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Initiatives for Cable

TM Forum provides a wealth of information, innovation and networking opportunities for cable MSOs and their suppliers. Find out how you can get new services to market faster and gain operational efficiency, reach out to end users in a more targeted fashion and get plugged in with customers, suppliers and partners through TM Forum’s extensive industry membership and outreach programs.

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Managing our resources efficiently and intelligently is key to improving customer experience and generating more revenue. The IPDR standard interface is the foundation. - Cox

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Cable Interest Group

MSOs and vendors working together to provide guidance and standards based solutions for operational needs for the cable market.

MSO Members Include: Cox, Time Warner, Liberty Global, ComHem, Ziggo, and Rogers
Vendor Members include: Sigma, Convergys, and Wipro

Contact Christy Coffey at ccoffey@tmforum.org

Cable Case Studies

Cable's Management Holy Grail -- Solving the Last Mile using NGOSS

Delivering Innovative Services to the Cable Customer

From Product to Customer Orientation

Value of TMF Standards for a Cable Operator in a Multi-Country Environment

Next Generation Service Management & IPDR

Resource Usage Data Collection - Gaming Example

IPDR Standard Interfaces

Defining and implementing open, de-facto standards for IP-based support system interoperability, enabling providers to profitably deploy next-generation services. Includes Usage Collection Interface which is part of the DOCSIS® and tru2way™ CableLabs specifications.

DOCSIS and tru2way are trademarks for Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Advertising Initiative

The TM Forum is forming a team to identify requirements and then set standards for the operational aspects of advertising. Initial work will center on service management and managing targeted advertising.

Contact Jim Warner at jwarner@tmforum.org or Kelly Neiman at kneiman@tmforum.org

Hear from TM Forum Cable Members

Please contact Rebecca Sendel rsendel@tmforum.org if you are interested in supplying your TM Forum Testimonial.

Robert O'Shea

Robert O'Shea
Director, Network Operations,
Cox Communications

Brian Cappellani

Brian Cappellani
CTO,
Sigma Systems

Standards & Best Practices

Utilizing TM Forum best practices and standards helps cable operators/MSOs to build business systems environments capable of accommodating changing customer and market demands. Well integrated systems and processes enable services to be designed and deployed in hours rather than months.

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Healing the OSS Wounds in the MSO

The launch last year of a Cable Interest Group at the TM Forum was a game-changing moment for the MSO industry. Read More

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