type private industry telecommunications founded 2002 as 3u telecom inc founder jean gottschalk & herve andrieu headquarters henderson nevada usa area served united states canada key people gregory gundelfinger president max nokhrin treasurer & mathew stein secretary products wireless telephone slogan we are different . we are fair website www.telecomnorthamerica.com telecom north america inc is an interexchange carrier licensed in all states of the usa and in all provinces of canada . it was created on march 27 2002 as the american subsidiary of 3u telecom ag a german telecom provider xetra uuu.de . the company headquarters are located in henderson nevada . contents 1 history 2 telecom north america services 2.1 long distance and international calls 2.2 global roaming service 2.3 multi imsi roaming hub 2.4 wholesale carrier services 3 management 4 references 5 external links history edit telecom north america inc was incorporated in nevada on march 27 2002 as the subsidiary of 3u telecom ag a german long distance telephone provider offering services in seven countries across europe . after a change of management in 3u telecom ag in 2004 3u telecom ag sold its international subsidiaries to elephant talk communications while keeping its austrian and us subsidiary . in 2008 the management of 3u telecom inc bought out 3u telecom ag in a transaction that was finalized in december 2008 . 1 3u telecom inc changed its name to telecom north america inc in january 2009 . 2 telecom north america services edit long distance and international calls edit telecom north america is registered in all 50 states as a long distance telephone provider . it provides 1 long distance telephone service from landlines as well as international dial around service from cellular phones . these services are being distributed under the telna brand . 3 global roaming service edit since 2009 telecom north america offers a gsm roaming service for international travelers . the customer gets a sim card with an american phone number since 2012 it is also possible to get numbers in australia canada and poland that offers coverage in nearly 200 countries with any unsimlocked triband or quadband gsm phone or umts phone . this service is offered under the telna mobile brand . the savings made possible with this service can reach 80 % compared to the major us wireless carriers . 4 multi imsi roaming hub edit in 2013 telecom north america has commercially launched the multi imsi roaming hub an international roaming services trading platform which allows mobile network operators mnos and mobile virtual network operators mvnos around the world to sell and buy roaming services to and from one another . the platform allows established mnos to resell their outbound international roaming agreements to other members of the hub at no capex expense while full mvnos can resell services in their home countries to hub members . 5 wholesale carrier services edit telecom north america uses its agreements with over 60 worldwide carriers mostly ptts to offer wholesale termination and origination services . its termination services includes a premium routing offering higher quality and an economy routing offering a cheap alternative . its origination services include dids and itfs . interconnects are offered via voice over ip over the public internet at various peering points or via direct connections . tdm interconnects are also offered in any of 3 pops new york usa las vegas usa frankfurt germany . telecom north america s wholesale services are distributed under the telna.ws brand . management edit telecom north america was founded by jean gottschalk and herve andrieu in march 2002 . they are both graduates from telecom & management sudparis a highly specialized business & management school for telecommunications . before graduating from telecom & management sudparis they founded the french start up comparatel . 6 their company was dedicated to educating the consumer market about competitive long distance providers by providing unbiased comparisons . abn amro invested 2 million euros in the venture 7 that was sold in 2005 to acc long distance a french telecommunications group . following their short experience with telecom providers and new technologies jean gottschalk and herve andrieu partnered with 3u telecom ag to launch their us subsidiary in 2002 . at the end of 2008 they bought out the majority shareholder 3u telecom ag and renamed the company telecom north america inc to better reflect the services offered and customers served by the company . references edit businessweek http investing.businessweek.com research stocks private snapshot.asp privcapid 51848242 nevada secretary of state https esos.state.nv.us sosservices anonymousaccess corpsearch corpdetails.aspx lx8nvq nrdqhs6fr22i56nzkmglyg % 253d % 253d actions and amendments independent consumer reviews http www.phonedog.com dial around plans telna formerly 3u telecom telna dial around user reviews.aspx flight crew life http www.flightcrewlife.com 2009 07 20 global callingroaming whats best for you telegeography http www.telegeography.com products commsupdate articles 2013 02 22 mobile roaming hub creates worldwide trading platform for operators associated press http chat.augustachronicle.com stories 2000 04 02 tec 285784 . shtml neteco.com interview in french http www.neteco.com 40506 jean gottschalk comparatel com guide d achat telecom.html external links edit official site multi imsi roaming hub official site interview of jean gottschalk when telecom north america started operating retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title telecom north america & oldid 711363882 categories telecommunications companies of the united statestelecommunications companies of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured 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