Netopia, Inc., a market leader in broadband gateways and service delivery software, and MegaPath Networks, Inc., a leading provider of secure access and managed network solutions, today announced that Payment Processing Direct (PPD), the direct marketing division of Payment Processing, Inc., an industry leader in providing integrated payment processing solutions, has selected Netopia’s products and services and MegaPath’s broadband access services to provide retailers with a turn-key merchant IP network complete with full-featured payment processing.

The offering will consist of a Netopia 3-D Reach(TM) Wi-Fi gateway, a broadband connection provided by MegaPath, VeriFone point-of-sale (POS) terminals and PPD’s merchant account services.

The new Merchant Success bundle has everything needed for a merchant IP network that uses a broadband connection to bring high-speed Internet access to a retail location. The bundle is based on Netopia’s industry-leading broadband Wi-Fi gateway, which features 3-D Reach wireless technology for superior coverage and performance as well as Netopia’s new VGx(TM) Virtual Gateway technology for high-quality delivery of IP services. The gateway has comprehensive security features built in to protect credit card transactions, business data, and wired and wireless network connections from hackers and unauthorized users.

“Broadband access is driving a new generation of IP-based merchant networks which improve electronic transaction time and enable exciting new services such as Wi-Fi hot spots, Voice over IP (VoIP), video and more,” said Marty Hawke, senior vice president and general manager of PPD. “In working with Netopia and MegaPath, we are delivering a turn-key solution that offers compelling cost savings and new IP-based services to our merchant customers.”

“MegaPath’s secure high-speed access and managed network solutions are ideally suited for bringing IP services to the merchant community,” said Dan Foster, senior vice president at MegaPath Inc,. “MegaPath is pleased to work together with PPD and Netopia to bring this new generation of technology to the merchant community.”

“We are very pleased that PPD has chosen Netopia’s products and services to complement their payment processing solutions,” said Dano Ybarra, Netopia’s senior vice president of sales and marketing. “They have a deep understanding of retailers’ needs, and their selection of our products and services validates the need for complete solutions that leverage high-speed IP networking to deliver powerful payment processing systems.”

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