New TM Forum Device Management Summit to Be Held at CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference and Showcase
DALLAS, Feb. 28 - TM Forum, the world's leading trade association focused on management of information, communications, and entertainment services, is hosting a pre-show device-management Summit on June 24 in conjunction with CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference and Showcase.
CONNECTIONS(TM), produced by Parks Associates in partnership with CEA®, is the largest executive conference and showcase focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions. The 12th annual conference will be held June 24-26 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.
The TM Forum Device Management Summit on "Low-Cost Device Deployment and User Support" addresses the growing management requirements generated by intelligent interconnected devices in the home, including mobile handsets, set-top boxes, and gateways. With one trillion devices expected in the next 15-20 years, service providers must solve device-based management issues, leading to reduced support costs, improved customer experience, and potentially add additional service revenues.
TM Forum helps its members by defining best practices, guidelines, and standards for operational processes and systems to enable better automated processes by deploying operational systems that require lower integration effort across the service delivery chain. The TM Forum has formed an interest group of hardware, software, and service provider companies to investigate the feasibility of a common industry approach to user-device management.
"In a marketplace where customers demand 'any service on any device, anywhere,' user devices are becoming a key part of content and information services, creating major challenges for service providers," said Keith Willetts, chairman and CEO, TM Forum. "The Forum has launched a new initiative to explore the feasibility of a common device management approach. We are delighted to have forged this exciting new relationship with CONNECTION for a series of events to help stimulate innovative solutions to this growing challenge."
"We are excited to collocate with the TM Forum," said Tricia Parks, CEO, Parks Associates. "New technologies create challenges and opportunities as we bring more devices into our life and work. The TM Forum fulfills a vital function in realizing the full value proposition of user devices."
For more information, visit www.connectionsconference.com/. For information on TM Forum's seminar, visit http://www.tmforum.org/.
ABOUT CONNECTIONS
CONNECTIONS(TM): The Digital Living Conference and Showcase, hosted by leading research firm Parks Associates in partnership with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA®), is the premier executive event focused on the market developments and growth factors for advanced digital lifestyle solutions.
For more information, visit www.connectionsconference.com/.
About the TM Forum
With over 660 members in 65 countries, the TM Forum is the world's leading trade association focused on management of information, communications and entertainment services. The Forum provides leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the way that services are created, delivered, assured and charged. Members include the majority of the world's service providers, network operators, software suppliers, equipment suppliers and systems integrators.
For further information, visit http://www.tmforum.org/.
Source: Parks Associates
CONTACT: Chelsey Tyson of Parks Associates, +1-972-490-1113, chelsey@parksassociates.com
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