EXHIBIT 99

                                 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.  Our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
1999, our Annual Report to Stockholders, any Form 10-Q or Form 8-K of ours,
or any other oral or written  statements  made by us or on our behalf,  may
include  forward-looking  statements  which  reflect our current views with
respect to future events and financial  performance.  These forward-looking
statements are identified,  including without  limitation,  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.  We  undertake no
obligation  to publicly  update or revise any  forward-looking  statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

     Our actual results 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 we
operate;  (b) changes in capital  availability or costs, such as changes in
interest rates,  market perceptions of the industry in which we operate, 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.

Our sales and profitability  may be adversely  affected by changes in cable
television capital spending.

     Most of our revenues come from sales to the cable television industry.
Demand for our  products  depends  primarily  on capital  spending by cable
television operators for maintaining, constructing, rebuilding or upgrading
their systems.  The amount of this capital spending,  and,  therefore,  our
sales  and  profitability,  will  be  affected  by a  variety  of  factors,
including, without limitation:

    o    general economic conditions;

    o    acquisitions of cable television operators by non-cable television
         operators;

    o    cable system consolidation within the industry;

    o    the financial condition of domestic cable television operators and
         their access to financing;

    o    competition from satellite and wireless television providers and
         telephone companies;

    o    technological developments; and

    o    new legislation and regulation of cable television operators.

     We cannot  assure  you 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 been affected
by new legislation and regulation,  on the federal,  state and local level.
Many aspects of government regulation are currently the subject of judicial
proceedings  and  administrative  or  legislative  proposals.  The  Federal
Communications   Commission  is  continuing  its   implementation   of  the
Telecommunications  Act of 1996  (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,  internet  and  telephony  services.   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 Telecom Act,  ongoing  litigation in
this regard,  other federal  legislation,  and the rules implementing these
laws on the cable television industry and our business is still uncertain.

The  loss  of  some  of our  principal  cable  television  customers  could
materially adversely affect us.

     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 our  principal  cable  television  customers  could  have a
material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

Our  failure  to  introduce  new  products  successfully,  and  changes  in
technology, could adversely affect us.

     Many of our markets  are  characterized  by  advances  in  information
processing  and   communications   capabilities   which  require  increased
transmission  speeds and greater  capacity,  or  "bandwidth,"  for carrying
information.   These  advances   require   ongoing   improvements   in  the
capabilities of wire and cable products. We believe that our future success
will depend in part upon our ability to enhance  existing  products  and to
develop and manufacture new products that meet or anticipate these changes.
The failure to introduce  successful  new or enhanced  products on a timely
and  cost-competitive   basis  could  adversely  affect  our  business  and
financial condition.

     Fiber  optic  technology  presents  a  potential  substitute  for  the
products  that  comprise  most  of  our  sales.  Fiber  optic  cables  have
penetrated the cable  television and local area network markets we serve in
high-bandwidth point-to-point and trunking applications. Fiber optic cables
have not  significantly  penetrated the local  distribution and residential
application  markets  we  serve  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  our  principal   products.   However,  a
significant  decrease in the cost of fiber optic  systems  could make these
systems superior on a price/performance  basis to copper systems.  While we
are a fiber optic cable manufacturer and supplier to a small portion of the
cable  television  market and  certain  specialty  markets,  a  significant
decrease in the cost of fiber optic  systems  would  likely have an adverse
effect on us.

Our industry is highly competitive and rapid technological  change may lead
to further competition.

     Our coaxial,  fiber optic and electronic  cable products  compete with
those of a substantial  number of foreign and domestic  companies,  some of
which have greater  resources,  financial or otherwise,  than we have.  The
rapid technological  changes occurring in the  telecommunications  industry
could lead to the entry of

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new competitors. Existing competitors' actions and new entrants may have an
adverse impact on our sales and  profitability.  We believe that we enjoy a
strong  competitive  position in the coaxial  cable  market  because of our
position  as  a  low-cost,  high-volume  coaxial  cable  producer  and  our
reputation as a high-quality  provider of  state-of-the-art  cables,  along
with our strong  orientation  toward customer service.  However,  we cannot
assure you that we will continue to compete  successfully with our existing
competitors  or that we will be  able  to  compete  successfully  with  new
competitors.

Our dependence on commodities subjects us to price fluctuations which could
adversely affect us.

     The  principal  raw  materials  we purchase are  fabricated  aluminum,
plastics,  bimetals,  copper and optical fiber.  Our  profitability  may be
affected  by  changes  in the market  price of these  materials,  which are
linked to the commodity  markets.  Although we have  generally been able to
pass on increases  in the price of these  materials  to our  customers,  we
cannot  assure  you  that  we  will  be  able  to  do  so  in  the  future.
Additionally,  significant  increases  in the price of our  products due to
increases  in the cost of raw  materials  could have a  negative  effect on
demand for our products.

Difficulties with our key suppliers could adversely affect us.

