Neustar (NSR)

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and long distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc., and emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services or providers of information and content to Internet and telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS services include a wide range of both large and small enterprises, including registry operators, such as Canadian Internet Registration Authority, and e-commerce companies. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com, Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code communications, but the bulk of our customers for U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and entertainment content providers who register codes with us to allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe and Asia, including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of which is separately billed for the services we provide, regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue in 2008. The amount of our revenue derived from customers inside the United States was $317.3 million, $387.4 million and $434.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers outside the United States was $15.7 million, $41.8 million and $54.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American Portability Management LLC was $249.3 million, $301.8 million and $331.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.

 

We have two business segments, Clearinghouse and NGM. For further discussion of the operating results of our segments, including revenue, income (loss) from operations, total assets, goodwill, and intangible assets, as well as information concerning our international operations, see Note 17 to our Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and long distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc., and emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services or providers of information and content to Internet and telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS services include a wide range of both large and small enterprises, including registry operators, such as Canadian Internet Registration Authority, and e-commerce companies. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com, Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code communications, but the bulk of our customers for U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and entertainment content providers who register codes with us to allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe and Asia, including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of which is separately billed for the services we provide, regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue in 2008. The amount of our revenue derived from customers inside the United States was $317.3 million, $387.4 million and $434.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers outside the United States was $15.7 million, $41.8 million and $54.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American Portability Management LLC was $249.3 million, $301.8 million and $331.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.

 

We have two business segments, Clearinghouse and NGM. For further discussion of the operating results of our segments, including revenue, income (loss) from operations, total assets, goodwill, and intangible assets, as well as information concerning our international operations, see Note 17 to our Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including
local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and
AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO
Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless
service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and long
distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including
Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc.,
and emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings
Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing
number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services
or providers of information and content to Internet and
telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS
services include a wide range of both large and small
enterprises, including registry operators, such as Canadian
Internet Registration Authority, and
e-commerce
companies. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet
registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us
Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network
Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com,
Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on
behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on
our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code
communications, but the bulk of our customers for
U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and
entertainment content providers who register codes with us to
allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text
messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe and Asia,
including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone
Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide
mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of
which is separately billed for the services we provide,
regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of
our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than
10% of our total revenue in 2008. The amount of our revenue
derived from customers inside the United States was
$317.3 million, $387.4 million and $434.0 million
for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers
outside the United States was $15.7 million,
$41.8 million and $54.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount
of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American
Portability Management LLC was $249.3 million,
$301.8 million and $331.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.

 

We have two business segments, Clearinghouse and NGM. For
further discussion of the operating results of our segments,
including revenue, income (loss) from operations, total assets,
goodwill, and intangible assets, as well as information
concerning our international operations, see Note 17 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including
local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and
AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO
Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless
service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and long
distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including
Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc.,
and emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings
Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing
number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services
or providers of information and content to Internet and
telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS
services include a wide range of both large and small
enterprises, including registry operators, such as Canadian
Internet Registration Authority, and
e-commerce
companies. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet
registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us
Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network
Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com,
Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on
behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on
our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code
communications, but the bulk of our customers for
U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and
entertainment content providers who register codes with us to
allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text
messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe and Asia,
including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone
Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide
mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of
which is separately billed for the services we provide,
regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of
our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than
10% of our total revenue in 2008. The amount of our revenue
derived from customers inside the United States was
$317.3 million, $387.4 million and $434.0 million
for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers
outside the United States was $15.7 million,
$41.8 million and $54.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount
of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American
Portability Management LLC was $249.3 million,
$301.8 million and $331.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.

 

We have two business segments, Clearinghouse and NGM. For
further discussion of the operating results of our segments,
including revenue, income (loss) from operations, total assets,
goodwill, and intangible assets, as well as information
concerning our international operations, see Note 17 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including
local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and
AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO
Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless
service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and long
distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including
Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc.,
and emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings
Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing
number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services
or providers of information and content to Internet and
telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS
services include a wide range of both large and small
enterprises, including registry operators, such as Canadian
Internet Registration Authority, and
e-commerce
companies. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet
registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us
Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network
Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com,
Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on
behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on
our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code
communications, but the bulk of our customers for
U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and
entertainment content providers who register codes with us to
allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text
messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe and Asia,
including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone
Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide
mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of
which is separately billed for the services we provide,
regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of
our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than
10% of our total revenue in 2008. The amount of our revenue
derived from customers inside the United States was
$317.3 million, $387.4 million and $434.0 million
for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers
outside the United States was $15.7 million,
$41.8 million and $54.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount
of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American
Portability Management LLC was $249.3 million,
$301.8 million and $331.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.

