# C_2015168EN.01001601.xml

| 22.5.2015 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 168/16 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

22.5.2015

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 168/16

---

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7563 — CommScope/TE BNS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2015/C 168/06)

| 1. | On 13 May 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which CommScope, Inc. (‘CommScope’, United States of America) part of the Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, United States of America), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses (the Broadband Network Solutions business unit, ‘BNS’) of TE Connectivity Ltd (‘TE’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares and assets. |
| --- | --- |

1.

On 13 May 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which CommScope, Inc. (‘CommScope’, United States of America) part of the Carlyle Group (‘Carlyle’, United States of America), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses (the Broadband Network Solutions business unit, ‘BNS’) of TE Connectivity Ltd (‘TE’, Switzerland) by way of purchase of shares and assets.

1

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
  —   for Carlyle: multi-product global alternative asset management firm,
  —   for CommScope: a global network infrastructure and connectivity provider offering broadband, enterprise, and wireless solutions, and
  —   for BNS: the Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses of TE. The BNS business designs, manufactures, sells, installs and distributes fibre, copper and wireless infrastructure components, cabling and systems for telecommunications and enterprise customers. |
| --- | --- |

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for Carlyle: multi-product global alternative asset management firm,

for Carlyle

—   for CommScope: a global network infrastructure and connectivity provider offering broadband, enterprise, and wireless solutions, and

for CommScope

—   for BNS: the Telecom, Enterprise and Wireless businesses of TE. The BNS business designs, manufactures, sells, installs and distributes fibre, copper and wireless infrastructure components, cabling and systems for telecommunications and enterprise customers.

for BNS

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. |
| --- | --- |

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7563 — CommScope/TE BNS, to the following address:





  European Commission |
| --- | --- |
| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7563 — CommScope/TE BNS, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

---

(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

1

---