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TM Forum
PredecessorOSI/Network Management Forum
TeleManagement Forum
IPsphere Forum
Formation1988; 36 years ago (1988)
TypeNon-profit
Key people
  • Nik Willetts (CEO)
  • Olga Martynov (CFO)
  • Steffen Roehn (Chairman of the Board)
Websitewww.tmforum.org

TM Forum is a global industry association for service providers and their suppliers in the telecommunications industry. Members include communications and digital service providers, telephone companies, cable operators, network operators, cloud providers, digital infrastructure providers, software suppliers, equipment suppliers, systems integrators, and management consultancies. The Forum has 800+ member[1] companies (including the world's 10 largest telecommunications service providers[2][3]) that collectively generate US$ 2 trillion in revenue and serve 5 billion customers across 111 countries.[4]

History

TM Forum was founded as the OSI/Network Management Forum in 1988 by eight companies to collaboratively solve systems and operational management issues with the OSI protocols.[5] In 1998 the name was changed to the TeleManagement Forum.[6] In 2008, the organization changed its name to TM Forum.

Conferences & Events

TM Forum hosts a variety of digital and in-person events year-round.

In September 2022, TM Forum held its first in-person event post Covid-19 pandemic when Digital Transformation World (DTW) 2022 opened doors at the Bella Center, Copenhagen.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Current Members - TM Forum". TM Forum. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  2. ^ "SoftBank Corp. joins TM Forum as IT Transformation Imperative Impacts Telecom Industry - TM Forum". TM Forum. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
  3. ^ "The World's Largest Public Companies". Forbes. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
  4. ^ "About TM Forum". TM Forum. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
  5. ^ J. Embry; P. Manson; D. Milham (July 1990). "An open network management architecture: OSI/NM Forum architecture and concepts". IEEE Network. 4 (4). IEEE Communications Society: 14–22. doi:10.1109/65.56547. S2CID 44931520.
  6. ^ "About the TM Forum: History". Archived from the original on November 9, 2011. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  7. ^ "Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) – World Health Organization".

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