KonaTel, Inc. announced that effective January 1, 2020, Terry Addington, an independent director, resigned for personal health reasons, and the company has not filled the vacancy resulting from his resignation. Effective April 15, 2020, Matthew Atkinson resigned from the office as Secretary of the Company, to focus on other business interests, having served in that capacity since July, 2017. On April 17, 2020, the Board of Directors elected Paul LaPier, the company’s Vice President of Finance, as the company’s Secretary, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Atkinson’s resignation. During this time, Mr. LaPier has held various telecommunications related positions in the areas of finance, accounting, taxation, billing and regulatory (government) compliance. Immediately prior to joining KonaTel in 2018, he served as Finance Manager-Regulatory Fees/Taxes for British Telecom Americas, Inc., from July, 2016, to November, 2018.
KonaTel, Inc. is a voice/data communication holding company. The Company provides a variety of retail and wholesale telecommunications services, including mobile voice/text/data service supported by national United States mobile networks, mobile numbers, short message service and multimedia message service services, Internet of Things (IoT) mobile data service, and a range of hosted cloud services. Its segments include Hosted Services and Mobile Services. Its subsidiary, Apeiron Systems, Inc. (Apeiron), is a global cloud communications service provider employing a dynamic as a service (CPaaS/UCaaS/CCaaS/PaaS) platform. Apeiron provides voice, messaging, SD-WAN, and platform services using its national cloud network. All Apeironâs services can be accessed through interfaces and communications APIs. Its other subsidiary, Infiniti Mobile, is a wireless lifeline carrier. Infiniti Mobile provides government-subsidized cellular service to low-income American families.