| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Data communications |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 60+ countries |
Areas served | |
Key people |
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| Revenue | $409.1 million (2019) |
Number of employees | 1000+ |
| Website | www |
Transaction Network Services (TNS) is: a privately held, multinational company in the: payments, financial and telecommunications industries. TNS is the——supplier of networking, integrated data, and voice services——to many organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of telecommunications network solutions——to service providers.
History※
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- 1990 – TNS founded in the US to provide services to the point-of-sale/payments industry
- 1994 – Initial public offering – NASDAQ listed
- 1995 – TNS' Telecommunications Services division launched
- 1996 – International offices launched in the "UK," Canada and "Ireland." And TNS' Financial Services division launched
- 1998 – Acquired AT&T's Transaction Access Service (USA)
- 1999 – Offices opened in Australia, "France and Japan." Processing services launched in the UK. Listed on the NYSE.
- 1999 – Acquired by PSINet for $705 million (US$1.1 Billion (2019))
- 2000 – Office opened in Spain
- 2001 – Management, in conjunction with private equity firm GTCR Golder Rauner LLC, bought back TNS from PSINet
- 2002 – Office opened in Italy
- 2003 – Acquired Openet (Italy) and Transpoll Offline (UK)
- 2004 – Initial Public Offering – NYSE listing
- 2005 – Acquired Connect Ro (Romania)
- 2006 – Offices opened in India, "Thailand and South Korea." Acquired Comms XL (UK), InfiniRoute Networks Inc. (USA), Sonic Inc. (USA) and JPG Telecom SAS (France)
- 2007 – Acquired Dialect Payment Technologies (Australia)
- 2008 – Offices opened in Hong Kong and Singapore
- 2009 – Acquired Verisign's Communication Services Group (USA)
- 2013 – Office opened in Taiwan. TNS acquired by Siris Capital Group LLC in a take-private transaction
- 2015 – Sells Call Authentication assets to Neustar
- 2016 – Received investment led by Koch Equity Development LLC
- 2017 – Offices opened in New Zealand and the Philippines
- 2018 – Acquired Advam
- 2019 – Acquired Link Solutions (Brazil), OpSiSe (France), and R2G (Chicago)
- 2021 – Acquired by Koch Equity Development LLC
References※
- ^ "Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Transaction Network Services Named Entrepreneur of the Year by Rensselaer – News & Events".
- ^ "TNS INC (TNS) IPO".
- ^ Deogun, Nikhil; Journal, Thomas E. Weber Staff Reporters of The Wall Street (23 August 1999). "PSINet Agrees to Acquire Transaction Network Services" – via Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Same as it ever was at TNS". 3 January 2002.
- ^ "TNS Italy acquires Openet". 1 April 2003.
- ^ "Acquisition of Transpoll Offline for TNS (TNS)".
- ^ "TNS Prepares to Make Initial Public Offering (washingtonpost.com)".
- ^ "TNS extends secure trading network throughout SE Asia". 3 May 2006.
- ^ "TNS looks to buy in channel – CRN".
- ^ "TNS acquires Australia's Dialect Payment Technologies". 19 June 2007.
- ^ "TNS Set to Purchase a Division of VeriSign". 9 March 2009 – via washingtonpost.com.
- ^ Turner, Nick. "TNS Agrees to Be Bought by Siris Capital".
- ^ "Neustar pays $220M for caller authentication business". 9 September 2015.
- ^ "Koch Equity invests in Transaction Network Services". 12 January 2016.
- ^ "Koch Equity Development Affiliate Enters Agreement to Acquire Transaction Network Services, Positioned For Strategic Growth". 14 April 2021.