The State Fair of Texas Extends Partnership with accesso® Through 2030, Embracing Innovation and Guest Convenience

ORLANDO, Fla., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- accesso Technology Group (AIM: ACSO), the leading technology partner to the leisure and entertainment industry, today announced the renewal of its long-standing partnership with the State Fair of Texas through 2030. The Fair will continue to rely on accesso ShoWare^SM to power its ticketing operations, reinforcing a shared commitment to operational excellence, guest experience and ongoing innovation.

Originally established in 1886, the State Fair of Texas promotes Texas agriculture, education, and community involvement through quality entertainment in a family-friendly environment. The Fair runs 24 consecutive days each fall, making it the longest-running fair in the country and one of the largest. It regularly draws over 2 million visitors.

Over the course of their partnership, the State Fair of Texas and accesso have worked closely to evolve the ticketing experience in step with changing guest expectations. For an event that handles an extremely high volume of transactions daily, reliability, speed and flexibility are essential. The Fair credits accesso's consistency, responsiveness and ability to operate at scale as key factors in the continued success of the relationship.

"The number one reason we're renewing? The support and flexibility," said Jennifer Schuder, Senior Vice President, Customer Engagement at the State Fair of Texas. "With Accesso, we have a true partner. They understand our scale, our sophisticated approach to pricing, and they stand alongside us every step of the way."

This past season, the Fair introduced accessoPay with Cybersource payment processing through accesso ShoWare, expanding support for digital wallets and enabling tap-to-pay transactions. More than 30 percent of all payments were completed using digital wallets, giving guests the fast, convenient options they wanted and helping drive more purchases online, while also reducing wait times when entering the fairgrounds.

In addition, the Fair implemented a proof-of-concept integration between accesso ShoWare and its parking vendor, allowing for pre-sold parking. This capability gave guests more control when planning their visit and helped improve entry flow. Following a successful rollout, the Fair plans to expand this offering in future seasons.

"Supporting an event of this scale requires more than technology. It requires trust, collaboration and a deep understanding of operational realities. The State Fair of Texas is thoughtful, innovative and relentlessly focused on delivering a great guest experience. We're proud of what we've built together and excited to continue evolving the partnership in the years ahead," said Joe Wettstead, Vice President of Client Success at accesso.

accesso ShoWare is trusted by venues and events worldwide to manage complex ticketing, pricing, and access requirements at scale, helping operators deliver reliable, high-performance experiences even under peak demand.

About accesso Technology Group plc

accesso is the leading global provider of patented and award-winning technology solutions that redefine the guest experience. accesso provides connected ticketing and eCommerce, virtual queuing, restaurant and retail point of sale, distribution, mobile apps and experience management for more than 1,100 venues worldwide. Our technology helps operators streamline operations, increase revenue and improve the guest journey. We deliver a high volume of product enhancements year-round and continuously invest in R&D to help venues and operators adapt to evolving guest needs.

accesso is a public company, listed on AIM: a market operated by the London Stock Exchange. Learn more at accesso.com or follow accesso on X (Twitter), LinkedIn and Facebook.

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The State Fair of Texas Extends Partnership with accesso® Through 2030, Embracing Innovation and Guest Convenience

 Smaller, purpose-built, and designed for scale, the new Iridium 9604 unifies satellite, cellular, and GNSS in a single platform engineered for global IoT

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM), a leading provider of global voice, data, and positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) satellite services, today unveiled the Iridium 9604, a compact, three-in-one IoT module that integrates Iridium Short Burst Data^® (SBD^®) satellite service, LTE-M cellular connectivity, and GNSS positioning into a single platform. By combining these features in one device, the Iridium 9604 reduces solution complexity, lowers costs, and accelerates time to market, making dual-mode IoT connectivity viable for price-sensitive, high-volume deployments.

"By integrating cellular, GNSS, and Iridium satellite into a single, power-efficient module, we're giving customers the flexibility to design and deploy lower cost, smaller, power-efficient, and location-aware solutions without the burden of integrating multiple components," said Tim Last, executive vice president, Iridium. "With our best-in-class proprietary satellite IoT service and upcoming standards-based NB-IoT service debuting this year, anyone thinking about IoT beyond terrestrial networks is thinking about Iridium first."

The Iridium 9604 beta program, which launched earlier this year and was oversubscribed by a select group of companies, has generated positive industry feedback highlighting:

• Lower costs, simplified design, and enabling of location-aware network selection
• Savings of 60 percent or more in board space with the 3-in-1 module, Iridium's smallest-ever form factor
• Easy to use developer resources

"As an early Iridium 9604 developer, utilizing the three-in-one module has already fundamentally changed our product economics," said Alastair MacLeod, CEO, Ground Control. "We eliminated two components from our bill of materials, reduced our board size, and simplified our power architecture."

MacLeod continued, "Additionally, having dual mode connectivity options enables a smarter, location-aware network selection in our application. The Iridium 9604 turned what would have been a complex multi-component design into a single-module solution. This is a major breakthrough for our IoT solutions."

"Our customers require essential data and real-time intelligence to operate with confidence anywhere in the world," said Dean Welten, CEO, Everlink. "By integrating the Iridium 9604 with our secure cloud platform, we can now enable global connectivity, greater operational efficiency, and measurable impact at scale."

Representing the next phase of Iridium's IoT strategy, the Iridium 9604 is moving the company beyond traditional satellite-only modules to a unified, multi-mode connectivity architecture. The Iridium network now offers customers three IoT service paths to follow:

• Iridium SBD packaged with cellular and GNSS in the Iridium 9604 or SBD/Iridium Burst dedicated modules
• Iridium NTN Direct for standards-based direct-to-device using third-party chips
• Iridium Messaging Transport-based (IMT^®) for industrial-scale, larger payload capabilities with the Iridium Certus 9704

The Iridium 9604, built on the u-blox SARA-R5 platform, delivers a compact 16 mm x 26 mm x 2.4 mm form factor, best for dual-mode IoT deployments previously cost-prohibitive across industrial, infrastructure, and mobility applications.

Commercial availability begins in June 2026 with the Iridium 9604 Development Kit made available for testing satellite and cellular services. Reserve priority access today: www.iridium.com/9604

For more information about Iridium, visit: www.iridium.com

About Iridium Communications Inc.

Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: IRDM) operates the world's only truly global mobile satellite network, delivering reliable voice, data, and positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) services anywhere on Earth. Iridium supports safety- and mission-critical operations for diverse markets such as aviation, maritime, government, emergency services, critical infrastructure, autonomous systems, and remote monitoring applications, where connectivity is essential.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Iridium provides its products and services through an ecosystem of 500-plus partner companies around the world. For more information, visit www.iridium.com.

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