Led · Equity · Mar 2019

Tarana Wireless builds G1, an ngFWA platform intended to improve broadband economics using licensed or unlicensed spectrum. G1 entered production in mid‑2021 and is deployed by more than 270 service providers in 19 countries and in 41 U.S. states, supporting use cases such as closing the digital divide and upgrading subscriber speeds. Revenues in G1’s first full year of sales (2022) were nearly $100M, and orders plus sales continued to climb in 2023. The company plans to accelerate sales and deployments and expand R&D investment to build on its wireless broadband advances. Tarana has invested over a decade of R&D and more than $400M of investment into its technology. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, with additional R&D in Pune, India. Tarana’s core product is the G1 platform, a next‑generation fixed wireless access (ngFWA) system that aims to deliver fiber-class internet at a fraction of fiber’s cost and complexity. G1 uses multidimensional radio-signal optimization and custom ASICs (built after roughly $300M of dedicated R&D) and can serve up to ~1,000 customers per tower with up to gigabit-class speeds and optional symmetric upstream/downstream rates. The system requires briefcase-sized base node radios on towers and a small remote node at customers’ premises, and can operate in unlicensed spectrum without clear line-of-sight. Tarana commercially launched G1 in late 2021 and reports a rapidly growing customer base of more than 120 service providers. The company is on track to deliver over $100 million of revenue in 2022, reflecting strong early commercial traction. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Tarana also maintains R&D operations in Pune, India, and frames its mission around closing the global digital divide by lowering deployment cost and time. Tarana Wireless develops the Gigabit 1 (G1) fixed wireless access system that optimizes radio signals to deliver gigabit-class broadband over unlicensed spectrum. The company positions G1 as a performance leader with industry-first breakthroughs enabling rapid deployment across high-density residential and underserved rural markets. Tarana is engaged with multiple providers participating in the U.S. Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) bidding process, using CBRS and 5 GHz spectrum, and is also working with multinational companies for mainstream markets globally. Proceeds from its recent financing will be used to continue customer trials of G1 and to prepare for and commence commercial launch of G1 products. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, with additional research and development in Pune, India. Management highlighted the addition of Prime Movers Lab partner Dakin Sloss to Tarana's board. Tarana Wireless develops fixed wireless access network solutions, including the Tarana G1™ Gigabit residential broadband platform. The company’s radio technology emphasizes non‑line‑of‑sight long‑range links with built‑in anti‑jamming interference cancellation and multidimensional radio optimization. Tarana operates a Silicon Valley live demonstration network providing broadband connectivity to over 100 sites—mostly non‑line‑of‑sight—at distances up to 15 km from a single sector base‑node. It is commencing manufacturing of proprietary integrated circuits and finalizing a cloud‑based controller to enable ultra‑fast, large‑scale deployment of its radio platform. Tarana plans to bring commercial products to market later this year and aims to deliver fiber‑quality broadband to suburban and rural markets. The company is headquartered in Milpitas, California, and maintains a development site in Pune, India. Tarana has created a new class of radio technology designed for fixed wireless access with strong immunity to obstructions, interference, changing conditions, and spectrum scarcity. Its Gigabit 1 fixed access system aims to overcome network economics challenges for service providers and deliver affordable gigabit bandwidth at scale using free unlicensed spectrum. The company says its technology can drive a tenfold improvement in the network economics of gigabit broadband access. Tarana planned to finish product development and start commercial trials with a number of tier‑1 operators following the announced financing. The company reported a headcount of 165 and planned to grow by more than 35 employees by mid‑2019 across engineering, operations, and outbound roles. Tarana is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and has additional staff in Pune, India.