COMMSCOPE, INC.
                    EXHIBIT 99 - FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

         The Private  Securities  Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a "safe
harbor" for forward looking  statements.  The Company's Form 10-K, the Company's
Annual Report to Stockholders,  any Form 10-Q or Form 8-K of the Company, or any
other  oral or  written  statements  made by or on  behalf of the  Company,  may
include  forward-looking  statements  which reflect the Company's  current views
with respect to future events and financial  performance.  These forward-looking
statements  are  identified by their use of such terms and phrases as "intends,"
"intend,"  "intended," "goal,"  "estimate,"  "estimates,"  "expects,"  "expect,"
"expected,"  "project,"   "projects,"   "projected,"   "projections,"   "plans,"
"anticipates,"  "anticipated,"  "should,"  "designed to," "foreseeable  future,"
"believe,"  "believes"  and  "scheduled"  and similar  expressions.  Readers are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which
speak only as of the date the  statement  was made.  The Company  undertakes  no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements,  whether
as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

         The actual  results of the  Company may differ  significantly  from the
results discussed in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a
difference include, but are not limited to, (a) the general political,  economic
and competitive  conditions in the United States,  Asia, Latin America and other
markets  where the  Company  operates;  (b) changes in capital  availability  or
costs, such as changes in interest rates,  market perceptions of the industry in
which the Company operates, or security ratings; (c) employee workforce factors;
(d) authoritative  generally  accepted  accounting  principles or policy changes
from such  standard-setting  bodies as the Financial  Accounting Standards Board
and the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the factors set forth below.

Factors Relating to the Distribution

         In a  transaction  that  was  consummated  on July  28,  1997,  General
Instrument  Corporation  (the  "Distributing  Company") (i)  transferred all the
assets  and  liabilities  relating  to the  manufacture  and  sale of  broadband
communications   products  used  in  the  cable   television,   satellite,   and
telecommunications  industries  to its then  wholly-owned  subsidiary  NextLevel
Systems, Inc. and all the assets and liabilities relating to the manufacture and
sale of  coaxial,  fiber  optic and  other  electronic  cable  used in the cable
television,  satellite and other  industries to the Company (then a wholly-owned
subsidiary of the  Distributing  Company) and (ii) then  distributed  all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock of each of NextLevel  Systems,  Inc. and the
Company  to  its   stockholders   on  a  pro  rata  basis  as  a  dividend  (the
"Distribution").   Immediately  following  the  Distribution,  the  Distributing
Company  changed its corporate  name to General  Semiconductor,  Inc.  ("General
Semiconductor"). Effective February 2, 1998, NextLevel Systems, Inc. changed its
corporate name to General Instrument Corporation ("General Instrument").

         The  Distribution  Agreement,  dated as of June  12,  1997,  among  the
Company,  General  Instrument and the  Distributing  Company (the  "Distribution
Agreement")  and  certain  other  agreements  executed  in  connection  with the
Distribution  (collectively,  the  "Ancillary  Agreements")  allocate  among the
Company,  the Distributing  Company and General  Instrument and their respective
subsidiaries   responsibility   for  various   indebtedness,   liabilities   and
obligations.  It is  possible  that a court  would  disregard  this  contractual
allocation of  indebtedness,  liabilities and obligations  among the parties and
require the Company or its subsidiaries to assume responsibility for obligations
allocated to another party,  particularly  if such other party were to refuse or
was unable to pay or perform any of its allocated obligations.

         Pursuant to the  Distribution  Agreement  and certain of the  Ancillary
Agreements,  the Company has agreed to indemnify  the other parties (and certain
related persons) from and after consummation of the Distribution with respect to
certain  indebtedness,   liabilities  and  obligations,   which  indemnification
obligations could be significant.

         Although the Distributing  Company has received a favorable ruling from
the Internal Revenue Service,  if the Distribution  were not to qualify as a tax
free spin-off  (either  because of the nature of the  Distribution or because of
events  occurring  after the  Distribution)  under  Section 355 of the  Internal
Revenue Code of 1986,  as amended,  then,  in general,  a corporate tax would be
payable by the  consolidated  group of which the  Distributing  Company  was the
common  parent  based upon the  difference  between the fair market value of the
stock distributed and the Distributing  Company's  adjusted basis in such stock.
The  corporate  level tax would be payable by  General  Semiconductor  and could
substantially  exceed the net worth of  General  Semiconductor.  However,  under
certain  circumstances,  the  Company  and  General  Instrument  have  agreed to
indemnify General Semiconductor for such tax liability.  In addition,  under the
consolidated  return rules, each member of the consolidated group (including the
Company and General Instrument) is severally liable for such tax liability.

