ADC India Communications is a connectivity-components manufacturer that builds the physical plumbing of digital networks - the copper and fiber links inside buildings, data centers, and telecom exchanges. It began as Krone Communications in 1988 in Bangalore and, after a 2010 rebranding, spent years as part of the CommScope group before a landmark acquisition in January 2026 made it an indirect subsidiary of Amphenol Corporation, a Fortune 500 connector giant. The recurring approach is one of conservative, self-funded industrial focus: a debt-free balance sheet, a single owned factory, and a tight two-distributor channel that together let a 22-employee company serve a national market. # Business segments Two segments serve the same underlying need - physical connectivity - but for different customers: one builds the broadband backbone for telecom carriers, the other wires up the enterprise networks of offices, hospitals, and data centers. ## 1. IT-Networking: the enterprise connectivity engine **This is the dominant business, selling copper and fiber cabling systems that connect computers, servers, and buildings inside corporate and institutional campuses - and it is growing on the back of India’s data-center boom.** - **Wires up the office LAN** - it provides the structured cabling (Category 5E, 6, and 6A copper cables, patch cords, and panels) that links desktop computers to network rooms, forming the local area network (LAN) inside a building. - **Connects building to building and rack to rack** - for longer distances and higher speeds, it supplies fiber optic cable assemblies and high-density fiber panels, including new Rugged Fiber armored cables and Ultra High-Density panels introduced to meet data-center demands. - **Sells through two national distributors** - roughly 72% of revenue comes from two distributors who, in turn, reach hundreds of end customers through system integrator partners across the country, giving a 22-employee company national reach without a direct sales army. - **Rides the data-center wave** - demand is pulled by colocation providers building multi-tenant data centers, cloud computing infrastructure, and smart-city projects, which require ever-denser fiber connectivity. ## 2. Telecommunication: the carrier broadband link **This segment supplies connectivity modules to telecom operators like Jio and Airtel for their broadband networks, though it has recently shrunk as exports declined.** - **Feeds the broadband backbone** - it sells copper and fiber physical connectivity products to communication service providers and their network operations centers, enabling the last-mile and backhaul links for fixed and mobile broadband. - **Shifted from outsourcing to direct trade** - around 2020, the company moved from an outsourced model to a Buy & Sell model for certain telecom products, and later transferred copper lines for voice modules from the Czech Republic to its Bangalore factory, adding value to the export business. - **Exports are the swing factor** - the segment’s 17% degrowth in FY25 was driven by lower exports, making it the more volatile side of the business compared to the steady domestic enterprise engine. # Group structure and partners **The company is a standalone operating entity with no subsidiaries, and since January 2026 it has been indirectly controlled by Amphenol Corporation - a US-listed connector behemoth - which acquired it as part of a USD 10.5 billion deal for CommScope’s connectivity business.** - **A single-entity operation** - ADC India has no subsidiaries, associates, or joint ventures; it is one company with one factory in Bangalore’s Peenya Industrial Area. - **Acquired by Amphenol** - on 9 January 2026, Amphenol Corporation completed its purchase of CommScope Technologies LLC, through which it indirectly gained control of 72.02% of ADC India’s voting rights, triggering a mandatory open offer to public shareholders. - **The open offer saw negligible uptake** - only 14 shares were tendered by public shareholders, leaving Amphenol’s indirect control at 72.02% and public shareholding at just under 28%. - **Board reshaped post-acquisition** - two Amphenol-affiliated directors joined the board in February 2026, replacing two CommScope-era directors, while the long-serving Managing Director, J.N. Mylaraiah, continues on a term running to 2029. - **Related-party sourcing from the parent group** - the company procures proprietary CommScope (now Amphenol) items that have no equivalent alternative, while for non-proprietary items like copper cables, it benchmarks the group price against third-party suppliers to ensure it pays no more than market rates.