Neustar
NeuStar is a telecommunication service providing company Virginia, USA, which also company provides surveillance, clearinghouse, and directory services to the global communications and Internet industry. NeuStar was founded in 1996 under Lockheed Martin CIS and changed its name to NeuStar in 1999. [1]
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| Type: | Public |
| Industry: | Telecommunication |
| Founded: | USA (1996) |
| Headquarters: | Corporate Headquarters 46000 Center Oak Plaza Sterling, VA 20166 USA |
| Employees: | 966 (2009) |
| Revenue: | 4,294,000 (2009) |
| Website: | http://www.neustar.biz |
| Key People | |
| Eric Brown, Director Keith Drazek, Senior Manager Fernando España, Senior Manager Jeff Neuman, Vice President Tim Switzer, Vice President Judy Song-Marshall, Director of Marketing William Tan, Software Engineer | |
NeuStar acts as both traditional providers of communications i.e. local exchange carriers, competitive local exchange carriers, wireless service providers, and long distance carriers etc and communication service technology providers i.e. VoIP services, wireless data, and law enforcement compliances. Thier clearinghouse services enable customers to manage activities like recordi exchanges, subscriber growth, network optimization, content management, and inter-network call origination and termination[2]
History
In 1995 two technology companies, Lockheed Corporation and Martin Marietta Corporation merged to form Lockheed Martin Corporation. [3] Lockheed Martin’s Communication Industry Services (CIS) division was transfared to NeuStar, Inc in November, 1999. [4]
In 1996, NeuStar, then the Communications Industry Services (CIS) operating unit within Lockheed Martin, won its original contract to provide local number portability services to select regions throughout North America. [5] In 1997, it won the contract to become the official North American Numbering Plan (NANP) administrator. [6]
In 1998, Neustar trialed number pooling at the state-wide level.[7]
In 1999, NeuStar and Austria based Melbourne IT combine strengths to form NeuLevel, new joint venture to .biz Internet domain name services under ICANN bid. [8] The since dissolved joint was awarded the contract to administer the name registry for the .BIZ Internet domain. Today, Neustar is the sole registry operator for .BIZ.
In 2003, Neustar Acquired Assets Of NightFire Software, a standards-based service management solutions for the communications industry. [9] In 2005, NeuStar acquired Foretec Seminar which will later be known as NeuStar Neustar Secretariat Services. [10] In April 2006, NeuStar bought UltraDNS, a global and local DNS solution for about $61.8 million in cash. [11] In November 2006, NeuStar acquired Uk based IM service provider Followap for $139 M.[12]. In January 2008, NeuStar bought WebMetrics,San Diego company to provide SaaS and website testing and monitoring services, for $12.5 million. [13]
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