TM Forum is the global alliance helping the connectivity industry move faster towards the AI-native telco. Through industry collaboration, shared frameworks and mission-led transformation, TM Forum enables Members to simplify complexity, accelerate innovation and unlock measurable value across the digital ecosystem.
This free awareness course introduces TM Forum and explains how the industry is responding to AI-driven disruption, increasing operational complexity and the accelerating Race to 2030. It shows how TM Forum’s three Industry Missions focus the industry on the priorities that matter most: Reinventing IT through composable architectures, advancing Autonomous Networks, and enabling Trustworthy AI and data.
You will learn how AI-native ODA provides the shared foundation for all three Missions, helping organisations move from strategy to execution through common language, scalable architecture, High Value Scenarios and practical pathways for transformation.
The course also introduces Pathways for Progress, showing how individuals and organisations can build the knowledge, skills and confidence needed to turn awareness into real-world impact.
Level: Awareness
Duration: 1 hour (self-paced)
Format: Online.
Pre-requisites: None
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What will you learn?
- How AI, automation and industry pressure are reshaping the connectivity industry and accelerating the Race to 2030.
- How TM Forum’s three Industry Missions define the critical transformation priorities for the AI-native telco.
- How AI-native ODA underpins all three Missions by providing the shared architecture, standards and common language for scalable change.
- How High Value Scenarios help organisations identify where to act and where to focus for measurable business impact.
- Why Reinventing IT through composable, modular and interoperable approaches is essential to future telecom operations.
- Why Autonomous Networks are central to improving operational efficiency, service experience and network autonomy.
- Why Trustworthy AI matters as AI becomes more embedded in decisions, operations and customer outcomes.
- How Pathways for Progress connects learning, collaboration and real-world application into a structured capability journey.
Who should attend?
This course is suitable for:
- Anyone looking to understand how the connectivity industry is transforming in the AI era.
- Individuals seeking a clear introduction to TM Forum, ODA, Industry Missions and the Race to 2030.
- Business and technical professionals who want to understand how AI-native ODA supports scalable, outcome-driven transformation.
- Teams exploring how Reinvented IT, Autonomous Networks and Trustworthy AI connect into a wider industry transformation agenda.
- Anyone starting their TM Forum learning journey or preparing to progress towards deeper ODA, AI, AN or certification pathways.
Certification
A course attendance certificate is issued on satisfactory completion of the course.