Corporate History

Telecom North America was founded in 2002 by Herve Andrieu and Jean Gottschalk as the US subsidiary of 3U HOLDING AG, a publically traded German telecom group. In the same year, the company started offering nationwide direct dialed long-distance service to retail customers in all United States, with a focus on high quality and attractive rates.

In 2003, it launched a carrier wholesale division and pioneered the selling of spare network capacity to other carriers via voice over IP technology. Today, its carrier customers are located accross 5 continents.

In 2008, Herve Andrieu and Jean Gottschalk acquired the company through a management buyout, and named it Telecom North America.

In 2009, it launched a cellular service for international travelers called telna Mobile with coverage in over 170 countries.

In 2010, it became licensed as mobile network operator (in USA), and joined the GSM Association as a full member, allowing it to negotiate its own roaming agreements with other mobile operators worldwide. The coverage of mobile services was increased to over 200 countries, and data services were added.

In 2011, it started offering mobile services on a wholesale basis to distributors and MVNOs worldwide, who take advantage of the company's proprietary technology to offer unique services to their customers.

Telecom North America remains a private company that operates without influx of venture capital. This allows the management to make balanced decisions in the interest of the company's customers, not only focusing on profits.