All TM Forum (TMF) articles – Page 3
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Strategy & ChangeCFO Werner in box seat on Telekom’s data strategy revamp
Telekom Deutschland’s money man overseeing data-driven modernisation programme, including effort to meld siloes through over-riding data lake. Data strategy seen as key to growth, efficiency, and customer experience goals.
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PremiumUK 5G innovation: Industrial 5G
Three projects to build next-generation connectivity into UK industry. O2 and Vodafone take the lead. Universities make up significant proportion of consortia.
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Consumer (B2C)Legacy IT hinders BT Consumer brand meld
Siloed IT for BT, EE, and Plusnet creates cross-selling challenge. Vendor selection process for IT overhaul has been going on four years and is not yet complete.
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PremiumElsewhere in Vodafone Group: marketing agency tweak; CSR brought to the fore
Social responsibility brought into supplier assessments; Equinix highlights Telco Cloud ties; agency roster tweaked.
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Strategy & ChangeTelefónica Peru seeks giant leap from Project Apollo
Tecnotree-supported modernisation programme enabling more time to be taken in disentangling “fantastic mess” of legacy point solutions. Business wanted digital platform refresh to match cadence of webscale service development. Project held up as case study by TM Forum, highlighting open integration.
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PremiumBT champions DLT to help provision 5G private networks
Strong Russian flavour to project, with Rostelecom as Catalyst co-champion, and suppliers Nexign, RTC ARGUS among participants. Catalyst to underpin a network resource marketplace for Industry 4.0. Federated DLT Marketplace to meld with two other BT-supported TM Forum programmes, forming “Mega Catalyst”.
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PremiumElsewhere in Telefónica Infra-Tech: Kymatio gets funding boost; Navantia gets €5m contract
Telefónica backs TM Forum Open APIs, and Wayra invests in cybersecurity.
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PremiumElsewhere in BT Tech: BT puts willingness to tackle legacy in writing
BT signs TM Forum’s Open API and Open Digital Architecture Manifesto.
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PremiumVodafone takes bit-part role in UK 5G trials
Grants allocated from £200m 5G trials and testbed pot. Limited telco involvement: Vodafone takes most prominent role, Telefónica and Three UK follow.
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Public AffairsVodafone wants ground rules for drones
UK OpCo publishes report outlining economic benefits of cellular-connected drone deployments. RPS positioned as being able to meet public demand for tougher security and closer monitoring.
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Partnerships & AlliancesVodafone’s Lester Thomas: TM Forum can learn from Netflix
Vodafone’s Lester Thomas: TM Forum can learn from Netflix Source: TM Forum Lester Thomas, Chief IT Systems Architect at Vodafone, again suggested that industry body the TM Forum should move to a model of collaboration and development similar to those used by hyper-scalers such as Amazon and ...
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BT demos onboarding proof of concept for IoT
BT showcased its onboarding PoC at the Digital Transformation Asia event in Malaysia.
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PremiumVodafone collabs with Axiata, IoT Forum, TM Forum on IoT "blueprint"
Vodafone collaborated with Malaysia-based telco Axiata, the IoT Forum, and TM Forum on the development of a “blueprint” for management of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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PremiumBT Group supports 5G slicing template development
BT Group is among a collective of operators and vendors participating in the Riders on the Storm Catalyst project.
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PremiumInfosys and BT Group flag “multi-million pound” transformation savings
BT bringing systems virtualisation benefits forward into a hybrid network set-up through solutions developed in conjunction with Infosys under the auspices of the TM Forum. Greater network efficiency through NetSecOps expected to materialise alongside cost-savings and improved customer experience. Enterprise leading the way with new OSS deployment, and accelerating ...
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Strategy & ChangeDTW19: Another Vodafone Group signal of coming partner platform refit
Vodafone recognises need for improvement in partner collaboration, to fuel 5G success. Chief Systems Architect looking to reshape IT, to help open-up while protecting “secret sauce”. TM Forum and University of Surrey among collaborators.
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Partnerships & AlliancesDeutsche Telekom: introvert telcos plan mould-breaking 5G party (DTW19)
DT plans to step up “conversations” with partners in a bid to ensure 5G return-on-investment. Execs concede telcos remain “quite poor” on enabling collaboration. ’Fast telecoms’-vision mooted, with repeatability across numerous services, but can traditionally closed telcos deliver? Hints of increased focus on services long-tail, and beyond flagship tie-ups. ...
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OperationsTelefónica embraces short-term pain for data flexibility
Telefónica Mexico provided insights on building momentum on creating replicable data-driven local systems, with potential for wider deployment. Groundwork on establishing principles, and ensuring standardisation, vital to ensuring benefits can flow through to subsequent use cases. Real-world implementation of a standardised approach can cause initial localised pain, but is ...
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Network & InfrastructureOperators, other industries struggle for 5G commonality
5G expectations have been raised, and now need to be met: lots of talk of potential, but monetisation not clear cut. Scepticism over network readiness for advanced, challenging applications, such as in gaming and sport. Supplier establishment again chided for dragging feet on harmonisation and cloud-ification; operators stuck in ...
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Innovation (R&D)TM Forum champions APIs as telcos battle web giants
More big hitters are joining TMF’s Open API programme, although numbers remain lower than anticipated. Ongoing focus on standardisation and consistency saw a pause in API development to ensure strong foundations. Adoption of SDN and virtualisation is blurring the remit of traditional standards bodies.
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