الملخص التنفيذي لم تعد شبكة NTN خدمة متخصصة للسفن والبعثات. هناك ثلاث قوى تتضافر: الاتصال المباشر بالجهاز (D2D) تستخدم المرونة كخدمة تمزج...

NTN is no longer an add-on. To get real value from a stratospheric platform, operators must treat HAPS as a native access layer in the mobile core—steered by policy, secured by design, and orchestrated alongside terrestrial cells and satellites. This post shows how to align HAPS with 5G/6G roadmaps—so coverage, capacity, and continuity are policy decisions, not geography.

The “last miles” are expensive: scattered populations, hard access, fragile backhaul, and slow permitting. A stratospheric cell site changes the math—one platform can blanket thousands of square kilometres, stand up service fast, and stay online when floods or fires knock out ground sites. Here’s a board-level playbook to expand rural LTE/5G without runaway capex.

الموجز التنفيذي تعامل مع HAPS باعتبارها التصميم حول أربع أولويات: (1) المهمة الحاسمة أولاً، (2) كومة الحمولة البسيطة، (3) السيادة/الأمن...

When fibre is cut, towers are flooded, or power grids fail, HAPS can still fly. Backed by Saudi investment, Sceye’s stratospheric platforms act as steerable, wide-area cell sites that restore first-responder communications within hours, bridge the “golden 72 hours” of disaster response, and harden national infrastructure. Here’s where HAPS fits—and why it belongs in your resilience plan for KSA.

From energy grids to air traffic control, ETSI standards are becoming a cornerstone of national infrastructure security. This article examines how ETSI addresses vulnerabilities in legacy protocols like GSM-R and SCADA, improves interoperability, and coordinates cross-sector policy. It also highlights how Bridge Connect translates ETSI policy into practical action, ensuring resilient, secure, and future-ready critical systems.

As quantum threats loom, ETSI’s standards are becoming central to banking security—protecting encrypted transactions, SWIFT traffic, and future CBDCs while ensuring Open Banking compliance under PSD2 and PSD3. This article compares ETSI and NIST frameworks, examines the implications for European banks, and outlines strategies for bridging regulatory frameworks across borders, keeping financial institutions secure and compliant in a post-quantum world.

Preparing for quantum threats means more than awareness—it requires execution. This guide takes organisations from ETSI’s quantum-safe standards to hands-on migration, covering vendor selection, procurement checklists, crypto-agility, and hybrid transition models. It also outlines practical steps for running crypto discovery and managing large network transitions, ensuring security, compliance, and operational continuity in the post-quantum era.

With the EU’s NIS2 Directive and Cyber Resilience Act redefining cybersecurity obligations, ETSI and ENISA are emerging as pivotal forces in shaping policy and guiding compliance. This article examines ETSI’s role in setting technical standards, ENISA’s work in risk assessment and enforcement, and the strategies CISOs need to align boards, regulators, and security teams for unified, regulation-ready cyber resilience.

ETSI’s evolving standards are transforming telecom supply chains into secure, future-ready ecosystems. From rigorous conformity assessments to post-quantum cryptography compliance, these benchmarks will determine how vendors like Huawei, Ericsson, and Nokia integrate into trusted networks. This article explores the strategic impact of ETSI on procurement, supplier selection, and vendor collaboration—providing telecom leaders with a blueprint for building resilient, standards-