Media Inquires:
Steven Kenney
skenney@hcm.hitachi.com
603-669-4347, Ext. 229
Hitachi Cable Announces UL Verification of 10-Gigabit Ethernet
UTP Cable
Manchester, NH November 2006 – Hitachi
Cable Manchester, a leader in the manufacture of copper and
fiber optic communications cables, announces the Underwriters
Laboratories, Inc. verification of Hitachi
Cable’s Supra 10GTM cable. The cable, tested to
Draft 5 of TIA/EIA 568-B.2-10 (Category 6A), is the world’s first
fully verified Category 6A cable. Though other manufacturers have
acquired the easier to achieve channel performance verification,
which includes jacks, patch panels and patch cables, only Hitachi
Cable has been able to make a fully component compliant Category
6A cable.
Kevin Boisvert, Research and Development Manager for Hitachi
Cable, described the development process for the Supra 10GTM as
challenging. "Testing to 500 MHz while surpassing the alien
crosstalk requirements was not an easy task. However, with Hitachi’s
experience in developing and designing unique, high-performance
category cables in shielded, hybrid and bundled cable configurations,
I was confident we’d be able to engineer a cable that would meet
and exceed the requirements of the standard."
Supra 10GTM is now available through HCM
approved distributors. For information on where to obtain
the new Supra 10GTM, contact Hitachi Cable at 800-772-0116.
For more information about UL Verification, please visit www.ul.com.
To learn more about other Hitachi Cable
products, visit the company website at http://www.hcm.hitachi.com. |
