BNET Industries
Market Cap:$747.3M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$186.7M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Telecommunications Holding Company
President, CEO & CFO
Michael PriorNumber of Employees 826
Contact Information
9719 Estate Thomas Haven Sight
Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands 00802
1 978 619 1300
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Wired Telecommunications Carriers: 517110
Recent Events
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Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Reports Third Quarter Results
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Atlantic Tele-Network reports 18% increase in net income for Q3 2009
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ATN taps ex-Alltel exec to manage former Alltel properties
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Raymond James Downgrades Atlantic Tele-Network ATNI to Outperform
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Atlantic Tele-Network Names CEO for Alltel Divestitures Unit
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BRIEF-Atlantic Tele-Network increases dividend
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Atlantic Tele-Network Posts 2Q Results
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STOCKS NEWS US-Colonial shares drop after unit agrees to order
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ATN to pay USD200mn for Verizon assets
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UPDATE 1-Raymond James ups price target on Atlantic Tele-Net
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Atlantic Tele-Network To Buy Verizon Wireless Properties For $200 Million
News & Analysis
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Atlantic Tele-Network Soars on 'Transformational' Deal with Verizon
Eric Savitz (Barron's) submits: Now here is a deal the Street really likes. Tuesday, Atlantic Tele-Network ATNI a company which operates a hodgepodge of telecom operations in the U.S. and the Caribbean, announced a deal to pay $200 million in cash to acquire more than 800,000 wireless...
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.'s CEO, Michael T. Prior, Named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2008 Award Winner in New England
Award Recognizes Entrepreneurial Excellence in the Communications Category SALEM, Mass. -- Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATNI) is pleased to announce that Michael T. Prior, President and Chief Executive Officer, received the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year([R]) 2008 Award in the Communications category in New England. According to...
Atlantic Tele-Network Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions Our first question is from the line of Mr. Gaurav Jaitly. Please go ahead, sir. Gaurav Jaitly - UBS Great, thank you. Good morning guys. Justin Benincasa Good morning. Gaurav Jaitly - UBS Hey just a couple of questions on the Guyana business....
Atlantic Tele-Network Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions And our first question comes form the line of Richard Prentiss with Raymond James. Please proceed with your question. Richard Prentiss - Raymond James Good morning, guys Michael Prior Good morning Richard Prentiss - Raymond James Let me off with the one, for...
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Reports Lower Earnings for the First Quarter of 2002
Business Editors ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands--BUSINESS WIRE--April 24, 2002 Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (AMEX:ANK), today reported earnings of $2.0 million, or $0.40 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2002 as compared to $2.8 million, or $.55 per share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2001. The...
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Announces Subsidiary Renews Operating Agreement with MCI International
Business Editors ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands--BUSINESS WIRE--June 8, 2001 Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (AMEX:ANK), announced today that its principal subsidiary, the Guyana Telephone & Telegraph Company, Ltd. ("GT&T"), has executed a new operating agreement with MCI International, Inc. a subsidiary of Worldcom, Inc. The agreement is for an...
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of 15 Cents Per Share
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 9, 1999-- Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (AMEX:ANK), announced that its Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share payable on October 7, 1999 on all its common shares outstanding to shareholders of record as of September 30, 1999. Atlantic...
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of 15 Cents Per Share
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands--BUSINESS WIRE--May 21, 1999-- Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (AMEX:ANK), announced that its Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share payable on July 14, 1999 on all its common shares outstanding to shareholders of record as of June 30, 1999. Atlantic...
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Announces Quarterly Dividend of 15 Cents Per Share
ST. THOMAS, U.S. Virgin Islands--BUSINESS WIRE--March 11, 1999--Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. (AMEX:ANK), announced that its Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.15 per share payable on April 14, 1999 on all its common shares outstanding, to shareholders of record as of March 31, 1999. Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc....
Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. Corrects and Replaces Figures in Selected Operations Statistics
--BUSINESS WIRE-- In BW1271, ATLANTIC-TELE-NETWORK Reports $0.91 Earnings Per Share for Third Quarter 1998, the company corrects and replaces figures in the Selected Operations Statistics. The corrected table follows below: -0- ...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Michael Prior | President, CEO & CFO |
| Andrew S. Fienberg | Chief Accounting Officer |
| Christopher N. Burns | Chief Accounting Officer |
| Justin D. Benincasa | CFO & Treasurer |
| Joseph Dimaio | Executive Vice President |
| Steven J. Parrish | Executive Vice President, Operations |
| Douglas Minster | Vice President and General Counsel |
| John P Audet | Vice President, Financial Analysis and Planning |
| Lawrence G. Stewart | Vice President, Corp Development |
| Lawrence M. Fuccella | Vice President |
| Richard Hanscom | Vice President, Technology, Engineering |
| Sean Krivatch | Managing Director |
| Joseph Singh | |
| Sonita Jagan |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Cornelius B. Prior | Chairman |
| Charles J. Roesslein | Board of Directors |
| Ernst A. Burri | Board of Directors |
| Henry U. Wheatley | Board of Directors |
Michael T. Prior, is our President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Prior joined us in 2003 as our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Before joining us, Mr. Prior was a partner with Q Advisors LLC, a Denver-based investment banking and financial advisory firm focused on the telecommunications sector. From 1999 to 2002, he headed corporate development for LighTrade, Inc., a telecommunications infrastructure provider. From 1998 to 1999, Mr. Prior was a member of ComSpace Development LLC, a seed investment concern in the communications industry and an early investor in LighTrade. From 1992 to 1998, Mr. Prior was a corporate lawyer with Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in London and New York and Perkins Coie LLP in Seattle. Mr. Prior received a B.A. degree from Vassar College and a J.D. degree summa cum laude from Brooklyn Law School. He is the son of Cornelius B. Prior, Jr., Chairman of our Board.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | President, CEO & CFO | Current |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Eccf | Board of Directors | Current |
| Atn Corp | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| ComSpace Development, LLC | Board of Directors | Former |
| Brooklyn Law School | J.D. | Former |
| Vassar College | B.A. | Former |
| ComSpace Development, LLC | Member | Former |
Andrew S. Fienberg joined the Company in 2005, as the Chief Accounting Officer. Previously, he was a Divisional Controller for Pegasus Satellite Television, Inc., a re-seller of DirecTV services throughout rural America. Mr. Fienberg also held managerial positions, including Corporate Controller, for iBasis, Inc., a publicly traded provider of international Voice-Over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) telecommunications services. Prior to iBasis, Mr. Fienberg was with Iron Mountain Incorporated, a provider of data storage services and spent a number of years as an auditor at BDO Seidman, LLP in Boston, Massachusetts. He has a B.S. in Accountancy from Bentley College and is a Certified Public Accountant.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer | Current |
| iBasis, Inc. | Corporate Controller | Former |
| BDO Seidman, LLP | auditor | Former |
| Bentley College | B.S. in Accountancy | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer | Current |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer | Current |
Justin D. Benincasa, is our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer. Prior to joining us in May 2006, Mr. Benincasa was a Principal at Windover Development, LLC since 2004. From 1998 to 2004, he was Executive Vice President of Finance and Administration at American Tower Corporation, a leading wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure company, where he managed finance and accounting, treasury, IT, tax, lease administration and property management. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Corporate Controller at American Radio Systems Corporation and held accounting and finance positions at American Cablesystems Corporation. Mr. Benincasa holds an M.B.A. degree from Bentley College and a B.A. degree from the University of Massachusetts
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | CFO & Treasurer | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
Steven J. Parrish, Executive Vice President - Operations, has over 25 years of telecommunications and management experience. As a vice-president at Ameritech, he led successful network implementations, helped build a new business unit, and was responsible for marketing and sales of over $170 million in annual revenue. Steve led engineering and operations as Operations EVP at USN Communications, a local telecommunications start-up, and was Senior VP of Global Operations and Engineering at WorldPort Communications, with operational responsibilities in the US, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. He has a B.S. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Illinois and an MBA specializing in Telecommunications from Illinois Institute of Technology.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Operations | Current |
