nexign is a billing company in

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that provided the first Russian billing system for

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s. The company was established in 1992 as Peter-Service (russian: Петер-Сервис).

History

Nexign was founded in 1992 in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, under the name Peter-Service by the developers of the billing system for the first Russian

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Delta Telecom. In 1994, the company also launched a billing system for landline telecom operator Peterstar. That effectively made Nexign the first company in Russia to create

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s for telecom operators. The projects for Delta Telecom and Peterstar provided the basis for the company's first packaged information and billing solution, Peter-Service BIS, which was among the first billing systems certified by the Ministry of Communication of Russia. Since 2000, Nexign (Peter-Service) has expanded its portfolio with Roaming support systems (RSS), interconnected billing systems (ITC), convergent billing systems (BISrt), and other products for telcos. The company expanded to other regions of Russia, opened new offices, and strengthened the professional capacity. In February 2018, Peter-Service adopted a new brand name Nexign. In December of the same year, it was acquired by ICS-Holding. Under the new name, the company adopted a strategy focused on expansion to the

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and

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(MEA),

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(SEA),

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(CEE) markets with new BSS solutions for

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of CSPs, a network monetization suite, and an IoT platform. According to documents released by

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in September 2017, Peter-Service had allegedly developed

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(DRS) and traffic analysis instruments for the

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system. The company responded that it doesn't have access to user data of CSPs, had never shared any information with authorities, and has no government contracts.

Subsidiaries

* In 2021, Nexign established a

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Nexign Solution, which focuses on projects that incorporate Nexign products and services. * In October 2020, Nexign acquired a 99% stake in Storm Technologies, the developer of automated digital customer experience management systems.

Area Served

Nexign holds dominant positions on its home market in

and the CIS region for its BSS portfolio, and focuses on expansion to MEA (

and

), SEA (

), and

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. The company is headquartered in

and has local offices in

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, and

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. The international offices are located in

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. Nexign provides services to over 50 CSPs in 16 countries, including high-profile customers such as Chinguitel,

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, MTS,

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. While initially Nexign used the

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model, thus ensuring autonomy and reducing the complexity of working with third parties, starting in the ate 2010s, the company started to build relations with