Alphabet’s Project Taara graduated from the firm’s Moonshot Factory after being a research project for nearly five years. Now, we can confirm that the entity will be operating as its own company.
Once deemed a major rival for Starlink, the latest firm is hiring partners including the likes of internet service providers to roll out advanced tech. This promises to deliver top-speed internet to both rural and remote locations.
Similarly, fiber optic cables on the ground will make use of light to carry that kind of data. Taara will reportedly make use of invisible light patterns for transmitting data via the air. The speeds might be as high as 20GB each second. Moreover, Taara also shared how it was testing the tech with T-Mobile as well as Vodafone.
Taara continues to target some of the similar markets including SpaceX’s Starlink. That already has gained more than 5M users globally. But instead of actually orbiting satellites, it hopes to harness light beams on the ground that deliver spectacular internet speeds going into the gigabit range.
The firm’s device called Taara Lightbridge can transfer internet data across nearly 20km distance. This system promises to work easily as all equipment is located on existing cell towers. Meanwhile, installation is done in a few hours instead of spanning across days. It’s achieved without any kind of digging or spectrum licenses.
As explained by Taara, internet service providers and the government don’t need to spend millions on rolling out optical fiber. That could be so costly for those located in the rural and mountain regions. Taara failed to go into details about the funding raised. However, the firm says it has some serious financial backing that attains a minority stake in the organization. Today, it has hired 14 positions when the team itself is made of just over 24 staffers.
Whether the tech will get adopted in America is still a question that must be answered. For now, we can confirm that Taara is making huge progress in miniaturizing the firm’s tech into a silicon photonic chip. The findings are promising and will make Lightbridge easier for installations. The company shared how it hopes to launch the latest chip sometime in 2026. As part of the development plan, it’s already shared Lightbridge links in more than 12 nations around the world.
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Once deemed a major rival for Starlink, the latest firm is hiring partners including the likes of internet service providers to roll out advanced tech. This promises to deliver top-speed internet to both rural and remote locations.
Similarly, fiber optic cables on the ground will make use of light to carry that kind of data. Taara will reportedly make use of invisible light patterns for transmitting data via the air. The speeds might be as high as 20GB each second. Moreover, Taara also shared how it was testing the tech with T-Mobile as well as Vodafone.
Taara continues to target some of the similar markets including SpaceX’s Starlink. That already has gained more than 5M users globally. But instead of actually orbiting satellites, it hopes to harness light beams on the ground that deliver spectacular internet speeds going into the gigabit range.
The firm’s device called Taara Lightbridge can transfer internet data across nearly 20km distance. This system promises to work easily as all equipment is located on existing cell towers. Meanwhile, installation is done in a few hours instead of spanning across days. It’s achieved without any kind of digging or spectrum licenses.
As explained by Taara, internet service providers and the government don’t need to spend millions on rolling out optical fiber. That could be so costly for those located in the rural and mountain regions. Taara failed to go into details about the funding raised. However, the firm says it has some serious financial backing that attains a minority stake in the organization. Today, it has hired 14 positions when the team itself is made of just over 24 staffers.
Whether the tech will get adopted in America is still a question that must be answered. For now, we can confirm that Taara is making huge progress in miniaturizing the firm’s tech into a silicon photonic chip. The findings are promising and will make Lightbridge easier for installations. The company shared how it hopes to launch the latest chip sometime in 2026. As part of the development plan, it’s already shared Lightbridge links in more than 12 nations around the world.
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