Morristown, NJ – February 13th, 2008 – The TM Forum announced today its launch of the second “TM Forum Excellence Awards”. The Forum established the Excellence Awards program in 2007 to recognize the global leaders in operational excellence, and acknowledge the contributions that continue to take the industry in new and innovative directions. Winners are recognized for their pioneering approach to 21st century business operations.
Categories this year include: The Most Innovative Marketing Campaign, The Most Innovative Application of Customer Care, The Most Innovative Content or Application Based Service, The Best Prosspero Implementation, The Best Practices Service Provider, The Best Practices System Integrator/ Supplier, The Best New Management Product and The Best Catalyst Project MW Nice.
The 2008 Excellence Awards are judged by an independent panel chaired by Peter Gillingwater founder of Nexec Partners, and winners will be announced at the start of TM Forum Management World in Nice on May 19th at the Award Ceremony and Gala Dinner.
Last year’s winners were:
· Best New OSS Product – Arantech
· Best Practices Award Service Provider – Korea Telecom (KT)
· Best Practices Award – Supplier or SI – Progress Software
· Most Innovative Supplier – Highdeal
· Prosspero TMF Standards Adoption, Service Provider – BT
· Prosspero TMF Standards Adoption, Supplier – HP
· Best Trade Show Marketing Campaign – Nakina Systems
· Best Catalyst Project – Product and Service Assembly (Phase 2) Project