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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&amp;T Corp.'s wireless unit and one of the phone giant's brightest stars, announced Thursday that he is leaving just weeks before AT&amp;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?</description><image><url>https://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.png</url><title>SI - TeraBeam</title><link>https://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=33811</link><width>380</width><height>132</height></image><ttl>10</ttl></channel></rss>