Amphenol to acquire mobile networks businesses from CommScope for $2.1bn.

Amphenol, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of electrical, electronic and fiber optic connectors, agreed to acquire mobile networks businesses from CommScope, a network infrastructure provider, for $2.1bn. “We are excited by the prospect of adding CommScope’s mobile networks businesses and their approximately 4k talented employees to the Amphenol family. CommScope provides mobile networks solutions, with advanced technologies in the areas of base station antennas and related interconnect solutions, as well as distributed antenna systems. In particular, we are encouraged that the businesses we are acquiring make up the former Andrew Corporation portfolio of products, a company with a rich history of innovation and technology leadership in the wireless industry. We look forward to supporting customers who are developing next-generation wireless networks around the world with these advanced solutions as well as our own existing complementary products," Adam Norwitt, Amphenol President and Chief Executive Officer.