Ever-changing Structured Cabling world

In the digital age, you and I will be able to cross the border of the region without leaving home, and go all over the world of information, relying on the ever-changing data transmission technology. A seemingly illusory, hard-to-touch technical concept is closely related to us. The key lies in the structured cabling network in which we are surrounded.
Structured Cabling is an indispensable part of communication systems. To put it simply, it provides a physical link between communication points to connect the information equipment in the room, within the building, and between multiple buildings, allows data, voice, video, and control signals to be transmitted. The size of Structured Cabling can be very small, with only the number of connections to one node. It can also be very large, closely connecting tens of thousands of nodes in multiple buildings.
Over the years, Structured Cabling Technology has evolved. From the birth of the first Communication Wiring System in the year 80 s to the publication of the first unified standard by the World Telecommunication Industry Association/Electronic Industry Federation in the year 90 s, the system has undergone many changes, advanced transmission media, connectors, and interfaces are available. Despite the surging popularity of the technology, unshielded twisted pair wires (UTP) have been standing up, making them the most common digital transmission media by virtue of its economic benefits, wide application and ease of installation.
The network speed is increasing, and the bandwidth requirements for UTP transmission are also increasing. From the initial 16 MHz to today's 250 MHz, the communication bandwidth is increasing in multiples. Early data communication is generally concentrated on text files, but nowadays image data, scientific models, desktop video conferencing, multi-layer related databases, and other complex information applications are widely used, with a huge volume of users, communication bandwidth requirements are also increasing. Based on past development experience, the information transmission rate increases by at least one magnitude every ten years. Of course, some information transmission remains at the low frequency and wide application level, such as voice messaging, building automation systems, alarms, and security systems.
To meet the diversified bandwidth requirements of the next-generation application system, new cabling technologies have been available in succession, working in parallel with UTP, such as shielded twisted pair wires (STP) and metal foil shielded twisted pair wires (ScTP) glass optical fiber, optical fiber division multiplexing, plastic optical fiber, wireless technology and coaxial cable.
Emerging cabling systems, whether based on UTP or optical fiber cables or their hybrid configurations, must be universal and can comprehensively transmit voice, low-speed data, and high-speed area network information; it must be easy to expand, so that enterprises can upgrade or move anytime and anywhere to meet future expansion needs.
In the future, various wiring technologies will complement each other and cooperate with different communication environments. UTP is applicable to applications with low bandwidth (less than 100 MHz). STP and ScTP can be used in environments with high electromagnetic interference. In a high-bandwidth environment, wireless systems have become a new favorite in the industry, while Optical Fiber Technology marks a new direction for digital communication in the future.
In other words, structured cabling suppliers must provide a broad and comprehensive product camp to meet ever-changing cabling needs in response to improvements in electronic technology, raw material technology, signal transmission and application agreements. Taking Molex, which has more than 20 years of professional cabling experience as an example, pays special attention to diversified product development. The company combines a wide range of voice, data, and video transmission solutions. The product line covers UTP, STP, ScTP, FTP, and optical fiber, meeting the needs of different customers.