Composable IT and Ecosystems
Join the mission to build a future-proof, agile, plug-and-play IT ecosystem
The connectivity industry has made huge advances in developing universal standards for composable IT systems through our Open Digital Architecture (ODA). The Composable IT and Ecosystems Mission continues this critical work.
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Accelerate change
Enable our industry and your business to run on AI-ready, composable software by delivering universal standards, components, Open APIs and more.
Transform business
Revolutionize business velocity and agility by moving from legacy IT to plug-and-play software architectures.
Monetize networks
Find new ways to drive network monetization and achieve greater ROI through the API economy.
Create partnerships
Embed composable business across the ecosystem to foster successful and profitable partnerships.
Make it happen
Deliver everything via ODA, through the frameworks, blueprints and assets that our Members have built to deliver real-world impact.
Build a future-proof, agile, plug-and-play IT ecosystem
The industry has made progress in moving away from legacy IT infrastructure to enable greater interoperability, helping to transform business agility.
But significant challenges remain. The costs of servicing legacy technical debt can be colossal and the relevant systems and processes hard to replace. Businesses still lack agility, impacting speed to market for new products and services.
Our Mission tackles these challenges head on.
Find new ways to monetize your network
Create new opportunities for monetization of data and network capabilities, for example network API monetization which enables Communications Service Providers (CSPs) to drive new revenue opportunities by opening their networks to third party developers via standardized APIs.
See how to take advantage of network API monetization opportunities.
Drive savings with business assurance
Business assurance best practices are helping global CSPs drive annual savings of over 10 billion USD in reduction of revenue leakage alone, as illustrated in TM Forum's latest survey. It enables CSPs to protect revenue and manage risk across their own business and their partner ecosystems. As service providers race to launch innovative, profitable services and elevate customer experience, and AI drives a new era of risk, maintaining strong business integrity becomes absolutely vital.
Explore business assurance best practices.
Evolve profitable partnerships
Develop B2B2X partnership models through interoperability and plug and play software, so that partners and resellers can access new customers and create new revenue streams, and provide customers with exceptional experiences.
Progress to a plug and play future
Achieve AI-enabled agility and velocity with TM Forum's ODA: the blueprints, code, frameworks and guidelines that provide pragmatic, real-world assets.
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Latest news and insights
Assessing CSPs' progress towards an open digital architecture
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TM Forum’s Open Digital Architecture continues industry impact
As Verizon Achieves Running on ODA Accreditation
TM Forum and GSMA partner to accelerate global API economy
With unified conformance certification program for Open Gateway APIs
Start your journey
Stay abreast of progress as the industry moves towards a software driven plug and play architecture using ODA.
Discover the drivers for an open and composable architectures in the face of operators’ accumulation of complex legacy infrastructure in the Assessing CSPs' progress towards an open digital architecture report.
Vodafone Greece leads the way on automation with ODA Canvas and is already reaping several benefits from the implementation of ODA.
TM Forum’s Innovation Engine enables Members to experiment and deliver proof-of-concepts and reference code to extend ODA, unlocking AI-enabled agility and velocity for Members.
Innovation Hub projects include ODA Accelerator and Component Conformance Tooling.
Proof-of-concept development in our Catalyst program includes agentic ODA for proactive customer experiences and AI-powered ODA in a box for B2BX as well as topics as diverse as Spatial Web operability and how we can accelerate dynamic network marketplaces using APIs and AI.
Our Collaboration projects bring together teams from across the ecosystem to standardize and patternize co-created solutions to add to the ODA's body of knowledge, code and frameworks.
For example, the standardization of wholesale broadband is creating new opportunities for CSPs and wholesalers to work together. Our wholesale broadband Member collaboration project is already identifying the scenarios, defining the standards and building the APIs to underpin harmonization.
Other projects evolving the standards including Open APIs and Digital Ecosystem Management.
Our Education programs equip teams to uplift their capabilities and use ODA to transform their business.
Our Conformance programs allow you to demonstrate your ODA adoption, so that you can partner quickly and easily with others, and integrate new products into your stack.
Our Mission identifies the stand-out opportunities for growth through a partner ecosystem, and provides the tools to deliver strong partner experiences and effective lifecycle management.
Our Global Events are a platform to innovate, collaborate, and showcase real-world solutions to industry challenges. We have a range of inspiring events such as DTW Ignite where you'll connect with other experts from the connectivity ecosystem.
Don't miss our upcoming event Accelerate where Members come together to accelerate progress on Member projects.
Leading the Mission
Meet the industry leaders who are driving our Composable IT and Ecosystems Mission.
Join the Mission
Ready to get involved and join organizations like China Telecom, Telefonica, TELUS and Vodafone?