About us
The Company
GSM Nation, LLC is a rapidly expanding wireless retail and services company with two primary goals:
- To encourage the US wireless industry to shift away from the practice of roping customers into restrictive, overpriced contracts.
- To improve online shopping from a complicated, stressful, and opaque experience to one that goes beyond simple retail altogether and includes complete transparency, customizable service, tech support, advice, and more.
We are always working to develop a website and company that reflects these goals. Our anti-contract agenda is the reason, in addition to offering the widest (and best) selection of phones from all over the world, our site also hosts the "Savings Calculator"—a wireless plan comparison tool that has helped users save hundreds of dollars in wireless fees by switching to contract-free services—and the most comprehensive information center to help users learn more about contract-free services and phones.
And our aim of offering a secure, transparent, and fun online shopping experience is the reason we are completely open about who we are and where we work and offer more than just customer service—not only can you keep in touch with us 24/7 through a combination of email or phone but, when you call, it doesn’t just have to be about what phone to buy. It can be for tech support, advice on what wireless service to use, or to learn about what 3G exactly is. If the gossip is interesting enough, we’ll even listen to you complain about your neighbor.
We are also crazy about all things tech and wireless-related and are constantly working to create an online community that holds active discussions around those topics. We regularly upload phone reviews to our Youtube channel and keep in touch with our customers via Twitter. We are also working on adding a discussion forum feature to pages on our site (we'll keep you posted on that!).
Gsm Nation Family
Ahmed Khattak
CEO and co-founder
Ahmed Khattak is the co-founder and CEO of GSM Nation, LLC, and a serial entrepreneur (prior to GSM Nation, Ahmed was also helped found Buraq Energy Pvt LTD and Infinitronics LLC). He has an obsession with wireless technology, completed his bachelor’s from Yale University with a double major in Electrical Engineering and History, is an avid squash player, and in his spare time lurks around the Yale Entrepreneurial Institute, the same place GSM Nation, LLC was incubated. As with all CEOs, it is unclear what Ahmed does all day, except that it looks like he is always writing emails. If you want to write him one, feel free to send it to khattak@gsmnation.com.
Junaid Shams
Co-Founder
Junaid is the co-founder of GSM Nation along with Ahmed Khattak and manages the Washington, DC office. His primary job there seems to be to make the rest of us look bad—not only does he manage the company’s DC office, he is also pursuing a medical degree at George Washington University, where he is currently in his fourth year. Junaid also completed a Bachelor’s in Public Health from GWU. You can get in touch with him at js@gsmnation.com.
Faizan Diwan
Adviser, Strategy and Business Development
Formerly in charge of operations at GSM Nation, Faizan is currently working for a development organization in Kenya but continues to advise the company on strategic matters. He also harasses Ahmed on a regular basis and obsessively checks the GSM Nation website for updates. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in Political Science, enjoys cooking, and was always giving Enam his cereal. If you want to complain about Ahmed (kidding!) or want free cereal, you can contact him at faizan@gsmnation.com.
Enam ul Haque
Software Engineer, Information Technology
Enam leads the company’s technology division, managing the company’s content-management systems, website and software development, and IT infrastructure. All of that sounds cool but everyone knows he really joined GSM Nation for the free cereal. He is currently pursuing a MS in Computer Science from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut and has a BS in Computer Science. You can write to him at enam@gsmnation.com, but the email must be written in PHP or Java.
Dennis Consorte
Traffic Guy
Dennis helps people to find our website. He does something called SEO and from how he explained it, his job is similar to that of a gas station attendant. People stop and ask for directions on Google and then he points them in the direction of GSM Nation. We’re not sure how he does it, but he carries around a mysterious black box and shakes it up every once in a while when we need more sales. He also does something called affiliate marketing where he claims our banner will suddenly appear on thousands of other websites who want to send us their traffic for free.
Sajid Iqbal
Web Designer
Sajid is GSM Nation’s in-house web designer and manages all creative and technical aspects of the website’s front-end. He also assists Enam in developing GSM Nation’s content-management systems and has a BA in Computer Engineering and Design. If you have design and UI suggestions, or just want to thank him for how great the website looks, write to him at sajid@gsmnation.com.
Bart (Real Name: Abdul Rehman Khan)
Sales Manager
Bart oversees all sales and sales-related operations at GSM Nation. In case you’re wondering, yes, the name is a reference to the cartoon character. To be honest, we don’t know exactly why he is called that—very much unlike the cartoon, Bart loves wearing Argyle sweaters and isn’t much of a badass. Bart studied Electrical Engineering for his bachelor’s and, like everyone else here, has a mild obsession with mobile phones and wireless technology. You can get in touch with him at bart@gsmnation.com (seriously) or abdul@gsmnation.com.
Najeeb Kazmi
Operations Manager
Najeeb helps manage internal GSM Nation logistics and day-to-day activities. He enjoys wearing really nice clothes on Fridays, unexpected intellectual conversation, and bothering his apartment-mates. He joined GSM Nation while still an undergraduate at Yale, where he is studying for his bachelor’s in Applied Mathematics and uses none of it in his work here. You can get in touch with him at najeeb@gsmnation.com.
Company Locations
Just like Amazon, all our business is conducted online and we don’t have a physical store-front anywhere. However, as part of our promise about being transparent, we thought we should still tell you the locations of our corporate offices and warehouses. Again, we don’t conduct any actual sales at these locations:
New Haven, Connecticut
Contact
+1 800 695 1815
Visit us
205 Whitney Ave STE 205
New Haven, CT 06510
Washington DC
Contact
+1 800 695 1815
Visit us
922 24th ST NW
Washington, DC 20037
Our Partners
Below is a list of companies that we work with in some capacity and who make our services and work possible:
Jobs
We are really glad to hear that you are interested in working for GSM Nation, LLC. While we do not officially have any position open at the moment, we would hate to miss out on someone who might be a perfect addition to our team. So if you are still interested, email your CV/resume to jobs@gsmnation.com.
If it looks like you have the chops and would fit in well here we will get back to you.
