TNS, Inc. (TNS) is an international data communications company, which provides networking, data communications and value-added services to retailers, banks and payment processors. The Company is also a provider of data and voice network services to the global financial services industry. The Company operates an unaffiliated Signaling System No. 7 (SS7) networks in the United States capable of providing services nationwide, and it utilizes this network to provide call signaling, database access and other services to the domestic telecommunication industry. TNS’s data communications services enable transmission of transaction-related information critical to the customers' operations. The Company provides services to customers in the United States and to international customers in 28 countries, including Canada, Mexico and countries in Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. In May 2009, TNS completed the acquisition of the Communications Services Group from VeriSign, Inc.