     A significant  portion of our raw material  purchases  are  bimetallic
center  conductors for coaxial cables.  Copperweld has indicated its intent
to continue to supply us with those  materials at volumes  consistent  with
its recent rate of supply for the  remainder of calendar  year 2000.  Also,
Copperweld  has  agreed to supply us a fixed  amount of  bimetallic  center
conductors for calendar year 2001 and to work with us towards a longer-term
supply arrangement.  If we are unable to continue to purchase the necessary
quantities of  bimetallic  center  conductors,  namely copper clad aluminum
wire and copper clad steel wire,  from this  supplier,  we may be unable to
obtain these raw materials on  commercially  acceptable  terms from another
source. There are few, and limited, alternative sources of supply for these
raw  materials.  In February  1999, we purchased the clad wire  fabrication
equipment   and   technology   of  Texas   Instruments   Incorporated   for
manufacturing  bimetallic center conductors,  and we have recently begun to
produce  a  portion  of our  requirements  of those  materials.  Management
believes that our current supply arrangement with Copperweld, together with
our  increasing   internal  production  of  bimetallic  center  conductors,
addresses  concerns  regarding  the  continuing  availability  of these key
materials  and  enhances  our  ability to support  the  growing  demand for
broadband  cable.  However,  the  loss  of  Copperweld  as  a  supplier  of
bimetallic center conductors,  Copperweld's inability to supply, and/or our
failure to adequately  expand our internal  production  of these  products,
could  have a  material  adverse  effect  on  our  business  and  financial
condition.  In addition,  we purchase  fine aluminum wire and optical fiber
from a limited number of suppliers. Neither of these raw materials could be
readily  replaced  in  sufficient  quantities  if  all  supplies  from  the
respective  primary  sources were  disrupted for an extended  period and we
were unable to vertically  integrate the production of these  products.  In
such event,  there could be a materially  adverse  impact on our  financial
results.

     Additionally,  fluorinated-ethylene-propylene (FEP) is the primary raw
material used throughout the industry for producing  flame-retarding cables
for local area network  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 local area network cable sales growth.

Our business is subject to the economic  uncertainties  and political risks
of selling our products in foreign countries.

     We  believe  that  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,  represents significant future opportunities for us. However, we
cannot  predict with certainty the outlook for  international  sales in the
short-term due to political and economic uncertainties.

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     Our  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 U.S. affecting
trade, foreign investment and loans, and foreign tax laws.

Potential  environmental  liabilities may arise in the future and adversely
impact our financial position.

     We are subject to various federal,  state,  local and foreign laws and
regulations   governing  the  use,  discharge  and  disposal  of  hazardous
materials. We believe that our manufacturing  facilities are 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 our financial condition.

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

Our indebtedness could restrict our operations,  make us more vulnerable to
adverse  economic  conditions  and  make it more  difficult  for us to make
payments on our existing debt.

     Our current and future indebtedness could have important  consequences
to you. For example, it could:

    o    impair our ability to obtain additional financing in the future;

    o    reduce funds available to us for other purposes, including working
         capital, capital expenditures, research and development, strategic
         acquisitions and other general corporate purposes;

    o    restrict our ability to introduce new products or exploit business
         opportunities;

    o    increase our vulnerability to economic downturns and competitive
         pressures in the industry we operate in;

    o    increase our vulnerability to interest rate increases to the extent
         variable-rate debt is not effectively hedged;

    o    limit, along with the financial and other restrictive covenants in
         our  indebtedness,  our  ability  to  dispose  of assets or borrow
         additional funds;

    o    make it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect
         to our existing debt; or

    o    place us at a competitive disadvantage.

The restrictions  imposed by our existing debt could negatively  affect our
business and our failure to comply with these  restrictions could result in
a default under our debt instruments.

     Our existing  debt  agreements  contain  covenants  that  restrict our
ability and our subsidiaries' ability to:

    o    dispose of assets;


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    o    incur additional indebtedness;

    o    incur liens on property or assets;

    o    repay other indebtedness;

    o    pay dividends;

    o    enter into certain investments or transactions;

    o    repurchase or redeem capital stock;

    o    engage in mergers or consolidations; or

    o    engage in certain  transactions  with  subsidiaries and affiliates
         and otherwise restrict corporate activities.

     In addition, our existing debt agreements contain financial covenants,
including:

    o    a total debt to EBITDA ratio;

    o    a net worth maintenance; and

    o    an interest expense coverage ratio.

     Our  compliance  with our  covenants  in the future may be affected by
events  beyond our control.  Our breach of or failure to comply with any of
the covenants could result in a default under our debt agreements.

Our failure to effectively implement our new information  management system
could adversely affect us.

     On January 2, 2000, we began the  implementation  of a new  integrated
information  management system. Our goal for this new computer-based system
is  to  help  us  improve  business  practices,   allow  faster  access  to
information and ultimately enable us to service our customers better in the
future, among other things.

     However,  during  January 2000 we  experienced  some delays in certain
shipments in connection with the transition to this new information system.
During the first  quarter of 2000,  we worked  diligently  to resolve these
transition   issues  and  to  increase   shipping  efforts  to  reduce  the
system-related backlogs. During the first six months of 2000 the transition
also contributed to an increase in accounts  receivable.  We do not believe
that these transition  issues will have a material impact on our results of
operations,  liquidity  or  financial  condition  for the full  year  2000.
However, we cannot assure you that we will incur no future issues with this
system.

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