Taara Launches Beam Delivering 25Gbps Connectivity

Taara, a Google moonshot spinout, unveils Beam, an optical phased-array device that transmits bidirectional data at up to 25 Gbps over line-of-sight distances up to 10 km for urban deployments. The shoebox-sized unit mounts on poles or rooftops and can be operational in hours; it complements Taara's Lightbridge (up to 20 km, used in 20 countries) and targets lower-latency competition with satellite services.