CMA and TUA join forces

The Communications Management Association and the Telecoms Users Association have joined forces in recognition of the fact that convergence has changed the way companies manage their networks and communications assets.

Fresh from becoming a subsidiary of the British Computer Society (BCS) earlier this year, the CMA will take responsibility for providing services to TUA members.

In the last two years, the CMA has been offering corporate membership alongside its individual membership for professionals. With immediate effect it will now take control of the reigns of TUA member services, bringing the combined corporate member level to just short of 100, a figure which is expected to surpass 150 by the middle of next year.

The union of the two bodies has come about because IT departments, rather than individual telecoms managers, now look after the communications lifeblood of a business.

In addition, companies are increasingly leaning towards unified communications products, managed services and mobile strategies, according to the CMA and TUA, who believe that the combined strengths of the two organisations joining together will enable them to "do an even better job to support the global aspirations of UK enterprises."

"CMA has grown in strength over the past five years....We also face new challenges. BT's 21CN, international NGN interconnects, universal access to broadband, the digital switchover and of course sustainability and carbon reduction," said CMA chief executive Glenn Powell. "This is therefore the right time for TUA and CMA to combine forces to meet these challenges on behalf of the enterprise user."

TUA director Bill Mieran added: "We believe this arrangement will improve membership benefits significantly and due to the combined CMA and TUA corporate membership bring the advantage of a single organisation representing user interests from a position of increased influence."

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