Why Outernet is the infrastructure layer you didn’t know you needed

As data sovereignty, infrastructure resilience and trusted communications take centre stage in the Middle East, Rivada Space Networks arrives at CABSAT with a bold proposition: a space-based networking mesh designed to keep critical traffic sovereign and secure. Chief Commercial Officer 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.