Tag Archives: Neustar

Fri 18th December 2015
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Neustar: Linking What Matters - As company continues to evolve, it files trademarks for likely new slogan. Neustar has been shifting its revenue base from a telecom contract to marketing, domain names and more. Based on recent trademark filings, it appears the company will adopt the slogan “Linking What Matters” going forward. The company filed six intent-to-use trademark applications for “Linking What Matters”, and the goods and services descriptions cover basically everything the company offers. That includes, of course, ... read more ...
Fri 9th October 2015
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.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List - .NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the results somewhere around 650 of these domain names got registered. If you have ever gone through an ICANN collision list a substantial percentage of the list contains a lot of nonsensical domains, containing random letters and/or numbers or are otherwise ... read more ...
Fri 14th August 2015
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Centralnic passes Donuts as Backend Provider For New gTLD Domain Names - According to ntldsstats.com, CentralNic has passed Donuts in the number of domain names it is providing backend registry services for new gTLD domains. ntldstats.com is showing CentralNic having 1,426,647 new gTLD’s under its backend management while Donuts is sitting at 1,425,466 domain names, each representing about 20% of all new gTLD’s. However CentralNic is the backend provider for just 24 new gTLD’s at the moment while Donuts has 189 active new gTLD’s using its backend system. In layman’s ... read more ...
Thu 30th July 2015
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Neustar acquires Bombora and ARI - Neustar continues to grow its top level domain name services business with acquisition. Neustar has acquired Australia-based Bombora Technologies Pty Ltd, the registry services provider of the .au top-level domain and numerous other top-level domains, for approximately AUD $118.5 million, or approximately USD $86.9 million in cash. This includes its subsidiary ARI Registry Services, which provides registry services to a number of new top level domain names. Bombora had revenue of USD $20.6 million ... read more ...
Mon 20th July 2015
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.CO Turns Five: With 1.8M Domains: 120 .CO Startups Raised $460M In Funding in 2015 - Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), sent out a press release today in celebration of the fifth birthday of the .CO web extension and there are released some pretty interesting stats: • Over 1.8 Million .CO domains under currently under management • 120 companies using the .Co domain name extension raised $460 million in funding in 2015 (1st half of year) • Over 55% of .CO registrants are from the United States • New York City is the top U.S. city with the most .CO domains registered • Twitter® ... read more ...
Wed 8th July 2015
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A demeanour during Dot Luxury One Year Into The Process - Tony Kirsch of ARI Registry Services posted an interview with Monica Kirchner of Dot Luxury. Tony was looking to get some perspective on how things are going one year into the process. Dot Luxury names are not cheap, checking out a few registrars: TheDomains.Luxury $780 101Domain TheDomains.Luxury $724.99 Name.com TheDomains.Luxury $799.99 Go Daddy According to ntldstats.com there are 1,186 registrations. From the article: What was one of the key challenges you faced and how did you overcome this? Monica: ... read more ...
Mon 15th June 2015
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Neustar's Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37 - What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provider for a lot of new TLDs. On this episode, Neustar VP of Registry Sean Kaine talks about these top level domains and how he sees the internet naming landscape changing in the coming years. What’s the future of .US? Why is .Co still growing in the face ... read more ...
Tue 19th May 2015
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Kellie Peterson joins Neustar - Domain name industry veteran moves to Neustar, where she’ll develop channel partnerships for domains sch as .co and .nyc. Kellie Peterson has left the President’s post at DNC Holdings (DirectNic) to join Neustar’s registry services team. At Neustar, Peterson will be responsible for growing the North American and Australian registry services markets. She will focus on growing Neustar’s managed domain name extensions (.Co, .nyc, .biz and .US). Kellie Peterson will team up with another Peterson ... read more ...
Thu 30th April 2015
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A demeanour during Neustar's domain name base - Company is counting on new TLDs for growth in domain name business, but it’s slow. Neustar reported earnings yesterday and released updated information on its base of domain names registered. .Co continues to perform well for the company, adding $5.2 million revenue in the first quarter. Additionally, the company has operating agreements with 122 new top level domains that have signed agreements with ICANN. 43 are already in market. This chart shows how many domain names Neustar is managing, both ... read more ...
