wiredinUSA October 2013

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We have it on good authority (Hélène, our designer, has
just returned from her vacation there) that the 'High Roller'
Ferris wheel is rapidly taking shape on the Las Vegas
skyline.
The multi-million dollar wheel – 100 feet taller than the
London Eye – is our main story this issue, or more the fact
that Colorado Wire & Cable Co has provided wire and
tray cable for the wheel, located between the Flamingo
and Harrah's hotel-casino.
Denver-based Colorado supplied the electrical wire
and control cable that will help power the 44,000lbs
observation pods – all 28 of them. Read the full story on
page nine.
Don't miss the story of Alcatel-Lucent and SaskTel
successfully trialling a fiber-optic data transmission of
speeds up to 400G over a network originally built for 10G
traffic. Catch this on page 14.
We also turn our attention to the staging of IWCS in
Charlotte, North Carolina, from 10th to 13th November.
Some of the companies exhibiting can be found in our
feature, which starts on page 44. Feel free to stop by our
booth and pick up free CDs of wiredInUSA and copies of
sister publications EuroWire and Wire & Cable ASIA.
David Bell
Editor
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