Broadband Access Systems Company

ADC Telecommunications Inc., a maker of telephone equipment, said it will buy Broadband Access Systems, a start-up developer of high-speed data and voice delivery systems, for stock valued at $2.25 billion. ADC said the acquisition of privately held Broadband Access would ready it for a surge in demand for high-speed Internet access services over cable television and digital subscriber line networks. DSL services allow high-speed Web access over copper phone lines.

ADC Telecommunications Inc., a maker of telephone equipment, said it will buy Broadband Access Systems, a start-up developer of high-speed data and voice delivery systems, for stock valued at $2.25 billion. ADC said the acquisition of privately held Broadband Access would ready it for a surge in demand for high-speed Internet access services over cable television and digital subscriber line networks. DSL services allow high-speed Web access over copper phone lines.