Sionic Mobile today announced the addition of complimentary iBeacons to its ION Loyalty small business merchants, according to a company press release.

The ION Loyalty merchant app has been enhanced to monitor the iBeacon with little or no impact on the mobile device battery. In the coming weeks, Sionic Mobile's consumer app, ION Rewards, along with partner apps reaching nearly 100 million mobile customers, will be updated to take advantage of the iBeacons.

"Small businesses are the cornerstone of our economy, and we are committed to delivering sophisticated mobile solutions that meet the unique needs of these local merchants," said Ronald Herman, CEO and founder of Sionic Mobile. "ION Loyalty is simple to use, and eliminates the traditional barriers like rising costs, hardware and software requirements, or simply lack of time and resources that up until now, have prevented many small business owners from taking advantage of the mobile opportunity. In less than 10 minutes, a small business owner can be up and running on ION Loyalty, and with the new iBeacons, the customer experience is far superior to other mobile apps available today."