A little-known start-up company called TeraBeam has vaulted to prominence in the last week with a new technology that may make it possible to deliver fast optical connections through the air. The company first raised eyebrows last week when the head of AT&T's mobile phone business resigned to become TeraBeam's CEO, just weeks before AT&T was ready to spin off the division in a giant IPO. Today the D.C.-based TeraBeam unveiled details about its "fiberless" system for transmitting gigabits per second without wiring. MORE >>
TeraBeam Promises Fiber-Optic Bandwidth Through Thin Air
Right now the biggest bandwidth, short of a Lockheed SR71
Blackbird spy plane barreling at Mach 3 and loaded with
DVDs, is flickering light flashed over fiber optic cabling.
That's the current backbone for delivering fast Internet
connections, and corporations around the world are
spending billions laying fiber optic cables across oceans
and inside new office buildings. But what if you don't need
the cables after all?