Instrument NameVerisign IncInstrument Symbol(VRSN-Q)

Instrument ExchangeNASDAQ

VeriSign Inc. provides Internet infrastructure services that include domain name registry services and infrastructure assurance services. Registry services operate the .com, .net, .cc, .tv, .gov, .jobs, .eduand .name domain name directories. With respect to the .com, .net and .name domains, the company has agreements with The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that makes it the exclusive registrar of these domain names. The company has an agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce with respect to the .com domain. Other agreements make it the exclusive registry for the .tv and .cc country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) and the provider of back-end systems for all .gov, .jobs and .edu domain names. It also provides internationalized domain name (IDN) services for websites in local languages. Verisign's gTLDs and ccTLDs can support standards-compliant registrations in more than 100 different native languages and scripts.