Datawave Completes Roll-Out of Posa Technology to Shell Stores Across Canada.VANCOUVER, British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography -- DataWave Systems Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :DWVSF) announced today that in September 2004 completed the rollout of its Point of Sale Activation (POSA POSA Public Order and Security Act POSA Pattern Oriented Software Architecture POSA Passive Optical Sample Assembly POSA Parks and Open Space Advocates (Seattle, WA) PoSA Pomona College Student Art Gallery ) technology to over 600 Shell corporate stores across Canada Across Canada was an afternoon program that formerly aired on The Weather Network. The segment ran from early 1999 until mid 2002. The show ran from 3:00PM ET until 7:00 PM ET. . This technology allows the stores sell a wide range of prepaid products, including long distance and cellular time. "We at Shell are pleased to expand our partnership with DataWave to deliver prepaid products to our customers" said Raquel Matovich, Category Manager at Shell Canada Shell Canada Limited (TSX: SHC) is one of Canada's largest integrated oil companies. Exploration and production of oil, natural gas and sulphur is a major part of its business, as well as the marketing of gasoline and related products through the company's approximately 1,800 . "DataWave has been supplying long distance phone cards since we launched the category in the late 1990's. After testing their POSA technology in selected stores, we are very excited to have it available at more than 600 of our stores across Canada. The terminals allow us to offer a wide variety of prepaid products in a real-time environment. We believe this program is in keeping with our vision and further demonstrates our focus to providing value-added benefits to better serve our customers." "The completed rollout of these Shell stores means that DataWave's Point-of-Sale Activation solution is available at over 6,000 retail locations, which strengthens our position as the leading provider of POSA technology in Canada," added Domenica Perricone, Director, Account Management Services at DataWave. The proprietary POSA technology of the DataWave System gives retailers the capability for instantaneous electronic delivery of prepaid PIN products. Long distance phone cards, cellular PINS from all major cellular service providers, and an ever-increasing list of other prepaid products, can be delivered - on demand - directly to the point of purchase, through small free-standing terminals or by a host-to-host infrastructure that can be incorporated into the retailers' already existing cash register system. About Shell Canada Limited (www.shell.ca) Shell Canada Limited is one of the largest integrated petroleum companies in Canada, producing natural gas, natural gas liquids and bitumen bitumen (bĭty  `mən) a generic term referring to flammable, brown or black mixtures of tarlike hydrocarbons, derived naturally or by distillation from petroleum. . It is also the country's largest producer of sulphur. In addition, Shell Canada is a leading manufacturer, distributor and marketer of refined petroleum products. About DataWave (www.datawave.com) DataWave has been an innovator and developer of prepaid and stored-value programs and merchandising solutions since it was founded in 1994. DataWave pioneered systems that allow for point-of-sale activation of high value, high shrinkage products, such as cash cards, prepaid phone cards and prepaid wireless time. These systems work equally well over the Internet, through intelligent freestanding vending machines and POSA terminals, or with various card activation devices, including cash registers. DataWave Systems Inc. John Gunn John Gunn may refer to:
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