Bharti Airtel taps into free-space optical communications to expand coverage and boost capacity

Bharti Airtel has trialled and subsequently deployed a new technology for wireless backhaul. The technology, free-space optical communications (FSOC), has been pioneered by Taara – a division of X, the Moonshot Factory of Alphabet. This case-study report explains FSOC, outlines Bharti Airtel’s deployment of the technology, and assesses FSOC’s viability as an alternative transport solution.