ADC Video Systems, Inc. wins contract with MediaOne.

MERIDEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 1995--ADC Video Systems, Inc. (AVS), today announced it has been awarded a contract by MediaOne (formerly Southern Multimedia Communications, Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of U S WEST, to provide its Homeworx(TM) transmitters and ISX receivers.

The contract, worth approximately $12 million, will play significantly in MediaOne's strategy to upgrade approximately 12,000 miles of plant over the next three years. This upgrade is expected to pass 838,000 homes and businesses, servicing approximately 514,000 subscribers.

MediaOne intends to collapse 12 of its headends into two headends. AVS equipment will be installed in both headends and in 42 nodes, each of which will ultimately serve 20,000 homes or businesses with 500 home nodes providing 750 MHz of bandwidth and 40 MHz of reverse path capability for voice, video and data services.

"This contract is important to AVS for several reasons: it is the most aggressive, contiguous system rebuild ever undertaken, it gives us the chance to work with RBOCs and traditional cable MSOs together in the same environment and it also gives us the opportunity to install a platform which will migrate into a full-service network," said Carleton Brown, ADC Video Systems president.

Steve Andrews, president of MediaOne stated, "We chose ADC Video Systems' Homeworx equipment because the modular ISX design will provide a future-proof solution and a flexible growth-path capable of creating a reliable, full-service broadband network. "Because the Homeworx equipment is a proven solution with thousands of units in the field, we are assured that we can meet the requirements of this aggressive implementation."

Through a previous contract award, MediaOne has been deploying ADC Video Systems' DV6000(TM) Universal Digital Video Transmission System for broadcast quality digital circuits throughout Atlanta for over 18 months. The DV6000 is a flexible, modular system that supports diverse network configurations and multiple video formats for various broadband applications.

The Homeworx platform transports both digital and analog broadband signals, as well as narrow band telephony and data services over a hybrid fiber/coax architecture to residential and small business customers. By installing the Homeworx HFC access platform, a service provider is well positioned to add telephony and data services in the future. The platform is being deployed by or has been in field trials with many of the Bell operating companies and major cable operators.

MediaOne, a subsidiary of U S WEST (NYSE:USW), is in the connections business, helping customers to share information, communications and entertainment services in the Atlanta area.

ADC Video Systems is a leading designer and manufacturer of video solutions in technologies worldwide, including compressed and non-compressed digital, FM, and AM/VSB linear broadband systems for a wide range of leading companies in the cable and telephony industries. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of ADC Telecommunications in Minneapolis, Minnesota (NASDAQ:ADCT).

ADC Telecommunications, Inc., is a leading supplier of transmission and networking systems used to deliver voice, data, video and wireless services. The company holds a preeminent market position in physical connectivity products for fiber-optic, twisted pair and coaxial networks. Wholly owned business units include ADC Fibermux, ADC Kentrox, ADC Video Systems and AOFR. The company also operates international business units in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, England, Mexico, Singapore and Venezuela. Fiscal year 1994 revenues were $448.7 million.

CONTACT: ADC Video Systems, Meriden

Joanne Tiberio, 203/317-4041

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MediaOne

Anne Landers, 404/872-1172