Rivada Partners With IEC Telecom For Expanding Digitalization At Sea

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Rivada is seeking business for its ‘OuterNet’ satellite scheme and supplying large quantities of data to government as well as corporate clients. IEC Telecom will use Rivada’s OuterNET to provide enhanced ICT infrastructure for the maritime environment, further expanding digitalisation at sea.

Expanding Humanitarian Missions

IEC Telecom is an international satellite service operator offering industry-leading satellite communication solutions to governments, public institutions and enterprises across the world.

For the humanitarian sector, IEC Telecom will leverage Rivada’s OuterNET:

  • A global low latency point-to-point connectivity network of LEO satellites
  •  Provide leading NGO agencies with enhanced connectivity for the coordination of humanitarian efforts
  •  The safety of remote workers
  • The security of NGO assets
  • The sustainability of long term operations
  •  Housing , food distribution , education and medicine, 

These all field requirements will be supported to allow humanitarian missions to expand their reach and multiply their scope of services. 

Optimized For Maritime Sector

In addition to land connectivity services, IEC Telecom will use Rivada’s OuterNET to provide enhanced ICT infrastructure for the maritime environment, further expanding digitalization at sea. IEC Telecom offers cyber-secure network solutions optimised for the maritime sector. 

Commenting on the agreement, Erwan Emilian, CEO & Partner at IEC Telecom Group, said: “This partnership supports IEC Telecom’s commitment to pursue innovation for the best customer experience. Rivada’s service will allow us to expand our network’s SLA and offer high-throughput data connectivity ‘fiber-like’ in the sky versus DSL-like today. We are excited to explore cost-effective packages for the humanitarian sector and test the resilience of maritime connectivity in the open sea.”

Declan Ganley, Rivada Space Networks CEO, added: “We are delighted to be working with IEC Telecom to support their high throughput voice and data services. We are moving full speed ahead to deploy the first true OuterNET, with its unique data-connectivity capabilities. Both of our companies see the importance of providing ultra-secure, highly reliable low latency communications anywhere on the globe.”

Both companies highlight the importance of innovation and ultra secure, reliable and low latency communication networks accessible from anywhere on the globe as part of a move forward in the industry.

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