Subex Ltd, a leading global provider of Business Support Systems (BSS) for Communications Service Providers (CSPs), has announced that TM Forum’s Strategy & Adoption Subcommittee has appointed John Brooks, Vice President – Product Management of Subex as Project Lead for the new Asset Management project. [Read more…]
cVidya’s Tal Eisner Named Deputy Chair of TM Forum’s Fraud Management Group
cVidya Networks, (www.cvidya.com) the global provider of Revenue Intelligence solutions for Telecom, Media and Entertainment service providers, recently announced that TM Forum has appointed Tal Eisner, Senior Director of Product Strategy for cVidya’s, as Deputy Chair of the Fraud Management Group. [Read more…]
XINTEC S.A. joins TM Forum
XINTEC has become a member of the TM Forum. Meg Carpenter, XINTEC’s Marketing Manager said, “We know the TM Forum to be at the heart of the IT agenda-setting process. By being a member, we will derive the immediate benefits of ready access to a wealth of information on industry standards and best practice, which will inevitably be reflected in the value of the products and services we bring to market.” [Read more…]
35 Operator Speakers Announced at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2010
The WiMAX Forum® today announced a host of key WiMAX industry players who have confirmed their attendance and participation at WiMAX Forum Global Congress 2010 in Amsterdam June 16-17, 2010. Recently confirmed speakers include representatives from SP Ausnet, Intel and Banglalion. [Read more…]
BT and OSS CAD Scoop TM Forum Excellence Award
Ontology Systems has announced that OSS/CAD, the groundbreaking application that uses semantics to unify OSS/BSS and infrastructure, was central to BT’s winning entry in this year’s prestigious TM Forum Excellence Awards 2010. BT’s entry, “Semantic Toolset to Optimise Business Transformations”, scooped the Innovation Award. [Read more…]
TM Forum Excellence Awards 2010 Winners Announced
Amdocs, BT, Huawei and STC (Saudi Telecom) have scooped this year’s prestigious Excellence Awards 2010, it was announced today. Having attracted a record number of entries from leading communications service providers, suppliers and systems integrators across four award categories, the winners were chosen by a combination of a judging panel of impartial industry experts and an open member vote. [Read more…]
Management World 2010 Delivers World’s Top Service Providers
TM Forum today confirmed its flagship annual conference, Management World 2010, is on course for continued success, with attendance having grown some 23% ahead of 2009 with more than 3,000 attendees planning to attend. Over 55% of attendees represent C-level executives and decision-making senior managers. [Read more…]
TM Forum Publishes Frameworx Distilled Book
Frameworx Distilled, a new book by John P. Reilly and Martin J. Creaner, provides a handbook for new and experienced digital service providers and suppliers implementing TM Forum’s recently launched Frameworx – an integrated business architecture created for the industry, by the industry. Focusing on today’s Service-Oriented Enterprise, Frameworx Distilled provides a significant update to NGOSS Distilled, published in 2005. [Read more…]
CEM Control Center Catalyst to Showcase Enhanced Customer Experience and Product Management Approach
Service provider champion Vodafone, together with Netezza Corporation, Nokia Siemens Networks, N-Pulse AG, Quantellia Inc., and Subex Limited, will be showcasing an innovative approach to product management decision making at TM Forum’s Management World, in Nice, France on May 18-20, 2010. As one of TM Forum’s Catalyst projects, the team will be demonstrating how operators can better analyze their alternatives in a complex environment when making decisions affecting customer experience. [Read more…]
Record 15 Multi-Company Live Demonstrations to take place at Management World 2010
TM Forum’s Catalyst rapid-development program will showcase a record 15 projects at Management World 2010 in Nice, France next month. The Catalyst program, which converts service provider challenges into prototype solutions in less than six months, will present 15 collaboratively developed solutions covering a range of key topics including managing cloud services, customer experience, analytics, mCommerce, and digital service delivery. [Read more…]
TM Forum Partners with Gravitas Global For Executive Transformation and Training
TM Forum has partnered with Gravitas Global to provide a series of executive leadership, training and transformation programs for its communications, media and technology member company leaders. The partnership will begin with a set of four highly interactive workshops. [Read more…]
TM Forum and BT Unveil Catalyst Project to Address Cloud Computing Issues
TM Forum and BT has unveiled the Cloud Service Broker (CSB) Catalyst, a new TM Forum rapid development and demonstration project that will define and create a trusted and governed cloud management platform, to simplify the delivery of complex cloud services to enterprise customers. [Read more…]
TM Forum Announces Frameworx Integrated Business Architecture
The TM Forum today announced the launch of Frameworx, an integrated business architecture blueprint for service providers in the communications and digital services markets. Frameworx will enable service providers to significantly reduce their operational costs and improve business agility by providing an industry agreed approach for rationalizing their operational IT, processes, and systems. [Read more…]
TM Forum Excellence Awards 2010: Soaring Interest Attracts Fierce Competition
Interest in TM Forum’s Excellence Awards 2010 has soared to an all time high it was announced today, as a record 53 official nominees hit the judging slate. TM Forum’s Excellence Awards are regarded as the most prestigious awards of their kind, recognizing global leadership, innovation and excellence, whilst giving significance to the achievements of companies within the communications industry. [Read more…]
TM Forum Announces Support for Wholesale Applications Community
TM Forum has announced its support for the Wholesale Applications Community initiative announced at GSMA’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last week. [Read more…]
Forumville to spotlight cutting-edge business solutions across five key areas at Management World Americas
TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, is to showcase cutting-edge solutions in Forumville, TM Forum’s exclusive innovation center at Management World Americas 2009 (8-10 December, Orlando FL). These solutions will focus on five critical areas that enable service providers to optimize business performance. [Read more…]
Cable industry leaders share case studies at TM Forum’s Management World Americas conference
TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, today confirmed that executives Roberto Nobile, COO, Cablevision Argentina, Tom Vari, CIO & SVP, Application Delivery, Rogers Communications, Inc., and Rodrigo Duclos, CTO, Net Serviços, will be featured in an Executive Debate discussing “Where does Cable go Next?” at TM Forum’s Management World Americas 2009 (8-10 December, Orlando FL). [Read more…]
Report Says CSPs Can Be Smart Pipes In the Digital Economy
TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, has launched its latest Insights Report, “Evolving Service Delivery Platforms: Essential Plumbing For ‘Smart Pipes.’” [Read more…]
Investment in Revenue Assurance Eliminates Unbillable Revenue, says new TM Forum report
TM Forum today announced the results of its latest Business Benchmarking study which uncovers a direct link between Communications Service Providers (CSPs) levels of unbilled revenue and the maturity of their revenue assurance programs. The study results are included in TM Forum’s latest Insights Business Intelligence Report, “Revenue Assurance: The Hidden Opportunity”, and includes observations from other recent TM Forum Business Benchmarks. [Read more…]
New TM Forum Report Shows Connection between Customer Experience and Profitability for Communications Service Providers
TM Forum, the world’s premier industry group focused on business effectiveness for the communications and media sectors, today revealed the findings of its latest research in to the role of customer experience in communications service providers (CSPs). The research concludes that while CSPs remain challenged by inflexible legacy systems, a raft of data management issues, and recession-driven budget constraints, there is good news ahead. [Read more…]