Mushroom Networks Unveils PortaBella™ Offering Mobile Users the Market’s Fastest Cellular-Based Broadband Connection

Solution Delivers High-Speed Internet Connectivity for Downloading and Uploading Media Rich Content by Combining Multiple Cellular Data Cards into a Single IP Connection

SAN DIEGO -- Mushroom Networks, Inc. today unveiled PortaBella, the industry’s first one-sided wireless broadband bonding appliance delivering the fastest available mobile Internet connection for downloading and uploading media-rich data. Powered by the company’s award-winning Broadband Bonding™ technology, PortaBella is cost-effective, easy to implement and offers the industry’s fastest Internet access rates. 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. 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,” said Dr. Cahit Akin, co-founder and CEO of Mushroom Networks.

The PortaBella is capable of providing cost effective Internet connectivity at mobile locations by bonding together multiple cellular wireless Internet access cards for increased performance and reliability. The PortaBella 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.

“Many wireless services have geographic gaps in coverage. By combining the wireless data services from different providers, users are able to significantly reduce signal outage events. PortaBella provides the fastest, most reliable cellular based broadband connection as our algorithms dynamically adapt to varying wireless channel conditions in real-time,” added Akin.

PortaBella appliance (now shipping with a price starting at $1,595) enables true bonding over various wireless Internet access technologies, even from different providers. The appliance also powers bandwidth in locations where wired connectivity is not an option. PortaBella caters to markets demanding fast, reliable and cost-effective portable Internet access such as:

• News-gathering agencies (DNG/ENG crews, outside broadcasting trucks)
• Mobile TV broadcasting
• Security and remote monitoring video cameras (business and consumer)
• Transportation and specialty vehicles (buses, trains, taxis, limousines)
• Maritime (commercial, private, and military)
• POS/information kiosks (Internet kiosks, banks, gas stations, digital signage)
• Government agencies (FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, Office of National Capital Region Coordination – NCRC, and Department of Emergency Response)
• Temporary Offices (construction trailers, portable tent offices, unconnected commercial offices)
• Cellular backhaul to WIFI hotspots

About Mushroom Networks

Mushroom Networks, Inc., is a privately held company based in San Diego, CA, providing patent pending broadband bonding solutions to a range of Internet connection applications. The company’s flagship product line targets SMBs, enterprises, multi-tenant buildings, and broadband service providers and bonds dissimilar broadband access technologies forming a single highly reliable broadband pipe that can easily scale based on needs. Recently, Mushroom Networks was a recipient of Frost & Sullivan’s 2008 North American Product Innovation Award, a finalist for the coveted XCHANGE Tech Innovators Xcellence Award and 2007 CONNECT® ‘Most Innovative New Product.’