"We believe Bechtel Telecommunications has positioned itself as one of the premiere providers of turnkey solutions within the wireless telecom market," said Ted Hally, Executive Vice President and General Manager for CommScope's Wireless Products Group. "We are extremely pleased that Bechtel has again selected CommScope as one of its key suppliers of cable for its wireless construction projects.

"Our Cell Reach products continue to gain acceptance in the wireless industry due to what we believe is the highest quality, lowest life cycle cost cable solution offered in the telecom market today," Hally continued. "Our addition of the ExtremeFlex(TM) family of products to our Cell Reach product line continues our tradition of providing the wireless industry with new and technologically innovative products designed to meet the performance and installation challenges associated with complex construction sites."

"CommScope has been selected as a Global Supplier for Bechtel Telecoms because this agreement can play an important role in reducing costs and ensuring quality and timely delivery for our customers," said Tom Parks, manager of global procurement for Bechtel Telecoms.

Bechtel Telecommunications is a unit of Bechtel Corporation, a privately held company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with 50,000 employees, more than 50 offices worldwide, and 2001 revenues of $13.4 billion. Bechtel Telecoms provides design, engineering, project management, and construction management for a full range of telecommunication systems, through major offices in London, Hong Kong, and its Frederick, Maryland world headquarters. For more information, visit: www.bechteltelecoms.com.

CommScope is the world's largest manufacturer of broadband coaxial cable for Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) applications and is a leading supplier of high performance coaxial, fiber optic and twisted pair cables for wireless, LAN and other communications applications.

This press release includes forward-looking statements that are based on information currently available to management, management's beliefs, as well as on a number of assumptions concerning future events. Forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance and are subject to a number of uncertainties and other factors, which could cause the actual results to differ materially from those currently expected. For a more detailed description of the factors that could cause such a difference, please see CommScope's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In providing forward-looking statements, the company does not intend, and is not undertaking any obligation or duty, to update these statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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SOURCE CommScope, Inc.