GENERAL CABLE SWEETENS ITS PRODUCT OFFERING WITH FOUR 10 GIGABIT SOLUTIONS


HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, KENTUCKY, January 18, 2009 – General Cable (NYSE: BGC) recognizes that application and performance needs may vary, which is why the Company is pleased to now offer four 10 Gigabit solutions: GenSPEED® 10 MTP™ Category 6A 10 Gig Cable; GenSPEED® 10,000 Category 6a 10 Gig Cable; GenSPEED® 10,000 Shielded Category 6a 10 Gig Cable; and NextGen® OM3 Fiber Optic 10 Gig Cable.

General Cable’s industry-leading solution, GenSPEED® 10 MTP™ Category 6A 10 Gig Cable featuring the new revolutionary Mosaic Crossblock™ technology, provides an Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cable that performs like a Shielded or Foiled Twisted Pair (STP/FTP) cable. 

GenSPEED® 10 MTP’s Mosaic Crossblock technology shields the cable from noise coming from external cable sources, referred to as alien crosstalk (PSANEXT and PSAACRF). The Mosaic Crossblock was carefully designed with metallic blocks separated by an insulating layer.  Since there is no metal-to-metal contact, there is no path for current to flow longitudinally, and thus, no need for grounding.

“We are pleased to introduce this truly groundbreaking technology,” says Bob Kenny, Vice President and General Manager, Datacom Products, General Cable.  “With standards for 10 Gigabit over copper now complete, the timing of this innovation could not be better.”  Kenny went on to say, “End users will now have unprecedented headroom in a cable that has a significantly reduced footprint.  GenSPEED® 10 MTP™ is a game changer within our market.”

General Cable’s second offering, GenSPEED® 10,000 Category 6a 10 Gig Cable, is a cost-effective, standard-compliant 10 Gig UTP cabling option designed to meet ANSI/TIA 568 B.2-10.  Perfect for component upgrades, this cable is fully backward-compatible to legacy infrastructures, and prepares your system for future 10 Gigabit applications. GenSPEED® 10,000 solves the One Gigabit limitation of Category 5e and Category 6 and is an ideal solution for bandwidth-intensive applications.

Next is General Cable’s GenSPEED® 10,000 Category 6a Shielded 10 Gig Cable.  GenSPEED® 10,000 Shielded is a STP cable with individually shielded pairs for optimized isolation between pairs and immunity from external noise characterized by powersum alien crosstalk (PSANEXT) in cable bundles.  Shields are an extremely effective way of protecting the cable from outside noise (“alien sources”) by moving the electromagnetic energy away from the pairs and directing it through the shield and drain wire to the ground. Of course, STP cables are only effective if they are properly grounded.  GenSPEED® 10,000 Shielded offers you the ultimate PSANEXT protection.

Last but not least, General Cable rounds out its 10 Gig offering with NextGen® OM3 Fiber Optic Cable, the optimum in 10 Gb/s fiber.  General Cable has partnered with Corning® Optical Fiber to supply you the world’s most technologically advanced optical fiber cables.  The bandwidth is ensured by minEMBc, and uniformity provides field performance of shorter lengths.  With 100% testing on this product, you don’t have to worry about performance and reliability. Your cabling system will be future-proofed, because all NextGen 10 Gb/s fiber sold exceeds the specifications to which it is sold, typically allowing for more system margin and extended reach.

Click below for information on the solutions:

  • GenSPEED® Cat 6A Quick Reference Part Number Chart
  • GenSPEED® 10 MTP Category 6A Cables

        GenSPEED® 10 MTP Products Presentation

  • GenSPEED® 10,000 Shielded Category 6a Cables
  • GenSPEED® 10,000 Category 6a Cables
  • NextGen® OM3 10 Gig Fiber Optic Cables

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    General Cable manufactures a wide range of high performance GenSPEED® Brand copper data communications cables and NextGen® Brand fiber optic cables. Also ask about our PanGen™ Structured Cabling Solutions, which, in partnership with Panduit, provide market-focused open-architecture network infrastructure solutions, as well as our in-house armoring capabilities for datacom, fiber optic and electronic cables. Visit us on the Web at www.generalcable.com. General Cable … Delivering solutions that keep you connected.

    General Cable (NYSE:BGC), headquartered in Highland Heights, Kentucky, is a leader in the development, design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of copper, aluminum and fiber optic wire and cable products for the energy, industrial, specialty and communications markets. The Company offers competitive strengths in such areas as breadth of product line, brand recognition, distribution and logistics, sales and service and operating efficiency.  Energy cables include low-, medium- and high-voltage power distribution and power transmission products. The Industrial and Specialty segment is comprised of application-specific cables for uses such as electrical power generation (traditional fuels, alternative and renewable sources, and distributed generation), the oil, gas and petrochemical industries, mining, industrial automation, marine, military and aerospace applications, power applications in the telecommunications industry, and other key industrial segments. Communications wire and cable products transmit low-voltage signals for voice, data, video and control applications. Visit our Web site at www.generalcable.com.



    Release No. 0590
    01/18/09