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This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-K filed Feb 29, 2008.

Communications Services Group

 

Revenues from Communications Services business are comprised of connectivity and interoperability services, intelligent database services, content services, messaging services, clearing and settlement services, and billing and OSS services.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jan 31, 2008.

Communications Services Group

 

   

VeriSign Communications Services Group (CSG) – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers, media and entertainment companies, and next-generation service providers – delivered revenues of $142 million in the fourth quarter of 2007, up 4% year over year excluding Jamba and Jamba Services.

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Nov 5, 2007.

Communications Services Group

Communications Services Group revenues decreased approximately $64.1 million and $162.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. Revenues from our business-to-consumer content services decreased $71.1 million and $193.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. The decline is primarily related to the joint ventures with Fox and the related deconsolidation of Jamba in January 2007.

Communication and Commerce services revenues, which include our network services, intelligent database services, billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased approximately $7.5 million and $36.4 million, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. Network services revenues decreased due to increased customer direct connects and pricing pressures. Commerce revenues decreased due to key customer losses for the prepaid and clearing businesses. These declines were partially offset by increases in revenues from digital content services, which includes messaging services and mobile content delivery services, of $3.6 million and $29.4 million, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. These increases were primarily the result of our business acquisitions in the second quarter of 2006 and an increase in the volume of our premium short messaging and multimedia mobile messaging services. Professional consulting revenues for our communication services increased approximately $10.9 million and $38.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year, as a result of the acquisition of inCode in November 2006.

 

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This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Nov 5, 2007.

Communications Services Group

Revenues from Communications Services business are comprised of connectivity and interoperability services, intelligent database services, content services, messaging services, clearing and settlement services, and billing and OSS services.

 

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This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Nov 1, 2007.

Communications Services Group

 

   

VeriSign Communications Services Group (CSG) – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers, media and entertainment companies, and next-generation service providers – delivered revenues of $138 million in the third quarter of 2007.

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Aug 9, 2007.

Communications Services Group

Communications Services Group revenues decreased approximately $64.9 million and $98.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. Revenues from our Jamba business-to-consumer content services decreased $72.4 million and $122.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year as a result of the joint ventures with Fox and the related deconsolidation of Jamba in January 2007.

Communication and Commerce services revenues, which include our network services, intelligent database services, billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased approximately $14.6 million and $29.0 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. Network services revenues decreased due to increased customer direct connects and pricing pressures. Commerce revenues decreased due to key customer losses for the prepaid and clearing businesses. These declines were partially offset by increases in revenues from digital content services, which includes messaging services and mobile content delivery services, of $8.4 million and

 

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$25.7 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. These increases were primarily the result of our business acquisition in the second quarter of 2006 and an increase in the volume of our premium short messaging and multimedia mobile messaging services. Professional consulting revenues for our communication services increased by approximately $13.8 million and $27.4 million, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year, which was primarily due to the acquisition of inCode in November 2006.

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jul 26, 2007.

Communications Services Group

 

   

VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $143 million in the second quarter of 2007.

 

   

The Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $90 million.

 

   

The Content group, which includes Messaging Services, generated revenues of $39 million during the quarter.

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Jul 16, 2007.

Communications Services Group

Communications Services Group revenues decreased approximately $33.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007, respectively, as compared to the same period last year. Revenue from our Jamba business-to-consumer content services decreased $46.3 million during the three months ended March 31, 2007, as compared to the same period last year as a result of the joint ventures with Fox and the related deconsolidation of Jamba in our consolidated financial statements during the quarter.

Communication and Commerce services revenues, which include our network services, intelligent database services, billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased approximately $14.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2007, as compared to the same period last year. Network services revenues decreased due to customer direct connects and pricing pressures. Intelligent database services revenues decreased due to pricing pressures and customer consolidations, partially offset by an increase of 8% or 1.2 billion in query volumes. Commerce revenues decreased due to key customer losses for the prepaid and clearing businesses. These declines were partially offset by increases in our mobile content and messaging services revenues and broadband content services revenues of $22.8 million as a result of our business acquisitions over the past twelve months and an increase in the volume of short messaging and multimedia mobile messaging services. Professional and consulting services revenues increased by approximately $13.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2007, due to the acquisition of inCode Telecom Group, Inc. in November 2006.

