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CommScope is the behind-the-scenes connection that helps the world communicate —

                               at work, at home and on the go.

CommScope is a global leader in connectivity solutions for communications networks. We provide infrastructure solutions for wireless, business enterprise, residential broadband and carrier wireline networks. CommScope is the behind-the-scenes connection that helps the world communicate — at work, at home and on the go. By committing to integrity, innovation, quality and performance and, by building these values into every CommScope transaction, we give our customers the power to help their customers communicate where, when and how they choose.

Founded in Hickory, North Carolina more than 30 years ago, CommScope and its worldwide team of more than 13,000 employees create infrastructure solutions for communications networks in more than 130 countries.

With a rich, proud heritage that includes industry-leading brands such as Andrew®, SYSTIMAX® and HELIAX®, CommScope is backed by a wealth of experience and market familiarity that benefits customers around the world.

Andrew, which became part of CommScope in December 2007, is a global leader in radio frequency subsystem solutions for wireless networks and one of the world’s most recognized brands in communication infrastructure. Previously strong on their own, CommScope and Andrew have an even more promising future together. Thanks to this acquisition, CommScope is now a world leader in infrastructure solutions for wireless, enterprise and broadband communications networks.

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Leading The Way Around The World.

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Driven by a company-wide spirit of technological exploration and powered by advanced global R&D capabilities, CommScope sets the standard for the performance, quality and reliability of the world’s connectivity infrastructure solutions. With more than 3,300 patents and patent applications, CommScope’s R&D facilities combine engineering expertise, proprietary technology and global manufacturing capabilities to develop industry-leading solutions for customers around the world. The advances empower the world’s communications capabilities like never before.

As people across the globe rely on communications networks to even greater degrees, CommScope delivers the solutions that extend the boundaries of what’s possible for today’s applications and tomorrow’s bandwidth demands. As communications become more and more integrated, CommScope serves the infrastructure connectivity needs of all types of networks by helping to deliver reliable, high-performance, value-rich communications in wireless, wireline, enterprise and broadband markets.

Regardless of network type, our customers know that CommScope is the single partner of choice that will meet their needs.

Keeping A Global Perspective.

In today’s business environment, geography is irrelevant. Technology helps the world communicate in a flash, irrespective of national boundaries. However, technology alone cannot overcome every challenge. Language, culture and business practices are often unique to local markets. That’s why CommScope employs experienced and trained professionals in every region of the world who understand the local challenges. With broad manufacturing and distribution capabilities at their fingertips, CommScope professionals ensure consistent levels of service, quality and performance, delivered in ways that best serve individual customers.

With so many resources located around the world, with global distribution and a worldwide BusinessPartner network, we make certain that our customers get superior and consistent levels of service and support anywhere on the planet.

In addition to providing some of the most intelligent, most advanced, highest-performing products in the world of network infrastructure solutions, CommScope is committed to reducing its impact on the natural planet. By continually developing new manufacturing processes and product capabilities that minimize energy consumption and reduce waste, CommScope improves the efficiency of its own operations and the operations of the people that ultimately use our solutions.

Leading the industry, solving technological challenges, enhancing the way the world communicates and helping to safeguard the planet with smart environmental stewardship — these are enormous undertakings. But we believe we will continue to accomplish them all as long as we stay true to our own standards of excellence. Working together with integrity, honesty and commitment, we make excellence possible — on a global scale.

Administrative Facilities:
Corporate Headquarters, Hickory, NC
Westchester, IL
Richardson, TX

Manufacturing and Distribution Facilities

North America
Catawba, NC
Claremont, NC
Newton, NC
Statesville, NC
Norcross, Georgia 
Joliet, Illinois
Omaha, NE 
Sparks, NV
McAllen, TX
Richardson, TX 
Reynosa, Mexico

Asia Pacific
Suzhou, China (Wireless)
Suzhou, China (Broadband/CATV)
Shenzhen, China
Goa, India

Central and Latin America
Sorocaba, Brazil

Europe
Brno, Czech Republic
Bray, Ireland
Buchdorf, Germany

Sales for the 12 months ended 12/31/08
CommScope’s net sales for this period were approximately $4 billion.

Business Segments

Enterprise
A world leader in network infrastructure solutions, delivering a complete end-to-end physical layer solution, including cables and connectivity for twisted pair,coax and optical fiber applications, network cabinet enclosures, intelligent infrastructure software and network design services.
  SYSTIMAX® Solutions is globally recognized as the world leader in enterprise cabling systems, providing networks with a global end-to-end copper and fiber structured cabling solution for connecting phones, workstations, Local Area Networks (LANs), and other critical communications devices through buildings or across campuses.
  Through our Uniprise Solutions® brand, our Enterprise/LAN Products Group is a domestic leader in end-to-end, high performance Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) and fiber optic solutions for enterprise/LAN networks.

Broadband
CommScope is the world’s largest manufacturer of coaxial cable for cable TV and other video applications. Our coaxial and fiber optic cables are primarily used in Hybrid Fiber Coaxial (HFC) networks being deployed throughout the world. HFC networks are widely recognized as one of the most cost-effective ways to offer multi-channel video, voice and data services. Our broadband coaxial cables and zero water peak optical fiber cables provide bandwidth connectivity for services such as cable television, video on demand, high-speed Internet access, cable telephony and other interactive services.

Antenna, Cable and Cabinet Group
A global leader for wireless network infrastructure such as commercial base station antennas, microwave antennas, cable products and a North American leader in secure environmental enclosures and connectivity solutions for telephone central offices.

Wireless Network Solutions
A leading global provider of integral components for wireless base stations; products that enhance and extend coverage and capacity of wireless networks; caller location services; and network planning and optimization products and services.


 
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