| Worldport Communications, LLC | Vice President | Former |
| Ameri Tech | vice president | Former |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Mba Specializing In Telecommunications | Former |
| University of Illinois | B.S. In Electronic Engineering | Former |
Douglas J. Minster joined the Company in 2003 as Vice President and General Counsel. Before ATN, Doug was VP, External Affairs, at LightTrade, Inc., and headed corporate development at IP Radio, Inc., a wireless broadband service. He was part of the founding team and Senior Legal Advisor at Time Warner Telecommunications, and founded a satellite radio company, developing the regulatory foundation for the satellite radio service. Doug began his career as an attorney at the FCC, later joining the former Chairman of the FCC at Patrick Communications as an advisor on domestic and international regulatory and legal issues. He has a B.S. from Ithaca College and a J.D. from The Catholic University Columbus School of Law.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Vice President and General Counsel | Current |
| F.C.C. Co., Ltd. | Attorney | Former |
| F.C.C. Co., Ltd. | Chairman | Former |
| Columbus School of Law | J.D. | Former |
| Ithaca College | B.S. | Former |
John P. Audet joined the Company in 2006 as Vice President - Financial Analysis and Planning, after serving as a consultant and advisor to the Company for three years. Prior to his relationship with ATN, he held executive finance positions with a number of start-up telecommunications companies. Mr. Audet was also a Senior Consultant with BIA Financial Network, Inc, a financial and appraisal Consultancy to the Media and Telecommunications Industry where he participated in formal appraisals of businesses and assets worth in excess of over $2 billion. Early in his career, John was a principal in a specialized engineering consultancy that designed and built over two dozen of the first cellular radio systems in the United States. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Maryland, University College with a B.S. in Finance & Technology & Management.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Vice President, Financial Analysis and Planning | Current |
| Bia Financial Network, Inc. | Senior Consultant | Former |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Advisor | Former |
| University of Maryland, University College | B.S. In Finance & Technology & Management | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Vice President, Corp Development | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Vice President, Technology, Engineering | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Managing Director | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Current | |
| Gtt | CEO | Former |
| Gtt | General Manager | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Current | |
| Gtt | General Manager | Former |
| Gtt | Assistant Financial Controller | Former |
| The University of Western Ontario | Bachelor of Arts in Administration and Commerce | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atn Corp | Chairman | Current |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Charles J. Roesslein has been a member of the NI Board of Directors since July 2000. Since 2004, Mr. Roesslein has been chief executive officer of Austin Tele-Services, LLC, which is in the secondary market for telecom and IT assets. During 2000, Mr. Roesslein served as the chairman of the board of directors and president of Prodigy Communications Corporation, an Internet service provider. He served as president of SBC-CATV, a cable television service provider, from 1999 until 2000, and as president of SBC Technology Resources, the applied research division of SBC Communications Inc., from 1997 until 1999. Prior to 1997, Mr. Roesslein served in executive officer positions with SBC Communications and Southwestern Bell. Mr. Roesslein holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a master’s degree in finance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Mr. Roesslein is currently a director of Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc., a publicly traded company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| National Instruments Corporation | Director | Current |
| Quovadx, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Prodigy Communications | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Prodigy Communications | President | Former |
| Prodigy Communications | Chairman of the Board of Directors | Former |
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | Former |
Henry U. Wheatley, joined our Board in 1998 and is a member of our Audit and Compensation Committees. He has been a director of our subsidiary GTT since 1999. Mr. Wheatley has been the President of Wheatley Realty Corporation since 1973, where he manages the development of shopping centers. Mr. Wheatley is also Chairman of the Board of Coral World (Virgin Islands), Inc., and has been Vice President and Trustee of Islands Resources Foundation since 1972. He was a director of the Virgin Islands Telephone Corporation from 1994 to December 30, 1997.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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