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Product category: Stand-Alone Instruments
News Release from: Ideal Industries (UK) | Subject: Lantek 6A
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 09 December 2005

Cable tester is ready for Cat6a standard

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The Lantek 6A is the first cable tester fully compliant with the draft Category 6a standard, which is expected to be ratified in early 2006.

The latest addition to Ideal's popular Lantek series of handheld test equipment, the Lantek 6A is the first cable tester fully compliant with the draft Category 6a standard (TIA/EIA-568-B.2-10 ISO/IEC11801:2002 2nd Ed), which is expected to be ratified in early 2006 Several manufacturers have already announced the availability of Category 6a compliant cable and components to support the operation of 10Gbit/s Ethernet (10Gbase-T) over either shielded (STP) or unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cabling