Taara is awarded Most Innovative Award by the Fiber Broadband Association

Taara is awarded Most Innovative Award by the Fiber Broadband Association

The Fiber Broadband Association awards Taara for helping bridge middle mile gaps in the U.S.

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April 15, 2025

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Shining a Light on the Middle Mile

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Free space optics as a BEAD gamechanger

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Taara seeks scale for its fiber-over-the-air solution in the Americas

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Taara hopes to usher in a new era of internet

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Airtel taps into Taara's free-space optical communications

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Taara wins Fast Company’s Next Big Things in Tech award

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Taara is named TIME’s Best Invention of 2024

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Next Billion | The Future with Hannah Fry

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Taara is awarded Most Innovative Award by the Fiber Broadband Association

The Fiber Broadband Association awards Taara for helping bridge middle mile gaps in the U.S.

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Mobile World Live: Taara at Mobile World Congress Barcelona

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Alphabet bets on lasers to deliver internet in remote areas

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KAUST and Taara establish a high-speed maritime communication

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Beaming broadband across the Congo River

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Taara laser tech beamed 700 TB of data across 5 km

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