Group Inc., a leading provider of prepaid wireless products in North America, has selected Hypercom’s HBNet, Inc. transaction transport subsidiary for point-of-sale (POS) activation services.

The use of Hypercom’s high security transaction transport service will help Cellucom POSA quickly activate its prepaid wireless and long distance cards at the point-of-sale. With HBNet, POS activation will be completed faster, more securely and more affordably than ever before.

“We selected Hypercom’s transaction transport service because it delivers the best combination of performance, security and price; and that gives us the ability to deliver unbeatable speed, service and convenience to hundreds of retailers and the thousands of consumers they serve,” said Abdul Akel, Managing Director of Cellucom POSA.

Cellucom POSA, a division of Cellucom Group Inc., provides retailers with everything they need to market and activate prepaid wireless airtime along with the distribution of prepaid cellular phone handsets. The company’s products are sold in 30 states, and with this new POSA service Cellucom will be able to serve customers nationwide.

“Cellucom’s selection of HBNet is an important addition to our customer base and a solid endorsement of our value proposition. Simply put, Hypercom’s HBNet transaction transport service offers a combination of performance, price, service and know-how that can’t be beat,” said Connie Festa, HBNet Vice President of Sales, Global Network Services, Hypercom Corporation.

Hypercom’s HBNet network speeds the authorization and processing of electronic transactions for retail point-of-sale, financial, government, health care and other customers in both the dial and IP POS markets.

HBNet is powered by robust, ultra high-density MegaNAC®180 Network Access Controllers (NACs) strategically positioned within the North American Public Switching Telephone Network (PSTN) and at processor data centers. It supports all POS terminal protocols at any modem speed up to V.92 and provides uninterrupted service with no single point of failure, seamless load balancing, state-of-the-art Web-based reporting, and simple all-inclusive pricing.