On October 11, 2011, ARRIS acquired BigBand Networks, for $172 million, or $53 million net of the estimated cash on hand at BigBand.
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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.
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.
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.
There are some similarities between the straight-arris design of the groin vaults that cover the western portico and the groin vaults at Cluny, Autun, Monte Cassino and Sant'Angelo in Formis which could be due to Burgundian influence.