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News Release from: Nexans
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 January 2003
Belgacom orders Cat 6 solution
Nexans has been awarded the contract for cabling the two Belgacom U+T Towers in Brussels with a LANmark Category 6 solution.
Nexans has been awarded the contract for cabling the two Belgacom U+T Towers in Brussels with a LANmark Category 6 solution Belgacom, which is both a major customer and an approved reseller of the LANmark solution, will install over 40000 LANmark-6 snap-in connectors in the 28 floors of each tower
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 6 Jun 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Nexans has previously supplied Category 5 cabling into the towers which from now on will be used mainly for telephony applications.
The new Category 6 system is intended to upgrade the buildings to prepare them for the needs of the next decade.
One of the requirements of the new system was to provide maximum flexibility to allow simple and cost effective moves, adds, and changes during the infrastructure lifetime.
Nexans was able to meet the requirement using a three connector channel including an RJ45 consolidation point.
The fully screened solution will also utilise Nexans unique LANmark-6 F2TP dual foil cable.
This will not only provide enhanced EMC performance but was also considered a major installation benefit, the easy to install termination delivering substantial labour saving on a project of this scale.
The installation began in September and will continue in a phased process through to the end of 2004.
Emiel Vandeput, Nexans Product Manager, who was closely involved at the design stage said, "Nexans was awarded the project against fierce competition.
Clearly our reputation for high performance and the quality of our product range helped the decision, but it was our commitment to provide ongoing support throughout the project that finally demonstrated we would provide the best value for money".
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