computer science

Nexign

Nexign is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Nexign rather than just read about it. In short: nexign is a billing company in Russia that provided the first Russian billing system for mobile operators. The company was established in 1992 as Peter-Service (Russian: Петер-Сервис).

Key takeaways

Nexign belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Nexign to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Nexign from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

nexign is a billing company in Russia that provided the first Russian billing system for mobile operators. The company was established in 1992 as Peter-Service (Russian: Петер-Сервис). Nexign is owned by public joint stock company, "Megafon".

History Nexign was founded in 1992 in Saint Petersburg, Russia, under the name Peter-Service by the developers of the billing system for the first Russian cell phone carrier 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 business support systems 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 Middle East and Africa (MEA), Southeast Asia (SEA), Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) markets with new BSS solutions for digital transformation of CSPs, a network monetization suite, and an IoT platform. According to documents released by WikiLeaks in September 2017, Peter-Service had allegedly developed data retention (DRS) and traffic analysis instruments for the SORM 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 systems integrator 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 Russia and the CIS region for its BSS portfolio, and focuses on expansion to MEA (Middle East and Africa), SEA (Southeast Asia), and Latin America. The company is headquartered in Saint Petersburg and has local offices in Moscow, Samara, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Vladivostok, Nizhny Novgorod, Rostov-on-Don, and Novosibirsk. The international offices are located in Istanbul, Dubai, and Santo Domingo. Nexign provides services to over 50 CSPs in 16 countries, including high-profile customers such as Chinguitel, Gazprom, Geocell, Megafon, Moldcell, MTS, Rostelecom, Turkcell. While initially Nexign used the direct sales 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 systems integrators on the new markets Nexign has partnerships with Oracle, Red Hat, Sandvine, NETS International, and Giza Systems. The company is a member of Russoft, Samena Telecommunications Council, OneM2M, 3GPP, ETSI, TM Forum, The Industrial Internet Association, and The Internet of Things Association.

References

External links Official website

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Nexign

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Nexign claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Nexign before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Nexign ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Nexign

In research: Nexign appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Nexign in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Nexign is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1992 establishments in Russia, Business software companies, Telecommunications billing systems, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Nexign outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Nexign in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Nexign means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Nexign out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Nexign in simple terms?

nexign is a billing company in Russia that provided the first Russian billing system for mobile operators. The company was established in 1992 as Peter-Service (Russian: Петер-Сервис).

Why does Nexign matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Nexign?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Nexign.