Burnside Telecoms offers fixed cellular terminals

This cellphone from Burnside Telecom looks like a fixed line headset and works like one, defeating its original purpose. The rationale behind that strange move is explained on the company’s website (taken verbatim) – a fixed cellular terminal reduces call costs from landline phones to mobiles by more than 50% and in locations without landlines provides telephone, SMS text, Internet access, email, PC fax, and remote monitoring and control of attached equipment. This doesn’t really make sense as a cellphone that can perform all the above mentioned functions will have more advantages if its mobile, especially in locations without landlines.