Talk America Holdings, Inc. | Introduction
Introduction
12020 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 250
Reston, Virginia 20191
U.S.A.
Telephone: (703) 391-7500
Fax: (703) 391-7525
Web site: http://www.talk.com
Public Company
Incorporated: 1989 as Tel-Save Inc.
Employees: 1,300
Sales: $382.7 million (2003)
Stock Exchanges: NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol: TALK
NAIC: 517110 Wired Telecommunications Carriers; 517910 Other Telecommunications
Talk America Holdings, Inc., sells local and long-distance telephone services in 25 states, primarily in Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Texas. In a business climate of falling long-distance rates, Talk America has transformed itself from a reseller of long-distance to a provider of facilities-based long-distance services to a bundler of local and long-distance services. The company carries most of the traffic on its own network of switches and other owned or leased facilities. Talk America also has grown through using the Internet as its principal marketing tool, attributing much of its subscriber base to a former promotional marketing agreement with America Online, Inc., which was terminated in 2001.