Service Providers Think Local, Act Global
Looking beyond your own borders can broaden your horizon and lead to success around the world.
By Keith Willetts, Chairman, TM Forum

It’s always easy to view the world through the lens of your own eyes and assume everywhere looks like your backyard. In our business, article after article, conference after conference assumes that the market, where it’s going and what is driving it looks like the U.S. or Western Europe.

But in other parts of the world, things are quite different.
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TM Forum News

Help Determine Direction of New Interface Program
To coincide with the launch of the TM Forum Interface Program, we want to give member companies the opportunity to identify key OSS interface requirements, which will further the development of the program's roadmap.
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TM Forum Co-Sponsors Track at Cable Congress 08
TM Forum and Cable Europe are co-hosting the Interactive Advertising track at Cable Congress 08 in Madrid, Spain, from April 23-25. The session, which will be chaired by TM Forum President Martin Creaner, is scheduled for Friday, April 25 at 1200. 
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TM Forum Community Launches Two New Blogs
Two new blogs have joined the TM Forum Community: The Content Blog and Telco 2.0. Jim Warner, TM Forum Vice Chairman and Chief Strategist, kicks off the Content Blog with an analysis of Hulu.com, while the Telco 2.0 blog looks at the future of broadband.
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TM Forum Event Calendar
Get complete information on upcoming Management World and other TM Forum events.
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What's Happening

TM Forum Webinar Apr. 17 – What’s New with the TM Forum Information Framework (the SID)?
Attend this webinar to learn why the use of the Information Framework is critical for simplifying OSS/BSS integration and transformation and how it has improved IT agility and shortened cycle times.
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TM Forum Training in Puerto Rico – Apr. 28-29, 2008
Please join us in Puerto Rico for in-person training conducted in Spanish. We’ll be offering our popular TM Forum Business Process Framework (eTOM) Distilled and Information Framework (SID) Distilled courses. Click here for information on more training opportunities in locations around the world, including Melbourne, Cairo and Toronto.

Device Management Summit Speaker Lineup Announced
Sign up now to attend TM Forum’s summit on low-cost device deployment & user support. Speakers at this one-day event will come from TM Forum, the Device Management Forum, Cisco, Peak8 Solutions, DSL Forum, the Home Gateway Initiative, the OSGi Alliance and more. Register by Apr. 22 for early bird rates.

Book a Content Encounter Tour at NAB, Get Free VIP Passes
TM Forum is offering free VIP passes to the NAB Show in Las Vegas next week, so contact Will Hamilton to book a tour of TM Forum’s Content Encounter and get your ticket to this global content event.

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