Offer Your Customers Better Connectivity and Security: Use Hybrid Access Gateway Software
Your subscribers sit on a fixed line that is fine until the evening and a cellular network that is fine until everyone gets home. You can keep buying capacity for whichever one is complaining loudest, or you can use both at once for the same customer.
Speedify is hybrid access gateway software that runs on the subscriber’s own device and against your gateway, combining a fixed line with 4G/5G cellular into a single connection, so a High Availability Access Point stops depending on any one link, with no extra hardware to ship and no truck roll. With only one of those connections in place, Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping.
With Speedify, your internet stays on when one connection fails.
Read on to see where mobile data growth is taking your network, why traffic shaping stops working as a long-term answer, and what a hybrid access gateway actually does. For the cellular side, see how carriers take load off busy cell towers.
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Fact: Mobile Data Traffic Is on the Rise
Mobile data traffic is on an exponential rise, accounting for a predicted growth of almost 300% in the following years, according to Statista: “In 2022, the average data used per smartphone per month worldwide amounted to 15 GB. The source forecasts that this will increase to around 46 GB per smartphone per month globally in 2028”. Ericsson’s June 2024 Mobility Report has a similar figure when it comes to mobile data traffic per smartphone. But when looking at total mobile network traffic, they forecast a CAGR of 23% between 2023 and 2029, reaching an impressive 466 EB (exabyte)/month
The main drivers for this growth are the rapid redeployment of 5G networks globally and the escalating consumption of video streaming services, social media and other real-time communication applications. Naturally, the numbers are different from region to region, but the overall trends are the same. And this is one of the main reasons why having a hybrid access gateway solution available for your clients is key.
Current Hassles of Internet Service Providers and Mobile Network Operators
When the network infrastructure that businesses depend on is not keeping up with the demand, this directly impacts customer satisfaction. The instantaneous movement of high bandwidth data over these networks is vital to many businesses. Impacts arise from infrastructure faults, poor/legacy coverage in rural areas, congested or slow networks and devices latching onto poor unmanaged Wi-Fi. A modern and adaptable network service is the bread and butter when it comes to providing a fast and reliable service.
Another major factor that can generate hassles is the cost of cellular services. MVNOs see this first hand. As they’re not using their own cellular infrastructure, the cost of traffic on the mobile network can make it hard to compete. Even if there is a Wi-Fi network infrastructure available, they will certainly not get the long distance coverage cellular data has.
Online traffic security matters too: most companies now use VPNs for their remote workers, as they are aware of the dangers that reside with both public Wi-Fi and cellular data traffic. As stated in the 2024 GSMA security threat landscape report, implemented security defenses include a secure by design architecture and multi-layered defenses, where the usage of VPN encryption can help organizations.
These are even more important when your main market is a competitive one, such as North America, most of Europe and Asia. Your existing clients and potential ones will just choose the best available alternative which will most likely employ a hybrid access solution.
Why Traffic Shaping Fails as a Long-Term Answer
In order to address issues related to infrastructure and costs, many network operators from North America especially use traffic shaping techniques. These are essentially some bandwidth management methods that prioritize certain types of network packets to ensure higher network performance for higher priority applications.
Data throttling is one technique widely used: it slows down specific types of traffic (usually streaming and gaming) in order to accommodate more traffic, hence more happy users. At least that’s what they think…
But you don’t get happy customers by limiting their bandwidth or making them pay obscene amounts for extra mobile data traffic. So, what’s the real solution to get a fast and reliable internet connection?
What Is a Hybrid Access Gateway?
A hybrid access gateway is a network device that combines multiple internet connections, such as wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi and cellular, to provide a more reliable and faster internet connection. It acts as a bridge between different network technologies, moving traffic between them based on network conditions. This technology is particularly useful in areas with inconsistent or unreliable internet connectivity, as it can improve performance and reduce downtime.
Introducing Speedify: Hybrid Access Gateway Software for ISPs
ISPs, network carriers and providers of professional mobile data services who are going through a digital transformation are looking for new revenue opportunities. Many offer security-as-a-service or specialized digital content channels but alone, these can be a weak proposition with slow adoption. A better approach is to provide broader connectivity and security enhancing services which will delight your customers every time they connect. Service providers can now get a suite of features they can sell to customers right away while lowering traditional service costs.
Speedify offers service providers three building blocks:
- A white labeled carrier-grade mobile application, ideal for creating a customer facing value-added subscription service.
- An SDK for including in-home CPE (customer premises equipment) to provide standard Hybrid Access Gateway functions and ensure a 4G/5G cellular failover path for fixed line customers.
- An offload and traffic routing service which can lower the operational cost of a mobile service provider whilst increasing the value of analytics and other value added services deployed in the network.
All of this runs on Speedify’s encrypted VPN service for combining internet connections, so customers get security that holds up through network interruptions and handovers. Using more than one network at a time avoids performance problems at the network edge and improves reliability, which is what sets a hybrid access gateway built on Speedify apart.
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Why You Should Consider Speedify’s Hybrid Access Solutions
As explained above, the main benefits for ISPs, mobile network operators and professional mobile data network services providers is lowering operational costs while increasing service value. Speedify’s SDK partners include organizations like Xfinity, CUJO AI, OmniAccess, Cox and Comcast.
The table below explains how Speedify can help with connectivity and security hassles:
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Service |
Customer Proposition |
Speedify Value |
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Hybrid Access CPE |
Combine fixed and mobile services at the home to satisfy targeted quality, busy hour speed and uptime. |
Intelligently adds the mobile network to supplement the fixed line in the most efficient way, only using the mobile network when the fixed line performance is below acceptable limits. |
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Increase customer insights |
Bring data back to the mobile core, even when the device is on another network, to gain the benefit of increased analytics |
As the VPN improves performance with little battery impact, customers are more likely to keep it active, and data which would otherwise be off your network is brought back to the core to benefit from your services and analytics |
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Increase value of other core services |
Family filters, Media services, etc are applied more of the time as the device is connected to your core network more of the time |
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Mobile Data Offload |
Use public Wi-Fi securely and safely with the added peace of mind that a minimum service quality will be provided regardless of the Wi-Fi quality |
Intelligently move only the traffic which can be supported by the Wi-Fi network (if any), combine Wi-Fi and cellular to provide a minimum performance and optionally bring all the data back to the mobile core |
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Protect congested networks |
Use alternative networks when one is congested, without the user noticing |
Intelligently decide whether to combine networks for increased speed or replicate data for optimal performance and reliability |
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Wi-Fi Data Offloading |
Use mobile data network securely and safely with the added peace of mind that a minimum service quality will be provided regardless of the cellular coverage |
Intelligently move only the traffic which can be supported by the mobile data network, combine Wi-Fi and cellular to provide a minimum performance and optionally bring all the data back to the mobile core. |
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