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Neustar (NSR) revenue growth will 'probably be flat' if major contract ends, S&P analyst says
[at American City Business Journals] - Neustar Inc., which faces a high chance of losing its $450 million contract with the Federal Communications Commission, likely will not be able to replace the lost income with revenue from existing operations, according to an analyst at Standard and Poor's. "Even if those other businesses are growing at a quicker pace, they've lost half of their overall business," Allyn Arden, a securities analyst for the ratings agency, told me. Standard and Poor's downgraded Neustar(NSR) last week after news broke that the FCC's Wireline Competition Bureau, the unit responsible for protecting consumer access to broadband services, issued a recommendation that the agency strip the company of its status as "local number portability administrator," which is primarily responsible for transferring phone numbers when customers switch service providers. "It's hard to say what revenue growth will look like going forward, but probably pretty flattish, maybe up a little bit." Common short codes refer to the short numbers used by businesses for promotional texting, such as voting on game shows or participating in contests