| What is TM Forum? |
| We are the global trade body for improving how services are created, delivered, assured and charged in the telecom, media and information services markets. TM Forum provides leadership and guidance, business and technical solutions, and education and training for its members. | |
| TM Forum is the Forum |
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With 600 members from across the communications industry, TM Forum is the only organization with the global reach and infrastructure to enable real collaboration. | |
| Discover how the Forum can help you |
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For OSS/BSS software and system suppliers, the Forum represents a huge resource that simply can't be ignored. One of the main strategic objectives is to drive standardization and interoperability so that service providers are able to assemble integrated Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) solutions in place of the in-house monolithic systems they have traditionally fostered.
This brings huge advantages to both the service provider and system and software provider sides of the OSS/BSS sector. Service providers can exploit 'best of breed' components without massive 'integration tax', while suppliers can develop healthy business models based on 'build it once, sell it many times' principles.
The Forum provides software and system providers direct access to service providers and other industry players, while its guidelines, frameworks and 'out-of-the-box' standards tap your development teams straight into a leading edge OSS/BSS software environment - an environment increasingly mandated by leading service providers.
Our Prosspero program ensures that TM Forum outputs are well-supported and ready to use. Prosspero packages TM Forum work into implementation-ready Solution Packages for easy adoption. | |
| Examples of relevant TM Forum Programs for Suppliers |
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Business
Telecom Applications Map (TAM)
How the systems fit together: the TAM provides a guide to the relationships between the diverse multitude of operational and business systems found within a typical service provider or network operator. Find out more .
Technical
Software Development Using NGOSS
First stop for OSS/BSS suppliers: NGOSS delivers business guidelines, a developer’s toolkit and standardized interface definitions to guide the definition, development and deployment of interoperable OSS/BSS solutions. Find out more .
Participation
TM Forum Catalyst Program
Suppliers collaborate on interoperability and other development projects with service provider sponsorship and participation. Find out more .
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Contact your local membership representative for more information.