Type Public Industry Telecommunications Operating income Founded 1976 | Traded as NASDAQ: COMM Brands SYSTIMAX, Uniprise Founder Frank M. Drendel | |
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Net income US$ (71) million (2015) Headquarters Hickory, North Carolina, United States CEO Marvin S Edwards Jr (Jan 2011–) Motto Technology is reshaping the way we live, learn and thrive. Enabling that transformation is the network - our passion. CommScope designs and builds the connectivity for many of the world's most advanced networks. Subsidiaries Andrew Corporation, Andrew LLC Parent organization CommScope Inc (Registrant) Profiles | ||
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CommScope Inc. is a multinational telecommunications company based in Hickory, North Carolina, United States, since its founding in 1976. CommScope is a 1997 spin-off of General Instrument and now has over 15,000 employees worldwide, with customers in over 130 countries.
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CommScope manufactures SYSTIMAX and Uniprise brands of Enterprise infrastructure of copper Unshielded Twisted Pair cabling, connector panels, jacks and fiber optic cabling, connector panels, racking and metals. CommScope also manufactures environmentally secure cabinets for FTTN and DSL applications.
On October 25, 2010, The Carlyle Group announced it would pay $31.50 a share, or about $2.98 billion, to take CommScope private.
In July 2011, CommScope received the 2010 Communications Solutions Product of the Year Award from Technology Marketing Corporation for its product, Wired For Wireless.
On August 2, 2013, CommScope filed with the SEC to raise up to $750 million in an initial public offering.
Acquisitions
In 2004 the company acquired Avaya's Connectivity Solutions business, and in 2007 acquired Andrew Corporation, for a total of 15,000 employees worldwide. The Avaya business acquisition included the legacy intellectual property and patents from Western Electric, AT&T, Lucent Technologies and Avaya. Also in January 2008 CommScope acquired Andrew Corp, a leader in wireless infrastructure and equipment. Andrew's products include antennas, cables, amplifiers, repeaters, transceivers, as well as software and training for the broadband and cellular industries.
In January 2015, CommScope agreed to purchase a unit of TE Connectivity for $3 billion. The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2015.
In October 2015, CommScope acquired Airvana, a manufacturer of small cells and femtocells.
Board of directors
Frank M. Drendel is the Chairman of the Board for CommScope. The other members of the board are Marvin S. Edwards (also the CEO of CommScope), Austin A. Adams, Campbell R. Dyer, Stephen Gray, L. William Krause, Joanne M. Maguire, Thomas J. Manning, Claudius E. Watts, and Timothy T. Yates.