Top 10 Facts About CommScope
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Our business
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Our acquisitions
Today, CommScope is the leader in RF
wireless network connectivity solutions
and small-cell DAS solutions, enterprise
connectivity solutions for data centers and
commercial buildings, and cables for
hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) networks.
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The purchase of the telecom, enterprise,
and wireless businesses of TE Connectivity
is CommScope’s third major acquisition in
recent years—following the 2004 purchase
of Avaya Connectivity Solutions and the 2007
acquisition of Andrew Corporation.
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Our people
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CommScope DAS
around the world
CommScope employs more than 13,000
people worldwide. TE Connectivity’s telecom,
enterprise and wireless businesses will
contribute approximately 10,000 people to
CommScope.
CommScope’s distributed antenna systems
are installed in the world’s greatest structures,
such as the world’s longest tunnel (Gotthard
Tunnel in Switzerland, which totals over 152
kilometers) and the world’s tallest building
(Burj Khalifa, at more than 828 meters tall).
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CommScope in
intelligent buildings
Real estate and IT managers are deploying
CommScope’s solutions to do more than
manage intelligent building applications. They
are saving 10 to 25 percent in HVAC energy,
up to approximately 75 percent in lighting
energy, and significantly improving workforce
productivity through the Redwood® building
intelligence platform offered by CommScope.
Regional U.S. mortgage broker Starkey
Mortgage immediately saw a 70 percent
reduction in lighting expenses after installing
the Redwood solution at its headquarters in
Texas.
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Our patent portfolio
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Industry standards
participation
CommScope in LTE networks
CommScope has played such a prominent
role in the rollout of many of the world’s LTE
wireless networks that our experts have written
a book about it. The LTE Best Practices eBook
offers tips and insights to demystify LTE
implementations with real-world advice for
equipment selection, environmental practices
and network installation.
CommScope in the data center
The University of Montana saw an
approximately 80 percent reduction in
data center energy costs and a significant
reduction in water usage—which was costing
the university $45,000 a year—after being
among the first to deploy CommScope’s
Data Center on Demand™ solution.
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CommScope’s patent portfolio consists
of approximately 2,700 patents and patent
applications. The TE Connectivity transaction
is expected to substantially expand
CommScope’s portfolio, with approximately
7,000 patents and patent applications
worldwide.
CommScope actively participates in
each of the industry’s major standards
organizations. In the past few years, more
than 30 CommScope team members with
standards expertise attended a cumulative 60
different cabling, infrastructure, components
and applications standards projects around
the world. CommScope was on the forefront
of developing the cabling standards for
Category 6, Category 8 and—most recently—
wideband multimode fiber.
Sustainability
Since we began tracking our sustainability
progress in 2008 through 2014, CommScope
has reduced greenhouse gas emissions by
60 percent, the rate of reportable injuries by
53 percent and the rate of lost workdays by
48 percent. The company has also diverted
95 percent of recyclable materials from
landfills for beneficial reuse.
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