Andrew Awarded $14 Million Level 3 Communications Contract.

ORLAND PARK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 22, 1999--

Andrew Corporation (Nasdaq: ANDW) was awarded a $14 million contract to supply and install equipment shelters along Level 3 Communications' (Nasdaq:LVLT) fiber-optic communications network in the United States and Canada. The Level 3 network will combine both local and long distance networks, connecting customers end-to-end across the United States and in Europe and Asia.

The contract involves the design, manufacture, and installation of shelters at 96 sites along Level 3's US and Canadian route. All of the shelters are projected to be installed and operative by December 2000.

The Level 3 shelters will be made at Andrew Corporation's shelter manufacturing facilities in Newnan, Georgia and Sacramento, California. Andrew will custom-fit each shelter with customer-supplied equipment. The shelters will then be shipped to the Level 3 sites and installed.

For further information about Andrew shelters, call the Andrew Customer Support Center at 1-800-255-1479 and request packet number 458 (bulletin number 1520E).

Andrew Corporation is a global supplier of communications systems equipment and services. Major markets are wireless communications -- which includes cellular, personal communications services, and land mobile radio -- broadcast, and common carrier. Andrew is an S&P 500 company whose common stock trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market(R) under the symbol: ANDW.

For further information on Andrew products and services, including the text of this release, visit our Web site at http://www.andrew.com