Tarana, Microsoft Partner to Bring Broadband to Africa
Companies to deploy Tarana’s ngFWA
June 18, 2025 – Tarana announced a partnership with Microsoft to bring broadband internet to underserved communities throughout Africa.
The telecommunications company, which provides broadband through its next generation fixed wireless access technology, announced Tuesday that it would be deploying its ngFWA, along with training and technical support, to help “service providers in rural and underserved Africa…”
In its announcement, Tarana also claimed that “ngFWA delivers high-speed broadband service in both non-line-of-sight (NLoS) conditions and heavy radio interference, making it an ideal solution for hard-to-reach and underserved markets.”
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Tarana, founded in 2009, has invested over $400 million to create ngFWA. Since the start of production in 2021, Gigabit 1, Tarana’s ngFWA platform, has been deployed in 24 countries and 47 US states.
The partnership is part of Microsoft’s Airband Initiative, which seeks to close the global digital divide.
Basil Alwan, CEO of Tarana, said that “we admire the Airband Initiative’s mission and appreciate this opportunity to collaborate. We look forward to making significant progress on the digital divide together.”
This isn’t the first time Tarana has partnered with others in the industry to bring broadband to underserved communities. In 2024 it partnered with both Mediacom and Osage Broadband to bring high-speed internet to residents across the American South and Oklahoma, respectively.
