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unattended equipment that is easy, low-risk and
backed by full-service support.
• Continuous support: OptConnect service teams
provide 24-hour support. Additional resources
include instructional videos and downloadable
Company: OptConnect reference guides.
Product: OptConnect SIM Program • Simple installation: Wireless devices are simple
Website: www.optconnect.com to deploy and can be managed remotely from any
Contact: sales@optconnect.com connected device.

High quality, low cost • Seamless, easy deployments: OptConnect wireless
network connectivity supports POS applications of
all sizes. This provides a flexible, lower cost option
for POS system deployments.
SIM card management • Lifetime warranty: OptConnect devices have

a lifetime warranty with advance overnight
replacement in the rare event of equipment failure,
aysville, Utah-based OptConnect, a managed company representatives stated.
wireless solutions provider, has created a
SIM card management program. The com- • Consistent, competitive pricing: OptConnect
K pany said the solution is designed to sim- is processor agnostic and does not charge per-
plify deployments and increase profitability in multiple transaction fees or activation fees for SIM cards.
industries, including ISOs, resellers, channel partners and Channel partners and distributors receive
third-party service providers. The high quality, low cost consistent pricing and can provide their customers
package is available as a standalone solution or as part of with predictable monthly subscription fees.
OptConnect's suite of managed end-to-end services. • Secure, personalized dashboard: Secure merchant
and channel partner dashboards enable end-users
"Unlike other setups that incur transaction fees and to monitor each SIM card's location and data usage
activation fees, our SIM card management service has while providing upstream partners with a single-
a predictable monthly subscription fee," said Andrew access view of their wireless clients through a
DeLaMare, senior territory manager, Eastern United dedicated customer portal.
States, at OptConnect. "It's part of our commitment to • 3G, CDMA migration: OptConnect enables
be a one-stop shop to help ISOs and acquirers sell more network operators, ISOs and POS providers to
connectivity solutions." migrate to updated wireless and cellular networks
without having to recertify their devices.
Advanced mobile technologies have led numerous
operators to disconnect landlines and go wireless, Communication, integrity, accountability
DeLaMare pointed out. He has seen this trend in a
number of industries that OptConnect services, which Matt Warner, OptConnect's director of channel
include POS and ATM providers, and digital signage management, said communication, integrity and
and utility companies. As wireless and cellular solutions accountability are core values that inform all of the
gain mainstream adoption, OptConnect helps partners company's operations and relationships. "We combine
and end-users enhance security, improve efficiencies and high-tech connectivity solutions with high-touch customer
increase profit margins, he noted. service," he added. "Our goal is to turn customers into
fans."
End-to-end connectivity
Warner went on to say that OptConnect's suite of managed
In addition to its cost benefits and ease of use, the services, hardware, connectivity solutions and support
OptConnect SIM card management program provides includes all of North America's major carriers. ISOs,
operators with resources, tools and insights to help independent software vendors and system integrators can
them efficiently manage client relationships and device easily add OptConnect's managed, end-to-end services to
populations, DeLaMare stated. "OptConnect is helping to their product offerings without introducing a complicated,
make cellular and wireless solutions the new standard for time consuming new step in the process, he noted.
deployments," he said. "This industrywide effort is largely
driven by providing flexibility, reliability, proactive Warner believes exponential growth of the Internet of
alerting, and faster speeds." Things provides new opportunities for payments industry
stakeholders. "We work with enterprise-scale companies
OptConnect detailed the following additional features that deploy proprietary sensors that predict and monitor
and benefits of the SIM card management program: data usage," he said. "OptConnect SIM cards communicate
• Security: OptConnect provides a secure, reliable, over cellular networks with data hubs, optimizing security
monitored wireless connection to the Internet for and efficiencies."
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