Component compliance of Cat.6A shielded connector gives Nexans highest performance Cat.6A cabling system

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 10, 2009: Nexans Cabling Solutions announced that its LANmark-6A shielded snap-in connector has successfully received Cat.6A component compliance certification. This product was certified by EC Cabling Group of DELTA in Horsholm Denmark. Testing was done against the following standards:

  • Draft ISO/IEC 11801: 2002 amendment 2, Category 6A

  • Reference draft IEC 60603-7-51 and draft IEC 60512-27-100

  • ANSI/TIA-568-B.2-10, Category 6A

"We are happy to receive the Cat.6A component compliance certificate. Nexans has always been in the forefront in meeting industry standards and this latest certification will help us give our clients the highest performing Cat. 6A cabling system," says Mr. Tarek Helmy, Regional Director Gulf and Middle East of Nexans Cabling Solutions.

Nexans LANmark-6A is the highest performing Cat.6A solution compared to any available unshielded or shielded Cat.6A cabling system. A superior channel headroom on NEXT (3dB), Return Loss (3dB) and Alien Crosstalk (15dB) is guaranteed.

A Nexans LANmark-6A shielded cabling system provides customers with the following advantages:

  • Reduced costs by removing the need for overlength cable in data centres

  • Guaranteed no '*' pass results during field testing due to massive headroom

  • No Alien Crosstalk ( ANEXT ) field testing required

  • Easy and cost effective installation thanks to system tolerance

  • Interoperability due to component compliance

For more information see our website www.nexans.com/LANsystems

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About Nexans
With energy as the basis of its development, Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, offers an extensive range of cables and cabling systems. The Group is a global player in the infrastructure, industry, building and Local Area Network markets. Nexans addresses a series of market segments from energy, transport and telecom networks to shipbuilding, oil and gas, nuclear power, automotive, electronics, aeronautics, handling and automation.

With an industrial presence in more than 30 countries and commercial activities worldwide, Nexans employs 22,800 people and had sales in 2007 of 7.4 billion euros. Nexans is listed on NYSE Euronext Paris, compartment A. More information on http://www.nexans.com/

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