TNS LAUNCHES MULTI-CARRIER WIRELESS ROAMING SOLUTION FOR PAYMENT

TERMINALS ACROSS ASIA PACIFIC

April 28, 2015 – Acquirers and processors across Asia and Australasia can now benefit from

Transaction Network Services’ (TNS) expertise in GPRS and 3G roaming for point-of-sale

terminals thanks to the expansion of its Global Wireless Access product across the region.

Global Wireless Access (GWA) is a multi-carrier, domestic roaming SIM solution optimised for

wireless payment terminals. Designed to meet the needs of the payments industry, GWA

provides secure and reliable payment-specific wireless connectivity in over 150 countries

around the world. Helping to mitigate single carrier blackspots, GWA adds much needed

reliability to wireless terminal deployments, enhancing the operation and management of

terminal fleets for processors and acquirers.

Performance and reliability are further enhanced by TNS’ optional Roam+ terminal application

which provides automatic network selection based on the performance and availability of the

wireless carriers.

Lisa Shipley, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of TNS’ Payment Network

Solutions, said; “We’re excited to be launching our Global Wireless Access solution to the Asia

Pacific region. The solution has been well received across Europe and the Americas where it

has been deployed for a couple of years.

“GWA provides increased service quality when delivering wireless payment services across

diverse geographies. Payment terminal owners can leverage TNS to supply a single type of SIM

to unlock multiple domestic wireless carriers at little to no premium, all on a single tariff, single

data plan and managed through a single portal. TNS is all about simplifying the logistics and

operation of terminal fleets - SIMs can be bulk provisioned and managed from a single portal,

lowering the total cost of ownership.

“The combination of connecting to the strongest active signal and roaming across multiple

domestic networks ensures merchants are always able to transact, as long as there is a signal

from any carrier.”

TNS enables the marketplace to connect easily to an extensive network of card schemes,

banks, acquirers and processors. With over 400 global payment destinations, TNS provides

support to domestic and multinational customers to accept and deliver transactions from any

market to any host across the emerging Asian marketplace.

To facilitate the Asia Pacific rollout of GWA, TNS is entering into a strategic partnership with

Telstra, the region’s leading telecommunication provider as well as a couple of other

undisclosed companies.

Martijn Blanken, Chief Customer Officer, Global Enterprise and Services at Telstra, said: “TNS’

new Global Wireless Access solution is focused on solving a very specific use case and we’re

pleased to be extending our relationship with TNS beyond the domestic shores of Australia with

this launch supporting Asia.

“Our network of operator support provides the n+1 carrier coverage necessary to reliably

support mission critical payment applications. Partnering with TNS gives the region’s payments

device operators a standardised solution that provides carrier diversity and adds reliability at or

around the domestic wireless offerings in use today.”

Telstra was awarded the prestigious 2014 Asia Pacific M2M Service Provider of the Year award

by Frost & Sullivan. The judges felt Telstra continued to show significant growth in the M2M

market, in terms of deployment and service revenues, by aligning itself with technological

advancements and business innovation. Frost & Sullivan said that through its extensive product

portfolio, ability to offer innovative solutions and outstanding M2M performance during 2013,

Telstra had emerged as the M2M leader in the region.

With more than a decade of experience in providing wireless access for payments, TNS

manages over 400,000 payment-specific SIMs around the world.

TNS is a Level 1 PCI DSS certified service provider and its secure network is supported

24x7x365 by TNS’ Network Operating Centres around the world.

With a strong payments heritage and more than 20 years of expertise, TNS now provides

services in more than 60 countries across Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific regions.

Through its broader payment solutions, TNS connects over a million merchants and retailers to

the world’s leading banks, acquirers and processors, enabling secure, efficient and cost-

effective delivery and processing of payments. For more information about TNS, please visit

www.tnsi.com

ENDS

About Transaction Network Services: Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. TNS offers a broad range of networks and innovative value-added services which enable transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets. Founded in 1990 in the United States, TNS has grown steadily and now provides services in over 60 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. TNS has designed and implemented multiple data networks which support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. For further information please contact: Clare Cockroft or Danielle McKenzie TNS TNS PR Manager Marketing Assistant T: +44 (0)114 292 0163 / +1 703 814 8065 E: pr@tnsi.com