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== Products and Services ==

Verisign provides its services through two divisions, its Internet Services division and the Security Service Division. The Internet Services division includes Naming & Directory Services such as domain name registration for .com and .net, and DNS-related and [[RFID]] services.

Verisign provides its services through two divisions, its Internet Services division and the Security Service Division. The Internet Services division includes Naming & Directory Services such as domain name registration for [[.com]] and [[.net]], and DNS-related and [[RFID]] services.

~~Verisign sold its Security Services to [[Symantec]] in May, 2010.~~

In January, 2012, Verisign raised the wholesale prices of [[.com]] and [[.net]] registration by 7%, increasing the price from $7.34 to $7.85. [[Registrar]]s generally passed the price increase on to customers, and some used it to raise their own prices beyond the 7% increase, with some increasing prices by 10 and 12 percent.<ref>[http://www.elliotsblog.com/registrars-increasing-prices-more-than-the-verisign-price-increase-7188 REgistrars Increasing Prices more than the Verisign Price Increase, ElliotsBlog.com]</ref>

In January, 2012, Verisign raised the wholesale prices of [[.com]] and [[.net]] registration by 7%, increasing the price from $7.34 to $7.85. [[Registrar]]s generally passed the price increase on to customers, and some used it ~~as an excuse~~ to raise their own prices beyond the 7% increase, with some increasing prices by 10 and 12 percent.<ref>[http://www.elliotsblog.com/registrars-increasing-prices-more-than-the-verisign-price-increase-7188 REgistrars Increasing Prices more than the Verisign Price Increase, ElliotsBlog.com]</ref>

In its 2012 10-K report, Verisign identified [[ARI Registry Services]], [[Neustar]], [[Afilias]], and [[Nominet]] as its primary competitors.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=1193125-12-77600 10k Filing, Investor.Verisign.com]</ref>

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 == Products and Services ==
-Verisign provides its services through two divisions, its Internet Services division and the Security Service Division. The Internet Services division includes Naming & Directory Services such as domain name registration for .com and .net, and DNS-related and [[RFID]] services.
+Verisign provides its services through two divisions, its Internet Services division and the Security Service Division. The Internet Services division includes Naming & Directory Services such as domain name registration for [[.com]] and [[.net]], and DNS-related and [[RFID]] services.
-Verisign sold its Security Services to [[Symantec]] in May, 2010.
+In January, 2012, Verisign raised the wholesale prices of [[.com]] and [[.net]] registration by 7%, increasing the price from $7.34 to $7.85. [[Registrar]]s generally passed the price increase on to customers, and some used it to raise their own prices beyond the 7% increase, with some increasing prices by 10 and 12 percent.<ref>[http://www.elliotsblog.com/registrars-increasing-prices-more-than-the-verisign-price-increase-7188 REgistrars Increasing Prices more than the Verisign Price Increase, ElliotsBlog.com]</ref>
-In January, 2012, Verisign raised the wholesale prices of [[.com]] and [[.net]] registration by 7%, increasing the price from $7.34 to $7.85. [[Registrar]]s generally passed the price increase on to customers, and some used it as an excuse to raise their own prices beyond the 7% increase, with some increasing prices by 10 and 12 percent.<ref>[http://www.elliotsblog.com/registrars-increasing-prices-more-than-the-verisign-price-increase-7188 REgistrars Increasing Prices more than the Verisign Price Increase, ElliotsBlog.com]</ref>
 In its 2012 10-K report, Verisign identified [[ARI Registry Services]], [[Neustar]], [[Afilias]], and [[Nominet]] as its primary competitors.<ref>[https://investor.verisign.com/secfiling.cfm?filingid=1193125-12-77600 10k Filing, Investor.Verisign.com]</ref>