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 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

         General  Instrument  Corporation  (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  (the  "Communications  Business")  to  its  wholly-owned  subsidiary
NextLevel Systems, Inc. ("NextLevel Systems") 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
(the  "Cable  Manufacturing  Business")  to the  Company  (then  a  wholly-owned
subsidiary of GI) and (ii) then  distributed  all of the  outstanding  shares of
capital stock of each of NextLevel  Systems and the Company to its  shareholders
on a pro rata basis as a dividend (the  "Distribution"),  in a transaction  that
was consummated on July 28, 1997.  General  Instrument  Corporation prior to the
Distribution  is herein  referred to as "GI" and following the  Distribution  is
referred to herein as "General Semiconductor".

         The Company is a smaller and less diversified company than GI was prior
to the  Distribution  and the  Company  has no  recent  operating  history  as a
separate  entity.  The  ability of the Company to satisfy  its  obligations  and
maintain profitability will be solely dependent upon its own future performance,
and the Company will not be able to rely on the capital resources and cash flows
of the  businesses  of NextLevel  Systems or General  Semiconductor.  The future
performance and cash flows of the Company will be subject to prevailing economic
conditions and to financial,  business and other factors  affecting the business
operations of the Company, including factors beyond its control.

         The  division  of GI may  result  in  some  temporary  dislocation  and
inefficiencies  to the  business  operations,  as well as the  organization  and
personnel structure,  of the Company, and will also result in the duplication of
certain personnel,  administrative and other expenses required for the operation
of an  independent  company.  The  management of the Company has not  previously
operated  its  businesses  as a  separate  public  company  so  there  can be no
assurance that the transition will not alter or disrupt,  at least  temporarily,
the management and operations of the Company's business.

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         The  Distribution  Agreement,  dated as of June  12,  1997,  among  the
Company,  NextLevel  Systems and GI (the  "Distribution  Agreement") and certain
other agreements executed in connection with the Distribution (collectively, the
"Ancillary  Agreements")  allocate  among the Company,  NextLevel  Systems,  and
General  Semiconductor  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 Company has received a favorable  ruling from the Internal
Revenue Service,  if the Distribution were not to qualify as a tax free spin-off
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 GI
was the common parent based upon the difference between the fair market value of
the stock distributed and the distributing  corporation'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 NextLevel  Systems 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 NextLevel Systems) 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 NextLevel Systems for the benefit of creditors.

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

         The majority of the  Company's  revenues come from sales of systems and
equipment to the cable  television  industry.  Demand for these 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,   consolidation  in  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 in the broadband
communications  industry and new legislation and regulation of cable  television
operators as described below.  Capital spending in the cable television industry
fell sharply in the middle of 1990  compared to 1989 and remained at a low level
until it began to recover in mid-1992.  Although the Company  believes  that the
constraining  pressures on domestic cable television  capital spending eased and
that cable television capital spending generally increased from mid-1992 through
1996,  there can be no assurance  that such increases will continue or that such
increased level 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.  When fully  implemented by the FCC, the Telecom Act 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.

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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 local area network  ("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.

         The Company's sales to  international  markets have recently  increased
substantially  and will continue to be an important  focus of the Company in the
future.  However,  there can be no  assurance  that  international  markets will
continue to expand, or that growth and profitability in international sales will
not be affected by political uncertainties,  currency exchange rate fluctuations
or variations in capital spending cycles in developing countries.

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.

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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).  Although the Company has generally been able to pass on
increases  in the price of these  materials  to its  customers,  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.

International Operations; Foreign Currency Risks

         U.S.  broadband  system  designs and equipment are  increasingly  being
employed in international  markets,  where cable television  penetration is low.
However,  there can be no assurance that international  markets will continue to
develop or that the Company  will  receive  additional  contracts  to supply its
systems and equipment in international markets.

         In  addition,  sales of  equipment  into  international  markets by the
Company have recently grown.  These foreign  operations are subject to the usual
risks inherent in situating  operations 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.

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