British Telecom Selects KRONE as Cat 6 Partner.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2003 British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. (BT) has chosen KRONE(TM) as its technology partner for Category 6 structured wiring systems. The selection followed rigorous testing of several manufacturer's products for compatibility and adherence to the agreed ANSI/TIA/EIA-568-b.2-1 Cat 6 standard. Helen Eele, BT product marketing for Cat 6, said: "It is crucial for us to ensure that BT's final choice of product will deliver the full benefits of the new Cat 6 standard. We tested numerous Cat 6 product sets and were very surprised by some of the results, demonstrating the importance of this quality assurance process." The investigations indicated that KRONE products provided BT customers the best assurance of receiving the full bandwidth benefits of Category 6, essential for new, emerging networks that carry multimedia, voice and data traffic simultaneously. Eele continued: "We are very pleased with our selection of KRONE as our supplier. The KRONE product set is both robust and fully compliant, which will give our customers years of trouble-free service." She added that BT had undertaken the quality-assurance testing with BTexact Technologies at its Adastral Park Adastral Park is the name given to what was once the BT Research Laboratories or BT Labs based at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. research-and-development facility following the final ratification The confirmation or adoption of an act that has already been performed. A principal can, for example, ratify something that has been done on his or her behalf by another individual who assumed the authority to act in the capacity of an agent. of the Cat 6 cabling standard in June 2002. The testing ensures that BT customers receive the full bandwidth benefits of Cat 6, essential for advanced networking. Kevin Anderson, Category 6 Product Manager with KRONE UK, said: "The KRONE Cat 6 solution offers ultimate performance, exceeding Cat 6 performance specifications and is fully interoperable and backwards compatible See backward compatible. backwards compatible - backward compatibility . Structured cabling Structured Cabling is defined as building or campus telecommunications cabling infrastructure that consists of a number of standardized smaller elements (hence structured) called subsystems. provides the communications and data lifeline essential to business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets today and KRONE Cat 6 systems offer the assured future-proofing and warranted long-term reliability that customers demand." About KRONE KRONE is a world-leading cable and connectivity company with 75 years of experience in the design, development and supply of cable and connectivity solutions for enterprise and public networks. Additional information about KRONE's TrueNet Structured Cabling System or other KRONE products is available in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada via telephone: 800/775-5766, or on-line at the KRONE web site: www.krone.com. |
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