NeuStar Registry Services 2009 Headlines

• Colombia Awards .CO ccTLD Registry Contract to .CO Internet S.A.S.

  Colombia's Minister of Communications, María del Rosario Guerra, announced on August 15, 2009 that the 10-year contract to promote, manage, and operate the technical infrastructure of the .CO country code domain (.CO ccTLD) has been awarded to .CO Internet S.A.S., a strategic venture being formed between Arcelandia S.A. and Neustar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR).

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• Neustar Expands UltraDNS Network Infrastructure in Europe

  Neustar announces the deployment of a new UltraDNS network node in Amsterdam, Holland, further expanding Neustar's global managed DNS infrastructure. The new node, the third in Europe along with London and Luxembourg, further increases the reliability and performance of the UltraDNS Managed DNS Service, especially for end users in Europe who will experience even faster resolution times for domains hosted on UltraDNS infrastructure.

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• Neustar Addresses Fundamental DNS Vulnerability with Cache Defender, a Secure DNS Authentication System

  Leading Managed DNS Provider Allows ISP Partners to Protect Consumers from Malicious Cache Poisoning and Pharming Attacks

  Neustar announces the availability of Cache Defender, a secure DNS authentication system that mitigates a fundamental flaw in how traffic is managed on the Internet. This vulnerability, brought to public attention last year by security researcher Dan Kaminsky, allows criminal elements to engage in "DNS cache poisoning" for the malicious hijacking of domain names and results in consequent damage from large-scale identity theft, among other illegal activities.

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• .BIZ One- and Two-Character Domain Names Approved by ICANN For Public Availability

  Businesses Now Able to Submit Proposals or Bid at Auction to Secure Unique Web Addresses, Says Registry Operator NeuStar

  Neustar announced that it has received approval from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to make one- and two-character .BIZ domain names (such as www.i.biz, www.my.biz and www.3.biz) available to the public.

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• Neustar's UltraDNS to Power Growth of NDTV Convergence

  UltraDNS Managed DNS Service to Increase Performance and Reliability of Popular Indian News Site

  NeuStar announces that NDTV Convergence, the digital arm of New Delhi Television (NDTV), India's largest news and infotainment network, has chosen NeuStar's UltraDNS Managed DNS Service to bolster the scalability of its online properties.

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• Angie's List Chooses Neustar's UltraDNS to Enhance the Security and Manageability of its Online Presence

  Popular Online Consumer Ratings Site Addresses Single Point of Failure in Critical Infrastructure

  Neustar announces that Angie's List, the nationwide ratings service with real consumer reviews of local service providers, has chosen Neustar's UltraDNS Managed DNS Service to optimize the performance of its online operations.

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• Neustar's Jon Peterson Named to Internet Architecture Board

  Neustar announces that Jon Peterson has been named to the Internet Architecture Board (IAB), an independent committee of researchers and professionals with a technical interest in the health and evolution of the Internet system.

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• Public Library of Science Selects Neustar for Critical Web Application Monitoring

  Neustar announces that the Public Library of Science has selected Neustar's Webmetrics Application Monitoring service to augment the performance capabilities of all of its online services, thus ensuring a positive experience for customers.

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NeuStar Registry Services 2008 Headlines

• Big brands buy into online .tel directory listing

  Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the Registry Operator for the new .tel top level domain-driven directory service, announced today that it had received thousands of applications from leading brands for the new, mobile-optimized contacts directory on the internet within the first hours of opening registration period for trademark owners.

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• First .tel domains go on sale today

  Webless web innovation drives new way to communicate

  Telnic Limited (www.telnic.org), the registry operator of the new .tel top level domain, today begins accepting applications for trademarks from businesses and organizations worldwide. From today until February 2nd, trademark owners can register.tel domains for their brands and company names, providing them with a ‘live’ comprehensive listing in the first global, mobile-optimized online directory.

