Comarch Expands Its Role in Two TM Forum Catalyst Projects to Drive Innovation in Telecommunications
Comarch announces expanded involvement in two prominent TM Forum Catalyst projects aimed at driving innovation and standardization in the telecommunications industry. Partnering with top-tier operators such as KDDI, Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom, and AT&T, Comarch is tackling critical challenges in autonomous network management and wholesale broadband ordering. These collaborative projects will be showcased at the upcoming TM Forum’s DTW25 – Ignite in Copenhagen, bringing together leading service providers and technology partners across the sector.
Empowering autonomous networks with enhanced data visualization using AI
The first project, "Messy Data In, Treasure Out: Boosting Autonomous Networks" is a joint initiative by Articul8, CTC, AXIAN Telecom, KDDI and Comarch. Comarch will demonstrate how to effectively manage KDDI’s unstructured data, organize it using Articul8's AI-powered tools, forward them between applications via TMF639 API developed by CTC and present it through the Comarch Inventory platform. Comarch’s responsibilities include installing and configuring its Inventory solution, integrating it with the CTC environment via a dedicated API, loading and presenting AI-organized data prepared by Articul8’s scripts within the system.
The project's goal is to showcase how structured presentation and intelligent inventory management can transform disorganized input data into actionable insights—supporting the advancement of autonomous network operations. Paweł Świerszcz, Product Manager at the Telecommunications Divison at Comarch, emphasizes: At Comarch, building a complete, unified view of the network has always been at the core of what we do. From the very beginning, our inventory systems have been designed to aggregate data from diverse, vendor-specific sources and normalize them into a consistent model. This enables operators to visualize, analyze, and plan their networks end-to-end through a single pane of glass approach. Today, as the industry moves towards autonomous, AI-driven networks, this capability is more critical than ever. Delivering high-quality, coherent data is the foundation upon which true network intelligence is built. However, we must remember one thing: the better the quality of data we give AI, the better the result.
Advancing wholesale broadband ordering standards and interoperability
The second project, “Broadband as a Service: The future of wholesale broadband ordering – Phase II,” builds on the success of last year’s project aimed at standardizing processes, APIs, and data models for improved efficiency and collaboration in the wholesale (fiber) access market. Last year, the project was recognized as a finalist in three categories at TM Forum’s prestigious Catalyst Awards and attracted attention from communications service providers (CSPs) beyond the current project participants, including Hrvatski Telekom (Croatia) and Telekom Malaysia.
The current phase continues to expand the scope, focusing on service and resource modeling, as well as enhanced resource management within broadband access environments. Companies such as Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Group, Telin, BT Group, Deutsche Glasfaser, Lyse or Cityfibre all take part in this project. Comarch remains committed to ensuring robust contributions and maintaining a leadership position within the project. Planned advancements for Phase II include extending resource order management, refining the resource inventory, and potentially enabling further resource activation functionalities.
Carlos De Jesus Rodrigues, Presales Consultant at the Telecommunications Divison at Comarch explained the goal of the project: Driven by the rapid development of fiber optics, which is characterized by the emergence of new infrastructure providers, the wholesale market is becoming increasingly important in many countries. There are, and will be significantly more in the future, NetCos, i.e. companies that have sovereignty over access and aggregation fiber optic routes, but are not or not always active in the ServCo area, i.e. offer access products for enterprise or residential markets.
Commitment to industry collaboration and innovation
Comarch’s sustained participation in TM Forum Catalyst projects underscores its strategic aim to lead and shape the future of telecommunications through collaborative innovation. By partnering with prominent CSPs and technology leaders, Comarch continues to play a key role in setting industry benchmarks and driving operational efficiency across network and broadband domains.
The results of all Catalyst projects will be presented at the DTW Ignite 2025, which will take place from June 17 to 19 in Copenhagen.