COMMSCOPE, INC.
                    EXHIBIT 99 - FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION

     The  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,  the Private  Securities  Litigation
Reform  Act of  1995,  and  other  related  laws  provide  a "safe  harbor"  for
forward-looking  statements. The Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 1998, 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,"  "think",   "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;  (e) potential  disruption  from the "Year
2000" problem, and the factors set forth below.

LEVERAGE; CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS UNDER CREDIT FACILITIES

     Total  long-term  debt as of  September  30,  1999 was  approximately  $167
million or 39% of the  Company's  book  capital  structure  (which  consists  of
long-term debt and total stockholders'  equity). 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  are 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.

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.

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     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 thousands
of 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.

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.

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, plastics,  bi-metals, copper and optical fiber 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 a single  supplier,  Copperweld  Corporation,  under a long-term
supply arrangement expiring in March 2000.  Copperweld has agreed to continue to
supply  bi-metallic  center  conductors to the Company  after  expiration of the
present  arrangement,  but this continuing supply  relationship is indefinite in
duration.  If the Company  becomes  unable to  continue to purchase  bi-metallic
center conductors from this supplier,  either before or after expiration of this
arrangement,  the  Company  may be  unable  to obtain  these  raw  materials  on
commercially  acceptable terms from another source.  There are few, and limited,
alternative sources of supply with respect to bi-metallic center conductors. The
Company  acquired the clad wire  fabrication  equipment and  technology of Texas
Instruments Incorporated in February 1999 for manufacturing copper-clad aluminum
wire and copper-clad  steel wire. The Company  anticipates  that in 2000 it will
begin to produce a significant portion of the bi-metallic center conductors used
by the Company.  However,  the loss of Copperweld  as a supplier of  bi-metallic
center  conductors,  either  during the term of the current  supply  contract or
after  expiration  of that  agreement,  and/or  the  failure  of the  Company to
vertically integrate these products, could have a material adverse effect on the
Company.  In addition to  bi-metallic  wires,  fine  aluminum  wire,  which is a
smaller raw material purchase than bi-metallic 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 and the Company was unable to vertically
integrate the  production  of these  products.  In such event,  there could be a
materially  adverse  impact on the Company's  financial  results.  Additionally,
fluorinated-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

     Management  remains guarded about the near-term  outlook for  international
sales. During 1998, international sales decreased by approximately 30%, or $60.6
million,  compared to 1997,  due to  monetary  crises in key  overseas  markets,
including the Pacific Rim and South America.  Excluding the Seneffe acquisition,
management expects 1999 international sales to be relatively  unchanged compared
to 1998. The Seneffe operation is expected to provide approximately 5% growth in
total  company  sales in 1999,  compared to 1998. In the long run, the Company's
management  believes that continued growth in international  markets,  including
the  developing  markets in Asia,  the Middle  East and Latin  America,  and the
expected  privatization  of the  telecommunications  structure in many  European
countries,  represent  significant future  opportunities.  However,  the Company
cannot  predict with certainty the outlook for  international  sales in 1999 and
beyond due to unpredictable political and economic uncertainties.

     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.

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     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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