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Recent years have brought growing demand for enhanced inter-satellite data routing, connectivity and communications services in modern warfighting missions. Having a web of interconnected assets in space that can provide resilient, satellite-based capabilities that stretch beyond the ground segment is becoming increasingly crucial to the U.S. military.

A GSOA webinar supported by Novaspace, featuring Rivada’s Chief Commercial Officer, Ronald van der Breggen.

Rivada Space Networks aims to deliver gigabit-speed internet globally by passing the public internet and third-party infrastructure, including on the ground.

In an exclusive interview at CABSAT 2025 with Telecom Review, Mustafa Afifi, Director of Sales, Rivada Space Networks detailed the unique offerings that the company provides for critical communication traffic in close collaboration with terrestrial telcos.

At SATExpo and CABSAT 2025, Mustafa Afifi, Sales Director EMEA at Rivada Space Networks, discusses the Outernet’s power and relevance in the Middle East.

“The most important thing we’re doing is providing governments and enterprises with a truly sovereign alternative to legacy infrastructure — not just more encryption, but a physical network they can control. What we call the Outernet is a mesh of satellites with inter-satellite links and ground stations that gives entities complete command over how and where their data travels.”

As data sovereignty, infrastructure resilience and trusted communications take centre stage in the Middle East at CABSAT, CCO Ronald van der Breggen speaks about how the company’s Outernet architecture fits into the regional landscape, where it differs from consumer LEO constellations, and why it sees itself not as a competitor to terrestrial telcos, but their most resilient ally.

There’s a growing recognition that governments and large enterprises need alternative paths of connectivity, Rivada Space Networks CEO Declan Ganley says. In a recent conversation with Via Satellite, Ganley says Rivada’s “time has come” as recent undersea cable attacks in the Baltic Sea and off the coast of Taiwan highlight the need for data sovereignty and data resiliency.

This episode comes to you from SatShow’25 in Washington, D.C., where European space companies are creating a golden opportunity for their businesses and technology development. Laura Winter speaks with Declan Ganley, CEO Rivada.