This report provides a summary of the activities of the International Standardisation committees working in the structured cabling market in the period Q1 & Q2 2009. It provides information on the status of the development of new and revised standards and highlights the key points within each document which should be considered.

The original reach target for copper assemblies was 10m but due to technical issues this has been reduced to 7m. Significantly, in the May meeting it was agreed that OM4 would also be recognised as a cabling solution, it offers the advantages of either extending the reach up to 125m or providing a higher optical loss budget on shorter links for the 40G and 100G multi-mode fibre solutions.