TIO adding Alltel to billpay network

BURNABY, BC — TIO Networks Corp. announced it will launch a new bill-payment program that allows Alltel Wireless customers to securely and conveniently pay their bills with cash at TIO's self-service paystations in convenience stores across 22 states.

Alltel owns and operates the nation's largest wireless network and has more than 11 million wireless customers.

Beginning this fall, Alltel customers will be able to make time-sensitive bill payments, 24-hours-a-day, by inserting cash through bill acceptors at TIO touchscreen terminals. Alltel customers can navigate through billpay and other TIO applications in either English or Spanish and complete financial transactions by either printing or e-mailing receipts to an e-mail address of their choice. Users pay a $3 convenience fee per transaction.

"We are thrilled to provide Alltel customers with immediate and cost effective bill payment solutions to cash paying customers," said Hamed Shahbazi, chairman and chief executive of TIO. "Alltel joins TIO Networks' growing list of billing and service partners who share a common vision to provide the highest level of service and convenience to their customers to perform high volume, time sensitive bill payment services nationally."