Mushroom Networks (News - Alert), Inc. has introduced PortaBella, a wireless broadband bonding appliance delivering mobile Internet connection for downloading and uploading media-rich data. Powered by the Broadband Bonding technology, PortaBella is capable of offering the industry’s fastest Internet access rates, claims that company.

 

The product targets mobile Internet access applications in addition to high-bandwidth or video-heavy vertical markets such as news-gathering agencies, mobile TV broadcasting, military, government, and emergency response.

 

“We are solving a key pain point for markets that demand reliable and high-speed Internet where the application is not otherwise suitable for wired Internet alternatives,” said Cahit Akin, co-founder and CEO of Mushroom Networks. “Imagine a mobile news gathering vehicle streaming video from the field, or a highway traffic monitoring system or a temporary construction trailer, which requires a fast and reliable connection immediately.”

 

The PortaBella is capable of providing Internet connectivity at mobile locations by bonding together multiple cellular wireless Internet access cards for increased performance and reliability. The appliance aggregates the capacity of as many as five USB based cellular data cards providing increased access to bandwidth both in the uplink and downlink directions.

 

PortaBella appliance enables true bonding over various wireless Internet access technologies, even from different providers. The solution is ideal for mobile TV broadcasting, security and remote monitoring video cameras (business and consumer), transportation and specialty vehicles (buses, trains, taxis, limousines) etc.