
In the telecommunications sector, data models play a crucial role in facilitating efficient operations, enhancing network performance, and improving customer experience. Data models provide a structured framework for organizing and representing complex telecom data, such as network topology, customer profiles, service usage patterns, and billing information. By leveraging data models, telecom companies can gain valuable insights into network capacity planning, optimize resource allocation, and identify areas for service improvement. Standard data methods, such as protocols and formats, enable seamless interoperability among different telecom systems and devices, ensuring smooth data exchange and communication across the network. They enable effective data management, analysis, and reporting, supporting decision-making processes, troubleshooting network issues, and enabling the development of innovative services. Overall, data models and standard data methods are indispensable tools that empower telecom operators to efficiently manage their networks, deliver high-quality services, and adapt to evolving customer needs.
Enhanced Telecom Operations Map
Acronym:ย eTOM
Organisation responsible:ย TM Forum
Official web page:ย https://www.tmforum.org/oda/business/process-framework-etom/
Description:ย eTOM is a framework developed by the TeleManagement Forum (TM Forum) that provides a standardized model for managing and operating telecommunications services. It includes data models for service catalogs, service orders, trouble tickets, and other operational processes.
Current Version:ย 25.0.0 (14 Jan 2023)
Schema location:ย https://www.tmforum.org/oda/business/process-framework-etom/
Standard:ย Not applicable
Type of data:ย Hierarchical data classification
Primary purpose :ย Structured data storage
API available:ย Not available
License details:ย Registration required
Data model (Power BI):ย Not available
Telecommunications Markup Language
Acronym:ย TML
Organisation responsible:ย TM Forum
Official web page:ย https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-M.3030-200208-I/en
Description:ย TML is an XML-based schema used for representing telecommunications-specific data. It provides a standardized format for exchanging information between different systems and applications in the telecommunications domain.
Current Version:ย 2002-08-22
Schema location:ย https://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-M.3030-200208-I/en
Standard:ย Not applicable
Type of data:ย XML
Primary purpose :ย Structured data exchange
API available:ย Not available
License details:ย Open data
Data model (Power BI):ย Not available