A New Era of Opportunity for Award-Winning Managed Services

TNS has decades of established expertise across its main Communications, Financial and Payments Markets solutions. This expertise has led to steady growth and a global reach.

A new era arrived in 2021 as TNS became a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries. TNS joined a broad portfolio of companies operating independently but benefiting from the strong balance sheet and financial stability of Koch.

Discover Our History

TNS has an established history of supporting clients with leading edge solutions that are innovative, flexible, and secure.

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1990

TNS is founded in the USA to provide services to the Point of Sale (POS) industry.

1994

TNS lists on NASDAQ.

1995

TNS Telecom Services Division launches (renamed Communications Market in 2020)

1996

International offices launch in the UK, Canada and Ireland and TNS’ Financial Services Division launch (renamed Financial Markets in 2020)

1998

TNS acquires AT&T’s Transaction Access Service (USA).

1999

Offices open in Australia, France and Japan. Processing Services launches in the UK. TNS is acquired by PSINet

2000

Office opens in Spain.

2001

Management, in conjunction with GTCR Golder Rauner LLC, buys back TNS from PSINet.

2002

Office opens in Italy.

2003

TNS acquires Openet (Italy) and Transpoll Offline (UK).

2004

NYSE listing of TNS Inc.

2005

TNS acquires Connect Ro (Romania).

2006

Offices open in India, Thailand and South Korea. TNS Acquires Comms XL (UK) and InfiniRoute Networks Inc.

2007

TNS acquires Dialect Payment Technologies (Australia).

2008

Offices open in Hong Kong and Singapore.

2009

TNS acquires Verisign’s Communication Services Group (USA) and Calypso (Canada).

2013

Office opens in Taiwan. TNS is acquired by Siris Capital Group LLC in a take-private transaction.

2016

TNS receives investment from Koch Equity Development LLC.

2017

Offices open in Malaysia and the Philippines.

2018

TNS acquires ADVAM (Australia).

2019

TNS acquires Link Solutions (Brazil), NetXpress (Chicago), OpSiSe (France), and R2G (Chicago).

2021

TNS is acquired and becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries.

2022

TNS acquires AGNITY Global (US and India).

2022

First Orion, Hiya, Neustar and TNS form a strategic partnership to unify enterprise call registration, vetting and authentication practices.

2023

TNS acquires BornTec’s managed hosting and colocation business.

TNS Acquires West Highland Support Services

2023

TNS acquires West Highland Support Services.

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