:: TM Forum's MWA 2007 ::MWA TOP NEWS
MWA: Axiom, Freedom4 argue for U.K.-wide WiMAXFreedom4, the go-to-market brand chosen last month by U.K.-based Pipex Wireless, will give users freedom from restricted wireless access... Device management is hot, but is it standard?The industry appears to have rediscovered the need for device management, but the TeleManagement Forum has begun asking if it is a solution in need of a standard... MWA: Axiom, Freedom4 argue for U.K.-wide WiMAXFreedom4, the go-to-market brand chosen last month by U.K.-based Pipex Wireless, will give users freedom from restricted wireless access... MWA: Nakina brings Network OS to Juniper partnershipDALLAS--Putting action behind its self-described status as a multi-vendor provider of systems for managing its and others’ network gear, Juniper Networks took Nakina Systems into its J-Partner Solutions Alliance Program this week... MWA: Oracle unifies inventory managementDALLAS--A new inventory management system conceived and put into development two years ago within MetaSolv came to market this week as Oracle’s Communications Unified Inventory Management... MWA: HP proffers answer to the SDP questionDALLAS--Get ready to add one more “2.0” designation to your lexicon. The industry is abuzz with terms such as Web 2.0 and Telco 2.0. Now, with a new service delivery solution that HP says bridges the gap between them, we have SDP 2.0... MWA COMMENTARY
Tim McElligott Exit stage leftThe TM Forum has been creating artifacts for years, decades even (heavens to Murgatroyd). I've never been comfortable with this word choice, artifacts, but who am I to argue? The forum uses the term correctly -- it is an object produced by human craft, often used as a tool -- but I always felt it was tinged, perhaps through the forum's association with telephone companies, with the archaeological or historical part of the definition. After all, service providers are still fighting the dinosaur reputation... Exit stage leftThe TM Forum has been creating artifacts for years, decades even (heavens to Murgatroyd). I've never been comfortable with this word choice, artifacts, but who am I to argue? The forum uses the term correctly -- it is an object produced by human craft, often used as a tool -- but I always felt it was tinged, perhaps through the forum's association with telephone companies, with the archaeological or historical part of the definition. After all, service providers are still fighting the dinosaur reputation... America the inscrutableBorrowing from Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards' 2004 stump speech, it is starting to look like we have two Americas--not one. The two Americas we are concerned with today are the disparate points of view between two North American service providers regarding business transformation... The spotted leopardThe more things change, the more they stay the same. This is especially true for the TM Forum. While the communications industry responds to a new wave of competition by making wholesale changes to its infrastructure and its business model, the mission of the TM Forum remains the same... |
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Guide to Business Transformation Click here to read this supplement FEATURED ARTICLEBig-picture analysis highlights importance of strategic balanceThe TM Forum's Business Benchmarking group and analyst firm OSS Observer released the first of a series of industry updates this week that complement and make more consumable the forum's in-depth industry benchmarking study reports... |
MWA FEATURESBig-picture analysis highlights importance of strategic balanceThe TM Forum's Business Benchmarking group and analyst firm OSS Observer released the first of a series of industry updates this week that complement and make more consumable the forum's in-depth industry benchmarking study reports... Cable provides a welcome addition to TM ForumEarly last month, MegaFon, the largest mobile provider in the Russian Federation, became the 600th member of the TM Forum. And while the forum's member base continues to expand to other countries, now 65, and other market segments, such as enterprises and content providers, it is perhaps the recent flood of cable companies that will have the most to contribute and to absorb... ON THE RECORDMartin Creaner, president of the TM ForumA few short weeks from now, in Dallas, the TM Forum -- which gave into linguistic pressure and shortened its name from the TeleManagement Forum in July -- will host its U.S.-based conference called Management World Americas. As the industry reinvents itself to support next-generation services, so must the forum, but President Martin Creaner says the challenge for its members stays basically the same: It's the same old, same old OSS/BSS challenges, but for a new communications world. Creaner spoke with Telephony's Tim McElligott about what attendees can expect from the event... CATALYST SHOWCASEMWA: Time for Time Warner Cable to be a CatalystDALLAS--Leave it to a cable company to come in and identify a long-standing and growing concern that mobile operators have been too busy growing to address... MWA: IMS Catalyst unites the lifecycleDALLAS--Seamless and profitable services are ideal goals for the IP Multimedia Subsystem. And a group of TM Forum members, including service providers from China and Taiwan, got together in one of the forum’s Catalyst projects at Management World Americas to show that the goal is achievable... Catalyst for progressIf you're familiar with TM Forum events, you're familiar with the Catalyst Projects. The TMF calls them, collectively, its living lab. For nine years, twice a year, member companies work together in a collaborative environment with emerging technologies and capabilities to solve some of the most pressing operational and interoperability issues... |
TELEPHONY TV VIDEOS FROM TMW 2006
Telephony TV: Interview with BT Group's Phil Dance at TMW 2006Tune in to Telephony TV to see Senior Editor Tim McElligott interview BT Group's Phil Dance at TMW 2006... 
Telephony TV: Interview with Alcatel-Lucent's Johanne Mayer at TMW 2006Tune in to Telephony TV and watch this interview with Alcatel-Lucent's Johanne Mayer at TMW 2006... 
Telephony TV: Interview with TMF's Keith Willetts at TMW 2006Tune in to Telephony TV to see Senior Editor Tim McElligott interview Keith Willetts, Chairman of the TeleManagement Forum, at TMW 2006... 
Telephony TV: Interview with NetCracker's Sanjay Mewada at TMW 2006Tune in to Telephony TV to watch an interview with NetCracker's Sanjay Mewada at TMW 2006... 
Telephony TV: Interview with Oracle's Steve Bamberger at TMW 2006Tune in to Telephony TV to watch an interview with Steve Bamberger, vice president of communications and media at Oracle... |
