Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity over invisible beams of light

"Light-based internet provider Taara, which spun out of Alphabet's "moonshot" incubator last year, just launched Taara Beam to provide 25Gbps connectivity within cities over invisible beams of light - line of sight permitting. Unlike last year's Taara Lightbridge, which connects communities separated by water and mountains at distances up to 20km (over 12 miles), the shoebox-sized Beam can be mounted to street poles and roof tops for city-wide connectivity at distances up to 10km. The 8kg (less than 20 pounds) device typically consumes about 90W."

"Taara's big advantage is speed. It rivals fiber in terms of throughput and can also be deployed in just hours - much faster than having to secure radio spectrum or trench cables. That puts it into competition with services like Starlink. But Taara's ultra-low latency (less than 100μs) is far better than any space-based solution. Taara Beam, however, isn't for consumers, it's designed for enterprises and telcos that require "middle-mile" infrastructure."

Taara Beam provides 25Gbps connectivity within cities using invisible, line-of-sight light beams. The shoebox-sized device weighs 8kg, consumes about 90W, mounts to poles or rooftops, and supports ranges up to 10km. Deployment can occur in hours without securing radio spectrum or trenching fiber. Throughput rivals fiber while latency remains under 100μs, outperforming space-based options. The solution targets enterprises and telcos for middle-mile infrastructure rather than consumer access. Key use cases include offloading terabytes of LiDAR and sensor data from parked electric vehicles and forming high-speed mesh networks for low-latency V2X communications at intersections.

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