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Neustar

February 01, 2024

Neustar, Inc. is an American technology company that provides real-time information and analytics for risk, digital performance, defense, telecommunications, entertainment, and marketing industries, and also provides clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries. Neustar was the domain name registry for a number of top-level domains, including .biz, .us (on behalf of United States Department of Commerce), .co, .nyc (on behalf of the city of New York), and .in (on behalf of the National Internet Exchange of India) until the sale of the division to GoDaddy in 2020.

Neustar, Inc.
Type of site
Subsidiary
Founded1998; 26 years ago (1998)
Headquarters
Sterling, Virginia
,
United States
Key people
  • Charles E. Gottdiener (CEO)
IndustryTelecommunications
Revenue US$1.2 billion (2017)
Operating income US$209,024,000 (2011)
Net income US$160,823,000 (2011)
Total assetsUS$1,382,638,000 (2011)
Total equityUS$502,634,000 (2012)
Employees1,800 (2012)
ParentTransUnion (2021–present)
URLwww.home.neustar
ASN
  • 12008

Until the end of 2018, Neustar was also a North American Numbering Plan Administrator under behalf of the Federal Communications Commission, a role continued from its founder, Lockheed Martin. Their first contract was granted in 1997 and was renewed under its spin-off in 1999, 2004, and 2012. Since 2019, it has been replaced by Somos, Inc.

History edit

Neustar was founded in Delaware in 1998 as a business unit within Lockheed Martin Corporation.[1] It was spun off to keep the neutrality that was essential to its original core contract with the nation's telecommunications providers.[2] In November 2006, it bought Followap, Inc., a UK-based enabler of mobile instant messaging services.[3]

In 2010, Lisa Hook was named the firm's President and Chief Operating Officer. In January 2010, The Washington Post reported that under Hook's leadership, Neustar was chosen by a consortium of Hollywood studios and technology executives to manage a system whereby consumers could access movies and other video entertainment from multiple digital devices. This system was named "UltraViolet".[4] Over the next years, Neustar bought several companies: TARGUSInfo (2011), Aggregate Knowledge (2013) and .CO Internet (2014).[5][6][7]

Neustar entered into an asset purchase agreement in 2015 with Transaction Network Services for their caller authentication assets.[8] The following year, Neustar planned to split into two independent publicly traded companies.[9] This plan was abandoned later that year when Golden Gate Capital and GIC announced to buy all Neustar public shares for approximately $2.9 billion ($33.50 per share).[10] This was completed by August 2017.[11]

Neustar lost its NPAC contract in 2016 to Ericsson subsidiary Telcordia. Neustar had administered the number portability system since 1997. The local-number-portability administrator (LNPA) was created to handle the Number Portability Administration Center (NPAC), which enables users to take their phone numbers with them when they switch service providers. The NPAC manages the routing of all calls and texts for more than 650 million US and Canadian phone numbers for more than 2,000 carriers.[12]

Charles Gottdiener was appointed as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Lisa Hook in July 2018.[13] In October, Neustar announced that it bought Verisign's security services customer contracts. This includes DDoS protection, DNS firewall, and managed and recursive DNS services customer contracts.[14] Three months later, Neustar bought TRUSTID, a caller authentication and fraud prevention systems provider for contact centers.[15]

GoDaddy bought Neustar's domain name registry business in August 2020, which was then renamed GoDaddy Registry.[16] In late 2021, TransUnion purchased Neustar's main business for 3.1 billion.[17] However, Neustar's security business, Neustar Security Services, was excluded from the transaction and remained as a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital and GIC,[18] and was rebranded as Vercara in April 2023.[19]

Business edit

From 1998 until 2015, the original business of Neustar was the administration of the North American Numbering Plan, the maintenance of the system of directories and databases that manage the telephone area codes and central office prefixes in North America. This enables the routing of calls among thousands of competing communications service providers (CSPs). Neustar also provided clearinghouse services to emerging CSPs, including Internet service providers (ISPs), mobile network operators, cable television operators, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service providers.[citation needed]

Neustar offers internal and external managed Domain name system (DNS) services that play a role in directing and managing traffic in the Internet, cloud-based DDoS attack protection and website performance management tools.[20] Before being purchased by Godaddy, Neustar managed the authoritative directories for the .us and .biz Internet domains, and acted as the worldwide "registry gateway" for China's .cn and Taiwan's .tw Internet domains outside of these two countries.[21] Neustar also provided back end registry services for .co Top Level Domain.

