[News] ARRIS Breaks the Piggy Bank to Buy Ruckus Wireless & ICX Switch Business

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https://www.techpowerup.com/239404/a...witch-business

ARRIS International plc has completed its acquisition of the Ruckus Wireless and ICX Switch business from Broadcom Limited. With this acquisition, ARRIS builds on a leadership position in networking and entertainment for service providers while expanding into new enterprise and vertical markets. The deal strategically positions ARRIS for a new phase of growth by leveraging the companies' combined technology assets to enable next-generation wireless and wired networks. The Ruckus target vertical markets span hospitality, education, government, service providers, multi-dwelling / tenant units, sports / entertainment venues, and transportation centers. Additionally, Ruckus' trailblazing leadership in the small-cell CBRS LTE market represents an opportunity to deploy converged Wi-Fi and LTE using common cloud-based control and management capabilities.

Dan Rabinovitsj-previously COO of Ruckus Wireless-will lead a new ARRIS Enterprise Networks business segment. Ruckus Networks, an ARRIS company, will operate as a dedicated business under Enterprise Networks. The business will focus on the delivery of innovative, high-performance wireless and wired network infrastructure, with a robust channel-led sales strategy.

"This combination underscores our shared vision of achieving market leadership across wireless and wired networks in close partnership with our valued customers and channel partners," said Dan Rabinovitsj, President of ARRIS Enterprise Networks. "We're very excited about the collaboration opportunities across our product portfolios to enable connectivity from the office to the home and to all the places in between. Joining ARRIS means we still do what Ruckus does best, but on a larger, global scale. I'm excited to lead the Ruckus Networks team into our next stage of growth and innovation."

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I sincerely hope this means a shift towards packages which do wired router/switch + access point being more mainstream.

Positioning of your antenna should not depend so much on where your wired infrastructure is.

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I sincerely hope this means a shift towards packages which do wired router/switch + access point being more mainstream.

Positioning of your antenna should not depend so much on where your wired infrastructure is.

I don't understand your comment.

You can get wireless routers.
You can get wireless access points.

My wired infrastructure is separate from my wireless antenna because I have a separate AP. My router, modem, etc were all in a little network cubby in the basement, with the AP mounted to the 1st floor ceiling close to centered in the house, just a single cat5e line running to it as it was PoE. (Now that I've moved it is a different setup temporarily.)