New DRAKA UC HOME brochure

Communication cables bring digitization into houses and apartments The trend is clear: the importance of cabling in the home continues to grow. At the same time, the requirements for available bandwidth and packing density are increasing significantly. In general, the use of fiber optic cables is increasing. With its Draka "UCHome" product family, the Multimedia Solutions BU of the Prysmian Group offers a broad ... Read more

Visit us at the Light & Building

The Multimedia Solutions BU of the Prysmian Group will participate in the "Light + Building" trade fair in Frankfurt am Main from October 2 to 6. Our booth is located in hall 11.0, booth B81. The focus of our exhibition will be on our latest products and technologies in the field of data and network infrastructure. In addition, we are pleased to present our ... Read more

Growth in DRAKA copper data cables

The Multimedia Solutions BU (MMS) of the Prysmian Group has further developed its Cat.6A U/FTP product family. With the Cat.6A U/FTP 4P B2ca, MMS offers a new high-quality, shielded copper data cable with four individual foil-shielded core pairs in CPR fire protection class B2ca s1a d1 a1. Users can now choose from an extensive portfolio of fire-safe Cat.6A U/FTP installation cables and find the right cable for a wide range of applications... Read more

Tech Forum Berlin 02.06. Register now for free

The networking industry will meet again this year in Berlin to discuss current trends as well as already proven solutions with high-ranking experts. Take advantage of the combination of a product-neutral conference and the competition of concepts in the adjacent exhibition. We cordially invite you to the Tech Forum Tech Forum Berlin on 02.06. Mercure Hotel ... Read more

Copper cable, buried cable or twisted pair cable? Keeping an overview in the cable jungle

Whether it is patch cable, buried cable or twisted pair cable - in all these cases it can be copper data cable, but not everyone necessarily is.

Depending on the area of application and industry, different terms have become established in linguistic jargon for the same type of cable. What the electrician may more often call installation cable, some manufacturers call copper data cable. We would like to untangle the cable jumble and shed some light on the subject. What is behind the individual terms? How are they categorised? At the core is ... Read more

DRAKA product catalogue: New edition now available

Data cable catalogue

The Draka dealer catalogue for copper, fibre optic and coaxial data cables has been updated. The new edition of the product catalogue is available for download HERE. A print version is available on request. Let's connect 2.0 - With the new edition of the Draka dealer catalogue, the MMS addresses not only wholesalers, resellers or original equipment manufacturers, but all those who require large-scale network solutions, for example when cabling the ... Read more

Wiring in the home: Draka in conversation with "Living Spaces

The use of intelligent technology in one's own four walls is steadily increasing and smart homes are becoming more and more popular. In an interview with our partner "Lebensräume", Olaf Baxmann, Area Sales Manager Northern Germany of the BU MMS/Prysmian Group for Draka-Kabel, provides basic information on the topic of data and network technology for a future-proof residential building structure. What do we need in order to achieve the best possible performance ... Read more

Currently in the Lanline: "PoE conquers building technology".

Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) infrastructures are well on their way to becoming a dominant technology. They combine data communication and power supply via a single Ethernet cable. Among PoE applications, smart lighting solutions in particular are becoming more and more common. Here, Cat.7A, Cat.8.2 and Cat.7 long reach cables in AWG22 from Draka can offer maximum PoE efficiency. In the current issue of LANline, Zoran Borcic, Product Manager ... Read more