Volume 27, Issue 11

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Innovators

Saluting innovations in cabling systems and projects

Dec. 2, 2019
We award the industry’s innovators with Silver, Gold, and Platinum level honors.
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Innovators

Power play: Remote powering of network devices electrifies Innovators Awards

Dec. 2, 2019
If you look through the entire list of the 2019 Cabling Innovators Awards honorees—and it is an extensive list—it’s difficult to overlook the prominence of remote-powering technologies...
Softing Inc.
Shown here is Softing's NetXpert 10G local and remote units. NetXpert 10G is a project qualifier, which tests structured cabling links for IEEE 802.3 compliance at data rates up to 10 Gbits/sec. The tester's main unit includes fiber ports for active network testing.
Testing

Turn cable project qualifying into a big deal

Dec. 2, 2019
Qualification testing measures the actual performance of an installed cabling system.
MicroCare
5G is planned to satisfy the public's insatiable need for greater connectivity.
Design Install

How fiber cleanliness is crucial to 5G connectivity

Dec. 2, 2019
Modern fiber cleaning and inspection processes can ensure providers are prepared for our 5G interconnected future. Even brand-new fiber cables need to be cleaned and tested to...
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Wireless/5G

5G: Where we are and what’s to come

Dec. 2, 2019
By DALE WILLIS, Milliken -- The rest of the world may know 5G from cell-service-provider ads, but the cabling community sees it in a different light. Staying educated is the best...

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Wireless/5G

O.M.5G.

Dec. 2, 2019
One of the distinct pleasures of being a parent is having the opportunity to broaden my vocabulary by listening to my children and, probably more importantly, reading their text...