Belgian Cable Operator IDEATEL Selects ADC's Cuda CMTS and FastFlow BPM; First Customer Win in the Country for the Cuda and FastFlow BPM Solution.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2003

ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com) today announced that Belgian cable operator IDEATEL has selected Cuda(TM) Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) for its network in the regions of Mons and the Center. Over 140,000 homes are connected to IDEATEL's cable plant, making Cuda the best solution to serve the many smaller systems that comprise the IDEATEL network. IDEATEL has also selected ADC's FastFlow(R) Broadband Provisioning Manager (BPM) for the service activation and configuration of the Cuda systems in the network.

ADC's partner in Europe, Siemens, has played a pivotal role in helping IDEATEL design, configure and upgrade its network to offer high-speed Internet access to its subscriber base.

IDEATEL is the CATV operating arm of IDEA, "Intercommunale de Developpement Economique et d'Amenagement du Territoire". IDEA provides a wide range of public and utility services to the 25 municipalities in the region of Mons and plays an active part in stimulating economic growth in the area.

ADC has deployed close to 900 Cuda systems to customers worldwide including Adelphia, Cox Communications, Fibernet, ish, Kabel Baden-Wuerttemberg, TKS, iESY, Monet, Multikabel, Nanjing CATV, SEMCable and Vialis. The company has a leadership position in carrier-class CMTS shipments and approximately 19% of the global CMTS market.

About ADC's Cuda

ADC's Cuda is the world's most widely deployed Next-Generation CMTS platform and provides multiple system operators (MSOs) with a carrier-class foundation for advanced services such as tiered data and IP voice. PacketCable(TM) and DOCSIS(R)/EuroDOCSIS(R) 1.0, 1.1 qualified and DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS 2.0 compliant, the Cuda offers end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS), robust routing capabilities and extremely high availability and comprehensive system redundancy.

About ADC's FastFlow BPM

ADC's FastFlow Broadband Provisioning Manager is a high-performance, carrier-class suite of provisioning servers that execute the service activation and configuration requirements for CableLabs(R) and tComLabs(R) certified devices such as cable modems, multimedia terminal adapters and residential gateways. FastFlow BPM can be deployed with any CMTS, including ADC's Cuda 12000, and is designed to scale easily from thousands to millions of subscriber devices. FastFlow BPM offers complete server redundancy and configuration caching to reduce downtime.

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 more than 100 countries. Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com.