Communications Service Provider (CSP)
A communications service provider (CSP) is an umbrella term for a company that offers communications and information-related services. This can include telephone companies, internet providers, or satellite.cable companies. TV networks, radio stations, and other media entities are also CSPs. In each of these scenarios, CSPs transmit data, voice, text, videos, images, and/or audio to users/customers in their service area or around the world.
What Small and Midsize Businesses Need to Know About Communications Service Provider (CSP)
A reliable CSP is crucial for today’s businesses to connect with vendors and clients. Communications technology also makes it possible for team members to collaborate and communicate remotely.
Related terms
- Haptics
- WAN (Wide-Area Network)
- Intranet
- SLO (Service-Level Objective)
- Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
- Scalability
- Service-Level Agreement (SLA)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Data Center
- Augmented Reality (AR)
- Synchronous
- Multitenancy
- Chief Information Officer (CIO)
- IT Services
- Authorization
- Service-oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Managed Service Provider (MSP)
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)