Profile: ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (ADCT.O)

ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (ADC), incorporated in 1953, is a provider of broadband communications network infrastructure products and related services. The Company’s products offer solutions enabling the delivery of high-speed Internet, data, video and voice communications over wireline, wireless, cable, enterprise and broadcast networks. These products include fiber-optic, copper and coaxial based frames, cabinets, cables, connectors and cards, wireless capacity and coverage solutions, network access devices and other physical infrastructure components. The Company has three segments: Connectivity, Network Solutions and Professional Services. On January 10, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of Shenzhen Century Man Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. and certain affiliated entities (Century Man).

The Company’s products are used primarily in the last mile/kilometer of a communications network, which links Internet, data, video and voice traffic from the serving office of the communications service provider to the end user of communication services. Its products include Global Connectivity Solutions (Connectivity) products that facilitate broadband communications network connectivity by providing the physical interconnections between network components and network access points. These products connect wireline, wireless, cable, enterprise and broadcast communication networks over copper (twisted pair), co-axial, fiber optic and wireless media. Network Solutions products that help improve coverage and capacity for wireless networks.

Connectivity

ADC’s connectivity devices are used in copper (twisted pair), coaxial, fiber-optic, wireless and broadcast communications networks. These products provide the physical interconnections between network components or access points into networks. As of October 31, 2008, these products include digital signal cross-connect (DSX) and digital distribution frame (DDF) products modules, panels and bays, which are designed to terminate and cross-connect copper channels and gain access to digital channels for Internet, data, video and voice transmission. ADC’s OmniReach product family of fiber distribution terminals, fiber access terminals, passive optical splitter modules, wavelength division multiplexer modules, connectors and drop cables provide a flexible architecture that is easily implemented in the deployment of FTTX.

Fiber distribution panels and frames, which are functionally similar to copper cross-connect modules and bays, provide interconnection points between fiber-optic cables entering a service provider’s serving office and fiber-optic cables connected to fiber-optic equipment within the serving office. Its radio frequency (RF) products are designed to meet the performance requirements of video, voice and data transmission over coaxial cable used in cable television networks and telephony carrier networks. Its RFWorx product family offers the plug-and-play flexibility of combiners, splitters, couplers and forward/reverse amplification modules in a single platform designed for cable management. The RFWorx system provides network design engineers with a range of RF signal management tools that are essential in an evolving video, voice and data communications environment.

The Company’s PowerWorx families of circuit breaker and fuse panels are designed to power and protect network equipment in multi-service broadband networks. Its FiberGuide system provides a segregated, protected method of storing and managing fiber-optic patch cords and cables within a service provider’s serving office. Its TrueNet Structured cabling products are the cables, jacks, plugs, jumpers, frames and panels used to connect desk top systems like personal computers to the network switches and servers in large enterprise campuses, high-rise buildings and data centers. It’s TrueNet cabling products include various generations of twisted-pair copper cable and apparatus capable of supporting varying bandwidth requirements, as well as multi-mode fiber systems used primarily to interconnect switches, servers and commercial campus locations.

ADC’s broadcast and entertainment products are audio, video, data patching and connectors used to connect and access worldwide broadcast radio and television networks. Its ProAx triaxial connectors are used by operators of mobile broadcast trucks, DBS satellite and large venue, live broadcasts, such as the Olympic games. It has introduced a new line of high definition television (HDTV) products for the digital broadcast industry. A variety of other products, such as patch cords, media converters, splitter products and jacks and plugs, are used by telecommunications service providers and private networks to connect, monitor and test portions of their networks.

Network Solutions

As of October 31, 2008, Network Solutions products include In-building Wireless Coverage/Capacity Solutions, Mobile Network Solutions, Outdoor Wireless Coverage/Capacity Solutions and Wireline Solutions. The Company’s family of mobile network base station systems provides mobile capacity and coverage solutions. These products include base stations, base station controllers and mobile switching centers that are used by cruise ships, on islands and in other remote locations and large enterprises. It also offers its ClearGain family of tower-top and ground mounted amplifier products, which are distributed globally for all air interfaces. These products amplify wireless signals and enhance performance and are sold primarily to wireless carriers.

The Company’s FlexWave family of wireless systems products addresses a range of coverage and capacity challenges for wireless network operators in outdoor metro and expanded venue environments. Its wireline products (principally Soneplex and HiGain) enable communications service providers to deliver high capacity voice and data services over copper or optical facilities in the last mile/kilometer of communications networks, while integrating functions and capabilities. The LoopStar product family provides its customers with a flexible and economical optical transport platform for both legacy voice and next-generation voice protocols. The LoopStar portfolio provides last mile/kilometer and inter-office data transport to support an array of business service offerings at a variety of different transmission rates.

Professional Services

Professional Services consist of systems integration services for broadband, multiservice communications over wireline, wireless, cable and enterprise networks. Its Professional Services support both the multi-vendor and multi-service delivery requirements of its customers. The Company offers these services primarily in North America.

The Company competes with 3M, CommScope, Corning, Panduit, Tyco, Adtran, CommScope, Mobile Access, Powerwave, AFL Telecommunications, Alcatel-Lucent, EMBARQ Logistics, Ericsson, Mastec, NEC and Telamon.