General Cable Introduces GenSpeed^® 5350 Category 5E Cable High Performance Cabling Solution

Highland Heights, KY, February 15, 2002 - General Cable introduces GenSPEED 5350 high performance Category 5e Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables. Engineered for horizontal structured cabling networks, GenSPEED 5350 is an economical solution for today's Gigabit Ethernet technology with all of the familiar features of General Cable's Category product line that meet and exceed TIA/EIA-568-B.2. GenSPEED 5350 provides guaranteed headroom over Category 5e and is characterized up to 350 MHz. Independently verified to TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Standard by UL, GenSPEED 5350 is an "installer friendly" product incorporating our TRU-Mark™ footage marking system as well as the Pull-Pac® II package for effective and efficient installations.

General Cable’s line of GenSPEED Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) cables provides the industry with the highest performing products on the market. The driving demand to migrate high profile networks to Gigabit Ethernet has prompted the requirement for top performing enhanced UTP cable designed to support full and half-duplex operations. General Cable’s high performance and premium Category 5e and enhanced Category 6 cable products are designed to operate within 10Base-T through 1000Base-T protocol as well as exceed TIA/EIA-568-B.2 and ‘568-B.2-1 Standards. All Category cables ensure added headroom for Error-Free operation and are third party verified proving transmission results that increase bandwidth and excellent return loss. With multiple media and technologies to choose from, General Cable engineers a high-performance and cost-effective product line for today’s Gigabit Ethernet technology and beyond, supporting transmission speeds in excess of 1 Gb/s.

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 communications, energy, industrial and specialty 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. Communications wire and cable products transmit low-voltage signals for voice, data, video and control applications. Energy cables include low-, medium- and high-voltage power distribution and power transmission products. The 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, automotive, marine, military and aerospace applications, power applications in the telecommunications industry, and other key industrial segments. Visit our website at www.GeneralCable.com.

Release No. 0375
02/15/02