Neustar
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Type of site
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Public |
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| Traded as | : NSR S&P 400 Component |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Headquarters | Sterling, Virginia, United States |
| Key people | Lisa Hook (CEO), Paul Lalljie (CFO) |
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Revenue |
 US$ 902,041,000 (2013) |
| Operating income |
US$ 209,024,000 (2011) |
| Net income |
US$ 160,823,000 (2011) |
| Total assets | US$ 1,382,638,000 (2011) |
| Total equity | US$ 502,634,000 (2012) |
| Employees | 1,488 (2012) |
| Website | www |
| Alexa rank |
 46,643 (August 2015[update]) |
Neustar, Inc. is an American technology company that provides real-time information and analytics for the Internet, telecommunications, entertainment, and marketing industries, and a provider of clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and Internet industries. Neustar is domain name registry for .biz, .us (on behalf of United States Department of Commerce), .co, and .nyc top-level domains.
Neustar was incorporated in Delaware in 1998. Neustar started as a business unit within Lockheed Martin Corporation. It spun off to keep the neutrality that was essential to its original core contract with the nation's telecommunications providers.
In November 2006, Neustar completed the acquisition of Followap, Inc., a U.K.-based enabler of mobile instant messaging services.
In 2010, Neustar named Lisa Hook as 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.
In October 2011, Neustar acquired TARGUSInfo.
On October 30, 2013, Neustar announced it purchased Aggregate Knowledge, a seven-year-old ad-tech firm, for $119 million.
In March 2014, Neustar acquired .CO Internet for $109 million.
On September 9, 2015, Asset Purchase Agreement between Transaction Network Services, Inc. and Neustar, Inc.
On June 21, 2016, Neustar Announced Intention to Separate into two independent publicly traded companies.
Within the United States and Canada, Neustar administers the North American Numbering Plan, the authoritative directories that manage virtually all telephone area codes and numbers, and enables the routing of calls among thousands of competing communications service providers (CSPs). All retail telephone companies must access the Neustar clearinghouse to properly route virtually all of their customers' calls. Neustar also provides clearinghouse services to emerging CSPs, including Internet service providers (ISPs), mobile network operators, cable television operators, and voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) service providers.
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