Live from anywhere. No fibre. No landline. No excuses.
Bonded 4G/5G cellular streaming for outdoor venues and remote locations. Aggregates multiple cellular networks for redundancy and real-time failover. Proven at Esports World Cup and Web Summit Qatar.
What we deliver on every engagement
Bonded 4G/5G aggregating multiple operator networks for automatic failover
Satellite backup (Starlink) available for venues with zero cellular coverage
Sub-500ms latency suitable for competitive streaming and audience interaction
Simultaneous multi-platform delivery with independent encoder monitoring per output
Fibre is not available. The event still has to go live.
Outdoor venues, mobile productions, live roadshows, sports coverage on location, broadcast from a boat, a desert camp, or a construction site. The broadcast brief says "stream live in broadcast quality to 50,000 viewers." The reality says "no fibre here."
Bonded cellular is how we close the gap. Four or more SIM cards from different carriers, aggregated into a single reliable uplink that is bigger and more resilient than any one carrier alone. If one carrier drops, the others pick up the load. The stream never stutters.
The technology sounds like a gadget. It is not. It is how field reporting has run for a decade in broadcast news, and CBA has been deploying it on GCC events since before the category had a name.
Real field deployments, not a marketing brochure.
Esports World Cup crowd coverage. Roaming crew with bonded cellular kits capturing arena reactions and player walk-ins, streaming back to the Riyadh broadcast centre in under 500ms.
Government and royal events. Outdoor ceremonial broadcasts from venues without venue fibre. Bonded cellular primary with Starlink satellite failover for national-significance events.
Sports federation coverage. Motorsport, equestrian, offshore sailing. Cameras follow the action; bonded cellular follows the cameras.
Corporate roadshows. Multi-city events where the broadcast has to be identical in every city even though the venues are not. Portable bonded kits standardise the uplink.
Specification.
Bonding hardware. LiveU, Haivision, or TVU bonding encoders with 4-8 active SIM slots. Carrier mix typically includes Etisalat, du, STC, Mobily, and local low-band operators for coverage resilience.
Throughput. 20-80 Mbps aggregate depending on cellular coverage at venue. Sufficient for broadcast-quality H.264 or H.265 encoded output at 1080p or 4K with redundant backup encoding.
Latency. Sub-500ms glass-to-glass via SRT over the bonded link. Low-latency WebRTC mode available for sub-200ms applications.
Failover. Automatic in-stream failover between SIMs. If one carrier drops, others continue; the receiver does not see a break. Starlink tertiary available for zero-coverage venues.
Deployment. 15 minutes from kit out of case to live broadcast. GPS-assisted network auto-select. Backpack and vehicle-mount configurations.
2026 upgrade. LEO satellite (Starlink, Eutelsat OneWeb) is now standard in the bond on CBA field kits, giving coverage in zero-cellular areas at broadcast quality.
Questions we get from buyers before they book
What if there is no cellular signal at the venue?
Starlink satellite is the tertiary in every CBA field kit. Zero-cellular venues still get broadcast-quality uplink via LEO satellite. Deployment time adds about 10 minutes for satellite dish alignment.
Can bonded cellular match fibre quality?
For streaming at 1080p or 4K, yes. 20-80 Mbps aggregate throughput is comfortably above broadcast encoder requirements. Where bonded cellular does not match fibre is on sub-20ms latency applications (esports tournament competition paths, for example).
Which carriers do you use in the GCC?
UAE: Etisalat and du. Saudi: STC and Mobily. Qatar: Ooredoo and Vodafone. Oman: Omantel and Ooredoo. Kuwait: Zain and Ooredoo. Bahrain: Batelco and STC. Coverage and carrier mix scoped per venue in the pre-event site survey.
How is this different from just using a 5G hotspot?
A single 5G hotspot relies on one carrier. If that carrier drops, the stream drops. Bonded cellular aggregates multiple carriers so failure of any one is invisible to the broadcast. Plus the encoder hardware is broadcast-grade, not consumer-grade.
What is the cost difference vs. installing temporary fibre?
Bonded cellular is dramatically cheaper for short-duration events (typically 60-80% less than temporary fibre with install). For multi-week deployments, temporary fibre sometimes wins on cost. Pre-event scoping will tell you which makes sense for your event.
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