Category 6 unshielded twisted pair cable is designed for use in next generation data communications networks and will comfortably support all present applications including Gigabit Ethernet.
The cable standard provides performance of up to 250 MHz and is suitable for 10BASE-T 100BASE-TX (Fast Ethernet) 1000BASE-T/1000BASE-TX (Gigabit Ethernet) and 10GBASE-T (10-Gigabit Ethernet)
International standard ISO/IEC 11801
TIA/EIA 568C.2 standard