Telephone Cable Specification

The company was founded in 1883 in london as international western electric by western electric.

Telephone cable specification.

Product title new 50 ft foot telephone phone extension cord cable. Cw1308 telephone cable bs4066 pt1 iec 332 pt1. Telephone cable telecommunications cable telephone cable is primarily designed to interconnect telephone equipment they are designed for internal and external use as well as direct burial. Cw1308 was a similar specification to the earlier cw1293 but with an improved color code.

Before digital communication and ethernet became widespread there was no international standard for telephone cable. Telephone cables multipair telephone cables indoor unarmoured unit construction specifications in accordance with cw1308 solid plain copper conductors solid pvc insulation unit construction 20 pair unit or 10 pair half units as required integral 1 38mm pcw pvc insulated earth continuity wire overall pvc sheath. For instance in the uk the general post office specified cw1293 and cw1308 cables. Standard telephones and cables ltd later stc plc was a british manufacturer of telephone telegraph radio telecommunications and related equipment during its history stc invented and developed several groundbreaking new technologies including pulse code modulation pcm and optical fibres.