Sales & Payment Solutions

Sales and Payment Applications

• Point-of-Sale Machines

• Kiosks and Vending Machines

• ATMs and Banking Machines

• Gambling Machines

• Digital Signs and Advertising

Solutions for Sales and Payment Consumer buying habits are shifting away from cash transactions to electronic payment via debit or credit cards. To compete successfully, retailers are implementing wireless sales and payment solutions that improve customer service and reach more customers than ever. Wireless broadband helps retailers increase market presence, allowing them to place equipment in the best possible locations and enable:

• Flexible, rapid deployment of kiosks, point-of-sale machines and digital signs to locations where fi xed wire provisioning is impractical

• Convenient electronic transactions for mobile environments such as taxis or trains

• Portability to relocate machines or signage as needed

Sierra Wireless offers a broad portfolio of wireless devices, software, and management services designed to support the demands of wirelessly enabled electronic sales and payment solutions. We engineer intelligent devices for secure data transmission, reliability, and long product life. Embedded security protocols, low power consumption, easy integration, and remote confi guration and management features simplify installation and reduce total cost of ownership. A secure, reliable 2G or 3G solution from Sierra Wireless gives you the ability to:

• Minimize cost and risk with proven, off-the-shelf wireless technologies

• Reduce development effort with modules and gateways designed for smooth integration into existing systems

• Reduce time-to-market with open development tools and wireless devices pre-certifi ed with major network operators for guaranteed connectivity

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Sierra WirelessConsumer shift from cash to electronic payments and transactions

• Rapid, secure, and reliable verifi cation of credit and transaction processing

• Cost and logistics of massive, high-volume deployment

• Need to reach customers in more places than ever

• Ensure accurate data with secure, reliable, wireless connectivity, which comprise a PCI compliant solution when combined with a secure payment terminal

• Benefi t from Sierra Wireless professional services experience in high volume deployments

• Sierra Wireless supports all widely available 3G and 2G networks to enable broad coverage

Increased deployment of kiosks and ATMs to improve customer service and increase market presence

• Cost-effective support of different air interfaces

• Timely network certifi cation

• Rapid deployment of equipment to meet market needs (new and temporary locations)

• Managing ATMs and Kiosks in remote locations

• Minimize engineering and lifecycle costs with components that support multiple air interfaces with a single form factor

• Accelerate time-to-market with pre-certifi ed modules or use Sierra Wireless professional services

• Embedded intelligence and remote confi guration and management simplify deployment and streamline on-going maintenance

Mobile electronic transactions and payments (taxis, trains)

• Smooth transition between cellular coverage areas

• Portability, miniaturization; enables easy equipment re-deployment if a vehicle goes out of service

• Location information for mobile payment terminals

• Damage to mobile communications equipment due to harsh environments

• Reconnect automatically with persistent network connections; support for quad-band roaming

• Reduce unit size with lightweight, compact wireless devices designed for low power consumption

• Built in GPS and location services enable customers to track equipment, and provide value added services to mobile customers

• Rugged devices to withstand mobile environments

Migration from 2G to 3G • Cost-effective migration to support different wireless platforms

• Minimize engineering and lifecycle costs with components that support easy migration path from 2G to 3G via the same form factor and a common set of AT Commands for point of sale applications

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Sierra Wireless sales and payment solution customers include:

• Chick-fi l-A

• Cooperative & Agriculture

• CreditBank of Yemen

• Digital Payment Technologies

• Ecast

• Prumaro

• Purolator

• Reactrix

• Ventus Networks

• ZoomSystems

Sierra Wireless is certifi ed with network operators worldwide including:

• AT&T (USA)

• Bell Mobility (Canada)

• O2 (UK and Ireland)

• Soft Bank (Japan)

• Sprint (USA)

• Telecom New Zealand

• Telefonica (Spain)

• Telstra (Australia)

• Telus (Canada)

• Verizon Wireless (USA)

• Vodafone

End-to-End Solution Sierra Wireless solutions enable secure, high-speed communications for remote, mobile and portable equipment. From ruggedized embedded modules, gateways and routers, software suites, and development tools to services platforms, Sierra Wireless is the only company that can offer all the technology components you need for building end-to-end sales and payment solutions.

• Modules and devices ruggedized to withstand harsh environments, with long life in the fi eld.

• Real time embedded operating system with native wireless services as well as software tools and APIs to support easy integration.

• Management platform that reduces the risk and complexity of high-volume deployments and maintaining remote device populations.

Simplify Integration and Deployment Sierra Wireless software and applications leverage the intelligence built into all modules, gateways, and routers. Simplify integration, deployment, and maintenance to reduce time to market, cost of ownership, and achieve faster return on investment (ROI).

Network Operator CredibilitySierra Wireless credibility and long-standing relationships with leading wireless network operators help facilitate network certifi cation and connection for your solution. Use pre-certifi ed modules and gateways to achieve fast time to market, leverage our professional services team to guide you through the network certifi cation process, and take advantage of our verifi cation and validation experience and strong operator relationships.

Partner for Success When you need to deliver solutions that are reliable, cost-effective and easy to maintain, contact Sierra Wireless. Reduce risk and development cost with proven wireless technologies designed for easy integration, fast deployment and scalability.

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Sierra Wireless Product AdvantagesSales and payment requirement

Sierra Wireless AirLink™ Gateways

Sierra Wireless AirPrime™ Embedded Wireless Modules

• Easy integration to devices and equipment

• ALEOS™ embedded intelligence supports a broad list of machine protocols and features a robust confi guration environment for easy integration

• Open AT® Operating System and Plug-Ins allow integration with any protocol

• Secure, reliable data transmission in both mobile and static environments

• Business-critical reliability with persistent network connections that reconnect automatically

• Support for secure communications including: SSL, IPsec, WPA Enterprise, fi rewall, MAC address fi ltering and secure login. Integration with a secure payment terminal, enables a PCI compliant solution

• Mission-critical reliability with persistent network connections that reconnect automatically

• Fast initialization sequence to attach/reattach to network; low latency AT command support

• Open AT® Operating System provides advanced security features such encryption, SSL or jamming detection

• Cost-effective, high-volume components

• Embedded intelligence and remote confi guration provide the lowest total cost of ownership.

• AirPrime programmable modules support only essential functions; surface mount technology enables high-volume production effi ciencies

• Rugged, high-quality, long life components

• Designed and manufactured for durability to withstand extreme environments and vibrations in outdoor locations and mobile vehicles

• Ruggedized designs and embedded SIM options are manufactured to withstand harsh outdoor or mobile environments

• Low power consumption • Facilitates the use of battery or solar power when needed

• Advanced low power mode; burst IT mode control optimizes battery usage

• Portability • Easily removed from retired terminals or vehicles and re-deployed

• Lightweight, compact wireless devices; low power mode support; surface mount technology

• Embedded SIM allows even more miniaturization

Sales & Payment Solutions

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