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.

Telecom North America remains a private company that operates without influx of Venture Capital. This allows the management to make independent decisions in the interest of the company's customers, not profits.