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The TurboTwin Low Smoke Zero Halogen no need cables feature parallel-pair designs that offer exceptional performance and consistency, making it ideal for use as ethernet cables.

If exposed to fire, the emissions of smoke and toxic gases from the cables would be kept to a minimum and they are also PVC-free, further enhancing their environmentally-friendly features.

Brian Morissette, high speed product manager at Tyco, said: "The cables offer low skew, tightly controlled impedance and uniform characteristics to achieve excellent signal integrity.

"They are among the first to meet the rigorous CSA FT4 flammability and physical testing requirements for this type of cable."

Last year, Tyco introduced a new version of its Amp NetConnect Sigma-Link solution, promising data transfer speeds of up to 40Gbps over standard Cat5 and Cat6 copper cabling.

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The VX-Pi1000Gb PoE Injector can provide DC 48V over ethernet cables with 1000Mbps gigabit ethernet connection ability.

Capable of working with Cat5e and Cat6 cables, it has an auto-detect for POE IEEE 802.3af equipment and devices meaning damage is prevented if not installed properly.

Shaw Tien, chief executive of Versa Technology, said: "This product is going to make Wi-Fi hotspots easier to install and offer greater coverage. We are very excited to supply our customers with the fastest technology available."

Based in California, Versa provides fibre and copper for last mile solutions as well as manufacturing products for the implementation of next generation fibre optic networks.

Last year, a power over ethernet splitter aimed at the industrial sector was released by Advantech.

Using standard RJ45 connectors, it enables easy access to network infrastructure, allowing the user to transfer power and data over a single cable.

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The PureAccess-R5 is fully ITU-T G.657.B3-compliant as well as being compatible with G.652 and is ideal for data centre applications.

In addition to this, the company insists that the cable can handle twice as much stress as other commercially available G.657 fibres, with a lower probability of a stress fracture when deployed under bending strain at 5mm bends.

Shigeki Endo, general manager for the optical fibre & cable division at Sumitomo Electric, said: "Our global leadership in the technology of fibre optics has resulted in a fibre that demonstrates both outstanding strength and bend insensitive capabilities."

He added that the flexibility of the fibre can result in decreased deployment time and costs.

Eurotech Technologies recently introduced the BestNet fibre optic cable, a solution for long-distance communications, LAN and subscriber network systems.

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The Bangalore-based technology distribution company has announced that the BestNet fibre optic cable is suitable for long-distance communications systems, LAN systems and subscriber network systems.

Among its main selling points are the fact that it is resistant to being crushed, scuffed and cut through, while tight-buffered fibres ensure that the product maintains reliability and performance.

Anuj Jain, managing director of Eurotech Technologies, explained that the cables have a wider target audience than those looking to reduce installation costs.

He said: "The BestNet fibre optic cable is modular and versatile for easy installation and upgrade of network infrastructures. The cable is optimised for high-stress applications.

"This cable product not only reduces installation costs, it is also engineered and constructed with durability and long-life in mind."

Estimations suggest that 65 per cent of homes in the UK are able to benefit from fibre optic broadband, which is superior to older copper telephone lines because individuals living further from an exchange do not have to put up with slower speeds.

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Fitting cables on challenging routes with tighter corners is to be made easier though Draka's UC Precon range, which for the first time combines the company's patented twisted pair cables with Class EA performing connectivity solutions.

The designs have been optimised for robustness to ensure that high performance remains through all types of environmental stress, with the pre-connected cables reducing the cost of installation and downtime by as much as 50 per cent.

Meanwhile, the bend-insensitive MaxCap-BB-OM3/4 multimode fibre is especially useful in small footprint data centres where more connectors are required.

Draka is to demonstrate the pre-terminated cabling solutions for data centre and LAN applications at the Data Centre World Show, which takes place in London over two days from February 23rd.

More than 2,000 data centre professionals are set to attend the show at the Barbican and benefit from in excess of 32 free sessions, alongside taking in displays from 100 exhibitors.

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The 2200 series of cables has been added to the USB Ranger family, providing high-speed connections when they are needed over a distance of more than five metres.

