AIS Partners with TNS to Strengthen ATM and Retail Network Offer

BANGKOK--(Antara/BUSINESS WIRE)-- Thailandâ€™s leading mobile operator, Advanced Info Service (AIS), is partnering with Transaction Network Services (TNS) to enhance its product portfolio to address the specific PCI DSS needs of its merchant customers.

The new ATM and retail store communications solution, called PCI DSS Certified Hybrid MPLS, is a fully managed service which uses AISâ€™ mobile 3G and fixed MPLS network, combined with TNSLink. In addition to connectivity to Thailandâ€™s banks, AIS merchant customers will be able to utilise the TNSLink solution to reach more than 400 payments-specific endpoints, including the worldâ€™s major card schemes, banks, acquirers, processors and value added financial service suppliers, which are connected to TNSâ€™ worldwide network.

Weerachai Patcharopartwong, Senior Vice President Corporate Marketing and Sales at AIS said: â€œAISâ€™ vision is to create a digital service for customers and Thai people which helps them do more and live better, as well as creates new opportunities for corporate customers to use digital technology to support business operations.

â€œWeâ€™re delighted to be partnering with TNS and offering its specialised TNSLink product portfolio to our customer base across Thailand. TNSâ€™ long-standing PCI DSS credentials, feature-rich solution and reliable technology make it the premier payments solutions provider in Thailand and a natural choice for our business.

â€œThis agreement with TNS makes AIS the first and only mobile operator in Thailand to offer a solution providing a communication network with high standard PCI DSS system support and this demonstrates our determination to enhance customer data protection.â€

TNSLink is a fully managed, PCI DSS compliant solution that allows customer to reduce capital outlay, lower operating costs and increase revenue for ATMs and point-of-sale (POS) terminals. A near real-time web reporting portal, TNSOnline, ensures ATM and POS systems operate with maximum uptime. In March, TNS announced it had launched 4G LTE network support for its TNSLink suite of solutions.

Lisa Shipley, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of TNSâ€™ Payment Network Solutions, said: â€œOur agreement with AIS is an excellent example of how we partner with local market leaders, such as AIS, to empower their bank and retail customers with the highest level of security for ATM and branch network access. We look forward to helping AIS grow its business using its superior 3G coverage across Thailand.â€

TNS is a Level 1 PCI DSS certified service provider and its secure network is supported 24x7x365 by TNSâ€™ Network Operating Centres around the world. With a strong payments heritage and more than 20 years of expertise, TNS now provides services in more than 60 countries across Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. For more information about TNS, please visit www.tnsi.com

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About Transaction Network Services:

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a leading global provider of data communications and interoperability solutions. TNS offers a broad range of network and innovative value-added services that enable transactions and the exchange of information in diverse industries such as retail, banking, payment processing, telecommunications and the financial markets.

Founded in 1990 in the United States, TNS has grown steadily and now provides services in over 60 countries across the Americas, Europe and the Asia Pacific region, with our reach extending to many more. TNS has designed and implemented multiple data networks that support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods.