Harris Supplies 300th Microwave Radio Link to Telet.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAO PAULO, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 24, 2001

Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), a global leader in microwave equipment and services, announced today that it has supplied a total of 300 radio links to date to Telet, a B-band mobile telephone services provider in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Harris and Telet have a longstanding partnership and have been working together in Brazil for more than two years.

"The partnership with Harris is very important to us since we know that we can count on Harris to supply the products and services within our established schedule and to Telet's quality specifications," said Jorge de Angelis, Telet's transmission manager.

The Harris equipment includes MicroStar(R) PDH radios for 7, 15, 18 and 23 GHz frequencies and MegaStar(R) SDH radios for 5 and 8 GHz. The point-to-point MicroStar radios are manufactured in accordance with the processo produtivo basico (PPB), the basic manufacturing process standards, at the Harris do Brasil plant in Alphaville, Sao Paulo. Harris also supplies Aurora(R) spread spectrum radios and the HNM network management system, which monitors the entire network of Harris radios and will, in the future, monitor the complete Telet transmission network. With this expansion, Telet will provide broader mobile telephone service coverage throughout the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Telet projects 850,000 subscribers by the end of the year, a 56 percent increase over the current subscriber base of 545,000. Currently, Telet covers more than 80 cities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, including Porto Alegre, Caxias do Sul, Pelotas and Santa Maria.

"A true spirit of partnership has been achieved in our relationship with Telet," says Yurivan Yaksic, Harris do Brasil account manager.

Harris is an international communications equipment company providing product, systems and service solutions for microwave, radio broadcasting, network support and government markets. The Harris Microwave Communications Division is the largest microwave supplier in North America. The division develops wireless solutions for telecommunications service providers of all types, and its product range -- the broadest in the market -- covers frequency bands of up to 42 GHz. Harris has sales and services offices in more than 90 countries. Additional information regarding Harris can be found on the Internet at www.harris.com.

Harris do Brasil, a subsidiary of Harris Corporation, is headquartered in the city of Alphaville, Sao Paulo, and began operations in January 1998. Harris products have been present in the Brazilian market since 1993. Currently, Harris serves many leading Brazilian customers including BCP, Nextel, Telemig Celular, Americel, RBS, Impsat and Amazonia Celular. For further information visit the company's site at: www.harris.com.br.