Photo Release - NASDAQ Welcomes CommScope to The N

NEW YORK, Oct. 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NDAQ ) announced today that trading of CommScope Holding Company, Inc. (Nasdaq: COMM ), a global leader in infrastructure solutions for communications networks, commenced on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on Friday, October 25, 2013.

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CommScope provides connectivity and infrastructure solutions for wireless, business enterprise and residential broadband networks. The firm offers radio frequency (RF) solutions, intelligent connectivity and cabling platforms, data center and intelligent building infrastructure and broadband access solutions. CommScope is based in Hickory, North Carolina, and serves customers in more than 100 countries. Through its extensive history, CommScope has been instrumental in the creation of cable TV infrastructure, the first wireless networks, the first data centers, and the first intelligent buildings. CommScope continues to enable and empower many of the top-performing networks in existence today.

"Through its premier solutions for connectivity and bandwidth, CommScope has played a leading role in virtually all of the best communication networks," said Bob Greifeld, CEO of NASDAQ OMX. "NASDAQ OMX is thrilled to welcome CommScope to The NASDAQ Stock Market, and looks forward to supporting their continued success as a public company."

NASDAQ OMX has been the exchange of choice for some of the world's largest and most revolutionary companies. By listing with NASDAQ OMX, CommScope joins leading technology companies including Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc.

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