LS Cable & System Commercializes World's Thinnest 10-Gigabit Ethernet Cable

Expansion of LAN Cable Major Market Business Expected in the US

LS Cable announced on the 5th that it has commercialized an ultra-slim 10-gigabit class (CAT.6A) LAN cable. The newly commercialized LAN cable has an outer diameter of 6mm, the thinnest in the world. This is about 20% smaller compared to the outer diameter of conventional general-purpose products (7.2mm). This allows for more than a 20% increase in the number of LAN cables installed in building walls or ceilings by hundreds of strands. In this case, the data transmission capacity also increases.

Ultra-slim 10 Gigabit (CAT.6A) LAN cable commercialized by LS Cable / Photo by LS Cable

LS Cable is launching marketing efforts to supply LAN cables mainly to places with high data usage such as data centers (IDC), banks, securities firms, semiconductor factories, and smart buildings. It is also targeting the United States, which accounts for more than 40% of the global LAN cable market. The U.S. is a rapidly growing market due to increased investments and plant construction in cloud, metaverse, and big data by big tech companies.

Lee Dong-wook, head of LS Cable's telecommunications division, said, "There is fierce competition among leading companies to reduce cable size to increase data transmission capacity," adding, "We plan to focus more on expanding the U.S. market, which has accounted for a significant portion of our existing sales, by launching high value-added new products." LS Cable has recently strengthened its telecommunications business by securing core optical cable technology and acquiring shares in KT Submarine, a submarine optical cable construction company.

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