Neustar is a telecommunications company that is responsible for allocating popular TLDs including .biz, .co, and .nyc and the ccTLD, .us. Its primary tasks include administering these domains as well as acting as a ‘registry gateway’ to the ccTLDs, .cn (China) and .tw (Taiwan). Additionally, the company also provides back-end management of the TLDs, .travel and .tel and the prefix, .4u. As the central domain name registry for all internet addresses with these domain endings, it also has the task of managing other directories. Neustar’s services also includes providing information for a Whois search, and customer care in a wide range of areas.
Neustar provide details of the differentawarding criteria for each of these domain endings on their website. For example, .co follows international policies and has flexible requirements, whereas the eligibility of a .us domain is limited to groups and individuals with a base in the United States.
Based in Virginia, USA, Neustar is a global company with hundreds of registrars based all around the world. To secure an internet address with any of its TLDs, customers can apply to either a registrar or directly to their chosen domain’s official website.