ADC to Support BellSouth's Trial of High-Speed Wireless Internet Access in Rural Louisiana.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 9, 1999--

Trial Intended to Determine Feasibility and Cost Effectiveness

of Implementing State-Of-The-Art Technology to Close

the Rural Digital Divide

ADC (Nasdaq: ADCT; www.adc.com) today announced it will support BellSouth's initiative to bring high-speed, wireless Internet access to citizens of Houma, LA as part of a ground-breaking trial to close rural America's "digital divide."

The trial will be begin early next year and is designed to provide BellSouth with a more accurate assessment of the technical and financial feasibility of providing its rural customers an affordable, high-speed Internet connection. Traditionally, consumers living in rural areas do not have access to high-speed connection mediums, such as ADSL, due to the cost of installing the necessary infrastructure in their areas.

Participants in the trial will be given a special modem and wireless receiver for downloading information. They will use traditional dial-up connections to establish a link with BellSouth's Internet access service. The information will be sent to their computers via the wireless technology at speeds up to 1.5 megabits a second, which is 50-100 times faster than a traditional land-line, dial-up Internet connection.

"BellSouth realizes the importance of establishing a method of delivering high-speed Internet access to areas of the country not wired with traditional connection technologies," said F. Duane Ackerman, BellSouth's chief executive officer. "This trial is an opportunity to test the cost-effectiveness of this method for delivering high-speed, high-quality Internet service to our customers who otherwise wouldn't have it."

BellSouth is conducting the trial over the Wireless Communications Service (WCS) bandwidth spectrum that it purchased at auction from the FCC. The company is looking at the WCS spectrum as an option for delivering superior Internet accessibility to its rural customers.

ADC will provide its Cellspan broadband wireless equipment and integration and operations expertise for the trial.

"ADC looks forward to working with BellSouth to deliver high quality Internet access to the people of Houma," said William J. Cadogan, ADC's president and chief executive officer. "Broadband wireless is uniquely suited to expand access to the Internet to all sectors of society, and we are excited that BellSouth is aggressively pursuing its use with its customers."

The trial is part of BellSouth's ongoing effort to insure that all consumers within the company's nine-state region are given the opportunity to benefit from the latest advancements in telecommunications technology. Through advancements like wireless Internet access, BellSouth is working to identify cost-effective ways to reach even the most isolated customer and provide them with the most comprehensive service possible.

About BellSouth

BellSouth is a $25 billion communications services company. It provides telecommunications, wireless communications, cable and digital TV, advertising and publishing, and Internet and data services to nearly 36 million customers in 19 countries worldwide.

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 13,500 employees around the world and annual sales of $1.9 billion. ADC's stock is included in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index. For additional information, visit our Web site at www.adc.com.