Seven Catalyst projects showcase power of collaboration and its impact on application of new technologies and validation of emerging standards

Digital Transformation World Series, London, UK — November 12, 2020 — On the last day of Digital Transformation World Series, TM Forum, the industry association driving digital transformation through collaboration, recognized the dedication and hard work of its members by naming seven Catalyst proof-of-concept projects as Outstanding Catalysts for their significant contributions to the acceleration of digital transformation throughout the industry.

2020 Outstanding Catalysts
The Forum and a panel of 23 independent judges selected seven Catalysts from 32 projects showcased during Digital Transformation World Series from October 7 – November 12.

With 152 global communications service providers, software vendors and systems integrators from six continents participating, this year’s 32 Catalysts represent the power of TM Forum’s collaboration community. Projects spanned 5G, AI, autonomous networks, customer experience, digital health, multi-access edge computing, green telco, smart cities and more.

By accelerating R&D through a structured agile collaborative process, Catalyst projects prove the application of new technologies and validate emerging standards. During TM Forum’s events, Catalyst teams demonstrate their proof-of-concept work. (Learn more about the Catalyst program and how to get involved here.)

TM Forum’s Collaboration Subcommittee, which oversees the development and adoption of standards and best practices, judged the Catalysts alongside independent industry analysts.* The winners are:

Outstanding Catalyst – Business Impact: Digital Business Marketplace
This Catalyst project explores how companies in traditional industries can be digitally transformed by digitizing their products, services, and supply chain.

• Champions: Agile Fractal Grid, BT, Chunghwa Telecom, Digital Twin Consortium, Etisalat UAE, Maxbyte, Heritage International AG USA, NTT, SteepleCom, Telenor, Telus
• Participants: Accenture, Altifio, AWS, BearingPoint//Beyond, Beautiful Ones, Cityzenith, Digiglu, Intel, Intuitus Cyber, IoT Lab, IOTA Foundation, Mvine, R3, Stratus Technologies, Tantallon, Ulster University, University of Surrey, VETRO FiberMap

Outstanding Catalyst – Innovation: BOS: An Implementation of Open Digital Architecture (ODA) Core Commerce Management
This Catalyst project focuses on creating reference implementations for standard ODA components.

• Champions: China Unicom, Orange, Telenor, Vodafone
• Participants: Global Wavenet, Globetom, Oracle Communications, SigScale, Tech Mahindra, Whale Cloud

Best New Catalyst in Show: Trusted Data-Sharing for Smart Emergency Management (Covid-19)
This Catalyst demonstrates how the integration of telco data and other public data via a trust-based data platform can help cities foster better collaboration and a speedier, coordinated response in emergencies such as Covid-19.

• Champions: China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom
• Participants: AsiaInfo Technologies, Beijing Tianyuan DIC, Huawei, SI-TECH

Outstanding Use of TM Forum Assets: The Dynamic Architecture
This Catalyst dynamically federates service definitions so services of any type may be productized, sold, ordered, activated, self-managed and assured using a visual catalog experience enabled by using TM Forum Open APIs.

• Champions: Telstra, Vodafone
• Participants: Deloitte, DGIT, Fujitsu, ServiceNow

Outstanding Catalyst Communications: Time Crunching 5G RAN Rollout with AI
This Catalyst demonstrates end-to-end digitalization of mobile network roll-out processes to optimize and accelerate deployment and return on investment.

• Champions: Claro Colombia
• Participants: Blue Prism, Brightcomms, Creativity Software, Everis, Microsoft, Nokia, Viavi Solutions

Outstanding Ecosystem Design with CurateFx: 5G Ride On!
This Catalyst uses autonomous network capabilities and edge computing technologies to support business continuity solutions for the electric vehicle charging infrastructure ecosystem.

• Champions: BT, Orange, TIM
• Participants: AsiaInfo International, Incognito, Huawei, MDS Global, TEOCO

 Outstanding Catalyst – Impact for Society: 5G Greener Telco
This Catalyst demonstrates a smart energy-saving network which provides a stable customer experience for subscribers, lowers power consumption for telco operators and reduces the overall climate impact of the telecoms industry.

