NeuStar Announces Registration of Two Millionth .BIZ Domain Name

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NeuStar Announces Registration of Two Millionth .BIZ Domain Name

Success of 'Business-Centric' Domain Demonstrates Company's Position as
Partner of Choice for Upcoming Round of New TLDs
PARIS, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ICANN 32nd International
Public Meeting - NeuStar (NYSE: NSR) 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).
".BIZ is a powerful Internet platform for businesses of all sizes and
industry classifications," said Tim Switzer, vice president of registry
services at NeuStar. "In an increasingly cluttered and competitive digital
world, .BIZ gives businesses everywhere the opportunity to distinguish
themselves, innovate, and succeed in an environment dedicated to commerce.
I am proud of NeuStar's prudent, disciplined, and organic approach to
developing the .BIZ TLD."
NeuStar has played an active role in the consistent growth and usage of
.BIZ over the past several years. In particular, NeuStar has driven
international adoption of .BIZ by offering Internationalized Domain Names
(IDNs) in 15 different languages.
This registration milestone coincides with ICANN's announcement that it
will begin accepting applications for new TLDs next year. NeuStar is
already working closely with prospective new TLD applicants who demand a
technically superior registry solution, extremely competitive and flexible
pricing, marketing incentives, and a streamlined start-up process that will
speed time- to-market. Having been successful in each of the previous
selection rounds for new TLDs both directly and as a back-end technical
registry partner, and as an active participant in the new TLD policy
process at ICANN, NeuStar is uniquely qualified to assist prospective
applicants with navigating ICANN's application process.
"TLD usage is ubiquitous, and I anticipate that this upcoming round of
TLD applications will have a significant impact on Internet utilization,"
added Switzer. "As the Internet becomes increasingly diverse and
innovative, NeuStar looks forward to leveraging our technical, marketing,
operational, and policy expertise with TLDs to ensure that our partners
achieve success."

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