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Issue 128 |
March 7, 2007 |
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| TM Forum Community Central: A New Way to Communicate |
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Who’s Online?
Over 900 Global Users
47% EMEA, 21% Americas, 32% APAC
Diverse Industry Participation
47% Service Providers & System Integrators
15% of users outside of TM Forum membership
Continual Growth
Over 500 threads and 550 posts
Over 20 different forums
Longest running thread – over 23,000 hits The TM Forum launched Community Central in May 2006, and since that time the discussions have grown from initial “core” technical subjects like eTOM and NGOSS to a broader set of topics including Revenue Assurance, Telecom-Media Convergence, Prosspero, WiMAX, OpenOSS, Benchmarking, Content Management and Academia. This growth has already exceeded expectations as new groups continue to join the community and offer their own insight on hot topics in the industry.
The community currently supports over 900 users from across the globe and includes participants from service providers, suppliers, system integrators and academia. This provides for varied perspectives on a host of topics and opens TM Forum to new groups as the community is open to the public. In fact, 15% of current participants are from outside the TM Forum membership.
Isn’t it time you made your voice and opinions heard? Visit TM Forum Community Central to join the discussion today! |
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| Event News: |
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| TeleManagement World Nice—Early Bird Deadline March 18 and My Event Planner |
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You only have 11 more days to save up to 45% on your registration for TeleManagement World Nice. Sign up by the Early Bird deadline of March 18 to take advantage of the savings and to ensure your place at this premier event.
You can also try out our new My Event Planner feature, which lets you create a personalized agenda for TeleManagement World with your preferred sessions from the Conference Agenda and a list of the Exhibitors you want to see. My Event Planner consists of two areas:
My Agenda—Add sessions from the Conference Agenda directly to your Agenda. Your chosen sessions are presented in a day planner view, allowing you to see your itinerary at a glance.
My Expo—From the Expo List, add any Exhibitor you plan to visit. You can even add notes about the products and services you would like to discuss with them.
Click here to start planning your TeleManagement World experience! | |
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| TM Forum Webinar March 15—Service Providers, How Efficient is your Business? Linking Industry Benchmarking and SLAs Shows You the Answer |
Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007
Time: 8:00 AM US Pacific / 11:00 AM US Eastern / 4:00 PM UK/Ireland / 5:00 PM Western Europe.
Duration: 1 hour
Presenters:
Elizabeth Marley, Business Development Manager, Communications, Media & Entertainment Vertical, CA
Joyce Pearce, Business Development Manager - Technical Program, TeleManagement Forum
Joan Huffine (Moderator), Member Services Team Leader, TeleManagement Forum
Sponsored by CA
Benchmarking can help service providers make intelligent business decisions through comparing themselves to others in the industry and avoid costly business decision made strictly due to a lack of information. In addition, combining Benchmarking with Service Level Agreements (SLAs) is an even more powerful solution. The first speaker in this webinar will discuss the TM Forum’s experiences working with SPs on their benchmarking initiatives. The second speaker will discuss the particular value that benchmarking provides in the big picture and focus on how to examine your KPIs and KQIs to really get at where the pain exists.
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| TeleManagement World Nice—Training Tracks for In-Depth Learning |
For TeleManagement World Nice, several TM Forum training topics have been arranged so they can be taken as tracks to facilitate more in-depth learning. The eTOM track and the SID track are recommended for anyone who is considering eTOM or SID Knowledge Certification in the future.
For further information on these and other training classes, please contact George Greenlee. | |
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| TM Forum Excellence Awards May 21—Only a Few Sponsorships Remain |
 The first-ever TM Forum Excellence Awards, to be held Monday, May 21, at the Palais de la Méditerranée on the Cote d’Azur in Nice, is your company’s opportunity to shine in the spotlight with one of a limited number of remaining sponsorships.
Show your leadership and support of innovation and operational excellence and gain valuable exposure as an industry visionary by becoming a sponsor. Here are a few of the benefits:
- Presentation of award trophy
- International editorial coverage from leading media partners
- Event coverage by Telecom TV
- Over 20 analysts and journalists in attendance
- Pre and post event promotion
- Gala dinner packages
- Exposure to a highly targeted audi
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