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5 unusual facts about Arris Group


Arris Group

On October 11, 2011, ARRIS acquired BigBand Networks, for $172 million, or $53 million net of the estimated cash on hand at BigBand.

The company is headquartered in Suwanee, Georgia, USA, and has design, engineering, manufacturing, distribution, service and sales office locations throughout the world.

On December 19, 2012, ARRIS announced that it would acquire Motorola Mobility's Home unit (the former General Instrument company) from Google for $2.35 billion in cash and stock.

BigBand Networks

BigBand's 3 major development centers have been assimilated by ARRIS Group.

In 2011 the acquisition of BigBand by ARRIS was completed for $172 million, with ARRIS paying $53 million for the acquisition of BigBand's outstanding shares.


Cable modem

LANcity was an early pioneer in cable modems, developing a proprietary system that was widely deployed in the U.S. LANcity, which was led by the Iranian-American engineer Rouzbeh Yassini, was then acquired by Nortel, which eventually spun the cable modem business off as ARRIS.


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