Arris International Limited (styled as ARRIS) is an American telecommunications equipment company engaged in data, video and telephony systems for homes and businesses.[1] On April 4, 2019, Arris was acquired by network infrastructure provider CommScope.[2][3][4]
Originally named Arris Interactive, the company was founded in 1995 in England and Wales as a joint venture between Nortel Networks and Antec Corp. (founded by Anixter in 1991)[5][6] Bob Stanzione was the founding president and CEO. Bruce McClelland took over as CEO on September 1, 2016, with Stanzione becoming executive chairman.[6] In 2001, after Antec bought out Nortel's share, the company was renamed Arris Inc, with its executive offices in Suwanee, Georgia, United States.[7]
On November 8, 2018, CommScope announced an agreement to acquire Arris for $7.4billion. The transaction was completed on April 4, 2019.[3][8] In the transaction, CommScope also acquired Ruckus Networks and ICX Switch, two companies Arris had recently acquired from Broadcom, with Arris and Ruckus becoming brands of CommScope.[9] Former Arris CEO Bruce McClelland assumed the role of CommScope chief operating officer.[3]
Two of the company's home telephony modems are the TM402P and the TM502G.[10] The firm also produces the SBG6580 wireless cable modem-and-router (residential gateway) unit, among other telecommunications and data-transfer products.[citation needed]
In November 2001, Arris announced that it would acquire the assets of Cadant Inc., a Naperville, Illinois-based privately held designer and manufacturer of cable modem termination systems.[11] The acquisition was completed on January 31, 2002.[12]
On September 1, 2009, Arris acquired certain assets of EG Technology, Inc., (EGT), an Atlanta-based company.[14] That same month, Arris purchased the assets of Digeo, Inc. (including Moxi), for approximately $20million.[15]
On October 11, 2011, Arris acquired BigBand Networks, for $172million, or $53million net of the estimated cash on hand at BigBand.[16]
On December 19, 2012, Arris announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility's home unit (the former General Instrument company) from Google for $2.35billion in cash and stock.[17][18] The acquisition was completed on April 17, 2013.[19] With that acquisition, Arris grew its presence in the set-top box market.[20]
On April 22, 2015, Arris Group agreed to acquire set-top box manufacturer Pace plc of the United Kingdom, and completed the acquisition on January 4, 2016, in a stock-and-cash deal that valued Pace at £1.4 billion ($2.1 billion). The resultant combined group was incorporated in the United Kingdom, but operationally managed from Arris's location in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. Pace shareholders owned 24% of the combined company, and Arris shareholders 76%. Also noteworthy, since Pace had previously acquired Aurora Networks, Arris ended up with those assets as well.[21][22]
