CablingInstall’s Top 5 of the Week: Stupid addiction, small cells for business, Digital Ceiling

For your reading and viewing pleasure, here are the 5 top-trending stories at CablingInstall.com from the past week.

Photo gallery: Addicted to stupidityA technician prepping to convert a government user’s phone system to VoIP couldn’t resist snapping and sharing photos of the 25-year-old Bell System wiring that was about to be scrapped.

Verizon, Samsung team to offer small cells to businessesThe two companies jointly unveiled a new 4G LTE network extender that is designed to enhance wireless voice communications and deliver robust data coverage for residential and business locations.

TIA Category 8 cabling standard approvedNews that’s a couple weeks old but staying near the top of the charts, the final approval of the Cat 8 specifications is big news for sure.

World cabling market declined 3% in 2015Blame it on Rio. Brazil (along with Russia) “led” the global decline with a particularly bad 2015. Bring on the Summer Olympics.

Legrand joins Cisco Digital Ceiling, supplies products for PoE-powered lighting projectLegrand, along with Superior Essex and Platformatics, will collaborate to deploy an intelligent PoE LED lighting system at the Launch Fishers office building in Fishers, Indiana.