A team of researchers at Alphabet’s research and development company, X, working on what has been named Project Taara, has successfully set up a laser-based system for beaming the internet across the Congo River at speeds …
September 17,2021 report A team of researchers at Alphabet’s research and development company, X, working on what has been named Project Taara, has successfully set up a laser-based system for beaming the internet across the Congo River at speeds up to 20 Gbps. The group has described the project on the X blog page as taking a step toward bringing fiber-like internet speeds to underserved communities around the world. Back in 2011, Loon LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., launched Project Loon. Its goal was to provide internet access to underserved communities using laser-based technology installed on high-altitude balloons.
