be merged into this article . discuss proposed since february 2016 . neustar inc. type public traded as nyse nsr founded 1996 headquarters sterling virginia united states key people lisa hook ceo paul lalljie cfo industry telecommunications revenue us 902 041 000 2013 operating income us 209 024 000 2011 net income us 160 823 000 2011 total assets us 1 382 638 000 2011 total equity us 502 634 000 2012 employees 1 488 2012 website www.neustar.biz alexa rank 46 643 august 2015 update 1 2 neustar inc. is an american technology company that provides real time information and analytics for the internet telecommunications entertainment and marketing industries and a provider of clearinghouse and directory services to the global communications and internet industries . neustar is domain name registry for . biz . us on behalf of united states department of commerce . co and . nyc top level domains . contents 1 history 2 business overview 3 see also 4 references 5 further reading 6 external links history edit this section needs expansion . you can help by adding to it . september 2010 neustar was incorporated in delaware in 1998 . neustar started as a business unit within lockheed martin corporation . it spun off to keep the neutrality that was essential to its original core contract with the nation s telecommunications providers . in november 2006 neustar completed the acquisition of followap inc. 3 a u.k. based enabler of mobile instant messaging services . in 2010 neustar named lisa hook as president and chief operating officer . in january 2010 the washington post reported that under hook s leadership neustar was chosen by a consortium of hollywood studios and technology executives to manage a system whereby consumers could access movies and other video entertainment from multiple digital devices . 4 in october 2011 neustar acquired targusinfo . 5 on october 30 2013 neustar announced it purchased aggregate knowledge a seven year old ad tech firm for 119 million . 6 in march 2014 neustar acquired . co internet for 109 million . 7 on september 9 2015 asset purchase agreement between transaction network services inc. and neustar inc. 8 on june 21 2016 neustar announced intention to separate into two independent publicly traded companies . 9 business overview edit within the united states and canada neustar administers the north american numbering plan the authoritative directories that manage virtually all telephone area codes and numbers and enables the routing of calls among thousands of competing communications service providers csps . all retail telephone companies must access the neustar clearinghouse to properly route virtually all of their customers calls . citation needed neustar also provides clearinghouse services to emerging csps including internet service providers isps mobile network operators cable television operators and voice over internet protocol voip service providers . citation needed neustar offers internal and external managed dns services that play a role in directing and managing traffic on the internet cloud based ddos attack protection and website performance management tools . 10 neustar manages the authoritative directories for the . us and . biz internet domains and acts as the worldwide registry gateway for china s . cn and taiwan s . tw internet domains outside of these two countries . 11 neustar also provides back end registry services for . co top level domain . neustar manages a collection of these directories that maintain addresses to direct prioritize and manage internet traffic and find and resolve internet queries and top level domains on behalf of its enterprise customers . neustar serves as the provider of registry services and manages directories of similar resources or addresses that its customers use for access and connectivity . neustar previously operated the authoritative directory for u.s. common short codes part of the short messaging service sms relied upon by the u.s. wireless industry and provides solutions used by mobile network operators to enable mobile instant messaging for their end users . ctia granted that contract to iconectiv who took over providing common short code csc registry services on january 1 2016 . 12 neustar provides the digital rights locker for the consortium of hollywood studios consumer electronics manufacturers and retailers behind the ultraviolet digital content scheme to provide consumers with buy once play anywhere capabilities . neustar is also working with the open mobile video coalition omvc to manage the mobile dtv trust authority mdtv . the mdtv will issue a hierarchy of digital certificates and provide secure efficient and easy to use online systems to manage the full lifecycle of mobile dtv trust relationships from registration to ordering delivery authentication status checking and revocation . citation needed see also edit communications assistance for law enforcement act compuware neotys references edit neustar.biz site overview . alexa internet . retrieved 2015 08 10 . neustar inc. february 29 2012 u.s. securities and exchange commission form 10 k fy2011 retrieved may 24 2012 reuters neustar acquires followap for 139 million neustar gets deal to work on movie download anti piracy system . washington post . washington post . january 14 2010 . retrieved may 12 2015 . neustar acquires vienna based targusinfo for 650 million in cash . wasserman todd . october 30 2013 . mashable neustar buys ad tech firm aggregate knowledge for 119 million neustar pays 109 million for . co internet domainincite domain name industry news analysis & opinion . archived from the original on 2015 04 27 . retrieved 2015 04 10 . exhibit . birkner christine june 21 2016 . ad tech player neustar is splitting into 2 public companies . adweek . retrieved august 17 2016 . neustar second annual ddos survey finds 35 % of businesses experienced . dark reading . april 24 2013 . retrieved december 9 2013 . neustar inc. march 25 2009 u.s. 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