Arris International


Arris International Limited is an American telecommunications equipment manufacturing company incorporated in England and Wales that provides cable operators with data, video and telephony systems for homes and businesses. The company's principal executive offices are located in Suwanee, Georgia, United States, and it has design, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, service and sales office locations worldwide. Since April 4, 2019, Arris is a subsidiary of network infrastructure provider CommScope.

Products

Two of the company's home telephony modems are the TM402P and the TM502G. The firm also produces the SBG6580 wireless cable modem-and-router unit, among other telecommunications and data-transfer products.

Acquisitions

In November, 2001, Arris announced that it would acquire the assets of Cadant Inc., a Naperville, IL-based privately held designer and manufacturer of cable modem termination systems. The acquisition was completed on January 31, 2002.
On September 23, 2007, Arris purchased C-COR.
On September 1, 2009, Arris acquired certain assets of EG Technology, Inc.,, an Atlanta-based company. That same month, Arris purchased the assets of Digeo, Inc., for approximately $20 million.
On October 11, 2011, Arris acquired BigBand Networks, for $172 million, or $53 million net of the estimated cash on hand at BigBand.
On December 19, 2012, Arris announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility's home unit from Google for $2.35 billion in cash and stock. The acquisition was completed on April 17, 2013. With that acquisition, Arris grew its presence in the set-top box market.
On April 22, 2015, Arris Group agreed to acquire set top box manufacturer Pace plc of the United Kingdom, and completed the acquisition on Jan. 4, 2016 in a stock and cash deal that valued Pace at £1.4 billion. The resultant combined group is incorporated in the United Kingdom, but operationally managed from Arris's location in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. Pace shareholders own 24% of the combined company, and Arris shareholders 76%.
On February 22, 2017, Arris Group announced an agreement to acquire the Ruckus Wireless unit from Broadcom Inc. for $800 million.
On November 8, 2018, CommScope announced an agreement to acquire Arris for $7.4 billion. The transaction was completed on April 4, 2019.

Sponsorships

On August 19, 2014, Arris announced a sponsorship of NASCAR driver Carl Edwards. Edwards drove the No. 19 Toyota Camry in the Sprint Cup Series for Joe Gibbs Racing, while Daniel Suárez drove the Arris No. 18 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, from 2015 to 2016 until Edwards left the sport in January 2017. Starting with the 2017 Daytona 500, Suárez replaced Edwards in the Arris-sponsored No. 19 Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Starting in 2019, Arris will follow Suárez to Stewart-Haas Racing to sponsor the No. 41 Ford Mustang GT.
In 2019, Arris announced it will sponsor the Philadelphia Fusion, an e-sports team playing in the Overwatch League.