“We’re thrilled to have Nick join the netnumber team at such a pivotal time in our global expansion,” said Steve Legge, CEO of netnumber. “His deep relationships across the Asia-Pacific region and his extensive experience with tier-one carriers will be instrumental as we continue to empower telecommunications clients to reduce costs, increase margins, eliminate points of failure, and enhance the reliability and security of communications through advanced telephone number intelligence.”

Prior to joining netnumber, Halar spent over six years leading Business Development for Proofpoint’s Cloudmark Division across APJ, where he implemented large-scale messaging security solutions that helped major telecommunications providers protect millions of end users. Throughout his career, he has worked with leading telecom and security vendors across the Asia-Pacific and Japan region, helping tier-one operators strengthen their messaging and voice security.

“I’m excited to join the netnumber team and continue supporting our Communications Service Provider community,” said Nick Halar, Senior Business Development Representative of the Asia-Pacific and Japan Region, netnumber. “Together, we’ll drive innovation through advanced telephone number intelligence and real-time fraud prevention for voice and messaging networks — ensuring extended protection for end consumers. In today’s connected world, as users retain their numbers across providers, reliable and intelligent routing has never been more critical, and I’m thrilled to be part of that journey.”

As users increasingly retain their numbers when switching providers, prefix-based routing alone is no longer sufficient. Netnumber’s unique services deliver real-time routing accuracy, fraud prevention, and number validation by harmonizing global number portability, code range, and operator data, empowering operators to reduce costs, increase margins, enhance security, and protect customers from evolving threats.