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<LEGEND>
     This schedule  contains summary  financial  information  extracted from the
CommScope,  Inc. condensed  consolidated  financial statements as of and for the
nine  months  ended  September  30, 1997  (Unaudited)  and is  qualified  in its
entirety by reference to such financial statements.
</LEGEND>
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