NeuStar, a spinoff from Lockheed Martin controls the entire North American phone system. How? NeuStar physically directs the routing of every telephone call in North America. They are the administrators of the phone numbering plan and issue blocks of phone numbers to the independent carriers. Presently, NeuStar predicts that we have enough telephone numbers to last until 2030 or 2035.

The New York Times interviewed CEO Jeffrey E. Ganek.