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November 1, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — NeuStar, Inc. (neustar.biz), a neutral third party provider of mission-critical services, has been selected by the Department of Commerce (DoC) to manage the authoritative Internet address space for the United States – “.US”. The selection was the culmination of a public discussion of the .US domain that began in 1998 and was made after a comprehensive competitive evaluation process. NeuStar was awarded a four-year contract with two optional one-year renewals.
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For the first time, all U.S. residents, government entities, public service
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organizations and businesses will be able to establish an American identity
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on the Internet. Short memorable Internet addresses (i.e. “johnsmith.us”,
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“publicservice.us”, “mycompany.us”, etc.) were not possible under the
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previous .US policy.
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This policy change, along with technical innovation, significant operational
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improvements, and promotion of .US, will make possible consumer, “e-Gov”,
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business and public service applications that lead to widespread use and
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acceptance of the .US space. NeuStar will, however, preserve and support the
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existing names and structure within .US.
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Jeffrey E. Ganek, CEO of NeuStar, Inc. said, “.US will play a key role in
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America’s 21st century communication infrastructure. A great opportunity
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exists to unlock the potential of the .US domain to the benefit of the
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American people. There is an increasing need for security and advanced
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capabilities on the Internet. NeuStar will operate this national resource
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with the highest level of reliability, stability and integrity.”
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Ganek added: “NeuStar has a legacy of facilitating policy processes with
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multiple stakeholders and will ensure an immediate seamless transition for
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the current .US user community. We look forward to working with existing
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users, U.S. residents, government, businesses and public interest
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organizations to enhance the functionality of the .US space.” About NeuStar,
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Inc. NeuStar, Inc. is a neutral third party provider of mission-critical
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services to telecommunications and Internet service providers around the
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world, NeuStar enables the interoperability and convergence of networks.
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Based in Washington DC, NeuStar operates the authoritative registry of all
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North American telephone numbers and administers the database, which all
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North American carriers rely upon to route billions of telephone calls
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daily. NeuLevel, a NeuStar subsidiary, operates the .BIZ registry, the world
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‘s first top-level domain dedicated exclusively to business. Over 4000
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telecommunications and service providers currently rely upon NeuStar’s
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services.
