"Home Network Sciences allows for efficient telephone distribution, video and television distribution, whole-house audio, computer networking using DSL and cable modems, Internet networking, and customized multimedia wallplates," the company said while announcing the new product line.

Anixter (www.anixter.com) has introduced a video-surveillance system that runs video, power, and control signals over a single unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable. The new system, called Closed Circuit Twisted Pair, or CCTP, addresses the escalating movement in corporate America to converge physical security into the information-technology (IT) domain.