Neustar previously operated the authoritative directory for U.S. Common Short Codes, part of the short messaging service (SMS) relied upon by the U.S. wireless industry, and provides solutions used by mobile network operators to enable mobile instant messaging for their end users. CTIA granted that contract to Iconectiv, who took over providing Common Short Code (CSC) Registry Services on January 1, 2016.[22]

Neustar offered a "Digital Rights Locker" for Hollywood studios, consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers looking for Digital restrictions management, such as UltraViolet and the planned Mobile DTV Trust Authority (MDTV) Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC). UltraViolet was shut down on July 31, 2019.[23]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Holstein, William J. (2008-01-05). "The Company With the Biggest Little Black Book". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  2. ^ Noguchi, Yuki (2001-02-07). "Home of the Big Black Book". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-05-18.
  3. ^ . Reuters. November 27, 2006. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02.
  4. ^ Musgrove, Mike (January 14, 2010). "Neustar gets deal to work on movie download anti-piracy system". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2015.
  5. ^ Overly, Steven (October 11, 2011). "Neustar acquires Vienna-based Targusinfo for $650 million in cash". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Wasserman, Todd (October 30, 2013). "Neustar Buys Ad-Tech Firm Aggregate Knowledge for $119 Million". Mashable.
  7. ^ Murphy, Kevin (2014-03-20). "Neustar pays $109 million for .CO Internet". DomainIncite. from the original on 2015-04-15. Retrieved 2015-04-10.
  8. ^ "Asset Purchase Agreement between Transaction Network Services, Inc. and Neustar, Inc". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. September 9, 2015.
  9. ^ Birkner, Christine (June 21, 2016). "Ad Tech Player Neustar is Splitting Into 2 Public Companies". AdWeek. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
  10. ^ "Neustar to Be Acquired for $33.50 per Share in Cash by Group Led by Golden Gate Capital" (Press release). Neustar. December 14, 2016.
  11. ^ "Neustar Announces Completion of Acquisition by Group Led by Golden Gate Capital" (Press release). Neustar. August 8, 2017.
  12. ^ Gibbs, Colin (July 22, 2016). "Report: Ericsson's Telcordia beats Neustar for key number portability contract". Fierce Wireless.
  13. ^ Medici, Andy (July 23, 2018). "The new Neustar has a new CEO — and it's vacating some office space". Washington Business Journal.
  14. ^ "Neustar to Acquire Verisign's Security Services Customer Contracts" (Press release). Neustar. October 25, 2018.
  15. ^ Maake, Katishi (January 4, 2019). "Neustar closes on acquisition of Oregon fraud prevention company". Washington Business Journal.
  16. ^ "GoDaddy completes Neustar Registry acquisition". Domain Name Wire | Domain Name News. 2020-08-04. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  17. ^ "TransUnion and Neustar Announce Transaction Close". finance.yahoo.com. December 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-19.
  18. ^ Adrien, Claudia (December 2, 2021). "TransUnion Closes Neustar Deal for $3.1 Billion, Excludes Security Business". channelfutures.com. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  19. ^ "Neustar Security Services is Now Vercara". businesswire.com. April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023.
  20. ^ . Dark Reading. April 24, 2013. Archived from the original on December 6, 2013. Retrieved December 9, 2013.
  21. ^ Neustar, Inc. (March 25, 2009), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form S-1, retrieved January 1, 2010
  22. ^ (Press release). CTIA. July 30, 2015. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
  23. ^ Perez, Sarah (31 January 2019). "Cloud movie locker UltraViolet is finally closing". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-11-11.