Using the company's ExtremeUSB technology, they are able to transfer data at a rate of 480Mbps, making them particularly suitable for industrial, commercial and medical connectivity applications.

Brian Donnelly, VP of Marketing and Business Development, believes the new products are cost-effective and will open up new markets for the company.

He added: "The Ranger 2200 product series represent the culmination of a long term strategy to provide a scalable, robust USB 2.0 extension platform to address the wide variety of use cases our customers find for our products."

Next generation USB 3.0 is already being deployed within the IT sector, with Dell recently integrating support for it in the Precision M6500 laptop.

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The Visual Light Source Pen has a zero dBm output, while the Visual Fault Locator for Fibre can operate at three different outputs - zero dBm, three dBm, and dBm.

These devices are crucial for data and network engineers as they can help find faults, bad connections, and poor splices in fibre cables and leads, keeping systems running fast and minimising breakdowns.

Importantly, because they can work with jacketed or bare fibre cables, they can find problems in any number of situations, including with jumper cables, patch panel connections and fanouts.

The pen is an extremely lightweight product that can operate in temperatures ranging from minus ten to 50 degrees C.

Black Box, based in Pennsylvania, USA, makes communications and infrastructure solutions for voice and data networks.

Among its other products are cat5e cables, server racks and monitoring tools.

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The SFP+ copper cable assemblies are designed for short reach links and, due to their low latency, can transfer up to ten Gbps per lane.

Fully shielded in die-cast housing, EMI leakage is also minimised by spring fingers, while twin-axial shielded cable provide superior signal strength.

Ed Cady, Business Development Manager for Siemon, said: "These same cables support serial single lane applications, such as RapidIO, RocketIO and other value-added IO interface links."

The new cables allow for a wide variety of protocols and interfaces including ten Gbps Ethernet single lane and FibreChannel over Ethernet.

Founded in 1903, Siemon supplies copper and fibre cabling solutions, including Cat5e and Cat6 assemblies to the networking industry, as well as other products.

The company recently released a new angled patch panel, the Z Max, which saves space in server cabinets. It also incorporates the company's Quick Snap design, saving valuable time during installation.

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According to Electronicstalk, the Ipass+ CXP enables 12 channels of ten Gbps data to pass through copper cabling and can accommodate single, ganged or stacked connector configurations, even in dense environments.

The connector and cage assembly allows for single or stacked dual-port configurations with one-step placement and the cables are available in a variety of lengths.

Molex recently unveiled a new range of products including the EdgeLine CoEdge, a 25Gbps edgecard-to-edgecard connector aimed at low-to-mid range networking applications.

Meanwhile, the company's Backplane Connector System gives low cross talk and high signal bandwidth while minimising channel-performance variation.

Based in Illinois, USA, Molex manufactures electronic, electrical and fibre optic interconnection systems for a range of industries, including the telecommunications, automotive and medical markets, and has over 70 years of experience in the sector.

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The Bend Tolerant Fibre Cables reduce system attenuation, a common cause of downtime and unreliability, and experience little signal loss, even with bends as small as 7.5mm.

Bending cables is a problem often seen in server cabinets and data centres and even the smallest bend can lead to network downtime.

Quicktron's new product is capable of ten Gb Ethernet performance over 300m and one Gb over one km.

Bill Diederich, president Quiktron's parent company Lastar, said: "As high-density fibre networks become more widely adopted, the need for cabling technologies that provide performance and reliability is critical to continuing that growth.

"We are committed to making it easier for customers to implement these new fibre technologies."

Optical Cable Corporation recently introduced the High Density Bend Tolerant cable range, created for data centres among other applications, to tackle the same problems as Quicktron's release.

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Part of the GenSPEED product line, the cables, called 17 Free because halogen is number 17 on the periodic table, are also free of chlorine, fluorine, bromine and iodine, making them more environmentally-friendly.

The Cat6 and Cat5e cables were created after the company identified areas where it can become greener.

Scott Brown, director of technical services at General Cable, said: "I believe this proactive initiative reflects our stewardship to produce more environmentally sustainable products without compromising our high standards of safety and performance."

Based in Kentucky, General Cable produces copper and fibre optic cabling solutions for a range of industries including communications and mining.

