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CSG

Revenue management, customer experience and payments software vendor for communications and other industries; taken private by NEC in May 2026 and run alongside Netcracker.

Headquarters
Parent
100%
Ownership
Subsidiary2026-05-14source ↗
Revenue
USD 1.22bnFY2025source ↗
Also
software · managed services
Customers
Telecom operatorsEnterprise
Domains
BSSCharging & billingCRM & CPQ

Technology27

BSS

+21 more in the groups below

Relationships17

Owned by

  • 14 May 2026

Acquired by

  • 14 May 2026

Customers

  • 4 Feb 2025
  • 4 Sept 2025
  • 4 Nov 2024
  • 28 Jan 2026
  • 29 Nov 2023
  • announced
  • announced
  • announced
  • announced

Signals4

  • 14 May 2026
  • 29 Oct 2025
  • 4 Sept 2025
  • 4 Feb 2025

Ecosystem

  • owned by

    • taken private; run by Netcrackeractive · 14 May 2026 · Documented · 100%
  • acquired by

    • BSS · US$80.70/share, ~US$2.9bn EV; completed 14 May 2026active · 14 May 2026 · Documented
  • supplies

    • CRM & CPQ · CPQ and Quote & Order SaaSactive · 4 Feb 2025 · Documented
    • Charging & billing · revenue management and monetisation (ACP; Ascendon for entertainment) to 30 Sep 2031active · 4 Sept 2025 · Documented
    • BSS · CSG platforms supporting the residential video, broadband and digital phone customer base (to 31 Dec 2030)active · 4 Nov 2024 · Documented
    • Charging & billing · DISH Network — billing and payment services (to 2030)active · 28 Jan 2026 · Documented
    • Charging & billing · CSG Ascendon for enterprise (B2B) billingactive · 29 Nov 2023 · Documented
    • BSS · Telenor Denmark — CSG Ascendon, Xponent and CPQannounced · 23 Jul 2024 · Documented
    • BSS · CSG Ascendon and customer engagement for the mobile consumer businessannounced · Aug 2024 · Documented
    • BSS · CSG Ascendon (cloud-native digital enablement platform)announced · Reported
    • Charging & billing · Enterprise billing moved to CSG cloud revenue managementactive · Documented
    • BSS · ePLDT — CSG Quote & Order and CSG Encompassannounced · 30 Mar 2026 · Documented
    • Charging & billing · Three Group Solutions — group-wide CSG Ascendon BSS for MVNO customersactive · Documented
    • CRM & CPQ · One NZ Wholesale — CSG Quote & Orderactive · Documented
    • BSS · MTN South Africa — managed services (multi-year extension)active · Reported
    • BSS · Managed services (multi-year extension)active · Reported
    • CRM & CPQ · Orange Business, group-wide — CSG Quote & Order (catalog-driven CPQ) for quote-to-cashannounced · 9 Jul 2025 · Documented

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