MINNEAPOLIS -- ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT; www.adc.com), a leading global supplier of fiber optics, network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, today announced the development of the first product platform to come out of its Advanced Photonics Integration Center (APIC). The platform consists of a family of compact optical modules, which integrate the functionality of several discrete optical components into a single, compact design. The modules will be showcased at Optical Fiber Communications Conference (OFC) 2001, in Anaheim, California, March 19-21, 2001, in ADC's booth, No. 2600.

"With the APIC, we strive to meet the growing, time-critical needs of our customers," said Martin Nyman, director of ADC's APIC. "Our emerging product portfolio is designed to meet the ever-increasing time-to-market challenges of our customers with high performance, cost-effective optical modules and subsystems."

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