The road ahead for telecoms is equally as dark and full of perils as for pay TV. At the vendor level, CommScope – with all its vast influence in network infrastructure, now on the verge of a strip down and potential bankruptcy – is the epitome of wired and wireless woes alike. A nearly $10 billion-a-year-revenue business just 12 months ago, about to be reduced to half that. Reports emerged late last week with inside information that the US veteran of network routers and switches is preparing to divest significant chunks of its portfolio for sale, under pressure from investors to chip away at its $9 billion debt mountain primarily accrued from the $7.4 billion acquisition of Arris in Q4…