ACN Inc.
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| Type | Direct Selling Telecommunications Company |
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| Founded | 1993 |
| Headquarters | Farmington Hills, Michigan (World Headquarters) |
| Key people | Greg Provenzano, Co-Founder & President Robert Stevanovski, Co-Founder & CEO Anthony Cupisz, Co-Founder Michael Cupisz, Co-Founder J D Sullivan, Co-founder (retired) David Stevanovski, Vice President Robert Stephan, Legal |
| Industry | Direct-Selling Communications Services |
| Products | Telecommunications, Wireless, VoIP, Internet |
| Revenue |  $600,000,000 USD (2004) |
| Slogan | One world. One Vision. |
| Website | ACN Inc. Home Page |
ACN Inc, is a private company headquartered in Farmington Hills, Michigan. It is a direct-selling company that specializes in re-selling telecommunications services. ACN, formerly known as American Communications Network, Inc., relies on multi-level-marketing (M-L-M) (or Network Marketing) for the source of its customers. ACN is a member of DSA (Direct Selling Association) and markets and provides services in 18 countries.
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[edit] Legal issues in Australia
On November 15th, 2004, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (or ACCC), the Australian government agency responsible for matters of consumer protection, initiated proceedings against ACN's Australian operations on charges of operating as an illegal pyramid[1]. On March 23rd, 2005, Justice Selway found that ACN had induced their representatives to take part in an illegal pyramid scheme as defined in section 65AAC of the Trade Practices Act 1974. This ruling was overturned by the Full Federal Court on October 25th, 2005 [2]. The ACCC responded by applying to appeal to the High Court of Australia on November 21st [3]. As of late July 2006, the High Court of Australia has refused the ACCC's application for appeal. ACN Operates on the Pacific Rim out of a world HQ building in Sydney and continues to operate all over Australia.
[edit] ACN Markets
North America
- 1. USA
- 2. Canada
Europe
- 3. Austria
- 4. Belgium
- 5. Denmark
- 6. France
- 7. Germany
- 8. Ireland
- 9. Italy
- 10. Netherlands
- 11. Norway
- 12. Sweden
- 13. UK
- 14. Switzerland
- 15. Spain
- 16. Poland
- 17. Portugal
Asia Pacific
- 18. Australia
- 19. New Zealand
[edit] History
- 1993 (Jan.) - Company was founded.
- 1997 (Jun.) - Company extended operations into Canada.
- 1998 (Nov.) - ACN began providing natural gas and electricity services.
- 1999 (????) - ACN launches operations in Europe
- 2000 (Jul.) - ACN stops brokering and begins re-selling long distance services.
- 2003 (Jan.) - ACN begins offering local calling.
- 200? (????) - ACN introduces DSL/broadband.
- 2004 (Nov.) - ACN launches operations in Australia
- 2005 (Feb.) - ACN sold their energy business to Commerce Energy.
- 2005 (Dec.) - ACN stopped marketing natural gas and electricity services.
- 2005 (Dec.) - ACN introduces VoIP/Video Phone.
- 2006 (Mar.) - ACN partners with Verizon Wireless
- 2006 (Mar.) - ACN releases VOIP with Video Phones
- 2006 (May) - ACN launches operations in New Zealand
- 2006 (Oct) - ACN pre-launches operations in Poland
[edit] External links
- ACN Official Websites