• Champions: China Telecom
• Participants: AsiaInfo Technologies, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing BOCO Inter-Telecom Technology, ZTE

 “Congratulations to this year’s Outstanding Catalysts,” said Laurent Leboucher, Vice President Customer Relations Solutions and Global Architecture, Orange, and chair of TM Forum’s Collaboration Subcommittee. “Catalysts showcase the power of collaboration, bringing together a wide range of companies, industries and ecosystems. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s teams took a digital-first approach to making important contributions to TM Forum’s work and our entire industry. The award-winning teams have been particularly influential in demonstrating the potential of technical and business innovations that address today’s key challenges.”

TM Forum 2021 Catalysts update
The 2021 Call for Catalysts will open at the beginning of December. During this time companies can submit their ideas for new projects. Click here for more information. A digital Action Week conference is planned for the beginning of February. Stay tuned for details. For more information, see our Catalyst FAQ here.

Digital Transformation World Series available through November 20, 2020
Digital Transformation World Series content, including Catalyst team demos and presentations, will be available through November 20. Communications service providers can still receive complimentary passes to watch on-demand content: https://dtws.tmforum.org/

About Digital Transformation World Series
Digital Transformation World Series would not have been possible without the support of 54 sponsors, including: Diamond Sponsor Amdocs; Platinum Sponsors: BearingPoint/Beyond, Ericsson; CSP Partners: Airtel, Axiata, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, STC, Telenor, Verizon; Gold Sponsors: Blue Prism, CSG, Huawei, Netcracker, Prodapt, VMware; Silver Sponsors: AWS, Blue Planet, a division of Ciena, Comarch, Hansen, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Nexign, Optiva, Oracle Communications, Red Hat, ServiceNow.

TM Forum 2021 events update
As the world continues to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic, TM Forum is planning a 2021 hybrid digital and physical event schedule that blends the global reach of a digital conferences with in-person, interactive workshops, debates and meetings. As a result, Digital Transformation World 2021 will take place at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark, and online. Stay tuned for more details, including dates.

*Catalyst Awards judges
This year’s judging panel included: Kalyan Achyutuni, Chief Information Officer, Smart Axiata; Axiata Group IT Architect; Laurent-Pierre Baculard, Partner, Digital Practice, Bain & Company; Priya Chidambaranathan, AVP, Head of Architecture Practice, Infosys; James Crawshaw, Senior Analyst, Omdia; Craig Farrell, Chief Technology Officer, Global Telecom Industry, IBM; John Gillam, Chief Digital Officer, TM Forum; Anthony Goonetilleke, Chief Strategy Officer and Group President Technology, Amdocs; Knut Johannessen, Architect, Telenor; Jani Kelloniemi, Partner, Telecom, Media and Technology practice, Bain & Company; Michael Lawrey, Director, TM Forum; Laurent Leboucher, Vice President Customer Relations Solutions and Global Architecture, Orange; Luigi Licciardi, Chairman, 5G Slicing Alliance; Executive Advisor at Huawei; Guy Lupo, Technology Architect, CTO, NBN Co.; Ignacio Mas, Senior Expert, Head of Technology Innovation in OSS, Ericsson; Kevin McCaffrey, CEO, Tr3Dent; Steffen Roehn, Chairman, TM Forum; Expert Vice President, Bain & Company; Lester Thomas, Group Chief IT Systems Architect, Vodafone; Andrew Thomson, Senior Vice President, Digital Enablement, BearingPoint//Beyond; Andy Tiller, Executive Vice President, Member Innovation, TM Forum; Eric Troup, Telecommunications Regional Business Leader, Americas, Microsoft; Jean-Luc Tymen, Product Management Consulting, Tr3Dent; Nik Willetts, CEO, TM Forum; and Wang Ye, Director of Network Operation Planning, China Mobile

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