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The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) is the body charged with global responsibility for telecommunications standards. Their work is sponsored by service providers and PTTs from around the world, as well as large equipment vendors and national standards organizations. The ITU–T within the ITU has defined the TMN reference model for network management as well as the CMIP protocol and information models covering a range of technologies. The seminal reference document for the TMN model is M3010.
Web Site: http://www.itu.ch
The original seven regional Bell operating companies (RBOCs) originally jointly owned Bellcore in the United States. It had a dual role in providing software for telecommunications management and defining standards for adoption by the RBOCs. These standards covered all aspects of telecommunications from physical cabling specifications to network management information modeling. Telcordia is now independently owned by SAIC and is addressing the network management of telecommunications networks using its existing technologies combined with advanced technology programs.
Web Site: http://www.telcordia.com
TeleManagement Forum
TeleManagement Forum, formerly the NMF, is a nonprofit, global organization that provides the telecom industry with leadership on the most effective ways to streamline the management of communications networks and services. The TeleManagement Forum SMART TMN program helps members develop pragmatic solutions for automating the key business processes necessary for success in today's competitive market.
Web Site: http://www.tmforum.org
OMG
The Object Management Group (OMG) has a membership of over 800 software vendors, software developers, and end users. The OMG promotes CORBA as the middleware that's everywhere through its worldwide standard specifications: CORBA/Object Services, Internet Facilities, and Interface specifications. Established in 1988, the mission of OMG is to promote the theory and practice of object technology for the implementation of distributed computing systems. The goal is to provide a common architectural framework for object-oriented applications based on widely available interface specifications. In addition to its initial use for diverse information systems (IS) applications, CORBA has gained widespread acceptance as the object-oriented distributed computing protocol for network management applications. For this reason, the OMG has a separate telecommunication subgroup to ensure that the tools and methodologies evolve to meet the unique needs of the telecommunications application environment.
Web Site: http://www.omg.org
SIF, ATMF, and ADSLF
These are industry bodies that, in general, promote standardization within their technology domains. In most cases, such standardization also covers management activities. The organizations typically define information models for managing the equipment and specify which management protocols are to be used.
SONET Interoperability Forum (SIF) Web Site: http://www.atis.org/atis/sif/sifhom.htm
Asynchronous Transfer Mode Forum (ATMF) Web Site: http://www.atmf.com
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Forum (ADSLF) Web Site: http://www.adslf.com
