Network Bonding Helps Carriers Improve Connectivity and Security for Customers
Mobile carriers and network providers can give customers faster, more reliable service by combining every available network – 4G, 5G, and Wi-Fi – into one connection, all in software on devices already in the field.
Speedify is software that bonds multiple internet connections at once – Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellite – into one link, using up to 95% of the combined capacity and failing over in under a second if a path drops. Carrier network bonding traditionally needs specialized hardware; Speedify delivers the same result without it.
With Speedify, your internet stays on when one connection fails.
When one of your connections drops, Speedify automatically routes your traffic to your remaining connections — so calls don't cut out and downloads don't stall.
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How Speedify's channel bonding technology works on any hardware
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Speedify offers three commercial paths. They're not exclusive — most enterprise customers combine two or more.
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Speedify Teams
Speedify on every supported OS for every team member
Centralized dashboard for billing, user provisioning, and usage analytics
CSV import/export and a RESTful management API
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Speedify for Routers
License for supported OpenWrt routers
Powered by Speedify hardware lineup ready to deploy out of the box
Miri, GL.iNET, and other partner models
Whole-LAN bonding without per-device install
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Embed Speedify into your product
A · DIY
Build it yourself with the Speedify SDK.
Integrate Speedify into your iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux, or QNX product. Full developer documentation, sample code, and supported integration paths. You own the build, we provide the bonding stack.
B · CUSTOM ENGINEERING
Have us build it for you.
We Live in a Mobile Data Rich World
Fact: 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.
Network Carriers and Professional Mobile Data Network Providers Have Their Share of Issues
Customer satisfaction is impacted directly when the network infrastructure we have come to depend on is not keeping up with the demand. The instantaneous movement of high bandwidth data over these networks is vital to many businesses. Impacts arise from poor/legacy coverage in rural areas, infrastructure faults, 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.
And let’s not forget about online traffic security. 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.
Some Mobile Network Operators Use Data Throttling to Mitigate Hassles
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 will slow 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, as we all know, 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?
What Is Carrier (Network) Bonding?
In carrier network bonding, multiple internet connections from various carriers are combined into a single, more dependable, and higher-performing connection using a networking method called carrier bonding, often referred to as link aggregation.
Carrier bonding enhances total bandwidth, decreases latency, and strengthens network resilience by combining these connections. Businesses that need high-performance apps and continuous network connectivity would especially benefit from this technology.
Introducing Speedify – Carrier Network Bonding at Its Best
Mobile network operators 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 the industry leading suite packed full of features which are immediately monetizable whilst lowering traditional service costs.
Speedify provides mission critical solutions for businesses of all sizes with a zero-day ROI by offering:
- A white labeled carrier-grade mobile application, ideal for creating a customer facing value-added subscription service.
- An SDK for including in-home CPE (Consumer Premise Equipment) to provide standard Hybrid Access Gateway functions and ensure a mobile backup 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.
Add the world’s only bonding VPN service and your customers get peace of mind through industry leading security which is resilient to network interruptions and handovers. Performance impacts at the network edges are avoided and reliability is improved by using more than one network at a time – Speedify is a game changing differentiator.
Speedify Is Used on Millions of Devices Worldwide
Speedify has powered stronger Internet for millions of consumers since 2014
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Millions of Speedify downloads worldwide, and growing every day5⭐️
More than 75,000 5-star reviews for Speedify in the iOS and Android app stores82
Points of Speedify presence in datacenters around the globe500TB
Hundreds of terabytes of fast, secure data streamed every week via SpeedifySpeedify Partners
Speedify partners with these amazing organizations to deliver better internet and next-generation networking technology to their customers and employees.
Why Speedify Is the Best Carrier Network Bonding Solution
As explained above, the main benefits for mobile network operators, MVNOs and professional mobile data network services providers is lowering operational costs while increasing service value. Some of our SDK partners include organizations like Xfinity, CUJO AI, OmniAccess, Cox and Comcast.
We compiled a table that 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. |
Will intelligently bond the mobile network in order to supplement the fixed line in the most efficient way, only utilizing 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 increases performance with unnoticeable battery life impact, customers will always keep the VPN active and data which would otherwise be off your network will now now be 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 bond 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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