Tue 21st April 2015
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Virtual .US Town Hall assembly takes place Wednesday - .US owners should tune in and ask questions at online event tomorrow. Neustar, the registry that runs the .US country code domain name for the United States, is holding a .US Public Stakeholder Town Hall tomorrow, April 22. The virtual town hall takes place from 1-3 PM ET and registration is required. The usTLD Stakeholder Council, which was organized last year, is planning the event. There are a few topics on the agenda, but there will also be an open floor for people to ask questions. As the owner ... read more ...
Tue 7th April 2015
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Neustar Files Suit Against a FCC - Neustar (NSR) is suing the FCC over the loss of the Local Number Portability contract which it held for 18 years. Neustar which has watched the price of its stock drop close to 50% from August 2, 2013 when the shares were at $55.71, initiated a $150 million share buyback once the contract loss was official. Local Number portability refers to the ability of a “customer of record” of an existing fixed-line or mobile telephone number assigned by a local exchange carrier (LEC) to reassign the number ... read more ...
Wed 4th February 2015
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Neustar grossed about $2 million income from new TLDs in Q4 - Company is “cautiously bullish” about new TLDs over next few quarters, but I’m not the only one who doesn’t know what that means. Domain name registry and telephone services company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) reported 4th quarter 2014 earnings yesterday after the market closed. On the company’s conference call, CFO Paul Lalljie reported that the company pulled in about $2 million in revenue in the fourth quarter from new top level domain names, and much of that came from the .NYC launch. The ... read more ...
Sun 1st February 2015
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Is This The Domain With The Longest Registration Date? SMITHSONIAN.US Expires 2102 - Here is new one on me. A domain name that doesn’t expire until the next century. The domain name is Smithsonian.us and it is as you would expect owned by the Smithsonian Institution of Washington. The domain is not registered through a registrar, but instead is still showing as being registered through NeuStar the company that operates the .US registry under license of the United States Government. I didn’t know that a domain name could be registered without a domain name registrar, but that ... read more ...
Thu 30th October 2014
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Agari and Neustar Partner To Provide Domain Protection Solution - According to a press release today Agari and Neustar are partnering to today announced the two leading security firms are partnering to give customers the highest level of domain security possible in the current climate of targeted and sophisticated cyberattacks. The partnership provides the industry’s first-ever collaborative domain protection solution for customers, combining the power of the Agari PRO solution with Neustar’s UltraDNS offering. The two services will reinforce one another to ... read more ...
 
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Neustar reports earnings, .Co grossed $4.4 million final quarter - .Co acquisition helps boost revenue at Neustar. Neustar reported third quarter earnings after the bell today. The company, which operates .us, .biz and .co, reported a 7% lift in revenue and a 1% increase in net income compared to the third quarter of 2013. A big growth driver was the addition of .Co, which the company acquired in March. .Co added $4.4 million to the revenue line during the third quarter. Neustar originally reported the purchase price of .Co as $109 ... read more ...
Sun 3rd August 2014
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Neustar Fighting To Keep Contract Worth Half of Their Annual Revenues - Neustar is fighting to keep a contract that makes up over half of its revenue and it has nothing to do with domain names. The company has been in charge of a major governmental telecommunications contract for the last 17 years. The contract deals with the local number portability administrator (LNPA), which helps phone subscribers keep their numbers when switching carriers. The company is now looking to do whatever it can to keep Telcordia, a division of Ericsson, from taking over. Bloomberg noted ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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Neustar reports earnings, and income strike from .Co - Revenue was up 8% in the quarter, some of which is attributed to the company’s acquisition of .Co. Neustar reported second quarter earnings after the bell today. Revenue was up 8% and adjusted net income was up 1% compared to the same quarter a year ago. The company’s Security Services segment reported 28% growth, 12% of which it attributed to the acquisition of .Co. It’s not entirely clear if this represents a full quarter of .Co revenue, but .Co appears to ... read more ...
