ACN, Inc. is a Multi-level marketing (MLM) company that provides telecommunications and other services and also provides independent representatives an opportunity to form a home-based business. Based in Concord, North Carolina, USA, ACN began operations in the U.S in 1993 as American Communications Network. It extended operations to Europe in 1999 and to Asia-Pacific in 2004, and now operates in 23 countries, on 4 continents. As a reflection of its international operations, it changed its name to just the initial letters ACN.[citation needed] The company is a member of the Direct Selling Associations in North America and Europe. In the United States, ACN is an accredited member of the Better Business Bureau, where it currently has an A rating. In 2010, ACN was placed #21 on Direct Selling News' Global 100 list of the top 100 direct selling companies worldwide based on its revenue
In 1992, Robert Stevanovski, Greg Provenzano, and twin brothers Tony and Mike Cupisz, founded the American Communications Network, Inc. ACN opened for business in January, 1993 with twenty initial "independent representatives". In its first year it achieved revenues of two million dollars. ACN's initial business was as a marketing arm for a long-distance reseller called LCI Communications. This relationship lasted for five years until LCI was acquired by Qwest Communications. By 1998, ACN was listed in Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500 list as No. 22 in this annual list of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America, with an annual revenue of $98.1 million.
Formerly ACN, through the subsidiaries ACN Energy and ACN Utility Services, operated as a gas and electricity retailer. ACN's energy assets were acquired by Commerce Energy Group in 2006. Since 2006, ACN has been endorsed by multi-billionaire and Apprentice executive producer, Donald J. Trump. He has gone on to speak at several ACN International Training Events at which he has praised the company's founders, business model and video phone.
In 2008, ACN moved its headquarters from Farmington Hills, Michigan to Concord, North Carolina.On December 13, 2008, ACN committed to purchase in excess of $50 million dollars worth of videophone equipment from WorldGate Communications (stock symbol WGAT). As part of the agreement, ACN, through its investment proxy WGI Investors, purchased all outstanding debentures of WorldGate's senior secured creditor, YA Global Investments, LP (f/k/a Cornell Capital Partners, LP) and acquired a controlling interest (63% of its common stock) in WorldGate, among other conditions. Under the proposed action ACN acquired the right to name four of the seven members of WorldGates's board of directors.In September 2010, ACN officially launched operations in South Korea and opened an office in Seoul.
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Mr. Effi Baruch, Chief Executive Officer, President and Senior Vice President of Operations and Technology of deltathree, stated, "We are proud to partner with ACN Korea to bring their customers next generation digital phone and video phone services across a range of extremely attractive service plans. This latest service provider contract win reflects deltathree's continued expansion within the growing international market for advanced VoIP voice and video solutions. In addition, it reflects our expanding capabilities, as the offering is being provided substantially in Korean and utilizes our application programming interfaces to connect to ACN Korea's external systems in order to provide a comprehensive offering."
ACN Korea is a division of ACN, Inc., the world's largest direct selling telecommunications company, which offers a broad range of telecommunications services in 21 countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to supplying the digital phone and video phone service, deltathree is providing ACN Korea a full spectrum of service provider back-end support services, including network management, provisioning, and custom web development. Since its introduction in December 2010, ACN has added advanced digital communications customers and expects to accelerate its growth throughout 2011.
Robert Iorizzo, General Manager, ACN Korea, commented, "Together ACN Korea and deltathree are bringing communications to life, allowing ACN Korea video phone customers throughout South Korea to see the person they are taking to with superb video quality and clarity. deltathree's broad range of customer-focused IP communications services and seamless integration with ACN's Global Telecommunications network, coupled with its flexible back-end solutions, enable ACN Korea to provide our customers a variety of solutions to meet all their digital communications needs. We look forward to our continued relationship with deltathree as we continue to enhance and expand our communications services in Korea."
ACN Newswire provides full service, real time press release distribution for companies and organizations wishing to disclose and disseminate information to media, business, and the financial markets worldwide.
ACN Newswire distributes press releases in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
ACN also made an encore appearance on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice on March 27, 2011. The two-hour episode featured ACN's latest video phone, along with ACN's home-based business opportunity.
In 1992, Robert Stevanovski, Greg Provenzano, and twin brothers Tony and Mike Cupisz, founded the American Communications Network, Inc. ACN opened for business in January, 1993 with twenty initial "independent representatives". In its first year it achieved revenues of two million dollars. ACN's initial business was as a marketing arm for a long-distance reseller called LCI Communications. This relationship lasted for five years until LCI was acquired by Qwest Communications. By 1998, ACN was listed in Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500 list as No. 22 in this annual list of the 500 fastest growing private companies in America, with an annual revenue of $98.1 million.
Formerly ACN, through the subsidiaries ACN Energy and ACN Utility Services, operated as a gas and electricity retailer. ACN's energy assets were acquired by Commerce Energy Group in 2006. Since 2006, ACN has been endorsed by multi-billionaire and Apprentice executive producer, Donald J. Trump. He has gone on to speak at several ACN International Training Events at which he has praised the company's founders, business model and video phone.
In 2008, ACN moved its headquarters from Farmington Hills, Michigan to Concord, North Carolina.On December 13, 2008, ACN committed to purchase in excess of $50 million dollars worth of videophone equipment from WorldGate Communications (stock symbol WGAT). As part of the agreement, ACN, through its investment proxy WGI Investors, purchased all outstanding debentures of WorldGate's senior secured creditor, YA Global Investments, LP (f/k/a Cornell Capital Partners, LP) and acquired a controlling interest (63% of its common stock) in WorldGate, among other conditions. Under the proposed action ACN acquired the right to name four of the seven members of WorldGates's board of directors.In September 2010, ACN officially launched operations in South Korea and opened an office in Seoul.
Distribution Strategy
Mr. Effi Baruch, Chief Executive Officer, President and Senior Vice President of Operations and Technology of deltathree, stated, "We are proud to partner with ACN Korea to bring their customers next generation digital phone and video phone services across a range of extremely attractive service plans. This latest service provider contract win reflects deltathree's continued expansion within the growing international market for advanced VoIP voice and video solutions. In addition, it reflects our expanding capabilities, as the offering is being provided substantially in Korean and utilizes our application programming interfaces to connect to ACN Korea's external systems in order to provide a comprehensive offering."
ACN Korea is a division of ACN, Inc., the world's largest direct selling telecommunications company, which offers a broad range of telecommunications services in 21 countries in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition to supplying the digital phone and video phone service, deltathree is providing ACN Korea a full spectrum of service provider back-end support services, including network management, provisioning, and custom web development. Since its introduction in December 2010, ACN has added advanced digital communications customers and expects to accelerate its growth throughout 2011.
Robert Iorizzo, General Manager, ACN Korea, commented, "Together ACN Korea and deltathree are bringing communications to life, allowing ACN Korea video phone customers throughout South Korea to see the person they are taking to with superb video quality and clarity. deltathree's broad range of customer-focused IP communications services and seamless integration with ACN's Global Telecommunications network, coupled with its flexible back-end solutions, enable ACN Korea to provide our customers a variety of solutions to meet all their digital communications needs. We look forward to our continued relationship with deltathree as we continue to enhance and expand our communications services in Korea."
ACN Newswire provides full service, real time press release distribution for companies and organizations wishing to disclose and disseminate information to media, business, and the financial markets worldwide.
ACN Newswire distributes press releases in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
ACN also made an encore appearance on NBC's The Celebrity Apprentice on March 27, 2011. The two-hour episode featured ACN's latest video phone, along with ACN's home-based business opportunity.