ADC Adds Aricent Access Service Node Software To Its WiMAX Ecosystem

--ADC's WiMAX ecosystem with ASN can reduce deployment costs up to 40 percent

--Software-based ASN enables easy upgrades as standards evolve

--ADC FlexWave(TM) MMX base stations allow place-anywhere deployments

ADC (NASDAQ:ADCT) (www.adc.com) today announced that Aricent(TM), a global innovation, technology and services company focused exclusively on communications, will provide its WiMAX Access Service Node (ASN) software as part of the ADC WiMAX ecosystem. With the addition of Aricent's software-based ASN as an option for WiMAX systems based on ADC's compact, place-anywhere FlexWave(TM) MMX base stations, ADC enables enterprises, universities, and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) to deploy WiMAX systems while saving up to 40 percent over the cost of a traditional hardware-based ASN.

ADC's ecosystem approach to WiMAX solutions combines the best-of-breed, industry standard products into a reliable, tested network solution. With the addition of Aricent's ASN, ADC can offer turnkey WiMAX systems based on its pico and micro-class WiMAX base stations and distributed antenna systems.

"ADC is a leading supplier of small, easily-deployable WiMAX base stations and antenna systems, and our ASN software is an excellent complement to these solutions," said Rakesh VIJ, assistant vice president for Aricent. "Aricent's ASN software will help reduce the overall cost of WiMAX deployments and we believe that our partnership with ADC will drive a wider range of users to adopt WiMAX networks."

ADC WiMAX systems can support networks of any size for WISPs, public facilities, urban cores, enterprise campuses or universities. ADC performs system integration for the projects and ensures interoperability and flexibility of the end-to-end WiMAX network. This ecosystem approach reduces network CAPEX spend and eliminates the technical and financial risks of purchasing a WiMAX system from a proprietary vendor.

"As a major provider of WiMAX software solutions, Aricent adds a new layer of flexibility to our WiMAX portfolio," said Dick Parran, president of the Network Solutions Business Unit for ADC. "Aricent's standards-based software approach to the ASN fits in perfectly with our strategy of offering best-of-breed solutions for WiMAX, and will allow us to offer significant savings for our customers."

About ADC Network Solutions

ADC's Network Solutions Business Unit offers products that deliver high-performance wireless coverage and capacity to business and consumer subscribers in any indoor or outdoor location. ADC is the global leader in advanced in-building wireless solutions and compact network systems, and is a leader in solutions that enhance coverage in macro networks.

About Aricent

Aricent combines the leading innovation capabilities of frog design with unparalleled domain expertise in communications as a strategic supplier to the world's foremost infrastructure, application and service providers. The company's investors include Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Sequoia Capital, The Family Office and The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board. For more information, visit http://www.aricent.com

About ADC

ADC provides the connections for wireline, wireless, cable, broadcast, and enterprise networks around the world. ADC's innovative network infrastructure equipment and professional services enable high-speed Internet, data, video, and voice services to residential, business and mobile subscribers. ADC (NASDAQ:ADCT) has sales into more than 130 countries. Learn more about ADC at www.adc.com.

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