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| The TM Forum continues to expand its importance and influence in the converged communications industry in these exciting times. All parts of the NGOSS framework -- particularly eTOM and SID -- are increasingly accepted as de facto standards for analyzing telecom business processes and for building easy-to-use systems to automate those processes. Prosspero interfaces increase in acceptance and use every day. The TM Forum Technical Program has over 40 projects with thousands of registered participants from across the industry and around the world. Uptake of TM Forum work is reflected in the fact that the TM Forum Training Program has taught over 4000 student training days around the world in the last two years. The TM Forum Events Program continues to grow, with ever expanding Management World events and ever increasing service provider attendance, and Regional Summits on four continents. The TM Forum has liaisons with more than 35 industry groups for exchange of technical work.The TM Forum continues to expand its importance and influence in the converged communications industry in these exciting times. |
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2007 |
| February |
Martin Creaner appointed President of the TM Forum |
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The TM Forum continues to host Member Pavilions with the largest ever to date showcasing 9 member companies and their OSS/BSS products and services at Global Billing Association (GBA) becomes part of the TM Forum |
| May |
Global Billing Association (GBA) becomes part of the TM Forum |
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Internet Protocol Detail Record Organisation (IPDR.org) joins the TM Forum to drive Next Generation IP Management standards |
| August |
The 600th member joins the TM Forum. |
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The 600th member is MegaFon JSC, a Russian Service Provider |
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2006 |
| January |
First NGOSS Users Group meeting held as part of Team Action Week |
| February |
The 500th member joins the TeleManagement Forum. The 500th member is MTC Group, a Middle East Service Provider |
| March |
The TM Forum Product Directory is launched becoming a catalog of product offerings across the OSS/BSS industry |
| May |
OSS through Java becomes part of the TeleManagement Forum, creating a single organization for OSS/BSS standards |
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PROSSPERO launched. The TM Forum's most significant initiative to package standards to make them easy to implement |
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TeleManagement World in Nice is again the biggest attended OSS/BSS event ever, drawing over 2600 attendees to experience the world class conference, sold out expo, 14 training classes and 6 Catalyst projects |
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The new online web community program, the TM Forum Community Central, launches at TMW Nice |
| July |
The largest North American TAW in 5 years takes place in Boston, with over 120 attendees from 45 member companies |
| August |
The TM Forum develops the first ever Revenue Assurance Guidebook |
| September |
Asia-Pacific Week takes place with Regional Summits in Kuala Lumpur and Beijing and Seminar in Tokyo |
| November |
The TM Forum announces the first Annual TM Forum Excellence Awards which will recognize the global leaders in operational excellence and acknowledge the contributions that take the telecom industry in new and innovative directions, to take place during the 2007 Nice TMW |
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The University Liaison Program is re-launched |
| December |
TMW Americas' show floor was sold out and 21% bigger than last year, and the number of Service Provider and Corporate Management attendees increased. 50% more people participated in the Executive Appointment Service Program and we established the first-ever Latin America Networking Lunch with over 110 participants |
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2005 |
| February |
The TM Forum launches its Webinar series, a communications program on TM Forum work and industry topics |
| April |
NGOSS Release 5.0 is completed, featuring the first release of the "Telecom Applications Map" which defines procurable applications across the OSS/BSS industry |
| May |
The industry's most comprehensive Benchmarking service is launched, with in depth metrics and qualitative analysis of service provider performance across more than 50 business and operational areas |
| June |
The TM Forum hosts the first-ever TM Forum Members Pavilion at Supercomm where member companies showcased their OSS/BSS Industry products and solutions |
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The TM Forum holds its first Latin American event, hosting a Regional Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| November |
NGOSS Release 6.0 is completed, featuring a new release of the eTOM including an addendum documenting the complimentary relationship between eTOM and ITIL, and substantial enhancements to the SID |
| 2004 |
| February |
NGOSS v4.0 released to members, with updated revisions of all NGOSS tools and introducing the Life cycle and Methodology documents, a new set of guidelines on how to use NGOSS |
| May |
Largest ever TeleManagement World held in Nice, France, affirming TMW as the world’s leading OSS/BSS Conference and Expo
eTOM adopted as an ITU standard – announced at TeleManagement World, Nice |
| August |
Introduction of new phase of Technical Teams - the BSS/Billing Teams |
| October |
Announcement of the formation of CO-OP initiative by Ericsson, Motorola, NEC, Nokia and Siemens at TeleManagement World, Long Beach, California |
| November |
The TM Forum breaks the 400 member mark for the first time in it’s history, a truly global organization |
| December |
eTOM v4.0 released in French, Spanish and Japanese translations for members
First ever TeleManagement World Regional Summit held in Bangalore, India |
| 2003 |
| January |
NGOSS v3.0 released |
| May |
Announcement of formation of the Service Provider Leadership Council (SPLC) to drive NGOSS requirements from the service provider perspective |
| August |
Announcement of process by which TM Forum documents are accepted verbatim by ITU-T as standards, and where the TM Forum retains the intellectual property |
| September |
NGOSS 3.5 is released to members, with Version 3.5 of the eTOM, a de facto industry standard, as part of the release |
| October |
First ever TM Forum Webinar: ‘Introducing NGOSS’ – international |
| 2002 |
| May |
NGOSS Release 2 completed and released |
| 2001 |
| October |
NGOSS Release 1 completed and released |
| 2000 |
| May |
The TM Forum reaches 300 members from 35 countries
Concept for NGOSS program launched to drive towards "plug and play" capability |
| 1999 |
| October |
Announces a commitment to moving OSS/BSS systems to "plug and play" |
| December |
TOM Version 2 released |
| 1998 |
| March |
TeleManagement World brand introduced for NMF Conference and Expo
Catalyst Showcase program introduced for proof of concept projects for NMF technical initiatives |
| September |
Name change to the TeleManagement Forum to reflect broader telecom management focus than network management.
The TM Forum reaches 250 members
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| October |
First official version of the TOM is released
1000 attendees visit TeleManagement World Conference and Expo |
| 1997 |
| April |
NM Forum reaches 200 members from 28 countries |
| October |
Announcement of SMART TMN initiative to bridge gap between service provider needs and supplier products
Concept of Telecom Operations Map (TOM) introduced as part of SMART TMN initiative –Smart TMN is the precursor to the NGOSS program, while TOM is the precursor to today's eTOM document |
| 1996 |
| April |
NM Forum reaches 160 members |
| July |
More than 400 people attend NMF Conference/Expo in Orlando |
| 1995 |
| June |
Service Management Business Process Model published – the first authoritative work on telecom business process re-engineering and the precursor to the Telecom Operations Map (TOM) |
| October |
OMNIPoint 2 Release with Solution Sets – complete kit of deployable specs, models and requirements |
| 1994 |
| March |
Announced SNMP/CMIP interworking package reflecting multi-protocol management environments across computing and telecom environments |
| 1993 |
| March |
First Service Provider committee formed to gather SP market requirements for IT technologies. Initiative is called SPIRIT for Service Provider Integrated Requirements for Information Technology |
| 1992 |
| July |
Network Management Forum drops OSI from its name to reflect the addition of work related to other technologies/standards |
| August |
OMNIPoint Version 1 is released |
| 1991 |
| September |
OMNIPoint management interoperability initiative announced with more than eight other organizations signing on as contributors |
| November |
BT announced as first company to pass OMNIPoint Release 1 conformance |
| 1990 |
| January |
NM Forum up to 85 member companies from 13 countries on four continents
First set of "Specifications" called Release 1 is published, representing the first 2 two years technical work of the Forum and based on CMIP. |