Taara Offers Service Providers Path to 99.999% Uptime with Lightbridge Pro, Compatible with Carrier Grade Networks

Taara announced Lightbridge Pro, a solution designed to meet the highest availability requirements of large operators, city-wide network service providers, and mission-critical communications.

Lightbridge Pro builds on Taara Lightbridge, a proven wireless optical communication technology, to combine the speed and flexibility of light with the availability and continuity required for carrier-grade networks. The solution pairs Taara’s 20 Gbps full-duplex connection with a built-in capability to manage intelligent switching to fiber or a radio frequency (RF) backup. When atmospheric conditions such as fog or heavy rain impact optical performance, Lightbridge Pro enables automatic, hitless switchover to fiber or RF. In traditional architectures that rely on external switches, this transition can take several seconds per switchover. By integrating the switch directly into the system, Lightbridge Pro eliminates that delay, maintaining carrier-grade continuity at all times. 

“Operators have been told for years that they have to choose between speed and reliability, or flexibility and performance,” said Mahesh Krishnaswamy, Founder and CEO of Taara. “Lightbridge Pro proves that we can deploy fiber-class capacity with carrier-grade reliability, upgrading operators’ existing infrastructure in a matter of hours.”

Taara Lightbridge is already deployed in more than 20 countries, spanning dense urban environments, remote terrain, and disaster recovery scenarios. Operators including T-Mobile, Airtel, Digicel, Liquid Intelligent Technologies, and SoftBank are using Lightbridge to extend and reinforce network capacity without the delays, cost, or regulatory hurdles associated with fiber builds. Lightbridge Pro builds on this by addressing one of the final barriers to broader carrier adoption: reliable, seamless operation that meets the industry’s highest availability standard.

“At a network level, availability is less about raw throughput and more about how systems behave and adjust to maintain high uptime when conditions change,” said Devin Brinkley, SVP of Engineering at Taara. “By integrating switching and native multiband operations directly into Lightbridge Pro, we reduce complexity and cost and eliminate the latency and delays associated with external components. The result is a design evolution from the carrier’s perspective to meet their expectations for network resilience and operational continuity.”

While standard Taara Lightbridge deployments are optimized for extending connectivity across challenging environments, Lightbridge Pro is purpose-built for seamless integration into carrier-grade networks, including mobile backhaul, urban densification, enterprise applications, and public-sector infrastructure like city-wide networks. Key features include inband management and combined monitoring of the multiband solution via an integrated switch.

Lightbridge Pro also delivers comprehensive Fault, Configuration, Accounting, Performance, and Security (FCAPS) network management on-premise or on Cloud, and integration with carrier Operations Support Systems (OSS) and Business Support Systems (BSS). The system is designed to integrate seamlessly into existing network architectures, enabling operators to increase capacity and resilience without re-architecting their networks.

Taara will showcase its expanding portfolio of light-based connectivity solutions at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Barcelona 2026. Following the launch of Lightbridge Pro, the company will also announce a new photonics-based wireless optical system designed to deliver greater density, flexibility, and scalability for carrier networks, extending the role of light-based connectivity beyond point-to-point links and into more distributed, urban deployments.

Source: Taara media announcement