An analyst from Frost & Sullivan said last year that data centres were looking to become greener, especially as the recession wore on, with the lowering of cooling costs a priority.

The company pointed out that virtualization is a way of going green as it reduces the number of servers needed in a data centre.

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The MRJ21 Cabling System is a Cat5e cable assembly that is specifically designed for environments where space is at a premium and where optimal port density is needed, while supporting voice over Internet, power over Ethernet and gigabit Ethernet

Among the versions available is one with six unshielded RJ45connectors to 45 degree angle MRJ21 connectors, as well as others that provide MRJ21 to MRJ21 connection.

The modules are also fully shielded to keep EMI emissions at a minimum and have been tested for their durability to 500 cycles. In addition to this, built-in compensation reduces crosstalk in the contact layout.

A wiring expert from Infoworld recently stressed the importance of network cabling for businesses, describing them as "absolutely critical", adding that companies should invest in proper cable management.

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The High Density Bend Tolerant range is created for data centres, as well as other applications, and promises minimal dB loss.

With a low diameter, the cables can save space in tray systems, while also improving cooling efficiency. Core cable counts from two to 72 are available.

Ted Leonard, vice president of technology and engineering for Optical Cable Corporation, said: "We are proud to have developed a bendable cable that delivers exceptional performance characteristics and carries the lineage of OCC toughness and dependability."

BT is currently testing its optic cable broadband technology, offering speeds of up to 40 Mbps in three areas around the United Kingdom.

The tests will continue until April, with the company exploring the feasibility of expanding it further after that.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/new-bendable-fibre-leads-released-network-cables-19570425/ 2010-01-21 15:50:00 fibre cable networking project.

At present, Australia's Neztgen operates a long-distance networking cable connecting both sides of its home country, from Perth to Brisbane, via Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.

Now, however, it has unveiled plans to take its networking capabilities to the next level by establishing an undersea link between Indonesia and Australia.

The planned fibre-optic cable route, which would be developed in partnership with Indonesia's PT Nap Infor Lintas Nusa, as well as Matrix Networks from Singapore, would represent the 'missing link' for high-speed networking in the region.

"There is significant demand to introduce a new open access cable system between Singapore and Sydney, supporting a strong business case for board approval," noted Jim Schweigert, executive vice president of Matrix Networks.

According to ZDNet Australia, it is likely that the partners in the project will pitch the idea to major telecommunications carriers at an upcoming regional conference in Hawaii.

At the same time, plans to install a new networking connection between Iraq and the rest of the world have also been put forward by telecoms firms in the Middle East.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/plans-for-sydney-to-indonesia-networking-cable-unveiled-network-cables-19556377/ 2010-01-13 18:40:01 network cables have been revealed by Monster, including the ready-for-the-future M Series M2000 Hyper-Speed Cable for HDMI.

With a speed of 21 gigabits per second, the M2000 is the world's quickest cable, featuring optimised conductors, connectors and dielectrics, which results in exceptional picture and sound quality when used with HD home entertainment systems.

Monster head Noel Lee said the new HDMI 1.4 specification is capable of supporting both 3D and larger pixel density technologies.

"Delivering all of the capabilities of these new display technologies and others into the future will demand an even larger 'data pipe' than what is available today," he explained.

Mr Lee went on to say that the development of the M2000 removed "the fear of obsolescence once and for all", with the demand for increased broadband capabilities having been met.

The new cables are "future ready", meaning they won't need to be replaced when new HD components are released on to the market.

Last week, Monster unveiled the PowerNet 1G, the world's fastest PowerLine Communication product.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/monster-unveils-world-s-fastest-network-cable-network-cabling-news-19552611/ 2010-01-12 14:12:28 Network cables are a vital part of any business but very few people realise their importance.

This is according to InfoWorld's Paul Venezia, who explained that wiring is "absolutely critical" to a network, despite the fact that very few people ever talk about it.

The skill among IT companies, he explained, is troubleshooting network cabling problems, which can prove difficult.

Mr Venezia recommended that, for those installing structured cabling, time should be taken to "pull out the old wiring".

"It's terrifying to pop open a ceiling tile only to find 30 years of nasty wiring all over the place," he said.

