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ADC and DSET Team
to Offer Higher Level of Integrated Services for Competitive
Telecommunications Carriers
Agreement
Combines ADC's Integration Expertise
with DSET's Leading Telecom Software
MINNEAPOLIS--April 17, 2000--ADC (Nasdaq:
ADCT; www.adc.com)
today announced that it has signed an alliance agreement
with DSET Corporation (Nasdaq: DSET), a leading supplier
of business-to-business e-commerce connectivity solutions
for the telecommunications industry. Under the agreement,
ADC will provide DSET with comprehensive integration
services to deploy DSET's electronic-bonding solutions
to competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and data
local exchange carriers (DLECs), which are telecom providers
focused on non-voice applications.
The agreement, part of the DSET Alliance
Program, will bring exceptional value to customers by
speeding the deployment of telecommunications services
to the end user through the swift integration of operational
support system (OSS) components. Under the agreement,
ADC will provide the integration of DSET solutions into
the customer's OSS as well as testing and training for
the customer's operations support staff.
DSET's electronic bonding solutions
link the OSSs of telecom service providers in order
to automate critical aspects of turning on and maintaining
phone services to residential and business customers.
These functions include generating comparative sales
quotes; ordering local loops, DSL circuits, and special
high-capacity circuits; supporting 911, local number
portability, calling-card and caller ID services; changing
long-distance providers and correcting service problems.
"For all of our CLEC clients,
electronic bonding and automation of business processes
are fundamental to turning on revenue streams from new
customers. Our relationship with ADC will enable us
to meet this basic need with a winning combination of
DSET products and ADC's exceptional implementation expertise,"
said David Cole, director of the DSET Alliance Program.
Michael Smith, DSET's vice president
of customer satisfaction, added, "Outstanding software
products must be complemented by outstanding service
for getting those products up and running in a customer's
production environment. DSET's alliance with ADC greatly
expands our resources for providing such service, giving
our customers immediate access to all the assistance
they need to implement the many benefits of our solutions."
The agreement also leverages ADC's
expertise in other critical OSS functions such as billing
and customer care. Currently, ADC and DSET are teamed
together for the installation, integration and testing
of the DSET suite of applications along with the implementation
of an order management software package at a North Carolina-based
CLEC. This customer is also reviewing the performance
of Saville, ADC's billing application product line.
"We are pleased to enhance our suite of OSS offerings
with DSET and know that we will add tremendous value
to their customer base," said Steve Gordon, vice
president of marketing for ADC's Systems Integration
Division. "Our rapid implementation package of
services for OSS substantially minimizes the time and
resources that a CLEC has to expend to be in production."
About DSET:
DSET Corporation is a leading provider
of business-to-business e-commerce connectivity solutions
for the global telecommunications marketplace. The DSET
suite of electronic-bonding gateways is designed to
interconnect the operations support systems (OSSs) of
service providers that must exchange information and
share network capabilities with trading partners to
provision and maintain a growing range of services for
customers in the competitive telecom market. DSET's
local number portability solutions play a key role in
enabling business and residential customers to change
service providers without changing their local phone
numbers. DSET is headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey,
and the company's Web site can be viewed at www.dset.com.
About ADC:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. is a leading global supplier
of network equipment, software and integration services
for broadband, multiservice networks that deliver data,
video and voice communications over telephone, cable
television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and enterprise
networks. ADC's broadband, multiservice network solutions
enable local access, high-speed transmission and software
management of communications services from service providers
to consumers and businesses over fiber-optic, copper,
coaxial and wireless media. Headquartered in Minneapolis,
Minnesota, ADC has approximately 14,400 employees around
the world and annual sales of $2.1 billion. ADC's stock
is included in the Standard and Poor's 500 Index and
the Nasdaq-100 Index. For additional information, visit
our Web site at www.adc.com.
Cautionary statement under the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995
Any forward-looking statements contained herein reflect
management's current expectations or beliefs. ADC Telecommunications
cautions readers that future actual results could differ
materially from those in forward-looking statements
depending on the outcome of certain factors, including
the risks and uncertainties identified in Exhibit 99
to ADC's Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter
ended April 30, 1999.
Statements regarding financial matters
contained in this press release, other than historical
facts, are forward-looking. Since all statements about
DSET's plans, estimates, and expectations are based
on current projections that involve risks and uncertainties,
and are subject to change at any time, the company's
actual results may differ materially from expected results.
Investors should consider these risks and uncertainties,
which are discussed in documents filed by DSET with
the Securities and Exchange Commission. These documents
identify important factors that could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those contained in
the projections or forward-looking statements. DSET
expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements.
Contacts:
Rob Clark -- ADC Public Relations
612.914.6355, rob_clark@adc.com
Mark Borman -- ADC Investor Relations
612.946.3338, mark_borman@adc.com
Dean Maskevich - DSET Media Relations
908.526.7500 x1366, dmaskevi@dset.com
John Murphy - Westfield Investor
Relations
908.233.1558, westfieldir@worldnet.att.net
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