EXHIBIT 99.1

        Press Release dated August 12, 1996 Announcing the Appointment
          of Mr. Cooper as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
                                of ADTRAN, Inc.

 
[ADTRAN LETTERHEAD APPEARS HERE]                                         PRESS
                                                                         RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, August 12, 1996
Contacts:  Stacy Thomas, 205-971-8488
           Carol Nobles, 205-971-8211

              ADTRAN, INC. ANNOUNCES NEW CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Huntsville, AL - ADTRAN, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading designer, developer and 
manufacturer of high-speed digital networking equipment, announced the 
appointment of John R. Cooper as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

Prior to joining ADTRAN, Cooper ran Sauty Group, Inc., a strategic advisory 
consulting firm located in Birmingham, AL.  His background includes over 20 
years in public accounting including serving as Managing Partner of the Coopers 
& Lybrand offices in Knoxville, TN and Birmingham. His experience includes 
serving a number of technology companies through all phases of development. In
addition, Mr. Cooper, who served as Kern's Chief Executive Officer, was a member
of a group of investors which owned and operated Kern's Bakeries, Inc. in
Knoxville from 1988 to 1991.

A native of the Guntersville, AL area, Cooper holds B.S. and M.A. degrees in 
accounting from the University of Alabama.  He was a member of the Class VI of 
Leadership Alabama and has served in a number of leadership roles in the 
Birmingham community, including the American Red Cross and serving as Chairman 
of a business incubator.

In announcing Cooper's role, Mark C. Smith, Chairman of ADTRAN, noted that, 
"Irwin O. Goldstein, Vice President of Administration, and I are most pleased 
that John Cooper has agreed to join ADTRAN in this most critical role.  The 
combination of Mr. Goldstein and Mr. Cooper will provide the Finance and 
Administration Management team to support our rapidly growing business."

ADTRAN, Inc. designs, develops, and markets a broad range of high speed digital 
transmission products utilized by TELCOs, corporate end users, and OEMs to 
implement digital service over existing telephone networks.