Nexagent & TeleManagement Forum to develop operational models for managing multicarrier environments

London UK, 12 September 2005 – Nexagent, the market leader in centralised management software and hardware for interconnecting next-generation telecom networks, has today announced its membership of the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum), an international industry organisation providing leadership, strategic guidance and practical solutions to improve the management and operation of information and communications services.

Nexagent has gained a wealth of knowledge about the challenges of managing multi-carrier environments having spent over four years listening to the needs of more than 100 carriers and 10 global systems integrators. Nexagent’s unique insight into this area combined with its pioneering technology offering makes it a highly valuable new addition to the TM Forum.

Martin Creaner, chief technical officer and vice president, Technical Programmes, TM Forum: “We are very pleased to have Nexagent onboard and look forward to its valuable contributions, particularly in the area of MPLS multi-carrier interconnects. The TM Forum is committed to providing industry standards for the management of multi-carrier environments and Nexagent is showing a strong commitment to help the industry develop and define them.”

David Page, chief technology officer, Nexagent: “Nexagent is wholly committed to supporting carriers and systems integrators achieve operational efficiencies relating to the delivery of rich end-to-end multi-carrier IP services. Achieving multi-party procedural efficiency is critical for the industry in order for it to break through the prevailing interconnect glass ceiling. We are working very closely with the industry to address the interconnect challenge and joining the TeleManagement Forum was an obvious next step for us.”

Today, the TeleManagement Forum has more than 450 members, runs the industry’s leading OSS/BSS Conference and Exposition, and its standards are being adopted by UN body, the ITU.

About Nexagent
Nexagent is the pioneer and market leader in centralised management software and hardware for interconnecting next-generation telecom networks. Based on open standards and offering a component based approach, Nexagent’s software and hardware enables Carriers and Systems Integrators to automate and accelerate the creation, provisioning and management of advanced IP services over multiple carrier networks. As well as dramatically reducing time-to-market for new services, Nexagent’s customers benefit from increased operational efficiencies, improved productivity and greater service performance – all key to remaining competitive in a crowded marketplace. For more information, visit Nexagent’s website at: www.nexagent.com

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 450 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.
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