Mon 30th June 2014
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Why Is Neustar Allowing Nicaragua To Use A .US Doman for Their Offical Visitor Site? - I saw a full page ad in a travel magazine a few weeks ago for the website VisitNicaragua.us. It was a very nice full color ad which promoted the country as a great tourist destination. The domain name is registered to the Nicaraguan Tourism Board and whose registered address on the whois records is in Nicaragua My first thought that it is stupid domain for the official travel site of a country to use domain name in  the ccTLD of other country. After all .US is the ccTLD for the United States and ... read more ...
Fri 27th June 2014
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Say Hello To The 1st 158 .NYC Domains: HappyBirthday.NYC, Honeymoon.NYC Startrek.NYC - The Sunrise period for trademark/brand holders closed on June 20 for the .NYC new gTLD, the extension for the city of New York. The latest zone files indicate that  brands and trademark holders participated very lightly in the Sunrise period,  where I count less than 160 domain name registrations (of course all of the Sunrise maybe in). However since New York is largely regarded to be the headquarters of so many companies including those in media, advertising, marketing and is the home to thousands ... read more ...
Mon 21st April 2014
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Launched – Grown – Sold The Miami Herald Discusses What’s Next for .CO Founders - The Miami Herald did a piece today on the .CO Registry acquisition by Neustar. They spoke with Juan Diego Calle to find out what’s next for everyone now that the company is sold. Calle mentioned a better job and better benefits for employees. The article also mentions that Neustar did not get Pop.co in the deal.   Calle said Neustar’s plan is to keep the offices — and the jobs — in Miami and Colombia. There are 20 full-time employees going to Neustar, plus a few consultants. “All of our ... read more ...
Wed 16th April 2014
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Neustar Reports Lower than approaching gain – Stock off 4% in After Hours Trading - Neustar is down in after hours trading as the company reported lower than expected earnings. The stock is off close to 4 % in after hours trading at $27.15. Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a trusted, neutral provider of real-time information services and analytics, today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, and affirmed its revenue and adjusted net income guidance for 2014. Results for First Quarter 2014 Compared to First Quarter 2013 Revenue increased 6% to $229.9 million Revenue ... read more ...
Tue 15th April 2014
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The Sale of .Co To Neustar Closed Today; Offices To Stay In Miami - Although it was announced a few weeks ago, the sale of the  .CO Internet S.A.S to Neustar for $109 million dollars actually just closed today. According to the MiamiHerald.com, the “Champagne popped and bonuses flowed after .CO Internet closed its chapter as an independent company and became part of the publicly traded Neustar on Monday afternoon.” “In his first comments to the press about the transaction, Juan Diego Calle, co-founder and former CEO of .CO, said “The timing was right for ... read more ...
Mon 14th April 2014
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Neustar – 80 % of Local Searches on Mobile Phones Convert - Neustar put out a study and an infographic on the high conversion rates experienced  in local search by those using mobile phones. Jessica Lee covered this on Search Engine Watch From the article: How Local Searches Convert Four out of five searches via mobile devices lead to a purchase, often within a few hours, the survey said. Compared with other devices, the mobile phone showed the highest conversion rate, with nearly 80 percent of mobile phone searches ending in a purchase. And, nearly three ... read more ...
Sun 23rd March 2014
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The Denver Post Apparently Has Never Heard of Neustar - The Denver Post is not too familiar with Neustar, they referred to the company as “virtually unknown”. The article  is pertaining to Neustar and their bid to retain a very lucrative contract in the telecom space. This is the same “virtually unknown” company that just spent $109 to million to buy .CO Internet S.A.S. The Denver Post doesn’t seem to be aware that Neustar (NSR) is a publicly traded company with a valuation of over $2 Billion dollars based on its closing share price on Friday ... read more ...
Fri 21st March 2014
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Why Neustar paid $109 million for .Co and what it means for new TLDs - While the circumstances behind Neustar’s acquisition of .CO Internet were unique, it bodes well for operators of new TLDs. Neustar announced yesterday that it is paying $109 million to acquire .CO Internet, operator of the .co domain name. It’s a big price tag, and here’s how it breaks down: * $68 per currently registered .Co domain * 5x current annual revenue run rate * 6.5x current annual revenue run rate when you account for Neustar losing $4 million a year ... read more ...