The Service Provider Leadership Council (SPLC) is a chartered group of the TeleManagement Forum that brings Service Provider members together for the resolution of issues of mutual interest. The SPLC is:

• … a vehicle for sharing information of common interest between SPs
• … a vehicle to help SPs jointly work with important vendors
• … a vehicle to help provide direction to the vendor community to advance in a commonly beneficial direction
• … a vehicle to help vendors take risks
• …a vehicle to produce requirements that will drive the TM Forum Technical Program including NGOSS
• ….a vehicle to communicate how end-user customer requirements translate to service provider requirements