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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunication Satellite Internet |
| Founder | Declan Ganley |
| Headquarters | |
Number of locations | 4 |
Area served | North America Europe |
Key people | Declan Ganley (Chairman and CEO) |
| Subsidiaries | Rivada Space Networks |
| Website | https://www.rivada.com/ |
Rivada Networks is a US-based communications technology business with offices in the US and Ireland. Rivada Networks was founded on July 6, 2004[1] and its current CEO and chairman is Irish businessman Declan Ganley.[2] Rivada Networks is financially backed by Peter Thiel.[3] An October 20, 2020, CNN report said that the White House had allegedly increased pressure to fast track a contract to lease the Department of Defense's underutilized spectrum in a public private partnership between the DoD and Rivada Networks, to use DoD's mid-band spectrum to eventually share 5G airwaves with wireless providers.[4] Karl Rove, who is a paid lobbyist for Rivada,[5][3] and Newt Gingrich have been lobbying since early 2019 for the DoD/Rivada deal[3] which CNN says, would be "premium real estate for the booming and lucrative 5G market."[4] Rivada says that is "not interested in a nationalized 5G network."[6]
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- ^ a b c Mcgill, Margaret Harding; Hendel, John. "Karl Rove jumps into wireless battle that is dividing Trump world". POLITICO. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
- ^ a b Jake Tapper, Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent (Director). "Administration officials alarmed by White House push to fast track lucrative 5G spectrum contract, sources say". CNN Politics. Retrieved 2020-10-21.
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