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Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Digicomm International and Taara Partner to Bring Wireless Optical Communications to Broadband, Enterprise, and Municipal Networks
ENGLEWOOD, Colo., May 05, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taara, born out of X, Google's Moonshot Factory, has chosen Digicomm International, a leading telecommunications distributor and manufacturer to stock and expand the deployment of Taara's innovative wireless optical communication technology. Through this strategic alliance, Digicomm will deliver Taara Lightbridge, a groundbreaking solution to broadband providers, enterprises, and municipalities seeking reliable high-speed, high-capacity wireless connectivity. Taara Lightbridge uses beams of light to deliver fiber-like speeds through the air, providing an ideal solution for middle-mile connectivity, network resilience, and rapid service restoration. By adding Taara Lightbridge to its portfolio, Digicomm strengthens its commitment to provide customers with innovative and scalable products that address today's growing broadband demands. "Partnering with Taara marks an exciting milestone for Digicomm and our customers," said Jennifer Nelson, FTTx and Wireless Sales Leader at Digicomm International. "Taara's Wireless Optical Communication technology is a perfect complement to our extensive wireless, HFC, and FTTx offerings, empowering service providers to expand faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost." "We're excited to welcome Digicomm as our Master Value-Added Reseller in the Americas region," said Sanjay Nagpal, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Partnerships at Taara. "Digicomm's deep regional expertise and strong ecosystem of relationships will accelerate the deployment of Taara's high-speed wireless optical technology where it's needed most. This partnership marks a significant milestone in our mission to expand affordable, reliable internet access with partners seeking innovative, fiber-equivalent solutions." With decades of experience delivering advanced broadband technologies, Digicomm's logistical capabilities and customer reach make it an ideal partner to scale deployment quickly and effectively. Digicomm will stock and support Taara Lightbridge wireless optical solutions, offering link planning services, rapid order fulfillment, and customer service to meet the unique needs of broadband network operators. About Digicomm International Founded in 1993, Digicomm is an industry-leading, value-added broadband distributor and manufacturer – and a key strategic partner to its customers helping them meet the rigorous demands of broadband network operations. Service providers around the world depend on Digicomm's extensive inventory of Wireless, HFC, and FTTx products, representing trusted manufacturers such as AOI, PPC, Commscope, Tarana Wireless, and many others. Digicomm also designs and manufactures products including EDFAs, optical passives and more. For further information, visit About Taara Taara is a moonshot for connectivity, with a mission to extend and amplify the global communications network with beams of light. Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, the team combines expertise across disciplines to tackle the world's toughest connectivity challenges. Taara is now deploying wireless optical communications with industry partners in over a dozen countries, expanding access to fast, reliable connectivity. Learn more at View source version on Contacts Digicomm Internationalpressinquiries@ Taara Connect, Sign in to access your portfolio
Business Wire
05-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Digicomm International and Taara Partner to Bring Wireless Optical Communications to Broadband, Enterprise, and Municipal Networks
ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taara, born out of X, Google's Moonshot Factory, has chosen Digicomm International, a leading telecommunications distributor and manufacturer to stock and expand the deployment of Taara's innovative wireless optical communication technology. Digicomm's partnership with Taara brings next-gen wireless optical technology to broadband, enterprise, and municipal networks. Share Through this strategic alliance, Digicomm will deliver Taara Lightbridge, a groundbreaking solution to broadband providers, enterprises, and municipalities seeking reliable high-speed, high-capacity wireless connectivity. Taara Lightbridge uses beams of light to deliver fiber-like speeds through the air, providing an ideal solution for middle-mile connectivity, network resilience, and rapid service restoration. By adding Taara Lightbridge to its portfolio, Digicomm strengthens its commitment to provide customers with innovative and scalable products that address today's growing broadband demands. 'Partnering with Taara marks an exciting milestone for Digicomm and our customers,' said Jennifer Nelson, FTTx and Wireless Sales Leader at Digicomm International. 'Taara's Wireless Optical Communication technology is a perfect complement to our extensive wireless, HFC, and FTTx offerings, empowering service providers to expand faster, more efficiently, and at a lower cost.' 'We're excited to welcome Digicomm as our Master Value-Added Reseller in the Americas region,' said Sanjay Nagpal, Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Partnerships at Taara. 'Digicomm's deep regional expertise and strong ecosystem of relationships will accelerate the deployment of Taara's high-speed wireless optical technology where it's needed most. This partnership marks a significant milestone in our mission to expand affordable, reliable internet access with partners seeking innovative, fiber-equivalent solutions.' With decades of experience delivering advanced broadband technologies, Digicomm's logistical capabilities and customer reach make it an ideal partner to scale deployment quickly and effectively. Digicomm will stock and support Taara Lightbridge wireless optical solutions, offering link planning services, rapid order fulfillment, and customer service to meet the unique needs of broadband network operators. About Digicomm International Founded in 1993, Digicomm is an industry-leading, value-added broadband distributor and manufacturer – and a key strategic partner to its customers helping them meet the rigorous demands of broadband network operations. Service providers around the world depend on Digicomm's extensive inventory of Wireless, HFC, and FTTx products, representing trusted manufacturers such as AOI, PPC, Commscope, Tarana Wireless, and many others. Digicomm also designs and manufactures products including EDFAs, optical passives and more. For further information, visit About Taara Taara is a moonshot for connectivity, with a mission to extend and amplify the global communications network with beams of light. Born at X, Google's Moonshot Factory, the team combines expertise across disciplines to tackle the world's toughest connectivity challenges. Taara is now deploying wireless optical communications with industry partners in over a dozen countries, expanding access to fast, reliable connectivity. Learn more at
Yahoo
01-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Alphabet's Taara chip uses light beams to provide high-speed internet
Alphabet has announced a new development for Taara's technology that could lead to low-cost, high-speed internet connectivity, even in far-flung locations. Taara's general manager, Mahesh Krishnaswamy, has introduced the Taara chip, a silicon photonic chip that uses light to transmit high-speed data through the air. The Taara chip is abut the size of a fingernail, far smaller than the technology the Alphabet division has been using. Taara Lightbridge, which is what its first-generation technology is called, is the size of a traffic light and uses a system of mirrors and sensors to physically steer light to where it needs to go. The new chip uses software instead. Taara is a project under X, Alphabet's moonshot factory. The high speed wireless optical link technology underpinning the project was originally developed for X's Project Loon internet broadcasting balloons. Alphabet pulled the plug on Loon in 2021 and focused on Taara instead, using its technology to beam broadband across the Congo River and the streets of Nairobi. Even years before Loon shut down, Alphabet's X was already toying with the idea of using light to beam internet and tested the technology in India. Taara's technology works by using a "very narrow, invisible light beam to transmit data at speeds as high as 20 gigabits per second, up to distances of 20 kilometers (12.1 miles)." It's like traditional fiber, in the sense that it uses light to carry data, except that light doesn't travel through cables. Instead, Taara's hardware emits beams of light. The beams from two units must be aligned with each other to be able to form a secure link that can transmit data, which is why Lightbridge was fitted with the parts needed to be able to physically steer the light. Taara's new chip doesn't need those components: It contains hundreds of tiny light emitters controlled by software with automatic steering Krishnaswamy said Taara's light-beaming units will only take days to install instead of the months or years it can take to lay fiber. During tests in the lab, the Taara team was able to transmit data at speeds of 10 Gbps over a distance of one kilometer (0.62 miles) using two of the new chips. They're now looking to improve the chip's capacity and range by creating an "iteration with thousands of [light] emitters." The team expects the chip to be available in 2026.
