Patent ID: 7542456

Claim:
A method of conducting communication over at least a first and a second mobile communication networks, the method comprising: providing a first mobile device subscribed to the first and to the second mobile communication networks; establishing at least two communication paths between the first mobile device and a further device, wherein a first one of the communication paths comprises one or more subscribed communication channels of the first mobile communication network, and a second one of the communication paths comprises one or more subscribed communication channels of the second mobile communication network; splitting a communication data stream originating from the first mobile device between the first mobile device and the further device into at least two sub-streams beginning at the first mobile device for respective ones of the at least two communication paths; transmitting the two sub-streams via the one or more subscribed communication channels of the first and second communication paths, respectively; and combining the two sub-streams at the further device for processing at the further device, wherein the splitting and combining are conducted externally from the first and second mobile communication networks.