3.16.2007 - 02:29pm ET

(CSRwire) MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 16, 2007--AD(NASDAQ:ADCT; http://www.adc.com) announced today that the company and its philanthropic foundation have jointly pledged support for development of the technology infrastructure at the Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center, an inner-city Minneapolis facility scheduled to open in the fall 2007.

According to Bill Linder-Scholer, director of the ADC Foundation, ADC will donate connectivity and wireless products to enable broadband services and a wireless environment throughout the Powell Youth Center, as well as the Jesuit high school that will share space in the new facility. In turn, ADC will occasionally use the Center as a
customer demonstration site. The ADC Foundation will donate cash toward the purchase of new computers for the student learning labs located throughout the Center.

ADC's combined donation, which is roughly equal parts cash and product, will showcase the company's state-of-the-art equipment and reflect the foundation's grant-making focus on access-to-technology for community nonprofit organizations.

"This donation reflects the company's commitment to good corporate citizenship and more specifically to helping a part of the community where most of the youth and their families live at or below the poverty line," said Pat O'Brien, president of Global Connectivity Solutions at ADC.

Hilton Nicholson, president of ADC's Active Infrastructure unit that includes wireless products, added "ADC's support will help the Colin Powell Center in its longer term goal of raising up a new generation of urban leaders who are well educated, skilled in today's technologies, and prepared for vocational pursuits."

Paul Woods, vice president of Sales Operations and Customer Service at ADC, who first identified the partnership opportunity, and his team of engineers are helping to coordinate site preparation and equipment installation at the Powell Youth Center.

The Colin Powell Youth Leadership Center is a project of the Urban Ventures Leadership Foundation, which focuses on developing youth leadership, strengthening families, and creating meaningful work opportunities for youth and adults in the near-south neighborhoods of Minneapolis.

Established by ADC in 1999, the ADC Foundation makes charitable grants in major ADC communities in the U.S. and six other countries where ADC does business. The foundation typically makes grants in two focus areas: math and science education, and technology assistance for charitable organizations.

For more information about ADC's community relations and foundation activity, visit the foundation's web site at http://www.adc.com/philanthropy.

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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