From PC Mag: Project Taara, a potential Starlink rival, is spinning off from Google’s parent Alphabet to become its own company.
On Monday, Taara officially graduated from Alphabet's “Moonshot factory” after operating as a research project for at least five years. The new company is recruiting partners such as internet service providers to deploy its technology, which promises to deliver high-speed internet to rural and remote areas.
“In the same way fiber optic cables in the ground use light to carry data, Taara uses narrow, invisible light beams to transmit information through the air, at speeds as high as 20 gigabits per second,” the company said in Monday’s announcement. Taara also noted it's been testing its technology with T-Mobile and Vodafone.
Taara is targeting the same markets as SpaceX’s Starlink, which has already attracted over 5 million users across the globe. But instead of using orbiting satellites, Taara plans on harnessing ground-based light beam beams that can deliver gigabit internet speeds.
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