Twenty-four leading companies showcase their commitment to industry transformation and the connected life in sixth annual awards program

MORRISTOWN, NJ—April 11, 2012—As service providers around the world prepare to converge on Management World 2012 (Dublin, Ireland, May 21-24), the communications industry’s annual gathering, TM Forum today announced the 24 finalists for its prestigious Excellence Awards. The finalists, chosen from 75 nominees by an impartial judging panel, represent the leading and most innovative companies in the industry. TM Forum will announce the Excellence Awards winners at Management World 2012 in front of a VIP audience on Monday, May 21.

Now in its sixth year, the Excellence Awards honor service providers and industry suppliers that demonstrate commitment to industry transformation through innovation underpinned by TM Forum’s Frameworx suite of standards.

The 2012 Excellence Awards finalists are:

TM Forum Operational Excellence Award – Awarded to the communications service provider demonstrating the most innovative and effective use of TM Forum’s Frameworx to deliver tangible cost reduction, efficiency improvement and operational agility.

·         BSkyB

·         China Mobile

·         Deutsche Telekom

·         Ericsson

·         Telekom Malaysia Berhad

·         Telstra

TM Forum Solution Excellence Award – Awarded to the supplier or system integrator demonstrating the most innovative and effective use of TM Forum’s Frameworx to deliver tangible cost reduction and efficiency improvement.

·         ConceptWave Software

·         HP

·         Huawei

·         Infosys

·         NetCracker Technologies

·         Oracle

TM Forum Business Innovation Award – Awarded to the communications service provider demonstrating the most innovative and successful new service or business model.

·         Hughes Telematics

·         Mobily

·         Portugal Telecom

·         Reliance Communications

·         TOA Technologies

·         Vodafone Ireland

TM Forum Industry Leadership Award – Awarded to the member company demonstrating leadership, dedication and commitment to TM Forum's collaboration activities, and the uptake of TM Forum’s standards and best practices.

·         Amdocs

·         Ericsson

·         The MITRE Corporation

·         NetCracker Technology

·         Oracle

·         Progress Software

The Excellence Award 2012’s judges are an independent panel comprised of leading industry and subject matter experts, analysts and investors. For 2012, the winners of the following categories will be decided by the panel of judges: TM Forum Industry Leadership Award, TM Forum Business Innovation Award and TM Forum Operational Excellence Award.

The winner of the Solution Excellence Award will be decided by TM Forum’s 250 service provider members, which collectively represent more than 85% of the global communications revenues. Voting for the winner of the Solution Excellence Award opened on April 10, 2012.

“Our congratulations to all of this year’s finalists in TM Forum’s Excellence Awards 2012,” said Nik Willetts, Senior Vice President, Communications, TM Forum. “The quality of finalists for this year’s prestigious awards once again demonstrates the global reach of TM Forum’s Frameworx suite of standards and underscores its vital role in enabling service providers to support the efficiency and agility necessary to transform the way they do business.”

Resources:

• For more information on TM Forum’s Excellence Awards please visit www.tmforum.org/awards or contact awards@tmforum.org.

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·         For information on the Management World 2012 Executive Program, visit the website.

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About TM Forum:

TM Forum is a global, non-profit industry association focused on simplifying the complexity of running a service provider’s business. As an established industry thought-leader, the Forum serves as a unifying force, enabling more than 850 companies across 195 countries to solve critical business issues through access to a wealth of knowledge, intellectual capital and standards.

The Forum provides a unique, fair and safe environment for the entire value-chain to collaborate on pressing industry issues, helping companies of all sizes gain a competitive edge and the flexibility and speed they need to underpin future growth.

For more information about TM Forum, visit www.tmforum.org.

 
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