The company in charge of building the national broadband network has bought enough of it to wrap all the way around the world. The company has purchased almost 50,000km of copper cabling, the bulk of ...

In H1 2026, the operating rate of China's wire and cable industry generally showed a trend of "rapid post-holiday recovery, peaking during peak season then gradually pulling back.

Readers had a lot to say in response to a newsletter last month that asked questions about the future of LAN cabling. As I mentioned last time, readers were fairly dismissive of wireless LANs – at ...

Copper cabling is slowly giving way to fiber in communications, but there are still many areas where it dominates. But for how long, asks CommScope's James Young When it comes to data center (DC) ...

Copper theft is surging in Victoria, with Ballarat among hot spots for criminals Thieves often tear copper cabling from pits and illegally sell it online and to scrap metal yards Exposed wires can ...

In April 2023, scrap metal dealer Malome Matsetela was sentenced by the George Regional Court in the Eastern Cape to an effective 18 years in prison for copper theft, money laundering and racketeering ...

The AMP NETCONNECT XGA copper cabling system from Tyco Electronics has been significantly improved by the introduction of two new key components: the AMP-TWIST 6AS SL Jack, which combines easy and ...