Rivada Signs UAE Connectivity Deal

Rivada Space Networks constellation concept. Photo: Rivada Space Networks

Rivada Space Networks has made further inroads into the Middle East connectivity market. It is teaming up with Wiseband, an Emirati satellite services company, to bring secure connectivity solutions to the Middle East region. Rivada announced the deal on Jan. 24.

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 plans to offer a global low-latency point-to-point orbital network called OuterNET — a 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.

“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 OuterNET 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,” Ahmed Hassan, CEO of Wiseband, said in a statement.