Further reading edit

  • NeuStar, Inc. (February 29, 2012), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10-K, FY2011, Form 10-K

External links edit

  • Official website

February 01, 2024
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Neustar Inc is an American technology company that provides real time information and analytics for risk digital performance defense telecommunications entertainment and marketing industries and also provides clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries Neustar was the domain name registry for a number of top level domains including biz us on behalf of United States Department of Commerce co nyc on behalf of the city of New York and in on behalf of the National Internet Exchange of India until the sale of the division to GoDaddy in 2020 Neustar Inc Type of siteSubsidiaryFounded1998 26 years ago 1998 HeadquartersSterling Virginia United StatesKey peopleCharles E Gottdiener CEO IndustryTelecommunicationsRevenueUS 1 2 billion 2017 Operating incomeUS 209 024 000 2011 Net incomeUS 160 823 000 2011 Total assetsUS 1 382 638 000 2011 Total equityUS 502 634 000 2012 Employees1 800 2012 ParentTransUnion 2021 present URLwww wbr home wbr neustarASN12008Until the end of 2018 Neustar was also a North American Numbering Plan Administrator under behalf of the Federal Communications Commission a role continued from its founder Lockheed Martin Their first contract was granted in 1997 and was renewed under its spin off in 1999 2004 and 2012 Since 2019 it has been replaced by Somos Inc Contents 1 History 2 Business 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory editNeustar was founded in Delaware in 1998 as a business unit within Lockheed Martin Corporation 1 It was spun off to keep the neutrality that was essential to its original core contract with the nation s telecommunications providers 2 In November 2006 it bought Followap Inc a UK based enabler of mobile instant messaging services 3 In 2010 Lisa Hook was named the firm s President and Chief Operating Officer In January 2010 The Washington Post reported that under Hook s leadership Neustar was chosen by a consortium of Hollywood studios and technology executives to manage a system whereby consumers could access movies and other video entertainment from multiple digital devices This system was named UltraViolet 4 Over the next years Neustar bought several companies TARGUSInfo 2011 Aggregate Knowledge 2013 and CO Internet 2014 5 6 7 Neustar entered into an asset purchase agreement in 2015 with Transaction Network Services for their caller authentication assets 8 The following year Neustar planned to split into two independent publicly traded companies 9 This plan was abandoned later that year when Golden Gate Capital and GIC announced to buy all Neustar public shares for approximately 2 9 billion 33 50 per share 10 This was completed by August 2017 11 Neustar lost its NPAC contract in 2016 to Ericsson subsidiary Telcordia Neustar had administered the number portability system since 1997 The local number portability administrator LNPA was created to handle the Number Portability Administration Center NPAC which enables users to take their phone numbers with them when they switch service providers The NPAC manages the routing of all calls and texts for more than 650 million US and Canadian phone numbers for more than 2 000 carriers 12 Charles Gottdiener was appointed as president and chief executive officer succeeding Lisa Hook in July 2018 13 In October Neustar announced that it bought Verisign s security services customer contracts This includes DDoS protection DNS firewall and managed and recursive DNS services customer contracts 14 Three months later Neustar bought TRUSTID a caller authentication and fraud prevention systems provider for contact centers 15 GoDaddy bought Neustar s domain name registry business in August 2020 which was then renamed GoDaddy Registry 16 In late 2021 TransUnion purchased Neustar s main business for 3 1 billion 17 However Neustar s security business Neustar Security Services was excluded from the transaction and remained as a portfolio company of Golden Gate Capital and GIC 18 and was rebranded as Vercara in April 2023 19 Business editFrom 1998 until 2015 the original business of Neustar was the administration of the North American Numbering Plan the maintenance of the system of directories and databases that manage the telephone area codes and central office prefixes in North America This enables the routing of calls among thousands of competing communications service providers CSPs Neustar also provided clearinghouse