ADC names Vice President and General Manager; establishes Network Services Division.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1994--ADC Telecommunications Inc., has named William L. (Lonnie) Martin as Vice President and General Manager of its Network Services Division.

In conjunction, the company's former Transmission Division has become the Network Services Division, a move reflecting an increased focus on providing its carrier customers with systems solutions to competitively serve the business and commercial end users.

"Lonnie Martin will lead the Network Services Division to a new level of strategic partnering with our customers. His ability to focus the division's resources on helping network service providers compete and win customers will successfully take this business unit into the next decade," said Frederick Lawrence, senior vice president of ADC's transmission group.

Mr. Martin brings a wealth of telecommunications industry experience to ADC and the Network Services Division. Before joining ADC, he was Vice President, Marketing, for Ascom Timeplex, where he also held the position of Vice President, Greater China Business Development, and Vice President, U.S. Sales. Mr. Martin's extensive background also includes having served as CEO of Broadband Telesystems and Wessler Data Systems; Systems Marketing Manager for Rolm; and as President of Coastcom. He also held several management positions with TRW Datacom International. Mr. Martin is located at ADC's Network Services Division headquarters in Minneapolis.

"The name change emphasizes the division's intense focus on network service providers, including the Bell operating companies, interexchange carriers and independent telephone companies, as well as cable television and competitive access providers," said Mr. Martin. "The division is placing a renewed emphasis on helping our customers deliver value-added services to differentiate themselves in the highly competitive business services market."

The division's new name builds on the foundation it established with systems solutions, including ADC's Fiber Loop Converter product family and the Soneplex(R) access/transport platform for delivering high-capacity T1 services; the ICX(TM) integrated communications access server for delivery of a wide array of fractional T1 services; performance monitoring and analysis solutions such as the Logix(TM) control systems; and a multifaceted ATM initiative, centered on the CPS 100(TM) cell packet switch for delivering broadband cell relay services.

ADC Telecommunications Inc. is a leading supplier of transmission and networking systems for voice, data, video and wireless networks and of physical connectivity products for fiber optic, twisted-pair and coaxial networks. Customers include local exchange carriers, other network service providers and manufacturers, enterprise network organizations, broadcast and cable TV network operators. Wholly owned business units include American Lightwave Systems, ADC Fibermux and ADC Kentrox. The company also operates international business units in Australia, Belgium, Canada, England, Mexico, Singapore and Veneuzuela.

NOTE TO EDITORS: Soneplex, ICX and Logix are trademarks of ADC Telecommunications Inc.

CONTACT: ADC Telecommunications Inc., Minneapolis

Greg Wortman, 612/946-3104