Selecting the right cabling solution is important, but selecting the right organization to design, install and maintain those solutions effectively is also key to a customer’s business. CommScope provides its BusinessPartner with a broad array of programs and services designed to augment their product and business needs. Customers are thus assured that a broad scope of support options is available to them, anywhere in the world.

The CommScope approach to the market is 100% indirect, delivering solutions to, through and with our network of BusinessPartners. Our go-to-market strategy has been a key element of CommScope’s success. As a company, CommScope invests considerable resources in identifying, recruiting, training and managing its network of BusinessPartners.

In our opinion these partners represent the upper echelons of the industry and are selected from many differing types of companies e.g. Service Providers, System Integrators, Value Added Resellers, Value Added Distributors and Expert Cabling Contractors from around the world.


A CommScope BusinessPartner is:

 • A company that provides services and/or sells products based on cabling technologies. Services may include, but are not limited to, consulting, implementation, training, building development, network migration, application infrastructure design, systems integration, electrical engineering, LAN and WAN implementation, or maintenance/support.
 • A company that is recognized as a competent and qualified IT cabling infrastructure provider.
 • A company that receives many of the same resources and tools as CommScope's own engineers, such as technical and marketing resources, standards updates, CommScope Labs reports and white papers.
 • A company that supports their customers and grows their business with SYSTIMAX products and solutions.
 • A company that works with CommScope and participates in a worldwide community of SYSTIMAX BusinessPartners.

Within the SYSTIMAX BusinessPartner community, there are some companies who exhibit particular expertise, performance, loyalty and activity across the SYSTIMAX portfolio. To recognize and differentiate these BusinessPartners, Commscope created different levels within the program – Authorized and Prestige. The Program and its level approach is designed to give customers a range of choice and to assist in identifying the most relevant BusinessPartner for their requirements.

Authorized BusinessPartner
Authorized BusinessPartners are committed to understanding the dynamics of today’s communications world and to delivering SYSTIMAX Structured Connectivity Solutions (SCS) to customers in a truly value-added manner. They are knowledgeable of the SYSTIMAX portfolio and have successfully completed the relevant design, engineering, installation and maintenance training courses. Qualified and approved to register customer sites/networks for the SYSTIMAX 20-year warranty, we believe our Authorized BusinessPartners typically represent the high end of the market in terms of professionalism, quality of work and services performed.

BusinessPartners are selected to become Authorized based on a number of criteria including:

• Technical Ability - organizations demonstrate a proven technical knowledge of voice and data systems as they are applicable to structured cabling and also relevant installation practices.
• Experience - only organizations with suitable experience of installing data cabling networks are considered to become an authorized BusinessPartner. Installations are inspected to ensure standards of installation practice are of a high standard.
• Quality - organizations demonstrate their quality procedures for installation and business practice.
• Commercial Stability - CommScope understand the importance to our customers of choosing organizations that will be able to serve customers on a long-term basis and are also able to manage large projects with potentially short timescales.
• Target Markets - CommScope may choose a BusinessPartner to address certain market areas where they have proven experience/skills, e.g. financial institutions, data centers, government, health.

Authorized BusinessPartners receive technical, marketing, and sales information covering CommScope’s range of enterprise solutions. They are also able to offer the 20 year Extended Product and Application Assurance to customers.

Prestige BusinessPartner
Prestige BusinessPartners are differentiated from Authorized BusinessPartners through their level of knowledge, expertise, performance and loyalty, demonstrating a level of excellence in one or all of the following criteria:

• A knowledge and expertise of the SYSTIMAX Structured Connectivity technology above the already very high standard required to be an Authorized BusinessPartner
• Design and installation of a very significant number of SYSTIMAX networks to levels of quality and customer satisfaction that exceeds the already very high standard required to be an Authorized BusinessPartner
• A professional loyalty to CommScope and its customers that has resulted in significantly increasing customer satisfaction with the SYSTIMAX connectivity portfolio 

Elite BusinessPartners

Reserved for the top providers in the industry, Elite BusinessPartner status is granted to BusinessPartners that demonstrate superior expertise and qualification with CommScope solutions as well as real-world success in solution deployments. Additional criteria to be eligible for the Elite level include:

• Offers services and support for vertical market solutions such as data centers and intelligent building infrastructure systems.
• Attains enhanced technical training and qualification
• Has proven experience with CommScope customer implementations
• Holds specialist certifications in key advanced solution areas, including intelligence-based solutions
• Has strong territory or market coverage
• Offers the highest levels of design, installation and integration quality
• Has demonstrated a superior commitment to CommScope and its customers

Commscope sets out the terms by which companies apply and are recruited into the BusinessPartner Program. The formation of this partnership and the associated code of behaviour are defined by a “BusinessPartner Charter”. The customer benefit is that they know there is a structure to the management of BusinessPartners. It is the vehicle by which knowledge and skill is transferred, ensuring the provision of a quality connectivity solution to customers in a consistent manner anywhere across the globe.

CommScope depends on its BusinessPartners to design, install and support its solutions and products. CommScope offers official training and accreditation across the complete range of solutions. The benefit to customers is that they are assured that all BusinessPartners are fully trained and expert in the design, installation and maintenance of the SYSTIMAX portfolio. CommScope takes this further with wide ranging knowledge transfer from CommScope Labs to the BusinessPartner community. This covers issues such as technology trends, standards and much more. All of which raise the knowledge, expertise and professionalism of SYSTIMAX BusinessPartners. More importantly, for an installation to qualify for the 20-Year Warranty, an accredited BusinessPartner must install it. The CommScope SYSTIMAX Program provides the mechanism for customers to avail of the Applications and Assurance warranty and to protect your network investment.

In summary, the highly structured, organized approach, results in a very well managed channel, providing support and solutions for customers, which we believe are simply unrivalled in the industry.

Here's what some of our customers have said about the importance of the SYSTIMAX training program to them:

"Continued investment and commitment to hands on and design training are two important considerations for us when selecting our cabling vendor and their associated installers. CommScope has some of the best training courses in the structured cabling industry, and are the fundamental tools of knowledge and experience that give us peace of mind that the SYSTIMAX BusinessPartners will provide complete understanding and guaranteed quality in the implementation of all our projects at Dubai Internet City."



Farid Faraidooni

Director of Telecom
Technology Business Unit
Dubai Internet City

 "Quality of the cabling installation is a key part of the total solution, and therefore the ability for installation companies to offer well trained staff is critical. A structured and traceable certification scheme, such as that offered by the SYSTIMAX BusinessPartner program with their certification and photo ID badging, enables us to evaluate installer expertise when selecting our cabling partners."



James Luck

Senior Structured Cabling Designer
Orange PCS

SYSTIMAX BusinessPartners have trained professionals on staff, who have proven their knowledge in the latest cabling technology through rigorous certification training. Each BusinessPartner is required to have a number of qualified staff in Design and Engineering, Installation and Maintenance, and where appropriate iPatch® System support courses. Only these personnel can register sites and apply for the SYSTIMAX Warranty, and are re-certified via ongoing training requirements.

All individuals who successfully complete training courses are issued with a training certificate and a unique Photo ID badge for the relevant training course. This visible and trackable qualification of SYSTIMAX BusinessPartner staff, gives you total peace of mind and empowers you to assess and check the installer's certification and Photo ID badge credentials onsite.