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Nexign Expands International Presence with New
Office in Latin America

Nexign, a leading Business Support unlock new revenue streams by creating b2b2x customers and introduce various
System (BSS) and Internet of Things solutions based on innovative business digital services on global marketplaces
(IoT) solutions provider, announced that ideas and modern technology stacks. Our without the risk of cannibalizing the current
it is pioneering a TM Forum Catalyst goals align with TM Forum’s vision on revenue models and subscriber base. “One
project entitled “Vertical industry telcos: how to drive the evolution of the telecom of the use cases for our joint Catalyst
A federated DLT-based marketplace”. industry and help CSPs and vendors work project is the eSIM-based travel products,
The project will be presented at the TM together effectively. Participation in the which allow CSPs to leverage big data to
Forum Catalyst Digital Showcase on July Catalyst program is a significant milestone find subscribers who are travelling and
30, 2020. This is the first Catalyst project for us. We believe that, together with the TM offer them services in their current location
driven by vendors and Champion CSPs of Forum community, the project Champions without roaming charges. We expect CSPs’
Russian origin, and will allow Nexign to and other parties, we can level up the global potential revenue from leveraging eSIM
create new business opportunities for its marketplace solution,” says Alexey Vedin, technology to skyrocket once eSIMs are
customers, helping them increase capacity Director of Network Monetization Products legal and in common use across Russia.
and reduce expenses. This project is at Nexign. The “Vertical industry telcos: A This is partly because more than 40% of
part of TM Forum’s renowned proof-of- federated DLT-based marketplace” project new devices being produced worldwide
concept Catalyst program, which focuses aims to build an ecosystem for dynamic have eSIM chips, and the number of eSIM
on co-creating innovative solutions to resource sharing between Digital Service devices on the market is set to double
important industry challenges. Nexign has Providers (DSPs). As collaboration and year-on-year. Predictions like this suggest
joined forces with Champion CSPs such partnerships will be the key to successful that eSIM product ecosystems are going
as Orange, BT Group PLC (formerly British 5G monetization, this global marketplace to be playing an increasingly important
Telecom) and Rostelecom and vendors will be a secure foundation for more role in telecom providers’ operations. We
such as Nokia, IOTA and Argus to create a transparent and dynamic interaction are pleased to be involved in a project,
collaborative solution that helps telecom between CSPs of various profiles. Nexign which tackles some of the key challenges
operators manage their digital assets and other team members have agreed faced by providers and all their customer
better and gain new business opportunities to collaborate on developing industry segments,” comments Aleksey Chernetsov,
from up-to-date BSS solutions. Notably, standards for access to blockchain- Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO)
this is the first ever Catalyst project that based telco marketplaces, which give Director at Rostelecom. “Catalyst projects
is driven by and involves companies of Digital Service Providers (DSPs) the showcase the power of collaboration,
Russian origin: two vendors (Nexign and chance to sell globally. These standards bringing together a wide range of
Argus) and an integrated provider of digital will facilitate additional interoperability companies, industries and ecosystems not
services and solutions (Rostelecom). by creating interfaces from existing BSS/ only in telecom but also in IoT, smart cities,
“Nexign has been a TM Forum member OSS solutions to emerging exchange smart energy, industrial manufacturing and
since 2007, and we have always seen platforms. Ultimately, Nexign’s global more,” concludes John Gillam, Chief Digital
TM Forum as a strategic platform for digital DLT-based marketplace Catalyst Officer at TM Forum. “Championed by the
our product development and thought project will enable DSPs to directly and world’s largest service providers, Catalyst
leadership efforts. We aim to help CSPs securely transact with each other and projects accelerate innovation, prove the

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