General Cable Receives Anixter Levels Approval on Enhanced Category Cables

Highland Heights, KY, August 28, 2002 - General Cable’s Category 5e GenSpeed™5500/PlatinumPLUS™ and Category 6 Command LINX® 6 enhanced cables have successfully completed the Anixter Levels testing in one of the most advanced laboratories in the network cabling industry. A Certificate of Compliance for Level 6 and Level 7 has been awarded to General Cable. The Anixter Levels program is designed to ensure the electrical performance and quality of structured cabling system components.

"Today’s broadband requirements are demanding and customers increasingly need higher speeds, greater bandwidth, and guaranteed performance to meet emerging applications," said Paul Ratcliffe, Product Manager at General Cable. "The continued convergence of voice and data, Gigabit Ethernet protocol, and high-speed Internet access demands that cable manufacturers engineer premium performing products. Our partnerships with the industry’s leading distributors continue to demonstrate that jointly, we will consistently exceed our customer’s expectations," he continued.

General Cable’s GenSPEED line includes a wide range of high performance Category 5e through Category 6 cable products designed to operate within 10base-T through 1000Base-T protocol as well as exceed TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Standards. With multiple media and technologies to choose from, General Cable engineers an optimum-performance and cost-effective cable 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 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. Visit our website at www.generalcable.com.

Release No. 0399
08/28/02