ADC Telecommunications (NASDAQ: ADCT) was a communications company located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. It was acquired by TE Connectivity (Tyco Electronics) in December 2010 and now ceases to exist as a separate entity. It has vacated its Eden Prairie location in May 2011 and has moved staff and resources to other locations.
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (“ADC,” “we,” “us” or “our”) was incorporated in Minnesota in 1953 as Magnetic Controls Company. We adopted our current name in 1985. Our World Headquarters are located at 13625 Technology Drive in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
We are a leading global provider of broadband communications network infrastructure products and related services. Our products offer comprehensive solutions that enable 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.
Our products and services are deployed primarily by communications service providers and owners and operators of private enterprise networks. Our products are used mainly in the “edge” of communications networks where Internet, data, video and voice traffic are linked from the serving office of a communications service provider to the end-user of communication services. Our products include:
• Connectivity solutions that provide the physical interconnections between network components and network access points. These products connect wireline, wireless, cable, enterprise and broadcast communication networks over fiber-optic, copper (twisted pair), coaxial, and wireless media.
• Wireless solutions that help improve coverage and capacity for wireless networks. These products improve signal quality, increase coverage and capacity into expanded geographic areas, increase the speed and expand the delivery and capacity of networks, and help reduce the capital and operating costs of delivering wireless services. Applications for these products include in-building solutions, outdoor coverage solutions and mobile network solutions.
We also provide professional services to our customers. These services help our customers plan, deploy and maintain Internet, data, video and voice communication networks. We also assist our customers in integrating broadband communications equipment used in wireline, wireless, cable and enterprise networks. By providing these services, we have additional opportunities to sell our products.
Market Goals
Over the past few years, central office and outside plant (FTTX) fiber-based products have become a greater percentage of our sales as service providers focus on building out their fiber-based networks closer to the end user, as well as on providing more network capacity to support bandwidth intensive 3G and 4G wireless services. Maintaining and growing our position as a leading global provider of central office fiber and FTTX solutions is therefore important to our strategy and long-term success.
In addition, we believe that service providers and enterprises around the world want to expand the coverage and capacity of wireless networks more efficiently by strategically deploying microcellular network solutions. This is especially applicable inside buildings and in capacity-strained outdoor areas that are poorly served by macro-cellular network solutions such as cell towers. We believe that our microcellular network solutions that distribute coverage and capacity to targeted areas will help service providers and enterprises achieve these goals.
The migration to high performance fiber-based enterprise networks and data centers within public and private organizations also represents an ongoing opportunity for our solutions. Today’s advanced business requirements mean that organizations are rethinking the entire enterprise infrastructure to utilize new technologies for their mission-critical applications. We believe that our products provide organizations with comprehensive end-to-end solutions to help them meet their need for reliable, high-bandwidth networks.
Finally, in addition to targeting growth in these fiber-based and wireless market segments, we will also seek to expand our presence in growing markets in developing countries around the world. We expect communications spending rates in developing countries to outpace such rates in more developed parts of the world for the foreseeable future. In China and other targeted, developing countries, for example, we expect our Century Man product portfolio to benefit from significant public and private sector investment in fiber-based wireline and wireless networks.
ADC Telecommunications, Inc. (“ADC,” “we,” “us” or “our”) was incorporated in Minnesota in 1953 as Magnetic Controls Company. We adopted our current name in 1985. Our World Headquarters are located at 13625 Technology Drive in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
We are a leading global provider of broadband communications network infrastructure products and related services. Our products offer comprehensive solutions that enable 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.
Our products and services are deployed primarily by communications service providers and owners and operators of private enterprise networks. Our products are used mainly in the “edge” of communications networks where Internet, data, video and voice traffic are linked from the serving office of a communications service provider to the end-user of communication services. Our products include:
• Connectivity solutions that provide the physical interconnections between network components and network access points. These products connect wireline, wireless, cable, enterprise and broadcast communication networks over fiber-optic, copper (twisted pair), coaxial, and wireless media.
• Wireless solutions that help improve coverage and capacity for wireless networks. These products improve signal quality, increase coverage and capacity into expanded geographic areas, increase the speed and expand the delivery and capacity of networks, and help reduce the capital and operating costs of delivering wireless services. Applications for these products include in-building solutions, outdoor coverage solutions and mobile network solutions.
We also provide professional services to our customers. These services help our customers plan, deploy and maintain Internet, data, video and voice communication networks. We also assist our customers in integrating broadband communications equipment used in wireline, wireless, cable and enterprise networks. By providing these services, we have additional opportunities to sell our products.
Market Goals
Over the past few years, central office and outside plant (FTTX) fiber-based products have become a greater percentage of our sales as service providers focus on building out their fiber-based networks closer to the end user, as well as on providing more network capacity to support bandwidth intensive 3G and 4G wireless services. Maintaining and growing our position as a leading global provider of central office fiber and FTTX solutions is therefore important to our strategy and long-term success.
In addition, we believe that service providers and enterprises around the world want to expand the coverage and capacity of wireless networks more efficiently by strategically deploying microcellular network solutions. This is especially applicable inside buildings and in capacity-strained outdoor areas that are poorly served by macro-cellular network solutions such as cell towers. We believe that our microcellular network solutions that distribute coverage and capacity to targeted areas will help service providers and enterprises achieve these goals.
The migration to high performance fiber-based enterprise networks and data centers within public and private organizations also represents an ongoing opportunity for our solutions. Today’s advanced business requirements mean that organizations are rethinking the entire enterprise infrastructure to utilize new technologies for their mission-critical applications. We believe that our products provide organizations with comprehensive end-to-end solutions to help them meet their need for reliable, high-bandwidth networks.
Finally, in addition to targeting growth in these fiber-based and wireless market segments, we will also seek to expand our presence in growing markets in developing countries around the world. We expect communications spending rates in developing countries to outpace such rates in more developed parts of the world for the foreseeable future. In China and other targeted, developing countries, for example, we expect our Century Man product portfolio to benefit from significant public and private sector investment in fiber-based wireline and wireless networks.
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