Iridium Global Data Burst®

The first one-to-many global data broadcast service (RX only)

Iridium Burst® is a new service that makes it possible to transmit data to tens, hundreds, thousands, even millions of enabled devices at a time using the world’s most robust satellite network, with a pricing structure that doesn’t break the bank.

Highly Cost Effective

• Delivers data to an unlimited number of enabled devices within a targeted geographic region at a fraction of the cost of comparable services.

Powerful Transmission

• High-powered satellite transmissions penetrate buildings, partial obstructions and weather phenomenon to reach enabled devices.

Quick Delivery

• Transmits highly actionable, customer-specific information in near real-time, often in under 20 seconds.

Stealth Mode

• Iridium Burst-enabled devices can be configured as receive-only so that no transmissions are made, a feature valued highly by some customer segments.

Secure Communications

• Customer-defined closed user groups ensure that only authorized devices may see the data received.

Robust Technology

• Iridium Burst service receivers are small, light and meet many environmental standards.

Data Format Agnostic

• Iridium Burst can transmit data in any format desired.

Ease of Use

• The ability to send one transmission to thousands of devices simplifies the management of message delivery, especially to high device-density locations.

Global Reach

• The service is available from anywhere to everywhere on the planet.

Alert Networks

• Warning systems for impending natural disasters or atmospheric events, government announcements.

Private Networks

• Global corporate communications, outdoor advertising updates, traffc alert systems, M2M applications.

Command and Control

• Field unit communications, location updates, air marshal briefings.

Content Services

• News, weather, sports, stocks.

Major Transmission

• Software updates, differential GPS

Enabling entirely new and better ways for you to communicate on an entirely new scale.

Only from Iridium.

Sending a Message Receiving a Message

Step 1:

The sender (person or machine) formats the transmission, specifying recipient group, location(s) data is to be sent, and any optional information.

Step 2:

The Iridium Burst Service receives the transmission, validates the format, schedules the transmission(s) before sending the data to the Iridium gateway.

Step 3:

The gateway receives the transmission request and sends the data to the appropriate satellite(s).

Step 4:

The satellite network receives the transmission and relays the data to the satellite beam(s).

Receiving a Message

Step 1:

All transmissions are received by every Iridium Burst-enabled device in the target geographic area.

Step 2:

Only those devices belonging to the specified recipient group (i.e. authorized devices) are able to unscramble the message.

Step 3:

The field application pulls the data from the Iridium Burst-enabled device.

Quick delivery

• Highly actionable and specific information is transmitted in near real-time, often in under 20 seconds.

Stealth

• In receive-only mode, no transmissions are made, a feature valued highly by some customer segments.

Highly cost-effective

• You can deliver data to an unlimited number of enabled devices within a targeted geographic region at a fraction of the cost of comparable services.

Powerful transmission

• High-powered satellite transmissions penetrate buildings, partial obstructions and weather phenomenon to reach devices.

Secure communications

• Customer-defined closed user groups ensure that only authorised devices may see the data received. All data is AES encrypted end-to-end.

Ease of Use

• The ability to send one transmission to thousands of devices simplifies the management of message delivery, especially to high device-density locations.

Sophisticated web-based and smartphone tools enable you to create anddispatch messages to any geographical area e.g. multiple small towns, remoteareas including the world's oceans and polar regions or an entire continent. The tooling dynamically calculates the message transmission costs based on thebroadcast area and message size.

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