Business 101, do not use leverage buyout to acquire a company with a shrink bottom line!
What was going on in the heads of Commscope management? It's clear now that they didn't know what they were buying, nor had a vision regarding what they'd do with the business once they acquired it. Since the acquisition, they have had a round of layoffs every quarter, and in every ER conference call, they never failed to blame the Arris BUs (CPE in particular) for Commscope’s current financial predicament.
The current plan appears to be eliminate CPE by any means necessary; attempt to transform the remaining Commscope business into a saleable package before all the wheels fall off the wagon.
This is someone’s post from thread +1aiPczne and I often also wonder if management knew what they were actually buying and what made them do so when it comes to acquiring Arris.