Leverage; Certain Restrictions Under Credit Facilities

         The Company is substantially leveraged. The degree to which the Company
is leveraged could have important consequences, including the following: (i) the
Company's  ability to obtain  additional  financing  in the  future for  working
capital,  capital  expenditures,  product  development,   acquisitions,  general
corporate  purposes or other  purposes  may be  impaired;  (ii) a portion of the
Company's and its  subsidiaries'  cash flow from operations must be dedicated to
the payment of the  principal  of and  interest on its  indebtedness;  (iii) the
Credit  Agreement,  dated as of July 23,  1997 among  CommScope,  Inc.  of North
Carolina, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, certain banks, and The Chase
Manhattan Bank, as Administrative  Agent, contains certain restrictive financial
and operating covenants,  including, among others, requirements that the Company
satisfy certain  financial ratios;  (iv) a significant  portion of the Company's
borrowings  will be at  floating  rates of  interest,  causing the Company to be
vulnerable to increases in interest rates;  (v) the Company's degree of leverage
may make it more vulnerable to a downturn in general  economic  conditions;  and
(vi) the Company's degree of leverage may limit its flexibility in responding to
changing business and economic conditions.

         In addition,  in a lawsuit by an unpaid creditor or  representative  of
creditors,  such as a trustee  in  bankruptcy,  a court may be asked to void the
Distribution  (in whole or in part) as a  fraudulent  conveyance  and to require
that the  stockholders  return  the  special  dividend  (in whole or in part) to
General  Semiconductor  or require the Company to fund  certain  liabilities  of
General Semiconductor and General Instrument for the benefit of creditors.

Dependence of the Company on the Cable Television Industry and Cable Television
Capital Spending

         The  majority of the  Company's  revenues  come from sales to the cable
television  industry.  Demand for the Company's  products  depends  primarily on
capital spending by cable television  operators for constructing,  rebuilding or
upgrading their systems.  The amount of this capital spending,  and,  therefore,
the Company's sales and profitability  will be affected by a variety of factors,
including  general  economic   conditions,   acquisitions  of  cable  television
operators by non-cable television  operators,  cable system consolidation within
the industry, the financial condition of domestic cable television operators and
their access to financing,  competition  from satellite and wireless  television
providers  and  telephone   companies,   technological   developments   and  new
legislation  and  regulation  of cable  television  operators.  There  can be no
assurance that cable  television  capital spending will increase from historical
levels or that  existing  levels of cable  television  capital  spending will be
maintained.

         In  recent  years,  cable  television  capital  spending  has also been
affected by new  legislation  and  regulation,  on the federal,  state and local
level, and many aspects of such regulation are currently the subject of judicial
proceedings and administrative or legislative  proposals.  During 1993 and 1994,
the Federal Communications  Commission (the "FCC") adopted rules under the Cable
Television  Consumer  Protection  and  Competition  Act of 1992 (the "1992 Cable
Act"),  regulating  rates that cable  television  operators may charge for lower
tiers of service and  generally  not  regulating  the rates for higher  tiers of
service.  In 1996,  the  Telecommunications  Act of 1996 (the "Telecom Act") was
enacted to eliminate  certain  governmental  barriers to competition among local
and  long  distance  telephone,  cable  television,  broadcasting  and  wireless
services.  The FCC is continuing  its  implementation  of the Telecom Act which,
when fully implemented, may significantly impact the communications industry and
alter federal,  state and local laws and regulations  regarding the provision of
cable and telephony  services.  Among other things,  the Telecom Act  eliminates
substantially  all restrictions on the entry of telephone  companies and certain
public utilities into the cable television business. Telephone companies may now
enter the cable television  business as traditional  cable operators,  as common
carrier  conduits for programming  supplied by others,  as operators of wireless
distribution  systems, or as hybrid common  carrier/cable  operator providers of
programming on so-called  "open video  systems." The economic impact of the 1992
Cable Act,  the Telecom  Act and the rules  thereunder  on the cable  television
industry and the Company is still uncertain.

         Although  the  domestic  cable  television  industry  is  comprised  of
approximately 11,200 cable systems, a small number of cable television operators
own a majority  of cable  television  systems  and account for a majority of the
capital expenditures made by cable television operators. The loss of some or all
of the Company's  principal  cable  television  customers  could have a material
adverse effect on the business of the Company.

         The  Company  believes  that the  anticipated  merger  of AT&T and TCI,
announced  earlier in 1998,  represents a long-term  global catalyst for cable's
high  capacity   broadband  platform  for  providing  the  most  cost  effective
infrastructure  for  multi-channel   video,   high-speed   Internet  access  and
telephony.  If the AT&T / TCI  transaction is not  consummated,  it could have a
material adverse effect on the business of the Company.

Telecommunications Industry Competition and Technological Changes Affecting 
the Company

         Many of the  markets  that the  Company  serves  are  characterized  by
advances in information processing and communications capabilities which require
increased  transmission  speeds and greater capacity  ("bandwidth") for carrying
information.  These advances require ongoing improvements in the capabilities of
wire and cable  products.  The Company  believes  that its future  success  will
depend in part upon its ability to enhance existing  products and to develop and
manufacture  new products that meet or anticipate  such changes.  The failure to
introduce  successful new or enhanced products on a timely and  cost-competitive
basis could have an adverse  impact on the  Company's  operations  and financial
condition.

