Mushroom Networks, Inc. announced today that its PortaBella one-sided wireless broadband bonding solution has been awarded CONNECT’s Most Innovative New Product (MIP) for 2008. Targeting mobile offices, government agencies, first responders, transportation, quick Internet deployments and areas where high-speed Internet connections are unavailable, the PortaBella offers the fastest mobile Internet connection available today by aggregating as many as five USB based cellular data cards from any service provider or a combination of multiple providers into a single shared connection.

“We are pleased that our team’s forward thinking innovations and engineering accomplishments have been recognized by such a prestigious organization as CONNECT,” stated Dr. Cahit Akin, co-founder and CEO of Mushroom Networks. “This award is a further testament to the growing demand in all major industries for extremely fast and reliable mobile-based connections to the Internet which is still a very prevalent pain point.”