What's VeriSign getting? Since 1992 Network Solutions has been the sole government-licensed registry for dot-com (and dot-net and dot-org) Internet domain names. The U.S. Commerce Department started opening up the process last year, but Network Solutions is still essentially a monopoly. It has recently expanded its services to include basic e-commerce and security services for customers. MORE
Dot-Com Registrar Goes for $21 Billion
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VeriSign, the leading provider of digital signatures,
announced Tuesday that it's buying Network Solutions in a
$21 billion stock swap. A few years ago the deal
would have ranked as one of the largest corporate mergers
in history; these days it's just another day in dot-com land.