telecommunications founded 1976 founder frank m. drendel headquarters 1100 commscope place se hickory north carolina 28603 united states brands systimax uniprise operating income us 181 million 2015 1 net income us 71 million 2015 1 number of employees 25 000 2 slogan 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 . website www.commscope.com commscope booth at the mobile world congress 2012 in barcelona 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 . 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 . 3 in july 2011 commscope received the 2010 communications solutions product of the year award from technology marketing corporation for its product wired for wireless . 4 on august 2 2013 commscope filed with the sec to raise up to 750 million in an initial public offering . contents 1 acquisitions 2 board of directors 3 references 4 external links acquisitions edit 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 . 5 in october 2015 commscope acquired airvana 6 a manufacturer of small cells and femtocells . board of directors edit 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 . 7 references edit a b form 10 k commscope holding company inc. . securities and exchange commission . retrieved 20 august 2016 . investor relations . commscope . retrieved 2014 06 27 . commscope in talks with carlyle on 2.98 b buyout . news & record . associated press . 2010 10 25 . retrieved 2010 10 26 . commscope receives 2010 communications solutions product of the year award eon enhanced online news . eon.businesswire.com . 2011 . retrieved 9 august 2011 . commscope to buy te connectivity unit for 3 billion . new york times . retrieved 2015 02 02 . goldstein phil 8 september 2015 . commscope nabs small cell vendor airvana with an eye on c ran deployments . fierce wireless . fiercemarkets . retrieved 13 november 2015 . commscope holding co inc . morningstar . retrieved 20 august 2016 . external links edit official site company fast facts systimax structured cabling systems scs western electric history western electric history chart v t e the carlyle group william e. conway jr. daniel a. d aniello david rubenstein aerospace defense arinc combined systems dhs technologies sequa wesco aircraft transportation allison transmission diversified machine inc. hertz metaldyne trenstar united components united road towing consumer retail 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