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TechWeek Europe – New Ethernet Standard Delivers Five Times The Speed On Existing Cables

Ethernet Alliance “applauds” finalisation of the 802.3bz standard, claiming up to 70 billion metres of cable can be reused to deliver faster Wi-Fi

A new Ethernet standard will give businesses a five-fold increase in speed without the need to change cables, powering data intensive applications and faster Wi-Fi.

The Institute of Electrical and Electronics engineers (IEEE) has finalised the 802.3bz standard, which defines 2.5Gbps and 5Gbps ‘BASE-T Ethernet’.

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