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Network Cable News & Products
Bendable fiber passes independent testing
(Sep 1, 2010)
Singlemode cables can withstand fifty 90-degree bends and 500 crown staples with virtually no loss.
Tactical fiber cable enables HD newscasts
(Aug 27, 2010)
Called CopperHead, a new product set is all about optical and nothing about twisted pairs.
Fiber-bandwidth provider Fibertech acquired
(Aug 27, 2010)
The half-billion-dollar deal will keep Fibertech's management and staff in place.
Report outlines future opportunities in structured cabling systems market
(Aug 25, 2010)
Opportunities in Structured Cabling Systems analyzes future opportunities for suppliers to the structured cabling systems (SCS) market.
Copper prices, FEP supply could drive up cable costs
(Aug 20, 2010)
While there is not a shortage of FEP, supplies to cable manufacturers are being allocated.
Graybar's income jumps 20 percent in first half
(Aug 20, 2010)
The second quarter showed a slight uptick in sales and 14 percent income growth.
Fiber-installation project upcoming at AK college
(Aug 19, 2010)
Prince William Sound Community College has put out a request for proposal for a fiber-optic installation.
Berk-Tek low skew cable offers alternative to RGB coax for video applications
(Aug 19, 2010)
The low skew cable minimizes ghosting or blurring of fast moving images, says the company.
Georgia soliciting Cat 6 cabling project
(Aug 17, 2010)
Bids close on September 6 for a Cat 6 installation at the Vidalia Career Center.
Report: Fiber-optic fusion splicer sales jump in 2010
(Aug 16, 2010)
In terms of volume, the number of new fusion splicers put into action is on track for an increase of 12 percent versus 2009, says Electronicast.
The Cabling Blog
by Patrick McLaughlin & Matt Vincent
Another materials supplier raises prices for cable manufacturers
Today Dow Wire and Cable announced price increases on several cable-manufacturing compounds. The increases will take effect October 1 and affect Dow's customers in North and South America.Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) based specialty compounds,...
FEP supply situation - Let's blame China
For several years China's ravenous consumption rate of just about everything has made an impact on supply-and-demand levels of, well, just about everything. In the past we have reported about the price of copper being affected by China's consumption of...
Is a TIA Cat 7 standard on the horizon?
A source with connections to the Telecommunications Industry Association's TR-42 Engineering Committee says that sometime next year, the group may take up an issue it has long tabled - the development of specifications for Category 7 twisted-pair cabling...
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