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly short messages and multimedia mobile messages:

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
  

%

Change

 
     2007    2006   

Short messages and multimedia mobile messages

   16.2 billion    7.4 billion    119 %
This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-K filed Jul 12, 2007.

Communications Services Group

 

Revenues from Communications Services business are comprised of connectivity and interoperability services, intelligent database services, content services, messaging services, clearing and settlement services, and billing and OSS services.

 

 

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VERISIGN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

DECEMBER 31, 2006, 2005 AND 2004

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Jul 12, 2007.

Communications Services Group

Communications Services Group revenues decreased approximately $34.4 million and $154.2 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year. Content services revenue, which includes our mobile messaging, broadband messaging and subscription services, decreased $25.3 million and $151.8, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year, primarily due to a decline in our mobile and broadband subscription services. These declines were partially offset by increases in our mobile delivery and broadband content services and an increase in volume of short messaging and multimedia messaging services.

Communication and commerce services revenue, which include our intelligent database products, mobile wireless connection services, billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased $9.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2006, but increased $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The decrease for the three months ended September 30, was primarily due to the consolidation of certain clearing services customers, and reduced pricing on contracts and services and a decrease in transaction volumes.

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly database queries as of September 30, 2006 and 2005:

 

     September 30,   

%

Change

 
     2006    2005   

Quarterly database queries

   17.1 billion    14.4 billion    19 %
This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Jul 12, 2007.

Communications Services Group

Communications Services Group revenues decreased approximately $74.2 million and $119.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, respectively, as compared to the same periods last year, primarily due to a decrease in revenues of $77.3 million and $130.2 million from content services for the respective periods. Commerce revenues, which include our billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, increased approximately $2.9 million and $6.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same periods last year, due to carrier subscriber growth partially offset by consolidation of certain clearing services customers and reduced pricing on contracts. Revenues from network services, database products and messaging services increased approximately $0.2 million and $4.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same periods last year, as a result of an overall increase in transaction volumes offset by lower prices for some services.

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly database queries as of June 30, 2006 and 2005:

 

     June 30,   

%

Change

 
     2006    2005   

Quarterly database queries

   16.4 billion    14.4 billion    14 %
This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed May 2, 2007.

Communications Services Group

 

   

VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $167 million in the first quarter of 2007.

 

   

The Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $90 million.

 

   

The Content group generated revenues of $63 million, which includes $38 million from B2B services and $25 million for one month of Jamba/Jamster B2C services prior to the closing of the joint venture with News Corporation.

 

   

VeriSign Communications Services Group ended Q1 with a base of 11.4 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 10% sequentially.

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jan 31, 2007.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) Group - which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers - delivered revenues of $208 million in the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

    Within VCS, the Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $113 million, including $17 million from Messaging services.

 

    The Content group generated revenues of $90 million, which includes $72 million for Jamba/Jamster B2C services and $18 million from B2B services.

 

    Consulting services from inCode Wireless generated revenue of $5 million in Q4.

 

    VeriSign Communications Services Group ended Q4 with a base of approximately 10.4 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 33% year over year.

 

    The VCS business supported 16 billion database queries in Q4 2006, relatively flat year over year.

 

    News Corporation and VeriSign finalized a joint venture today that combines Jamba and Fox Mobile Entertainment assets. VeriSign received approximately $188 million for the sale of a controlling interest in Jamba. VeriSign’s 49% minority interest in the joint venture will be reported net of tax as Other Income below the Operating Income line in our future income statements.

Today’s Conference Call

VeriSign will host a live teleconference call today at 2:00 pm (PST) to review the quarter’s results. The call will be accessible by direct dial at (800) 289-0544 (US) or (913) 981-5533 (international). A listen-only live web cast of the earnings conference call will also be available at http://investor.verisign.com. A replay of this call will be available at (888) 203-1112 (passcode: 2572145) or (719) 457-0820 (passcode: 2572145 - international) beginning at 5:00 pm (PST) on January 31 and will run through February 6. This press release and the financial information discussed on today’s conference call are available on the Investor Relations section of the VeriSign website at http://investor.verisign.com.

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Oct 19, 2006.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $203 million in the third quarter of 2006.

