TM Forum

TM Forum is a global industry association for service providers and their suppliers in the telecommunications industry. Members include communications and digital service providers, telephone companies, cable operators, network operators, cloud providers, digital infrastructure providers, software suppliers, equipment suppliers, systems integrators and management consultancies. The Forum has over 850 member[1] companies, including ten of the top ten world's largest telecommunications service providers,[2][3] that collectively generate US$2 trillion in revenue and serve five billion customers across 180 countries.[4]

TM Forum
PredecessorOSI/Network Management Forum
TeleManagement Forum
IPsphere Forum
Formation1988
TypeNon-profit
Key people
  • Nik Willetts (CEO)
  • Olga Martynov (CFO)
  • Steffen Roehn (Chairman of the Board)
Websitewww.tmforum.org

Activities

TM Forum provides an open, collaborative environment along with practical tools and information to help its members in their digital transformation initiatives. Its services include collaboration programs and Catalyst proof-of-concept projects, industry research and benchmarks, technology roadmaps, best-practice guidebooks, business process guidelines and open APIs, as well as certified training, conferences and research.[5] The Forum also provides its member community with marketing and networking opportunities, and provides insight and analysis through its website.

TM Forum's online community of over 60,000 professionals provides a portal for members and non-members to collaborate with peers, foster connections and support each other on day-to-day work challenges.

TM Forum's work includes Open Digital Framework, Open Digital Architecture, a suite of over 50 REST-based Open APIs, Frameworx, Business Process Framework (eTOM), Frameworx Shared Information/Data Model (SID) and Telecom Application Map (TAM).[6]

History

TM Forum was founded as the OSI/Network Management Forum in 1988 by eight companies to collaboratively solve systems and operational management issues with the OSI protocols.[7] In 1998 the name was changed to the TeleManagement Forum.[8] In 2008, the organization changed its name to TM Forum.

Conferences & Events

TM Forum hosts a variety of digital and in-person events year-round.

In 2020, TM Forum held Digital Transformation World Series held online from October 7 - November 12 in lieu of Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

  • Digital Transformation World, Digital Transformation North America and Digital Transformation Asia and Digital Transformation Middle East are large industry gatherings held in Europe, North America, Asia, and the Middle East respectively.
  • Action Week is a collaborative event where members come together to work with like-minded peers and industry experts on projects covering AI, data analytics, customer experience management, digital ecosystems, Open APIs, and more. TM Forum hosts two Action Weeks per year: one in North America co-located with Digital Transformation North America in September and another in Lisbon, Portugal, in early February.
  • TM Forum Local events are networking events held in locations around the world.
  • Digital Leadership Summits are invitation-only workshops held in locations around the world.

References
  1. "Current Members - TM Forum". TM Forum. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  2. "SoftBank Corp. joins TM Forum as IT Transformation Imperative Impacts Telecom Industry - TM Forum". TM Forum. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  3. "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. "About TM Forum". TM Forum. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. Official website
  6. "A more agile IT environment | BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT". www.bcs.org. Retrieved 2019-10-24.
  7. J. Embry P. Manson and D. Milham (July 1990). "An open network management architecture: OSI/NM Forum architecture and concepts". IEEE Network. IEEE Communications Society. 4 (4): 14–22. doi:10.1109/65.56547. S2CID 44931520.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  8. "About the TM Forum: History". Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
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