Information Technology

Gartner Glossary

Communications Service Provider (CSP)

A communications service providers (CSP) offers telecommunications services or some combination of information and media services, content, entertainment and application services over networks, leveraging the network infrastructure as a rich, functional platform. CSPs include the following categories: telecommunications carrier, content and application service provider (CASP), cable service provider, satellite broadcasting operator, and cloud communications service provider.

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