 

    Within VCS, the Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $114 million. The Content group generated revenues of $89 million, which includes $73 million for Jamba!/Jamster B2C services and $16 million from B2B services.

 

    VeriSign Communications Services Group ended Q3 with a base of approximately 9.3 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 29% year over year.

 

    The VCS business supported 17.1 billion database queries in Q3 2006, up 19% year over year.
This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jul 20, 2006.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $206 million in the second quarter of 2006.

 

    Within VCS, the Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $120 million. The Content group generated revenues of $86 million, which includes $74 million for Jamba!/Jamster B2C services and $12 million from B2B services which includes the m-Qube acquisition.

 

    VeriSign Communications Services Group ended Q2 with a base of approximately 8.9 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 24% year over year.

 

    The VCS business supported 16.4 billion database queries in Q2 2006, up 14% year over year.
This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed May 10, 2006.

Communications Services Group

Communications Services Group revenues decreased approximately $44.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006 as compared to the same period last year, primarily due to a decrease in revenues of $65.5 million from content services. Commerce revenues, which include our billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, increased approximately $4.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year, due to carrier subscriber growth partially offset by consolidation of certain clearing services customers and reduced pricing on contracts. Revenues from network services and database products, increased approximately $15.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2006, compared with the same period last year, as a result of an overall increase in transaction volumes offset by lower prices for some services.

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly database queries as of March 31, 2006 and 2005:

 

     March 31,   

%

Change

 
     2006    2005   

Quarterly database queries

   14.9 billion    12.8 billion    16 %

Compared to the first quarter of 2006, we expect Communication Services Group revenues to remain flat during the second quarter.

 

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This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Apr 20, 2006.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $197 million in the first quarter of 2006.

 

    Within VCS, the Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $119 million, which included $15 million of revenue from the SMS and MMS messaging services. The Content group generated revenues of $78 million, which includes $77 million for Jamba!/Jamster B2C services and $1 million from acquisitions of 3united and Kontiki, which closed during the quarter.

 

    VeriSign Communications Services Group ended Q1 with a base of approximately 8.2 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 15% year over year.

 

    The VCS business supported 14.9 billion database queries in Q1 2006, up 16% year over year.


This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-K filed Mar 13, 2006.

Communications Services Group

 

Revenues from Communications Services business are comprised of network connectivity and interoperability services, intelligent database services, content and application services, clearing and settlement services, and billing and payment services.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jan 26, 2006.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $219 million in the fourth quarter of 2005, down 8% from the third quarter of 2005. The Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $105 million, down 1% sequentially, while the Content group generated revenues of $114 million, a 13% decrease over Q3 and an increase of 21% year over year.

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services Group ended Q4 with a base of approximately 7.8 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 20% year over year.

 

    The VCS business supported 15.9 billion database queries in Q4 2005, up 24% year over year.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Nov 9, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

Communications Services Group revenues increased approximately $55.6 million and $357.9 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, respectively, primarily due to an increase in revenues of $56.3 million and $360.0 million from content services for the respective periods. Commerce revenues, which include our billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased approximately $2.1 million and $17.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared with the same periods last year, due to consolidation of certain billing services customers and reduced pricing on contracts, partially offset by carrier subscriber growth. Communications revenues, which include our network services and data base products, increased approximately $1.4 million and $15.4 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005, compared with the same periods last year, as a result of an increase in transaction volumes offset by lower prices for some services.

 

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly database queries as of September 30, 2005 and 2004:

 

     September 30,
2005


  

September 30,

2004


   %
Change


 

Quarterly database queries

   14.4 billion    12.7 billion    13 %

 

Compared to the third quarter of 2005, we expect Communication Services Group revenues to decrease during the fourth quarter primarily due to an anticipated decline in the total number of subscribers in our content business.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Oct 19, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $238 million in the third quarter of 2005, down 14% from the second quarter of 2005. The Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $107 million, up 5% sequentially, while the Content group generated revenues of $131 million, a 25% decrease over Q2 and an increase of 78% year over year.


    VeriSign’s Communications Services Group ended Q3 with a base of approximately 7.2 million wireless billing customer subscribers, an increase of approximately 13% year over year.

