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CSG named a Major Player in the 2025-2026 IDC MarketScape
CSG was recognized in the IDC MarketScape for the following strengths:
CSG Ascendon provides robust subscription life-cycle management
Including onboarding, renewals, amendments, upgrades, downgrades, and cancellations. The platform automates billing schedules and proration and handles complex scenarios, such as asset merges, splits, and billing frequency changes.
The solution supports a diverse range of billing models
Including subscription, usage, prepaid, postpaid, hybrid, milestone, and evergreen models. The features are particularly valuable for high-volume, consumer-facing services, such as telecom and media.
Ascendon's flexible amendment capabilities
Allow changes to product configuration, quantities, bundles, and billing parameters mid-contract. Real-time rating and charging, policy control, and provisioning of services set Ascendon apart from lightweight subscription billers because it supports large-scale transactional volumes, ensuring billing accuracy.