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Introduction Compact
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?
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227Count me in the "No Opinion" camp at this point. On the plus side, YDGlenn Petersen-4/29/2004
226YDIW - YDI WIRELESS INC. Is this the time to buy this? Any opinion?Manx-4/28/2004
225Greg Amadon walks away with a $5 million payday. He had already sold half of hiGlenn Petersen-4/17/2004
224The November 2002 article referenced in the article that you posted: lightreadiGlenn Petersen-4/17/2004
223Terabeam Merges for Peanuts Terabeam Corp., a provider of Free Space Optics (FSftth-4/16/2004
222Frank, thank you for your comments. My guess is that you have already seen thisGlenn Petersen-7/17/2002
221"Will the lasers cook birds in mid-flight?" Damn laser cooked my worThomas A Watson-4/22/2002
220<b> </b>Thomas A Watson-4/22/2002
219<b> </b>Thomas A Watson-4/22/2002
218It's always easy to spot a neophyte. He had a couple of good opportunities fFrank A. Coluccio-4/20/2002
217The Invisible Lightness of Beams latimes.com Company promotes Internet access Glenn Petersen-4/20/2002
216i heard that these guys have a new product: terabeam.comrosebud-2/11/2002
215Terabeam cuts 20% of its staff: lightreading.com SEPTEMBERGlenn Petersen-9/29/2001
214Hello, I do not follow TeraBeam closely. I was at one time an investor of NetrMartin Muldoon-2/16/2001
213The McCaw Mafia Nicole Ridgway, Forbes Magazine, 02.01.Rono-2/9/2001
212TeraBeam Article seattle.bcentral.comsaukriver-1/23/2001
211So, what happened to the IPO? This is what the web site says: Ongoing Investmecarranza2-1/19/2001
210Microsoft COO Bob Herbold Joins TeraBeam board seattlep-i.nwsource.comsaukriver-1/6/2001
209Tackling the Last Mile feer.com <i>Laser networks could offer broadband-ms.smartest.person-12/14/2000
208Posted today, found under wcom news. TeraBeam beams up bandwidth upside.com FromThomas A Watson-11/7/2000
207Article: It's optics, it's wireless, and it's built for speed. optiSector Investor-10/13/2000
206Copied from MRVC board, post 25066: 21st Century updates MRVC in October Issue NDBFREE-10/10/2000
205[MRV Announces Filing of Registration Statement for Initial Public Offering of OMangoBoy-10/7/2000
204Interesting comments about TeraBeam... From the STXN thread on Yahoo! messagesRob Preuss-10/4/2000
203Wireless Lasers Come Into Focus -- IT managers have long known its potential as signist-10/1/2000
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