 

    The VCS business supported 14.4 billion database queries in Q3 2005, up 13% year over year.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed Aug 9, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

Communications Services Group revenues increased approximately $159.4 million and $302.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, respectively, primarily due to an increase in revenues of $160.0 million and $303.7 million from content services for the respective periods. Commerce revenues, which include our billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased approximately $7.5 million and $15.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods last year, due to consolidation of certain billing services customers and reduced pricing on contracts, partially offset by carrier subscriber growth. Communications revenues, which include our network services and data base products, increased approximately $6.9 million and $14.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2005, compared with the same periods last year, as a result of an increase in transaction volumes offset by lower prices for some services.

 

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly database queries as of June 30, 2005 and 2004:

     June 30,
2005


  

June 30,

2004


   %
Change


 

Quarterly database queries

   14.4 billion    12.2 billion    18 %

 

Compared to the second quarter of 2005, we expect Communication Services Group revenues to decrease during the third quarter due to seasonality and subscriber churn in our mobile content business.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jul 20, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered revenues of $277 million in the second quarter of 2005, up 14% from the first quarter of 2005. The Communications and Commerce group generated revenues of $102 million, up 5% sequentially, while the Content group generated revenues of $175 million.

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services Group ended Q2 with a base of approximately 7.2 million wireless billing customer subscribers up modestly from a Q1 base of 7.1 million.

 

    The VCS business supported 14.4 billion database queries in Q2 2005, up 13% from Q1 2005.

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-Q filed May 10, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

Communications Services Group revenues increased approximately $142.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2005 as compared to the same period last year primarily due to an increase in revenues of $144.8 from content services. Commerce revenues, which include our billing and payments services and clearing and settlement services, decreased approximately $8.1 million due to consolidation of certain billing services customers and reduced pricing in payments partially offset by carrier subscriber growth. Communications revenues, which include our network services and data base products, increased approximately $7.3 million as a result of an increase in transaction volumes offset by lower prices for some services.

 

The following table shows a comparison of the approximate number of quarterly database queries and communications services customers as of March 31, 2005 and 2004:

 

     March 31,
2005


  

March 31,

2004


   %
Change


 

Quarterly database queries

   12.8 billion    10.1 billion    27 %

Communications services customers (1)

   1,307    1,162    12 %

(1) excludes subscribers of content services.

 

We expect Communications Services Group revenues will increase for the remainder of 2005 principally as a result of growth in content and application services revenues.

 

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This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Apr 20, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent communications, commerce and content services to telecommunications carriers and next generation service providers – delivered combined revenues of $242 million in the first quarter of 2005, up 19% from the fourth quarter of 2004.

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services Group ended Q1 with a base of approximately 7.1 million wireless billing customer subscribers up from a Q4 base of 6.5 million.

 

    The VCS business supported 12.8 billion database queries in Q1 2005, up 27% from Q1 2004.


This excerpt taken from the VRSN 10-K filed Mar 16, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

Revenues from our communications service group are comprised of network connectivity and interoperability services, intelligent database services, mobile content and application services, clearing and settlement services, and billing and payment services for wireline and wireless telecommunications carriers, cable companies, enterprise customers, and other users.

 

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VERISIGN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS—(Continued)

 

DECEMBER 31, 2004, 2003 AND 2002

 

This excerpt taken from the VRSN 8-K filed Jan 26, 2005.

Communications Services Group

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services (VCS) Group – which provides intelligent connectivity, database, billing & network monitoring services, and content mediation to telecommunications carriers – delivered core revenue of $110 million in the fourth quarter of 2004, with the digital content business, which includes the Jamba! and Jamster! brands, contributing an additional $94 million in revenue, bringing total VCS revenue for Q4 to $204 million.

 

    VeriSign’s Communications Services Group ended Q4 with a base of approximately 6.5 million wireless billing customer subscribers up from a Q3 base of 6.4 million.

 

    The VCS business supported 12.8 billion database queries in the quarter up from 12.7 billion queries for Q3 and up from 8.6 billion queries in Q4 of the prior year.

 

    In December, VeriSign began test marketing its mobile content services in the U.S. under the Jamster! brand with a limited set of carriers and content providers. No revenues related to the test marketing in the US were recognized in the fourth quarter.

 

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