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Stuttgart, Germany, November 6, 2007 -- Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd. (TSE: 5815) today announced it is the first in the industry to launch a shielded high-bending resistance Cat.5e LAN cable, which achieves high flexibility and high-speed transmission for gigabit Ethernet use. The cable is exhibited at Vision2007, held in Stuttgart, Germany from November 6 to November 8 (http://www.messe-stuttgart.de/VISION/vorank/english/index.htm) and will be displayed through a connection to cameras at the Toshiba's stand at Hall 4, StandA21 and A51, connected to Toshiba Teli's camera (Giant Dragon).

Image transmission methods are shifting from analog to digital, as high-speed, high resolution image transmission is becoming more common. Gigabit Ethernet is a method of high-speed digital transmission with a 1Gbps transmission speed. As this method becomes the standard for machine vision, such as that used in industrial equipment and industrial robots, the market is expected to grow rapidly. The cable can also be applied to the security market offering more merits than other camera image transmission methods, as it transmits images from monitoring cameras over long distances, and as LAN cables are easy to use.

Conventional LAN cables have low flexibility and it is difficult to transmit images over industrial internal wiring and in high-sliding environments such as seen in robots. Oki Electric Cable adopted a special cable structure with a high-flex design to offer steady performance regardless of bending burden. Therefore, the cable achieves high-bend, high-sliding and high-twisting performance, which is ideal for use in moving parts. The connector uses a screw lock connector for use with RJ45 common shielded modular units and for secure camera attaching to avoid separation.

"We plan to actively provide this cable to FA systems, and for use in industrial equipment such as robots, and the security market such as for monitoring cameras," said Takashi Hattori, President of Oki Electric Cable. "By adding a high-speed digital interface cable to our lineup, in the fiscal year ending March 2009 we aim to achieve net sales of three million US dollars from cables for gigabit Ethernet LAN and other machine vision cables."

About Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd.

Established in 1936, Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd. provides various advanced communications cables, optical cables, and related electronic parts and equipment to the worldwide market. As a member of the OKI Group, Oki Electric Cable Co., Ltd. plays a major role in the group, with the sales of more than 13billion yen. For more information, please visit the Oki Electric Cable website at http://www.okidensen.co.jp/en/

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