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Seventy companies join TM Forum as 5G opportunity impacts telecoms

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Bain & Company, Colt, Skytel, TalkTalk and VMware among the newest companies to join industry association focused on driving digital transformation through collaboration

London, UK — December 3, 2019 — TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, today announced that 70 companies have joined the Forum in recent months. These new companies have joined from around the globe, including from China, Malaysia, Mongolia, Namibia, New Zealand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, U.K., U.S. and beyond.

VMware is one of 70 companies that joined TM Forum in recent months.On joining the Forum, VMware’s Honoré LaBourdette, Vice President, Global Market and Business Development, Telco and Edge Cloud Business Unit, said, “CSPs around the world are working with VMware to accelerate new service delivery, reduce operational costs, and modernize IT. The transition to 5G and edge computing is creating exciting opportunities for our industry, but with this opportunity comes challenges that will require collective problem solving. We’re thrilled to join the TM Forum community and continue collaborating with our ecosystem partners and operators to build cloud-based networks for the next generation of services and applications.”

Bain & Company is one of 70 companies that joined TM Forum in recent months.Bain & Company, a global management consulting firm, joined TM Forum because of the value membership provides especially when it comes to federation, according to Herbert Blum, Global Head of Telecommunications Practice. “Remaining competitive for the next decade requires us to rethink the role of providers in the market, making connectivity-as-a-service a reality, and federating our capabilities to collaborate and compete with global hyper-scalers,” he said. “Making this happen is very challenging, but the TM Forum has the ability to change that up by providing a safe, collaborative environment where everyone benefits –increasing our value and the value we provide to our customers. This is why we participate in TM Forum.”

Another new member, R3, is an enterprise blockchain software firm working with an ecosystem of more than 300 members and partners across multiple industries. “R3 is excited to have joined TM Forum to collaborate with leading service providers driving digital transformation efforts through the development of Corda blockchain applications, such as through the Catalyst initiatives,” said Thomas Spencer, Director of Business Development, Telecom Lead, R3.

Skytel Group Mongolia is one of 70 companies that joined TM Forum in recent months.Skytel is a traditional mobile network and IPTV operator that has just started its journey toward becoming a digital operator. Narantuya Dash, CEO, Skytel Group Mongolia, says, “Our TM Forum membership gives us an opportunity to learn from the knowledge and practical experiences of industry peers and experts. We have already started utilizing some of the Forum’s tools and frameworks, such as the Digital Maturity Model.”

 

 

Welcoming the new members to the Forum, Nik Willetts, CEO, TM Forum, said, “As the challenges of successfully monetizing 5G, AI and IoT set in, the communications industry and B2B customers are challenged with transforming their operating model and supporting IT to meet the demands of the digital economy.” He added, “Each new TM Forum member adds to the wealth of knowledge and strengthens our efforts. It’s now more important than ever for our industry to collaborate to compete, transform to create open digital ecosystems and unlock growth, and help to address the most pressing issues facing humanity.”

Seventy companies join TM Forum in recent months.View TM Forum’s member directory here. Learn more about membership by contacting Rhea Chamberlain via email: [email protected]

 

 

The newest TM Forum members are:

1&1 Versatel GmbH, Germany

Adad, France

Alepo USA, U.S.

Arago, U.S.

Asiainfo International (H.K.) Ltd., China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

Bain & Company, Inc., Germany

Beijing Qcubic Tech Co. Ltd., China

Beijing Tianyuan DIC Information Technology Co. Ltd., China

Biplus Vietnam Software Solution JSC, Vietnam

BMC Software, Inc., U.S.

Cartesian, U.S.

Cellwize Wireless Technologies Ltd., Israel

Cloudlite, Russia

Colt Technology Services, U.K.

Dataspark Pte. Ltd., Singapore

Deviare, South Africa

DNA Plc., Finland

Embrix, Inc., U.S.

Etihad Etisalat Mobily, Saudi Arabia

Etisalat UAE, United Arab Emirates

EverestIMS Technologies, India

Extended Systems Inc., U.S.

Fujian Newland Software Engineering Co., Ltd., China

Futurewei Technologies, Inc., U.S.

Inceptum d.o.o. za usluge, Croatia

Inmanta, Belgium

IoT Lab, Switzerland

ITEA Technologies, LLC, U.S.

LE SAVOIR-FAIRE ITIL, Cameroon

LogiSense Corp., Canada

M1 Ltd., Singapore

Macellan, Canada

Mariner Partners, Canada

Millicom International Cellular S.A., Luxembourg

Minima Global, U.K.

New Zealand Government, New Zealand

NorthState, U.S.

Panorama Software (Europe) Ltd., U.K.

Passionate About OSS, Australia

ProximaX, Singapore

R3, U.K.

Rosen Consulting KG, Austria

Seacom Ltd., Mauritius

SES Astra S.A., Luxembourg

Skytel, Mongolia

St. Petersburg College, U.S.

TalkTalk Group, U.K.

TDS Telecommunications LLC, U.S.

TelcoVas Solutions and Services Ltd., United Arab Emirates

Telecom Namibia Ltd., Namibia

Telenor Myanmar Ltd., Myanmar

TIMWETECH, Portugal

Total Access Communication Public Co. Ltd., Thailand

Unico Computer Systems, Australia

Universitas Multimedia Nusantara, Indonesia

University of Applied Sciences Konstanz, Germany

Unryo, Canada

Valo Networks, Canada

Vector Communications Ltd., New Zealand

Vertical Systems Group, U.S.

Veschatel LLC    Russia

VETRO FiberMap, U.S.

VMware, Inc., U.S.

Vodafone Ukraine, Ukraine

Wavenet International (PVT) Ltd., Sri Lanka

Webcircles BV, Netherlands

WorkSpan, U.S.

ZDSL.com, Malaysia

Zhongguancun Sifang Model Service Industry Technology Strategic Alliance, China

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