Dallas, TX, November 5, 2007 –The TM Forum announced today that its Management World Americas 2007 event is focused on the management needs that arise out of converging communications, information and entertainment services. The event, which takes place at the Adams Mark Hotel, November 4-8, 2007 will showcase a number of major new initiatives by the group to tackle the growing problems of creating, delivering and paying for this range of services.

To meet those challenges, the Forum is addressing the entire value chain and the need to manage from any content source to any device.

“The value chain delivering these services is expanding rapidly to include content, web, cable and device players, so our work at the Forum must expand to embrace that,” said Keith Willetts, Chairman of the TM Forum. “Since announcing this approach last year, we have already launched major new initiatives in content and device management and have taken the industry lead in defining the management of service delivery platforms. “

Newly announced initiatives that address the management needs of the end to end value chain include:

• The brand new “Content Encounter” walk through experience
• The formation of a new interest group dedicated to End-User Remote Device Management (RDM)
• The recent launch of a cable interest group within the Forum, and a sharp rise in new cable members
• This year’s converged catalyst showcase on display in “Forumville” 
• Our newly expanded benchmarking program that incorporates both operational and business process benchmarking

For more information on any of these newly announced initiatives at the Forum, please contact Juliet Shavit at jshavit@tmforum.org.

About the TM Forum
With over 630 members in 65 countries, the TM Forum is the world’s leading trade association focused on management of information, communications and entertainment services. The Forum provides leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the way that services are created, delivered, assured and charged. Members include the majority of the world’s service providers, network operators, software suppliers, equipment suppliers and systems integrators.

The Forum currently facilitates over 80 technical programs and provides extensive training, conferencing and information services to its members. Through its initiatives to help providers move to 21st century ‘lean’ processes, the Forum helps its members automate business processes by deploying operational systems that will work seamlessly across various parts of the service delivery chain. The organization provides industry benchmarks, guidebooks, process and software frameworks and specific ‘plug and play’ standards. These give service providers the direction and specific roadmaps to achieve much greater business efficiency and operational flexibility.

For further information regarding the TM Forum, related programs such as the Prosspero initiative and its Management World conferences, please visit www.tmforum.org

Media Contact:

Juliet Shavit
TM Forum
+1 215-504-4272
jshavit@tmforum.org