ALLTEL Forms Alliance with Unisys for Payment Systems Technology - Company Business and Marketing

Cambridge Telcom Report, Jan 17, 2000

Unisys Corporation Monday announced that it will work with ALLTEL Information Services to provide Unisys e-@ction Payment Solutions technologies to the financial-services industry.

ALLTEL will sell their powerful retail delivery software in conjunction with Unisys payment systems hardware, providing the financial industry with an integrated solution.

The payment systems hardware component of Unisys e-@ction Payment Solutions includes retail banking peripherals such as receipt/slip/validation printers, multifunctional document/passbook printers, flat-panel displays, personal computers, pin pads and ergonomic keystations.

"With our strong presence in financial services, Unisys has long been aware of the worldwide demand for ALLTEL solutions," said Rick Carbone, who heads Business Partner Sales, Unisys Systems and Technology. "We are pleased that ALLTEL will now be partnering with us to deliver solutions that combine the strengths of both companies and expand opportunities for sales of Unisys proven payment systems."

ALLTEL's retail delivery solutions provide platform and teller personnel the tools needed to maximize the effectiveness of face-to-face customer sales and service. The Unisys payment systems hardware is qualified on the ALLTEL retail delivery system and Unisys is uniquely situated with its global customer support operation to fully deploy and implement large retail banking applications.

"We are pleased to partner with Unisys to offer customers new technology to help them remain competitive in this ever-changing market place," said John Amatangelo, ALLTEL Senior Vice President and managing director of the Americas. "ALLTEL delivers a reliable set of products and service for the successful implementation of electronic business solutions."

ALLTEL Information Services, with customers in 55 countries and territories, provides information processing management, outsourcing services, application software and consulting services to the financial, mortgage and telecommunications industries.

ALLTEL is a customer-focused information technology company that provides wireline and wireless communications and information services. Information about ALLTEL and its products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.alltel.com.

Unisys is an electronic business solutions company whose 35,000 employees help customers in 100 countries apply information technology to seize opportunities and overcome challenges of the Internet economy. Unisys people integrate and deliver the solutions, services, platforms and network infrastructure required by business and government to transform their organizations for success in this new era.

The company offers a rich portfolio of Unisys e-@ction Solutions for electronic business based on its expertise in "repeatable" vertical industry solutions, network services, outsourcing, systems integration and multivendor support, coupled with enterprise-class server and related technologies.

The primary vertical markets Unisys serves worldwide include financial services, transportation, communications, publishing and commercial sectors, as well as the public sector, including federal government customers.

Unisys is headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, in the Greater Philadelphia area. For more information on the company, access the Unisys home page on the World Wide Web at www.unisys.com.