Open Solutions selected TNS to provide secure payment network connectivity solutions to support its growing ATM and payment processing business. TNS currently supports the communication needs of over 100,000 ATMs around the globe through the highly secure and resilient TNS Secure Payment Network. This unique PCI certified network has been designed to improve security and deliver critical payment transaction information between merchants, banks, payment processors and other payment institutions.

Ray Low, President of TNS' Payments Division, said: "With this agreement to use TNS' Secure SSL Gateway and Dial services, Open Solutions now becomes one of our largest customers in Canada. Thanks to this important relationship and others, we are extremely well positioned to continue to grow our payment networking and gateway businesses in Canada.

"Open Solutions values TNS' proven expertise in reliable and secure transaction delivery and we are pleased to partner with a leader in the Canadian market with a reputation for innovative solutions and exceptional customer service. Throughout North America, our Customers are recognizing the value of TNS' unique combination of service quality and value, and as a consequence we are seeing our customers migrating more of their traffic onto TNS."

Rob Palin, General Manager of Open Solutions' Payment Solutions Group, said: "I'm delighted to be partnering with TNS to deliver our payment services and solutions to the Canadian market. TNS provides us with a scalable and secure payment network which can handle our growing volume of transactions. We see TNS as a company that is well positioned to partner with us to support our future direction."