R&M unveils new cabling module, Cat. 6A

BANGALORE, INDIA: Swiss cabling vendor Reichle & De-Massari (R&M) unveiled new cabling solution, R&M Cat. 6A module, here today.

R&M also showcased how broadband infrastructure can be efficiently set up for computing and city networks, as well as office and residential buildings.

Cat. 6A, with the A written as a subscript in accordance with the future ISO/IEC standard, is a key for opening up new dimensions in copper cabling. Cat. 6A modules are used in the kind of high-performance data networks found in computing centres and in commercial and administrative buildings.

Laurent Amestoy, president, APAC, R&M, said: "R&M has been able to make impressive inroads in Indian market, replicating its growth in the APAC region. We have moved in to the top five vendors within the last two years."

With the advent of 10 Gigabit Ethernet over copper twisted pair cabling, new classes of cabling standards were introduced. EIA/TIA released the Cat. 6A standard and ISO/IEC the Class EA channel standard in February 2008. ISO/IEC Class EA, offers the highest performace available using RJ45 technology. Today, a Class EA channel is the highest performance channle availbale based on the prevalent RJ45 technology. It not only supports 10GbE applications, but also extends the life of the cabling and ensures higher opertaional reliability.