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Table of Contents Departments News Shield-less connector and FCI take DesignCon by storm Things are looking up for trade shows, and for connector and interconnect system developer, FCI (Etters, PA), which made a big splash at DesignCon 2005 Technology Exhibition Survey shows skepticism on national E-waste agreement Only 11 out of 35 U.S. state recycling managers believe that there will ever be a national agreement on electronics takeback. Lucent and FCI reach 25 Gbit/s over electrical backplane connectors Lucent Technologies’ Bell Labs and FCI recently announced the successful demonstration of 25 Gbit/s data transmission over an electrical backplane using a Bell Labs signaling architecture and FCI’s AirMax VS connector system. Newsmakers: Editor's View The whites of their eyes The lead-free initiatives are coming. The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive is scheduled to take effect in the European Union on August 13, 2005. News Briefs News briefs: Products New Products WHAT’S NEW CONNECTORS CABLING & CONNECTOR SUPPORT Focus On Manufacturing Equipment & Tools D-Subminiature Connectors Features Gigabit signals demand higher speed and higher density mezzanine connectors Mezzanine connectors face dramatic challenges in high-data-rate telecom and datacom systems. Applications seek high-power connector solutions The abundance of power products and standards can be a designer’s nightmare.

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