iBurst Overview

The iBurst service provides the user with continuous, high-speed connectivity to their corporate services or the Internet. Within the area of the base station network users can maintain this connection in an always-on mode, even at speeds up to 200km/h. They no longer need to hold off activities until they get to a location which provides connectivity (either wired or wireless).

As the breadth of services available on the Internet expands to encompass all aspects of life, many of these services only achieve their full potential when they are available as soon as the need arises. Because users can access online information at any time they no longer need to plan ahead and guess what information they may need so that they can download it to local storage for later mobile use. Similarly, data generated while mobile (such as digital photos) can be transferred immediately to the online environment for storage or for others to access as soon as it is generated.

The end result is a user experience which is unique in the current day but must inevitably become ubiquitous for the communications age to go to the next stage. Once a user experiences the freedom that the iBurst service provides it is very hard for them to go back to an existence where the online world is not always available at their fingertips.