Micro-coaxial cables need not be limited to use in mobile devices. Flat-screen LCDs and plasma TVs, now in wide use, require harnesses that can send a large amount of high-definition (HD) video signals from the tuner or input circuit to the image-processing circuit with reliable speed and stability. Additionally, the larger the display panel, the longer the required transmission length. This is another reason for the growing adoption of micro-coaxial cables, with their wiring flexibility, high transmission speeds, and immunity to noise.

In the medical field, micro-coaxial cables are now indispensable in components such as probes for ultrasonic diagnostic units and endoscopes. Given the higher resolutions of these diagnostic imaging systems, the probe and endoscope cables must provide for greater speed and capacity. However, simply increasing the number of cable conductors leads to a thicker cable unit and less-than-optimal flexibility in actual examinations. The growing need for thinner multi-conductor coaxial cables is clear. In industrial equipment as well, micro-coaxial cables are widely used in areas demanding high transmission speed and flexural strength—for example, in the connections between a semiconductor testing device and the tester head.

Wireless communications are now everywhere, with a variety of available transmission technologies, both wired and wireless. However, wires and cables remain in demand, thanks to features such as outstanding transmission performance, noise immunity, and required mechanical characteristics. We can expect that wires and cables will continue to play an important role in an information society, offering further improvement in performance and reliability in popular third-generation (3G) mobile phones, in the commercialization of digital mobile broadcasting, and in enhanced image quality in flat-screen TVs.