Wiseband Partners with
Rivada for Network Expansion
in the Middle East
8 January 2024
Rivada Space Networks, a global
network company launching a constellation of 600
low-earth-orbit satellites (LEO) to enable secure,
global connectivity for governments and enterprises,
is partnering with Wiseband, an Emirati satellite
services company, to bring secure connectivity
solutions to the Middle East region.
Based in UAE and operating
across the Middle East and Africa, Wiseband provides
customized private satellite networking solutions
which are designed to meet high-performance and
stringent security requirements. The company
currently has connectivity projects in UAE, KSA,
Kuwait and Egypt.
Rivada’s global low-latency
point-to-point orbital network, the OuterNETTM, is a
unique next-generation constellation combining
inter-satellite laser links with advanced onboard
processing to provide unique routing and switching
capabilities and create an optical mesh network in
space. This orbital network, in which data stays in
space from origin to destination, creates an
ultra-secure satellite network with pole-to-pole
coverage, offering end-to-end latencies lower than
terrestrial fiber over similar long distances. And
by routing traffic on a physically separated
network, it provides a layer of defense for any
organization that needs to securely share data
between widely distributed sites.
For Enterprise and Government
communications, Rivada’s OuterNETTM will provide an
easy-to-deploy network with higher bandwidth and
improved security for resilient and more reliable
communications services.
Rivada Space Networks is
showcasing the OuterNETTM at the Middle East Space
Conference, in Oman from 8th-10th January. Rivada’s
CEO Declan Ganley will participate in the panel
exploring how new satellite networks can play an
essential role in bringing connectivity to the
Middle East and the prospects for satellite
communications services in the region, including:
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How the potential of LEO
can be unlocked for data networks and services
and the opportunities for new business models
and end-user services
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An ultra-secure network is
the ambition for global enterprise and
government communications and the dynamic powers
of laser communications are key
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Partnering with LEO enables
Middle Eastern satellite and telecom operators
in search of growth to complement and expand
services that cannot be supported by GEO alone
Ahmed Hassan, CEO of Wiseband,
said: “Wiseband is looking to tap onto Rivada Space
Networks’ highly secure point-to-point secure
communications network to provide advanced and
customizable secure solutions to our existing
enterprise customers and to develop the emerging
markets in Middle East. The OuterNETTM is a fully
interconnected orbital network which effectively
serves as a private network in space, capable of
routing traffic at gigabit speeds from one satellite
to another with no need for a gateway on earth. We
see this as the key infrastructure for the
development of the enterprise and government sectors
in the Middle East and beyond.”
Declan Ganley, CEO of Rivada
Space Networks, said: “We are delighted to be
partnering with Wiseband based on their long history
and expertise in serving the telecoms sector in
Middle East region. Rivada’sOuterNETTM is what data
communications has been waiting for – a
game-changing constellation that re-defines
connectivity in terms of security, latency,
capacity, efficiency, and coverage.
As a completely new type of LEO
constellation, the OuterNETTM can provide the Middle
East region with a next-generation infrastructure
for secure, resilient communications and network
expansion.”
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