Exhibit 24.1

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Robert E. Switz and James G. Mathews, and each of them, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, with the powers of substitution and revocation, for the undersigned and in the undersigned’s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign a Registration Statement on Form S-8, and any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto, relating to the ADC Telecommunications, Inc. Global Stock Incentive Plan, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and with such state commissions and other agencies as necessary, granting unto such attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney has been signed as of this 26th day of October, 2007, by the following persons:

Signature	Title
/s/ Robert E. Switz Robert E. Switz	President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive officer)
/s/ James G. Mathews James G. Mathews	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer)
/s/ Steven G. Nemitz Steven G. Nemitz	Vice President, Controller (principal accounting officer)
/s/ John A. Blanchard, III John A. Blanchard, III	Chairman
/s/ John J. Boyle, III John J. Boyle, III	Director
Mickey P. Foret	Director
/s/ J. Kevin Gilligan J. Kevin Gilligan	Director
/s/ Lois M. Martin Lois M. Martin	Director

Signature	Title
/s/ John E. Rehfeld John E. Rehfeld	Director
/s/ William R. Spivey	Director
William R. Spivey
/s/ Larry W. Wangberg Larry W. Wangberg	Director
/s/ John D. Wunsch John D. Wunsch	Director
/s/ James G. Mathews Attorney-in-Fact