Exhibit 10(iii)

FIRST AMENDMENT TO REVOLVING CREDIT AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT

FIRST AMENDMENT(this "Amendment"), dated as of April 1,
2003, to the Revolving Credit and Guarantee Agreement, dated as of March 4, 2003 (as heretofore amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the "Credit
Agreement"), among SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC. (the "Borrower"), SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.
("Holdings"), the subsidiaries of Holdings party thereto (together with Holdings, collectively, the
"Guarantors"), each a debtor and debtor-in-possession in a case pending under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, the several
banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto (the "Lenders"), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
syndication agent (in such capacity, the "Syndication Agent"), and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, the "Administrative Agent").

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Lenders, the Syndication Agent and the Administrative Agent are parties to the Credit Agreement;

WHEREAS,
the Borrower and Guarantors have requested that the Lenders agree to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as more fully set forth below; and

WHEREAS,
the Lenders are willing to agree to such requested amendments, but only upon the terms and conditions of this Amendment;

NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:



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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above
written.

| |  | Borrower:                       
| |  | --------------------------------
| |  | SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 
| |  | Guarantors:                     
| |  | ACTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC.         
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 
| |  | DIAMOND WIRE & CABLE CO.        
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 
| |  | ESSEX CANADA INC.               
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 
| |  | ESSEX GROUP, INC.               
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 
| |  | ESSEX GROUP, INC.               
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 
| |  | ESSEX GROUP MEXICO INC.         
| |  | By:                             
| |  |                                 

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| |  | ESSEX INTERNATIONAL INC.                  
| |  | ------------------------------------------
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | ESSEX MEXICO HOLDINGS, L.L.C.             
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | ESSEX SERVICES, INC.                      
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | ESSEX TECHNOLOGY, INC.                    
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | ESSEX WIRE CORPORATION                    
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | SUPERIOR ESSEX REALTY COMPANY             
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | SUPERIOR TELECOM INC.                     
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           
| |  | SUPERIOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS REALTY COMPANY
| |  | By:                                       
| |  |                                           

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| |  | DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent and as a Lender
| |  | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
| |  | By:                                                                          
| |  |                                                                              
| |  | GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, as
Syndication Agent and as a Lender   
| |  | By:                                                                          
| |  |                                                                              
| |  | FLEET CAPITAL CORPORATION                                                    
| |  | By:                                                                          
| |  |                                                                              
| |  | NATEXIS BANQUES POPULAIRES                                                   
| |  | By:                                                                          
| |  |                                                                              
| |  | By:                                                                          
| |  |                                                                              

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