Hypercom NETSET Services Division Awarded ISO9001:2000 Certification

NETSET Is First Electronic Payment Services Organization to Receive Quality Assurance Designation 


PHOENIX, Dec. 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) announced today that its NETSET multi-technical services organization has been awarded the International Organization for Standardization ISO9001:2000 certification for quality assurance in Brazil.  The certification recognizes the consistent and steady high quality of NETSET's services to financial institutions, credit card acquirers and processors that use point-of-services devices, and positions NETSET to expand its services beyond the traditional point-of-services market.

The certification indicates that NETSET adheres to stringent quality management standards for products and services established by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to serve as a guide for organizations that want to better serve their clients.  Fundacao Vanzolini, a non-profit foundation working with professors from the Engineering Department within Sao Paulo University's Technical School, awarded the certification based on its evaluation of NETSET's operations, focusing on the organization's management system, electronic transaction, help desk, back office and field services.

Hypercom's NETSET Services Division is the largest multi-technical services organization for the electronic transaction industry in Brazil. NETSET serves more than 450,000 customers in the retail, financial and healthcare sectors through several authorized service centers all over the country and more than 1,200 field technicians capable of handling more than 80,000 calls per month.  It has installed, and provides ongoing maintenance, training, support and management for more than 5,000 LAN and WAN network concentrators and more than 450,000 card payment terminals in Brazil.  Netset networking business in Brazil transports more than 50 million transactions per year.  Major customers include some of the world's top financial institutions, acquirers and processors.

"This certification gives us a clear competitive advantage over others in Latin America, and strongly positions us to grow market share throughout the region," said Reinaldo Assis, senior vice president and managing director, South Cone Region, Hypercom Corporation.  "The fact that we are the only multi-service organization to achieve this ranking speaks for itself, and validates the superior caliber of our services."

About Hypercom (http://www.hypercom.com/)

Widely recognized as the global payment technology innovator, Hypercom delivers complete card payment terminal, network access device, server and transaction networking solutions that help merchants and financial institutions generate revenues and increase profits.  Hypercom's card payment terminal, network and server solutions are leading the transformation of electronic payments in more than 100 countries.  The company is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Hypercom is a registered trademark of Hypercom Corporation.  All other products or services mentioned in this document are trademarks, service marks, registered trademarks or registered service marks of their respective owners. This press release includes statements that may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding new executive appointments, market share growth, market acceptance of new products, product performance, product sales, revenues and profits.  These forward-looking statements are based on management's current expectations and beliefs and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.  In particular, factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements include the ability to win new customers and new businesses; industry, competitive and technological changes; the loss of, and failure to replace any significant customers; the composition, timing and size of orders from and shipments to major customers; inventory obsolescence; market acceptance of new products and services; the performance of suppliers and subcontractors; risks associated with international operations and foreign currency fluctuations; the state of the U.S. and global economies in general and other risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's most recent 10-K and subsequent 10-Qs. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and are not guarantees of future performance.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. HYCP

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