         Fiber optic technology presents a potential substitute for the products
that comprise the majority of the Company's  sales. To date,  fiber optic cables
have  penetrated  the cable  television and LAN markets served by the Company in
high-bandwidth point-to-point and trunking applications. Fiber optic cables have
not, to date,  significantly  penetrated the local  distribution and residential
application  markets served by the Company  because of the high relative cost of
electro-optic  interfaces and the high cost of fiber termination and connection.
At the same time,  advances  in data  transmission  equipment  and copper  cable
technologies  have  increased the relative  performance of  copper-based  cables
which are the Company's  principal  product  offerings.  However,  a significant
decrease in the cost of fiber optic systems could make such systems  superior on
a price/performance  basis to copper systems. While the Company is a fiber optic
cable  manufacturer  and  supplier  to a small  portion of the cable  television
market and certain specialty markets, such a significant decrease in the cost of
fiber optic systems would likely have an adverse effect on the Company.

Competition

         The  Company's  coaxial,  fiber  optic and  electronic  cable  products
compete with those of a  substantial  number of foreign and domestic  companies,
some with greater resources,  financial or otherwise,  than the Company, and the
rapid technological changes occurring in the  telecommunications  industry could
lead to the entry of new  competitors.  Existing  competitors'  actions  and new
entrants may have an adverse  impact on the Company's  sales and  profitability.
The Company believes that it enjoys a strong competitive position in the coaxial
cable market  because of its position as a low-cost,  high-volume  coaxial cable
producer  and its  reputation  as a  high-quality  provider of  state-of-the-art
cables,  along with its strong  orientation  toward customer  service.  However,
there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to compete successfully
with its existing  competitors  or that it will be able to compete  successfully
with new competitors.

Impact of Price Fluctuations of Raw Materials on the Company; Sources of 
Raw Materials

         Fabricated  aluminum,   copper  and  plastics  are  the  principal  raw
materials  purchased  by the Company,  and the  Company's  profitability  may be
affected by changes in the market price of these materials  (which are linked to
the commodity markets). Historically the Company has generally been able to pass
on increases in the price of these  materials to its  customers but has had some
difficulty  doing so in recent  years,  and there can be no  assurance  that the
Company will be able to do so in the future. Additionally, significant increases
in the  price of the  Company's  products  due to  increases  in the cost of raw
materials could have a negative effect on demand for the Company's products.

         A  significant  portion of the  Company's  raw material  purchases  are
bi-metallic  center  conductors  for  coaxial  cables,  nearly  all of which are
purchased  from  Copperweld  Corporation  under a long-term  supply  arrangement
expiring in March 2000. In addition to bi-metallic  wires, fine aluminum wire is
purchased  primarily from a single source;  neither of these major raw materials
could be readily  replaced in  sufficient  quantities  if all supplies  from the
respective primary sources were disrupted for an extended period.  Additionally,
fluoronated-ethylene-propylene   ("FEP")  is  the  primary  raw  material   used
throughout   the  industry  for   producing   flame-retarding   cables  for  LAN
applications.  There are few worldwide producers of FEP and market supplies have
been periodically limited over the past several years.  Availability of adequate
supplies of FEP will be critical to future LAN cable sales growth.

International Operations

         The  Company's  sales to  international  markets will continue to be an
important focus of the Company in the future. Although the Company believes that
future growth in international markets will be a significant  contributor to the
Company's  overall business over the long-term,  the current  environment in the
international   markets  is  expected   to  have  a  negative   impact  on  1998
international  sales. There can be no assurance that international  markets will
expand in the future.  The Asian  economic  crisis,  the strong U.S.  dollar and
consolidation and merger activity among cable television operators in the United
Kingdom and Brazilian markets has also recently had a detrimental  affect on the
Company's international sales.

         International  operations  are subject to the usual  risks  inherent in
sales abroad,  including risks with respect to currency exchange rates, economic
and  political  destabilization,  restrictive  actions by  foreign  governments,
nationalizations,  the laws and policies of the United States  affecting  trade,
foreign investment and loans, and foreign tax laws.

Environment

         The  Company is subject to various  federal,  state,  local and foreign
laws and  regulations  governing  the use,  discharge  and disposal of hazardous
materials.  The  Company's  manufacturing  facilities  are  believed  to  be  in
substantial  compliance  with  current  laws and  regulations.  Compliance  with
current laws and  regulations has not had and is not expected to have a material
adverse effect on the Company's financial condition.

         The Company's  present and past  facilities  have been in operation for
many  years,  and  over  that  time in the  course  of  those  operations,  such
facilities have used substances which are or might be considered hazardous,  and
the  Company  has  generated  and  disposed  of  wastes  which  are or  might be
considered hazardous.  Therefore,  it is possible that additional  environmental
issues may arise in the future which the Company cannot now predict.