services to emerging CSPs including Internet service providers ISPs mobile network operators cable television operators and voice over Internet protocol VoIP service providers citation needed Neustar offers internal and external managed Domain name system DNS services that play a role in directing and managing traffic in the Internet cloud based DDoS attack protection and website performance management tools 20 Before being purchased by Godaddy Neustar managed the authoritative directories for the us and biz Internet domains and acted as the worldwide registry gateway for China s cn and Taiwan s tw Internet domains outside of these two countries 21 Neustar also provided back end registry services for co Top Level Domain Neustar previously operated the authoritative directory for U S Common Short Codes part of the short messaging service SMS relied upon by the U S wireless industry and provides solutions used by mobile network operators to enable mobile instant messaging for their end users CTIA granted that contract to Iconectiv who took over providing Common Short Code CSC Registry Services on January 1 2016 22 Neustar offered a Digital Rights Locker for Hollywood studios consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers looking for Digital restrictions management such as UltraViolet and the planned Mobile DTV Trust Authority MDTV Open Mobile Video Coalition OMVC UltraViolet was shut down on July 31 2019 23 See also edit nbsp Companies portal nbsp Technology portalCommunications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act Compuware NeotysReferences edit Holstein William J 2008 01 05 The Company With the Biggest Little Black Book The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2022 05 19 Noguchi Yuki 2001 02 07 Home of the Big Black Book The Washington Post Retrieved 2022 05 18 NeuStar acquires Followap for 139 million Reuters November 27 2006 Archived from the original on 2015 04 02 Musgrove Mike January 14 2010 Neustar gets deal to work on movie download anti piracy system The Washington Post Retrieved May 12 2015 Overly Steven October 11 2011 Neustar acquires Vienna based Targusinfo for 650 million in cash The Washington Post Wasserman Todd October 30 2013 Neustar Buys Ad Tech Firm Aggregate Knowledge for 119 Million Mashable Murphy Kevin 2014 03 20 Neustar pays 109 million for CO Internet DomainIncite Archived from the original on 2015 04 15 Retrieved 2015 04 10 Asset Purchase Agreement between Transaction Network Services Inc and Neustar Inc U S Securities and Exchange Commission September 9 2015 Birkner Christine June 21 2016 Ad Tech Player Neustar is Splitting Into 2 Public Companies AdWeek Retrieved August 17 2016 Neustar to Be Acquired for 33 50 per Share in Cash by Group Led by Golden Gate Capital Press release Neustar December 14 2016 Neustar Announces Completion of Acquisition by Group Led by Golden Gate Capital Press release Neustar August 8 2017 Gibbs Colin July 22 2016 Report Ericsson s Telcordia beats Neustar for key number portability contract Fierce Wireless Medici Andy July 23 2018 The new Neustar has a new CEO and it s vacating some office space Washington Business Journal Neustar to Acquire Verisign s Security Services Customer Contracts Press release Neustar October 25 2018 Maake Katishi January 4 2019 Neustar closes on acquisition of Oregon fraud prevention company Washington Business Journal GoDaddy completes Neustar Registry acquisition Domain Name Wire Domain Name News 2020 08 04 Retrieved 2022 05 19 TransUnion and Neustar Announce Transaction Close finance yahoo com December 2021 Retrieved 2022 05 19 Adrien Claudia December 2 2021 TransUnion Closes Neustar Deal for 3 1 Billion Excludes Security Business channelfutures com Retrieved December 3 2021 Neustar Security Services is Now Vercara businesswire com April 5 2023 Retrieved April 12 2023 Neustar Second Annual DDoS Survey Finds 35 Of Businesses Experienced A DDoS Attack In 2012 Dark Reading April 24 2013 Archived from the original on December 6 2013 Retrieved December 9 2013 Neustar Inc March 25 2009 U S Securities and Exchange Commission Form S 1 retrieved January 1 2010 CTIA Announced New Strategic Partner iconectiv for Common Short Code Registry Services Press release CTIA July 30 2015 Archived from the original on September 6 2015 Perez Sarah 31 January 2019 Cloud movie locker UltraViolet is finally closing TechCrunch Retrieved 2020 11 11 Further reading editNeuStar Inc February 29 2012 U S Securities and Exchange Commission Form 10 K FY2011 Form 10 KExternal links editOfficial website 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