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Black Box's 45 deg angled-port patch panels receive Cabling Business award of excellence (Mar 10, 2010)

The Black Box SpaceGAIN CAT5e and CAT6 patch panels feature connectors that tilt down at a 45-degree angle to make patching easier.

Fiber cable installation courses available online (Mar 5, 2010)

The Fiber Optic Association has brought back Fiber U, a free online learning resource for fiber optic professionals.

SMC, NYCE, Firecomms form POF networking partnership (Feb 17, 2010)

SMC, in partnership with NYCE, has launched the SMCEPM-2, a fiber-to-Ethernet media converter switch incorporating Firecomms' POF technologies.

Low-stress, low-outgassing epoxy suits most all fiber connector types (Feb 2, 2010)

Fiber Optic Center Inc. (FOC) has introduced AngstromBond AB9320, a two-part, low-stress blue epoxy that the company says will not cause fiber core cracking or pistoning. While designed for terminating multimode and multi-fiber connectors, it also works well with singlemode and other specialty connectors, FOC asserts.

Legrand|Ortronics unveils Lumen pre-polished fiber connectors (Jan 21, 2010)

The new Lumen connectors are designed to bring ease and reliability to fiber network field installations by reducing installation time to 2 minutes or less, on a prepared optical fiber, without the need for special installation tools or equipment.

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 Aviel Electronics, A Division of RF Industries 
 

Aviel designs and fabricates custom blind mate connectors up to 40Ghz, using a variety of materials...

  
 
 
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 RF Connectors, A Division of RF Industries 
 

RF Connectors offers an improved N male connector for high performance .400 inch diameter cables. Th...

  
 
 
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 Radiall 
 

Radiall’s new high density RF coaxial Waterproof QMA (WQMA) connectors offer outstanding electrical perfo...

  
 
 
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Radiall’s SMP-Spring adapters, developed for military applications using active antennas, make it easy for...

 
  
 
 
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 LEMO USA, Inc. 
 

LEMO is the acknowledged leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutio...

  
 
 
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 LEMO USA, Inc. 
 

When you need precision, choose LEMO. The ergonomic push-pull latching technology and high rel...

  
 
 
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 Array Connector Corporation 
 

Array has the ability to add EMI/RFI filtering to any series of our connectors, usually without changing the over...

  
 
 
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 Array Connector Corporation 
 

Array's Nano Connector series is designed for applications which require Mil-Spec environmental...

  
 
 
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Specialized Products adds RJ45 crimp tool (Feb 12, 2010)

Specialized Products Company (SPC) has added its EZ RJ45 Crimp Tool Pro HD to its 2010 source book/catalog offering for professional system integrators and installers.

Tyco Electronics receptacle doubles standard RJ-45 Ethernet port density (Feb 8, 2010)

From Tyco Electronics, the RJ Point Five connector system doubles the port density of a standard RJ-45 Ethernet link while maintaining field termination capability.

Tyco Electronics' Cat 5e trunk cable suits high data-rate, XDSL applications (Jan 27, 2010)

Tyco Electronics has launched its Madison Cable brand Cat 5e miniature trunk cable, designed for the telecommunication and data communication industries.

Stewart's modular MRJ21 cabling system engineered for premise wiring, telecom apps (Jan 22, 2010)

Stewart Connector, a division of Bel Fuse Inc., announced the availability of the modular MRJ21 interconnect system, under a license agreement with Tyco Electronics.

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