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SunTec participates in TM Forum's Telecom Applications Map (TAM)
Trivandrum, India : SunTec Business Solutions today announced that it will be participating in the Telecom Applications Map project done under the TeleManagement Forum�s initiative along with some of the telecom industry leaders like BT, QinetiQ, Teliasonera, Sprint, Metasolv, Sun Microsystems, Nextel Communications, and Vodafone.
The Telecom Applications Map document is intended as a working guide to help telecom operators and suppliers use a common reference language to navigate a complex OSS/BSS systems landscape across the entire telecom value chain. This is a key initiative taken by the forum to standardise various back-end applications used by voice, data and video service providers. It extends TM Forum�s evolutionary NGOSS framework onto applications layer also over the currently available eTOM and SID standards applicable to business processes and information used in the telecom industry.
Speaking on the occasion, Mr Nanda Kumar, President and CEO of SunTec lauded the efforts of TM Forum in putting forward uniform design standards for various OSS/BSS components. He expressed hope that SunTec will contribute immensely to this landmark project aimed at creating thin telecom operators, leveraging its fifteen years of experience in telecom billing and customer care domain.
About the TeleManagement Forum
For more than 16 years, the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum) has provided leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the management and operation of information and communications services. Through its 'Lean Operator' initiative and flagship New Generation Operations Systems and Software (NGOSS) program for developing, procuring and deploying operational and business support systems, the TM Forum creates collaboratively developed, industry standard solutions. These solutions, delivered through a set of guidelines and specifications, define the direction and specific roadmap to achieve business efficiency and operational flexibility ' the hallmarks of the Lean Operator.
The TM Forum has over 430 members in 60 countries including incumbent and new-entrant service providers, equipment suppliers, software solution suppliers and Systems Integrators. For further information regarding the TM Forum, related programs and TM Forum events, please visit www.tmforum.org.