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• With Over 2 Million Domain Names Under Management, NeuStar's .BIZ Registry Reflects Quality Over Quantity

  Success of “Business-Centric” Domain Demonstrates Company’s Position as Partner of Choice for Upcoming Round of New TLDs

  NeuStar today announced that two million domain names have been officially registered within the .BIZ Internet domain. NeuStar is the operator and administrator of the .BIZ top-level domain (TLD) registry, and was awarded the contract by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).

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• NeuStar Expands Global Reach of .BIZ Domain with Addition of Six New Languages

  Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Portuguese Character Sets Now Available to .BIZ Registrants

  NeuStar announced the launch of six internationalized domain names (IDNs) for the Finnish, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Portuguese languages in the .BIZ top-level Internet domain. Organizations around the world that do business in these languages are now better positioned to grow and gain competitive advantage.

  NeuStar has been a pioneer in globalizing the Internet for non-English speakers. IDNs in the .BIZ domain enable companies and organizations worldwide to register domain names in their languages of choice. With the six languages released today, NeuStar currently offers IDN registrations in a total of 15 languages. .BIZ IDNs have been available in Korean since August 2007; in Chinese and Japanese since March 2007; in Spanish, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish since November 2006; and in German since 2004.

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NeuStar Registry Services 2007 Headlines

• NeuStar Wins Contract for United States' Internet Domain

  NeuStar announced that it has been awarded the contract to operate and administer the .US Internet domain name registry. The official country-code top level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, .US is overseen by the United States Department of Commerce. The original .US registry contract was awarded to NeuStar in June 2001, and is due to expire on October 25, 2007. The new contract term is for a base of three years beginning October 26, 2007, with the possibility of two one-year extensions.

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• NeuStar Launches Korean Language Domain Names in .BIZ TLD

  NeuStar announced that it has deployed internationalized domain names (IDNs) for the Korean language in the .BIZ top-level Internet domain as of August 19, 2007. IDNs in .BIZ enable companies and for-profit organizations worldwide to register domain names in their languages of choice using Unicode characters that are not available in ASCII.

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• NeuStar Announces Significant Wholesale Price Reductions For KIDS.US Registrars

  NeuStar announced that it has significantly decreased the wholesale cost of all KIDS.US domain name registrations and Content Management Subscriptions, and is launching a rebate program to promote increased awareness and usage of the KIDS.US space.

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• NeuStar Launches Chinese and Japanese Language Domain Names In .BIZ TLD

  NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR) announced today that it has deployed internationalized domain names (IDNs) for both the Chinese and the Japanese languages in the .BIZ top-level Internet domain.

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• Telnic Partners with NeuStar for New .TEL Domain

  Telnic Limited, the UK-based operator of the .TEL top-level domain (TLD), announced today that it has selected NeuStar to operate the domain name registry and DNS resolution systems for .TEL.

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• NeuStar Announces Launch of Five New International Domain Names in .BIZ TLD

  NeuStar announced today that it has deployed five new international domain name (IDN) language scripts in the .BIZ top-level Internet domain. The new offerings include Spanish, Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish; NeuStar has offered .BIZ IDNs in German script since 2004.

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NeuStar Registry Services 2006 Headlines

• NeuStar Retains Operational Control Of .BIZ Registry

  ICANN Board Approves Agreement For Global Top-Level Domain

  NeuStar announced today that it has successfully renegotiated its agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) to maintain operational and administrative control of the registry for the .BIZ global top-level domain (gTLD).

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• Cordance and NeuStar Open the I-Names Global Registry

  Universal "Digital Address" Available for Individuals and Businesses in Support of OASIS XRI Standards

  Cordance, the corporate administrator for the i-names global namespace, and NeuStar, Inc. (NYSE: NSR), a leading provider of essential communications services to the global communications and Internet industry, announced today that the Global Registry Service for i-names will officially open today at 7:00 PM EDT, (23:00 GMT). Individuals and businesses will be able to establish a "digital address" for themselves that will help them protect their identity and privacy, as well as provide a spam-safe means to be contacted over the Internet. NeuStar will operate the i-names Global Registry Service (GRS).

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