TeraBeam has a breakthrough wireless (fiberless optics) technology for the last-mile. Here is what George Gilder had to say:
"On March 13, a radical new last mile technology will be announced, to fulfill the spectronics paradigm--the ultimate up spectrum star--light over air at gigabits per second in a cellular topology. --GG 3/4/2000"
"It is a fundamentally superior technology that reproduces virtually everything in a coarse WDM fiber system over the air for distances up to three kilometers--gigabits per second point multipoint as desired, that can be deployed in cells in urban areas and requires no roof antenna or spectrum rights. The ultimate spectronics company, it has a major manufacturing deal with a world leading wireless infrastructure supplier not Lucent or Nortel. Beyond that I cannot go at the moment. --GG 2/24/2000"
And from Venture Capital Survey ... (First Quarter, 1998):
TeraBeam Corp.
Communications
Optical radio.
Seattle, WA 98119
Early, $100000, Initial/Seed
Bessemer Venture Partners
And in the WSJ (3/9/2000):
Daniel R. Hesse, president of AT&T Corp.'s wireless unit and one of the phone giant's brightest stars, announced Thursday that he is leaving just weeks before AT&T launches what could be the largest initial public offering ever in the U.S.
Mr. Hesse, 46 years old, plans to join an Internet start-up called TeraBeam Networks. The company -- so under-the-radar it doesn't yet have a Web site -- is working on a technology that beams data by laser through the air. Mr. Hesse, who will become TeraBeam's chief executive, is expected to get an ownership stake of 4% to 5%.
TeraBeam will use air, instead of fiber, to transmit information at high speeds, in what some call "fiberless optics."
WSJ article link:
interactive.wsj.com
Let me start this forum by asking:
Who will be the first infrastructure supplier for TeraBeam?
Who are the component (chip) suppliers for this technology?
Who are TeraBeam's competitors? |
