News: Wireless Terminal Service

Wireless Credit Card Terminal Service. Then and now...

Historically the older networks (CDPD) based wireless terminals had little or no service in most areas. As time and technology catches up with the everyday growth of new frequencies (CDMA) are more
reliable and are more secure. Wireless companies such as AT&t, Cingular and Sprint have the backbone to take on these demands
and provide service for now and upcoming years.

Last year there was over 200 million cell phone users in the United States that had GSM and CDMA technology. Businesses in demand of having a solution for credit card acceptance can benefit from
having a Wireless Credit Card terminal and the big wireless companies have lowered costs to accommodate the consumer and business owner to using wireless instead of land line pos processing. In the past years support was limited and in most cases it takes some time for the infrastructure to catch up to the demand.

A majority of all processing companies support wireless and can provide customer support and a wide range of services.

Is wireless processing expensive?

As of the days of cell phones and the VCR costs for equipment and service has dramatically decreased as competition and technology has peaked the interest of new customers. ISO's and resellers have figured that they can resell services to current clients and resell them on the benefits of wireless. Service starts at $20.00 per month and is based on data rather then minutes.

What are the speeds of wireless processing?

In the prior networks the speeds barely reached 19 kilobytes per second and were held for 30 seconds before transactions were completed. With current services GPRS and CDMA offer quicker services with no more then 3-4 second lag times.

Is Wireless processing Secure?

Current data is heavily encrypted and SSL encryption is provided. The level of protection is no where near sub standard and can defeat any fraud user or hacker of this service.

Wireless Credit Card Terminal Stability?

Most credit card terminals are not made for heavy abuse and have protective covers for spills. For the most part they should be handled with care and never dropped or put in harms way.

Is wireless popular in the United States?

For the most part the U.S. has spent money on landline infrastructures rather then on wireless. The demand in Europe and Asia are definitely greater but here in the states the movement is vastly growing and most Americans live in the next wireless generation service area. Selling service to clients will continue the interest levels not only for processors but manufacturers and wireless companies as well.

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