Transaction Network Services

Transaction Network Services
Type Private
Industry Data Communications
Founded 1990
Headquarters Reston, Virginia, USA
Office Locations US, UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, Thailand, Japan, India, Singapore, Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan, Ireland, Romania, Malaysia
Key People Mike Keegan, Dennis Randolph, Mark Cole, Jim McLaughlin
Regions North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific
Coverage TNS provides services to customers in over 60 countries with its reach extending to many more
Employees 750+
Payments Customers Merchants, retailers, banks, acquirers, processors, Payment Service Providers (PSPs), financial institutions, ISOs, ATM operators and deployers
Telecoms Customers Wireless, wireline and cable companies
Financial Customers Buy-side and sell-side institutions, market data and software vendors, exchanges and alternative trading venues
Support Network Operating Centers in the USA, UK and Australia providing proactive monitoring and 24x7 support
Website www.tnsi.com

Transaction Network Services (TNS) is a privately held, multinational company that has been delivering industry-leading solutions for the payments, financial and telecommunications industries since 1990. TNS is the preferred supplier of networking, integrated data and voice services to many leading organizations in the global payments and financial communities, as well as a provider of extensive telecommunications network solutions to service providers.

TNS provides services to customers in over 60 countries throughout the world. Their customer base includes some of the largest global blue-chip companies in the world. Many of the world's leading companies rely on TNS as their primary provider of a range of networking and communication services. The company's global headquarters are in Reston, Virginia, USA.

Payments Division
TNS is a level 1 PCI DSS certified service provider with a range of connectivity, gateway and managed payments services enabling merchants to securely process transactions with all major banks, acquirers and processors. TNS are at the cutting edge of new technologies and include encryption and tokenization solutions within their portfolio, and can accommodate new forms of payment, such as mobile wallets, private label and loyalty schemes. TNS continue to invest heavily in our payment centric IP network while at the same time continuing to deliver support for established technologies, such as dial and X.25 communications.

Telecommunication Services Division
TNS’ Telecom Services Division addresses the evolving needs of network operators around the globe. As the industry evolves to next generation IP and wireless technologies, TNS leads the development of solutions to help carriers navigate a host of infrastructure complexities and maximize their network reach through the creation of unique multi-service hub solutions. From small rural operators in the US to the largest multi-national telecommunication providers, TNS’ portfolio of signaling, connectivity, interoperability, identity, routing, and database solutions helps enable the successful and reliable delivery of carrier-grade solutions around the globe, while it’s clearing, settlement and anti-fraud solutions protect a mobile network operator’s subscribers as well as its business. TNS Telecoms also offers a robocall solution, TNS Call Guardian, for major telecoms providers.[1]

Financial Services Division
TNS’ robust secure trading network is relied on by the global financial markets for mission-critical connectivity where speed, security and resilience are paramount. TNS brings together an extensive global financial community of interest, including many of the world’s most prominent and influential buy and sell-side institutions, market data and software vendors, exchanges and alternative trading venues. Through one highly secure low latency connection to TNS, financial organizations can connect to multiple diverse trading partners, including those in emerging markets across the Americas, Asia and Europe.

History

References

  1. ↑ "Sprint Announces Partnership with Transaction Network Services". 14 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Transaction Network Services Named Entrepreneur of the Year by Rensselaer - News & Events".
  3. ↑ "TNS INC (TNS) IPO".
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Same as it ever was at TNS". 3 January 2002.
  6. ↑ "TNS Italy acquires Openet". 1 April 2003.
  7. ↑ "Acquisition of Transpoll Offline for TNS (TNS)".
  8. ↑ "TNS Prepares to Make Initial Public Offering (washingtonpost.com)".
  9. ↑ "TNS extends secure trading network throughout SE Asia". 3 May 2006.
  10. ↑ "TNS looks to buy in channel - CRN".
  11. ↑ "TNS acquires Australia's Dialect Payment Technologies". 19 June 2007.
  12. ↑ "TNS Set to Purchase a Division of VeriSign". 9 March 2009 – via washingtonpost.com.
  13. ↑ Staff, Edit. "Gigaom - TNS Acquires Cequint's Caller ID Products For Up To $112.5 Million".
  14. ↑ Turner, Nick. "TNS Agrees to Be Bought by Siris Capital".
  15. ↑ "Koch Equity invests in Transaction Network Services". 12 January 2016.
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