World demand for data and voice wiring products is very strong.Worldwide sales of premises cabling and apparatus used to install phone systems and local area networks (LANs) will top $4 billion in 1995, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a recent report entitled "World market for voice and data premises cabling and apparatus: 1994-2000," published by World Information Technologies and the Building Services Research and Information Association (Bracknell, England). Premises cabling and apparatus are used to provide the physical layer linking telephones, PBXs and LANs together. Products used for this purpose include unshielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) unshielded twisted pair - (UTP) Normal telephone wire (in the USA). It may be used for computer to computer communications, e.g. using a version of Ethernet or localtalk. It is much cheaper than standard "full-spec" Ethernet cable. , shielded twisted pair See twisted pair. (hardware) shielded twisted pair - (STP) A kind of cable used for most Ethernet cabling, especially fast ethernet connections such as 100 Mbps. Compare: unshielded twisted pair. , foiled twisted pair A thin-diameter wire (22 to 26 gauge) commonly used for telephone and network cabling. The wires are twisted around each other to minimize interference from other twisted pairs in the cable (Alexander Graham Bell invented this and was awarded a patent for it in 1881). , coaxial and fiber optic cables, as well as IDC and patch panel A group of sockets used to connect incoming and outgoing lines in communications and electronic systems. Patch panels allow for manually wiring the connections with small cables (patch cords), rather than automatic switching. cross connects, and voice and data outlets. According to the study, demand for these products is now split fairly evenly between the American, European and the Asia Pacific regions. By 2000, the study predicts that sales of premises wiring products to the Asia Pacific region will equal that of the Americas and Europe combined. Further, Japan is expected to become the largest market in the world for premises wiring products by 2000, surpassing the United States, which currently is the biggest. |
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