From the field: how the world went live on bonded cellular
It started in healthcare. When WABC News in New York saw West Networks transmitting diagnostic-quality medical images in real time from mobile units over bonded cellular, they asked a simple question: could the same technology run their news vans? Better video, multi-carrier redundancy, live from any location — even during a disaster when single networks fail. West Networks outfitted the entire fleet, and it worked.
WABC introduced NBC Sports, and NBC Sports opened a world that needed exactly this: reliable, broadcast-quality transmission from places never designed to support it. That lineage now includes the Golf Channel, dozens of regional sports broadcasters, Formula 1, the WPGA Tour, T-Mobile for Business, and the Olympic Games in Paris — going live from a golf course in Scotland, a race track in Monaco, or a stadium in Paris without wondering whether the local network can handle the load. None of it was planned. It was earned, one solved problem at a time.
Two representative deployments. Both are illustrative composites of real-world deployment patterns — label shown on-site under each title.
Case Study 1 — Regional Sports Network Retires the Truck for 60 Games a Season
A regional sports network produces ~60 live away-game broadcasts a season across college basketball, baseball, and football — mid-size arenas and stadiums, many with no usable house circuit for contribution.…
Read the case study →Case Study 2 — Live Production Company Wins the Festival Circuit With a Bonded Site Core
A 25-person live production company streams music festivals, corporate keynotes, and esports events — 30+ shows a year in fields, convention centers, and arenas. Festival sites had no infrastructure at all;…
Read the case study →Flagship — a real deployment: Case Study: Golf Majors, F1, and SailGP — Live Broadcast Without the Truck →