EXHIBIT 99





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                                                 Dick Badler      312-695-1030
                                                 Mark Borman      312-695-1150






GENERAL  INSTRUMENT  TO REPORT  LITIGATION  CHARGE;  OTHERWISE,  SECOND  QUARTER
RESULTS TO MEET EXPECTATIONS
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CHICAGO,  IL -- (June 19, 1996) -- As previously  reported by General Instrument
Corporation  (NYSE:GIC) on June 12, 1996,  the United States  District Court for
the  Eastern  District of Texas has  entered a final  judgment  against its Next
Level Communications  subsidiary and individual defendants in favor of plaintiff
DSC  Communications,  in a total amount of $136,732,000.  The company  announced
today that it will take a pre-tax  charge to earnings  in its second  quarter of
$141 million, reflecting the judgment and the costs of litigation and appeal.

The company also  indicated  that,  otherwise,  it expected  its second  quarter
results to meet analyst expectations.

General  Instrument  Corporation  is a world  leader in  developing  technology,
systems and product solutions for the secure and interactive  delivery of video,
voice,  and  data,  as  well  as  in  manufacturing  and  distributing  discrete
semiconductors.

The  information set forth above includes  "forward  looking"  information  and,
accordingly,  the cautionary statements contained in Forward-Looking Information
filed by the Company as Exhibit 99 to its Form 10-K for the year ended  December
31, 1995 are incorporated herein by reference.
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