"I've done that in some buildings and found bundles of thicknet, Cat3, and coaxial that nobody could identify."

The wiring expert went on to highlight the importance of investment in proper cable management and sourcing a skilled wiring contractor.
One of the most widely used network cables is the Cat5, which can be used to carry a variety of signals.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/effective-network-cables-are-critical-to-businesses-network-cabling-news-19552149/ 2010-01-12 12:02:54 network cables will be launched by Leoxsys this year, with the company having already introduced Cat5e and Cat6 cables to the Indian market.

It has also unveiled five and eight-port gigabit switches, with the business saying its products are technologically "one of a kind", CXOtoday.com reports.

Leoxsys' products are only available in India, although it hopes to extend its reach to the United Arab Emirates and Europe after the appointment of channel partners.

Sunil Suvaliya, the company's managing director, told the website that businesses including ABC Rail and Infinity Infoway are among its client base.

"They are all happy with our products and services," he commented.

Mr Suvaliya went on to say that Leoxsys will expand further this year with the opening of a new office in Delhi, with India's broadband user rate growing at a rate of over 200 per cent year-on-year.

It hopes to establish a greater presence thanks to increased demand for voice, video and data communications.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/leoxsys-to-introduce-new-network-cables-network-cabling-news-19552040/ 2010-01-12 11:48:10 fibre optic cable network, as well as its US network business, in a deal worth around $3 billion.

Citing three separate sources from within the global network cables industry, Reuters has reported that the Indian company is keen to use the sale of its FLAG network to raise some cash to ease its debts.

Should the deal go ahead as expected, it would represent a significant profit for Reliance, which acquired the network for just $207 million back in 2003, since when it has become a platform for the company to sell unified networking capacity and other telecoms services to a number of other operators around the world.

"They have very few choices to raise funds," Hitesh Kuvelkar, research head at brokerage First Global, explained to the news agency.

"Their capex requirement for expanding their GSM network is huge and they have to raise that from somewhere."

However, Reliance has so far declined to confirm the speculation.

The company currently boasts a workforce of some 33,000 employees and total assets in excess of $19.31 billion.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/reliance-selling-3bn-fibre-optic-cable-network-network-cabling-news-19530766/ 2009-12-24 18:15:00 RJ45 lead connector is the first to be offered without any need for installation tools, according to its producer.

Harting, the US-based data cable manufacturer, has unveiled its RJ Industrial 10G device, which allows easy connection to RJ45 patch leads thanks to its simple design and use of insulation displacement terminal technology.

Created with 10Gbps Ethernet cables of diameters between 4.5mm and 9mm in mind, the connector includes a newly-developed 'gland' for fixed connections and secure porting.

Harting claims to have catered for all customary Ethernet cables with the RJ45 connector, which has a rugged design and is industry standard for IP20 models.

The firm believes that the connector will be suitable for matching with next-generation RJ45 cable systems.

International network equipment manufacturer Dell recently dramatically expanded its range of 10Gbps Ethernet products, V3 recently reported.

The company has added switches, storage devices and even a new management tool to its unified networking system - which is aimed at data centre operators.

]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/harting-announces-easy-connection-rj45-cable-connector-network-cabling-news-19516946/ 2009-12-16 17:39:17 fibre optic cable broadband technology in the UK.

According to Dame Wendy Hall, the professor of computer science at the University of Southampton, the government's existing proposal for universal 2Mbps broadband across the UK by 2012 is lacking in vision.

She claimed that a number of high bandwidth services, such as high definition video and cloud computing, would not be possible on such an outmoded platform.

"The fact that we're bankrupt and can't afford to put optical fibre anywhere doesn't mean we shouldn't be doing it," she claimed, adding: "We need to think harder about what type of society we're going to have in the age of networks and for sure ours is going to be a backward one if we don't get this right."

However, a recent study by Alcatel-Lucent in New Zealand showed that a standard telephone cabling infrastructure can be used to transmit data at up to 70Mbps – which is more than enough for high definition video.]]> http://www.comms-express.com/news/network-cables/government-urged-to-boost-fibre-optic-deployment-fibre-leads-19496867/ 2009-12-04 18:00:00