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Martin Creaner
President & Chief Operations Officer
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Martin Creaner has been working in the Telecommunications Industry for almost 25 years and is currently President of the Telemanagement Forum (TMForum). The TM Forum is the industry body for the the global Telecommunications industry. It has 750 member companies in over 185 countries, including all the major carriers and all the leading equipment and software Vendors.

Prior to joining the TM Forum Martin held a number of executive positions with Motorola and British Telecom.

Martin is widely published and is featured and quoted regularly in business and trade journals. Martin is also the author of the leading telecoms business book “NGOSS Distilled”.


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April 2010 - Martin Creaner's Blog

  • Don't Miss Management World Nice 17th - 20th May!

    For those of you who enjoy my blog you will find that Management World in Nice is the best place to immerse yourself in a few days of similar dialogue. It's the only event to focus on the end-to-end management of communications and digital services and offers a unique blend of thought-leadership, real-world case-studies and interactive debates. This year’s event also features the most senior executives from across the industry for our Keynote Perspectives session on Tuesday morning, complemented...
  • Implementing a "GoogleTax"

    I’m fascinated by the momentum gathering behind the so-called GoogleTax . Vodafone is in the process of submitting a document to the EU commission on the topic, while other carriers are clamouring for the introduction of a mechanism that will allow them to recoup the cost of their massive, on-going network investment. Monetizing the network investment is one of the hot topics I have blogged on several times in recent months, and as expected it is coming to a head during this year. There are three...
  • Linking Strategic Initiatives to Developer Best Practices

    I spend a lot of time on this blog talking about the important strategic decisions that the industry has to make. However, strategic decisions are not much use without having the developers within your company fully aligned to the strategy in their implementation approaches. To this end the Forum has been looking at how we link the developers to the strategic decisions, and has decided to create a developer network that provides the technical documentation, knowledge and access to expertise, to guide...
  • Mobile Advertising Slipping Out of the Hands of the Telcos

    This latest announcement from Apple is scary stuff for Telcos. Apple have announced the launch of iAd which will allow the embedding of advertisements within Apps. It is probably very clever, but inreality this is an area where Telcos can compete if they really want to. Regular readers of my blog will know that this is something that I have strong opinions on. The technology side is relatively straight forward and the real key is understanding their customer usage data so they can target advertisements...

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