Volume 13, Issue 12

Laser-optimized fiber is built for speed

Dec. 1, 2005

Also called OM3 fiber, laser-optimized fiber is the highest-capacity medium for short-wave 10-Gbit optical transmission.

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Telco installs fiber infrastructure in rural Minnesota to attract businesses with high-bandwidth needs

Dec. 1, 2005

West Central Telephone Association (www.wcta.com) of Sebeka, MN has embarked on a network-upgrade project designed to push fiber deep into its system to attract businesses with...

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Surface raceways line up tomorrow's technology needs

Dec. 1, 2005

New designs focus on aesthetics, security, easy installation, and 10-Gigabit applications.

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Forecasters and surveys give reason for optimism

Dec. 1, 2005

Specific applications likely to drive modest growth of the cabling market.

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UPS systems face challenges in high-density data centers

Dec. 1, 2005

Emerging devices may be smaller, and better at beating the heat.

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BICSI to track attendees at winter conference

Dec. 1, 2005

BICSI (www.bicsi.org) plans to test a tracking system that will monitor attendance at conference classroom sessions at next month's 2006 Winter Conference in Orlando, FL.

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Leviton Voice & Data has new general manager

Dec. 1, 2005

Leviton recently appointed Ross Goldman to the position of vice president and general manager of its Voice & Data Division (www.

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TIA committee elects chairs, vice-chairs for five subcommittees

Dec. 1, 2005

At a meeting in October, the TIA’s TR-42 User Premises Telecommunications Cabling Infrastructure Committee elected chairs and vice-chairs for five of its subcommittees.

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NFPA 731 sets standard on security installation ‘musts’

Dec. 1, 2005

Chapters 4 through 9 cover the essentials of power supplies, intrusion detection systems, electronic access control systems, closed circuit TV systems, and more.

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Fiber certification goes beyond characterization

Dec. 1, 2005

It means testing dispersion, reflectance, and loss to limits. Decide the accuracy you want on measurements, and measure all the fibers you can.

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Pirelli recasts itself as Prysmian

Dec. 1, 2005

The cable manufacturing company the industry has always known as Pirelli has shed that name and is recasting itself as Prysmian Cables & Systems (www.