Siemon, a global network infrastructure specialist, has announced the expansion of its comprehensive line of copper cabling systems with the release of the new Category 6A GT unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) balanced copper cable that offers a significantly smaller overall diameter and improved performance to better support advanced remote powering applications.

Siemon’s Category 6A GT UTP Cable with innovative Gap Technology (GT) features a discontinuous foil construction with periodic gaps that enable a typical UTP termination process while providing improved heat dissipation and crosstalk performance to better support applications using both advanced Power over Ethernet (PoE) and 10 Gb/s application speeds such as IEEE 802.11ac or IEEE 802.11ax Wi-Fi access points and other emerging high speed IP-based technologies.

In contrast to standard category 6A UTP cable that requires additional space and separation within the cable to meet performance specifications, the discontinuous foil construction of Siemon’s Category 6A GT UTP cable results in a 15 % or more reduction in cable diameter.

“While Siemon’s 6A shielded system comprised of F/UTP cable with a continuous shield still offers superior channel performance, the discontinuous foil construction of our new Category 6A GT UTP Cable has advantages over traditional 6A UTP cables and helps close the gap between these two options,” explains Susan Cocco, Siemon’s global product manager for copper cable.

“Along with a 75°C temperature rating, the Category 6A GT UTP cable design offers improved heat dissipation over standard UTP, reducing the potential for damaging levels of heat rise that can occur in remote powering applications. The cable’s smaller diameter of just 0.275 inch also means improved flexibility, reduced weight and better pathway fill capacity over standard UTP.”

Available in both riser and plenum rating, and nine different jacket colours, Siemon’s Category 6A GT UTP Cable features excellent pair geometry and optimal crosstalk performance, exceeding ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11802 Ed. 2.0 and IEC 61156-5 Ed. 2.0 standards to support all applications designed for category 6A or lower cabling, including 10GBASE-T and HDBaseT.

It also supports all remote powering applications, including IEEE 802.3af PoE and 802.3at PoE+, as well as future Type 3 and Type 4 four-pair PoE applications.