly protect and distribute power

to valuable, revenue-generating network equipment. Compliant

with all major standards, including UL, NEBS Level 3,

Telcordia (BellCore), NEC 2002, CSA, IEC and CE, and featuring

a 15-year warranty, PowerWorx configurations suit almost every

network application.

-- Fiber Management Tray (FMT). ADC's Fiber Management Trays

provide the flexibility and designs necessary for practically

every application. FMTs feature sliding adapter packs which

allow easy access for connecting jumpers and cleaning

connectors, ensuring that any fiber can be installed or

removed without inducing a macrobend on an adjacent fiber.

FMTs are available to house micro Value-Added Modules (VAMs)

for splitting and monitoring optical signals, providing

additional flexibility and functionality.

-- Front-Access FlexDSX(TM) panel for connection and jack access

to copper lines. ADC's FlexDSX(TM) panels are the only DSX 

panels in the industry that offer individual, removable jacks,

removable IN/OUT equipment cable terminations, and four-port

(bidirectional) test access capabilities.

-- AC Power

-- Fan and heater for climate control

For more information and a free white paper about ADC's wireless infrastructure solutions, visit www.adc.com/marketsolutions/wireless/.

ADC is a market leader in connectivity equipment designed for telecommunications service providers, including digital signal cross-connect (DSX) products, fiber distribution frames, FiberGuide(R) Fiber Management Systems, and wireless coverage and capacity products. Connectivity continues to serve as the foundation of broadband networks as they transition from analog to digital and from copper to fiber. As networks move to more complex models, ADC connectivity solutions can help service providers reduce operating costs, increase network reliability and tap new sources of revenues as broadband services expand. In addition, reliable connectivity foundations will help speed provisioning and provide faster turn-up of services.

About ADC

ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC offers high-quality, value-added solutions of network equipment, software and systems integration services that enable communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet, data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT) has sales into approximately 90 countries. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com.