Amphenol Corporation to Acquire Mobile Networks Businesses From CommScope
Transaction highlights:
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To acquire CommScope’s Outdoor Wireless Networks and Distributed Antenna Systems businesses for
$2.1 billion in cash - Adds advanced antenna and associated interconnect products, technologies and capabilities
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Complements
Amphenol ’s existing product portfolio for next-generation wireless networks - Expected to be accretive to Amphenol’s Diluted EPS in first full year after closing
“We are excited by the prospect of adding CommScope’s mobile networks businesses and their approximately 4,000 talented employees to the
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