[Scan-DC] Police Radio Pandemonium: Is the Harris Corp. in Over Its Head? Ask Pennsylvania

[Blair Thompson]

M/A-COM has had a convoluted history. I used to have some M/A-COM stock (thanks for the condolences). Per Wikipedia, it was taken over by AMP and then Tyco. From time to time, it seems, divisions get sold off. I hadn't known Harris was involved. I never got any of their stock in return.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MACOM_Technology_Solutions

{much snippage}

History

In the 1990s, MACOM was acquired by AMP Inc., which was in turn acquired by Tyco Electronics.

On May 13, 2008, Tyco Electronics announced that it would sell its RF Components and Subsystem Business to Cobham plc for $425 million. Tyco Electronics retained the wireless communications part of MACOM, but renamed it Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems. On September 29, 2008 Tyco Electronics and Cobham announced the completion of the sale of Tyco Electronics’ M/A-COM Radio Frequency Components and Subsystems business to Cobham plc. Tyco Electronics kept its Wireless Systems business unit, and changed its name from M/A-COM to Tyco Electronics Wireless Systems.

On March 30, 2009, the company acquired all of the outstanding stock of M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc., the primary operating subsidiary of MACOM and the related foreign operating subsidiary, M/ACOM Technology Solutions Limited from Cobham. Cobham plc announced that it had sold M/A-COM's commercial business segment, M/A-COM Technology Solutions, to John Ocampo, the owner of GaAs Labs, on March 31, 2009. In May 2010, MACOM acquired Mimix Broadband, a fabless supplier of GaAs semiconductors.

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On Fri, 4/20/18, Scott, KB3JQQ via Scan-DC <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Police Radio Pandemonium: Is the Harris Corp. in Over Its Head? Ask Pennsylvania
 To: "Scan DC" <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
 Date: Friday, April 20, 2018, 12:25 AM
 
 Baltimore Metro area uses P25 and
 all thecounties officers, both fire and police, can access
 the neighboring counties' system.We have full
 interoperability here.
 
 MSP's Phase II radios use Phase I on
 Balco's system.
 
    
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 Police Radio
 Pandemonium: Is the Harris Corp. in Over Its Head? Ask
 Pennsylvania
  By Nancy Smith  March 6,
 2017 - 8:30am  
  ....

Investigative reporters Brad Bumsted and Paula
 Knudsen wrote in the first part of their cover story, on
 Feb. 21, 2017, that several top state officials during the
 contract's tenure had ties to Harris Corp., which had
 acquired M/A-COM, the original contractor, in 2009.