Google In Talks With Jio, Airtel Over Project Taara For Internet Through Light Beams

Google In Talks With Jio, Airtel Over Project Taara For Internet Through Light Beams

SUMMARY

Google’s Project Taara has been piloted in Andhra Pradesh in India and Kenya in Africa

The tech can bring connectivity to remote areas and resolve hurdles such as laying optic fibers

Google India decided to kill its “Station” project in 2020 citing 4G connectivity and cheap data tarrifs

Tech giant Google is reportedly in talks with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel to pilot high-speed internet and telecom connectivity using light beams. The initiative is a part of Google’s ‘Project Taara’ which aims to provide internet connectivity through light beams.

The initiative was started by Google X, a company within Google that is known to work on so-called ‘moonshots’. Taara builds on the company’s earlier efforts for internet connectivity solutions such as Project Loon and others. .

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