 

We have two business segments, Clearinghouse and NGM. For
further discussion of the operating results of our segments,
including revenue, income (loss) from operations, total assets,
goodwill, and intangible assets, as well as information
concerning our international operations, see Note 17 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including
local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and
AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO
Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless
service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and long
distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including
Comcast Corporation, Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc.,
and emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings
Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing
number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services
or providers of information and content to Internet and
telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS
services include a wide range of both large and small
enterprises, including registry operators, such as Canadian
Internet Registration Authority, and
e-commerce
companies. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet
registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us
Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network
Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com,
Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on
behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on
our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code
communications, but the bulk of our customers for
U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and
entertainment content providers who register codes with us to
allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text
messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe and Asia,
including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone
Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide
mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of
which is separately billed for the services we provide,
regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of
our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than
10% of our total revenue in 2008. The amount of our revenue
derived from customers inside the United States was
$317.3 million, $387.4 million and $434.0 million
for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers
outside the United States was $15.7 million,
$41.8 million and $54.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively. The amount
of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American
Portability Management LLC was $249.3 million,
$301.8 million and $331.8 million for the years ended
December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, respectively.

 

We have two business segments, Clearinghouse and NGM. For
further discussion of the operating results of our segments,
including revenue, income (loss) from operations, total assets,
goodwill, and intangible assets, as well as information
concerning our international operations, see Note 17 to our
Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., and Sprint Nextel Corporation; and long distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Telecom Inc., Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc., and fast-growing emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services or providers of information and content to Internet and telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS services include a wide range of both large and small enterprises, including registry operators, such as Afilias Limited, and e-commerce companies, such as Amazon.com, Inc. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com, Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code communications, but the bulk of our customers for U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and entertainment content providers who register codes with us to allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe, including several country operators affiliated with Vodafone Group Plc, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 8,700 different entities, each of which is separately billed for the services we provide, regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue in 2007. The amount of our revenue derived from customers inside the United States was $235.5 million, $317.3 million and $387.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. The amount of our revenue derived from customers outside the United States was $7.0 million, $15.7 million and $41.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively. The amount of our revenue derived under our contracts with North American Portability Management LLC was $188.8 million, $249.3 million and $301.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2005, 2006 and 2007, respectively.

 

 

We serve traditional providers of communications, including local exchange carriers, such as Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T, Inc.; competitive local exchange carriers, such as XO Holdings, Inc. and Level 3 Communications, Inc.; wireless service providers, such as Verizon Wireless Inc., AT&T Mobility LLC and Sprint Nextel Corporation; and long distance carriers. We also serve emerging CSPs, including Comcast Corporation, Time Warner Telecom Inc., Cox Communications, Inc. and Cbeyond, Inc., and fast-growing emerging providers of VoIP services, such as Vonage Holdings Corp.

 

In addition to serving traditional CSPs, we also serve a growing number of customers who are either enablers of Internet services or providers of information and content to Internet and telephone users. For example, customers for our managed DNS services include a wide range of both large and small enterprises, including registry operators, such as Afilias Limited, and e-commerce companies, such as Amazon.com, Inc. All Internet service providers rely on our Internet registry services to route all communications to .biz and .us Internet addresses. Domain name registrars, including Network Solutions, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., and Register.com, Inc. pay us for each .biz and .us domain name they register on behalf of their customers. Wireless service providers rely on our registry to route all U.S. Common Short Code communications, but the bulk of our customers for U.S. Common Short Codes are the information and entertainment content providers who register codes with us to allow wireless subscribers to communicate with them via text messaging. Mobile network operators throughout Europe, including Vodafone Group Plc and Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA, rely on our instant messaging solutions to provide mobile instant messaging to their end users.

 

Our customers include over 7,300 different entities, each of which is separately billed for the services we provide, regardless of whether it may be affiliated with one or more of our other customers. No single entity accounted for more than 10% of our total revenue in 2006. The amount of our revenue derived from customers