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Enterprise network teams across the globe face new application requirements, network complexities and increasing user demands as they navigate the ever-evolving digital landscape. CommScope NETCONNECT structured cabling solutions offer a comprehensive answer by aligning network performance and value. Designed for simplicity and engineered for flexibility, the NETCONNECT system is a complete and streamlined portfolio of copper and fiber solutions that support almost any network application and environment—helping enterprise customers to keep their business moving forward.

Since its introduction by AMP Inc. in 1993, the NETCONNECT brand has brought to market many of the industry’s iconic structured cabling solutions. SL Series RJ45 jacks and connectors, the MRJ 21 modular high-density connector system and the JTT-180 all-in-one termination tool, to name a few. Today, the NETCONNECT solution embodies the combined heritage of trusted connectivity innovators, including the AMP NETCONNECT™, ADC®, and KRONE™ brands. Offering the perfect balance of proven performance and bottom-line value, NETCONNECT solutions deliver end-to-end copper and fiber solutions backed by the global engineering and customer support that tomorrow’s resilient, future-ready networks demand.

Benefits

Warrantied capabilities

Enterprise networks today need high-performance infrastructure that enables full-scale convergence, delivers power and data to the edge, and provides application support. NETCONNECT solutions deliver performance that is:

  • Industry-leading—Meets all relevant customer premises cabling standards
  • Warrantied—Backed by CommScope’s iconic 25-Year Extended Product and Application Warranty
  • Consistent—Copper performance is continually verified via ongoing third-party testing
  • Verifiable—Online access to cable performance verification through WebTrak®
  • Repeatable—Enable consistent, accurate cable terminations with CommScope’s SL-installation tool

 

 

Solutions

Discover the NETCONNECT portfolio

CommScope’s NETCONNECT structured cabling solutions are a comprehensive copper and fiber portfolio of cable, connectors, patch panels, patch cords and jacks that support all your enterprise applications and environments—outside and inside, backbone to edge, today and tomorrow.

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NETCONNECT Category 6A structured cabling

Supporting the latest enterprise network applications

The NETCONNECT Category 6A family of copper products is warrantied to meet all relevant TIA and ISO/IEC 11801 Category 6A/Class EA standards. Available in unshielded and shielded twisted-pair, NETCONNECT Category 6A solutions support the latest enterprise applications, including 10GBASE-T, high-throughput Wi-Fi®, and all classes of IEEE 802.3 power over Ethernet (PoE). See the warranty document here for more details.

Cables
  • LSZH, CMR and CM
  • CPR-rated cables (Europe)
  • U/UTP, F/UTP and F/FTP
  • Euroclass standards
  • Category 7/7A (S/FTP)
    cable option
Patch Panels
  • Unshielded and shielded
  • Flat and angled designs
  • Loaded or unloaded
  • 48-port, 1U high-density shielded option

 

Jacks
  • Component compliance
  • Practices and tools appreciated by installers
  • SLX shielded jacks with direct-screen termination
  • SL-style unshielded jacks
  • With or without dust covers

 

Patch Cords
  • Shielded and unshielded
  • Transparent, flexible slim-line boots
  • Solid or stranded construction
  • High-density 28 AWG option

 

NETCONNECT Category 6 structured cabling

Built for confidence. Designed for value.

The NETCONNECT Category 6 family of copper products is warrantied to meet all relevant TIA and ISO/IEC 11801 Category 6/Class E standards. Available in unshielded and shielded twisted-pair technology, NETCONNECT Category 6 solutions are known for their superior electrical performance. See the warranty document here for more details.

Cables
  • LSZH, CMR and CM
  • CPR-rated cables (Europe)
  • U/UTP and F/UTP Euroclass standards
  • Convenient CommPak® boxes available for UTP

 

Patch Panels
  • Unshielded and shielded
  • Flat and angled designs
  • Loaded or unloaded
  • High-density F/UTP mixed-media panels

 

Jacks
  • Component compliance
  • Practices and tools appreciated by installers
  • SLX shielded jacks with direct-screen termination
  • SL-style unshielded jacks
  • KJ-series keystone jacks

 

Patch cords
  • Shielded and unshielded
  • Transparent, flexible slim-line boots
  • Solid or stranded construction
  • High-density 28 AWG option

 

NETCONNECT fiber solutions

From the outside plant and campus to the data center, LAN and desktop  

NETCONNECT fiber solutions offer versatility for almost any application or environment, with modular components designed for scalability that offer easy expansion for growing networks. With field termination, fusion splicing and CommScope’s tool-less Qwik II® connector technology, NETCONNECT solutions provide flexible termination solutions to meet your needs and preferences.

Cables
  • OM3, OM4 and OM5 multimode and singlemode
  • Distribution, indoor/outdoor, OSP and drop cables
  • LSZH and OFNP ratings
  • MPO trunk and fanout assemblies

 

Patch panels
  • Modular 1U, 2U and 4U configurations
  • High-density and standard-density
  • Duplex and MPO connectivity
  • Wall-mount enclosures for splicing and termination

 

Connectivity
  • MPO modules and adapters
  • Splice cassettes with or without pigtails
  • LC, keyed LC, LC/APC, SC and SC/APC adapters
  • Qwik II and QWIK-Fuse connector system
Quality patch cords
  • Low-loss and ultra-low loss
  • Superior mechanical performance
  • 900 mm fiber pigtails
  • MPO trunk and patch cords


 

Enable consistent, accurate cable terminations with CommScope’s SL-installation tool

The one-for-all termination tool (JTT-180)

For terminating SL-style jacks, the JTT-180 all-in-one termination tool transforms a tedious, multi-step, multi-punch process into a quick and simple, single-squeeze operation. The JTT-180 strips the cable, scores the foil (on shielded cables), terminates and cuts all eight conductors at once. A unique lacing fixture secures wires in place before termination, helping to streamline installation and maintain twisted-pair integrity. The result is faster and cleaner connections with less installer fatigue The JTT-180 termination tool works across a wide range of NETCONNECT SL-style, modular jacks, including shielded MGS600S, SLX, SL, KJ and UNJ series jacks.

Features and Benefits:

  • Terminates all MGS600S, SLX, SL, UNJ and KJ Series modular Jacks
  • Strips cable, marks foil, terminates and cuts 8 conductors at once
  • Maintains twisted-pair integrity
  • Simplifies lacing and speeds termination

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Powered Fiber Cable System (PFCS)

Combining power and fiber for extended reach and cost savings

NETCONNECT powered fiber cable system combines optical fiber and copper conductors in a hybrid cable to eliminate the hassle and expense of connecting and powering devices like cameras, Wi-Fi access points, optical network terminals, small cells, or other network devices located beyond the 100-meter distance limitation of copper twisted-pair cabling, especially those in outdoor environments where local power is not always readily available.

Cable
  • Outdoor, riser/LSZH and indoor/outdoor configurations
  • Complies with SELV and NEC Class 2 power
  • Proven, cost-effective FTTH-style flat cable hardware
  • Peel-away jacket for fast cable access
Extenders
  • One- and two-port PoE extenders
  • Fiber pass-through extenders for fiber devices
  • IP68-rated seal for outdoor protection
  • Integrated protection and automatic voltage drop correction

 

Power supplies
  • Rack-mount modular centralized power supply
  • Accepts 120 VAC, 240 VAC or 48 V UPS power
  • Supports up to 32 devices
  • Integrated voltage drop correction
Surface-mount boxes
  • Facilitates fiber and power end-point termination
  • Protects fiber cable and connections
  • Facilitates labeling and administration
  • Supports multigig Wi-Fi access points