WATERTOWN, Conn., Oct. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Valerie Rybinski, Global Sales Engineer for Siemon (http://www.siemon.com/), has been elected to a second, 2-year term as Chair of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) TR-42.7 Copper Cabling Systems Subcommittee. This election took place at the recent TIA TR-42 meeting in Palm Springs, CA.

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Rybinski has served as vice-chair of the subcommittee since 1999 and was first elected to the chair position in October, 2005. Rybinski has actively participated in TIA standards formulation since 1993 and currently serves as document editor for several pending addenda to the TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Commercial Building Cabling Standard.

TIA TR-42.7 develops standards for balanced twisted-pair cabling systems and is the formulating group that authored the TIA/EIA-568-B.2 and TIA/EIA-568-B.2-1 (category 6) standards. The subcommittee specifies twisted-pair connecting hardware, patch cord, and cable requirements, including test procedures, performance limits, and test instrument parameters. The subcommittee is currently focused on the finalization of Augmented Category 6 performance requirements and developing the new TIA/EIA-568-C.2 (Balanced Twisted-Pair Cabling Components) Standard.

For an overview of all election results, visit The TIA Network's web site at: http://network.tiaonline.org/2007/Sept24/standards_update.cfm#TR42

Recent articles by Rybinski:

"Screened and Shielded Cabling - Noise Immunity, Grounding, and the Antenna Myth" http://www.siemon.com/us/standards/Screened_and_Shielded_Network_Cabling... .asp

"De-Mystifying Cabling Specifications From 5e to 7A" http://www.siemon.com/us/white_papers/07-03-01-demystifying.asp About Siemon:

Established in 1903, Siemon is an industry leader specializing in the manufacture and innovation of high quality, high-performance network cabling solutions. Headquartered in Connecticut, USA, with global offices, manufacturing and service partners throughout the world, Siemon offers the most comprehensive suite of copper (unshielded and shielded twisted-pair) category 5e, category 6 (Class E), augmented category 6/category 6A(Class EA) and category 7/7A (Class F/FA), and multimode and singlemode fiber cabling systems available. With over 400 active patents specific to structured cabling, from patch cords to patch panels, Siemon Labs invests heavily in R&D and development of industry standards, underlining the company's long-term commitment to its customers and the industry.

CONTACT: Brian Duval, Marketing Communication Manager of Siemon, Phone,
+1-860-945-4380, Fax, +1-860-945-8503

Web site: http://www.siemon.com/