▁The ▁AT M ▁Forum ▁created ▁over ▁ 2 0 0 ▁implementation ▁agre ements . ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 6 ▁AT M ▁technology ▁stabil ized ▁with ▁the ▁" An ch orage ▁Acc ord ", ▁which ▁established ▁the ▁bas eline ▁of ▁AT M ▁implementations . ▁ ▁While ▁AT M ▁did ▁not ▁live ▁up ▁to ▁every ▁expectation , ▁it ▁remained ▁an ▁important ▁core ▁network ▁technology . ▁ ▁The ▁Frame ▁Rel ay ▁Forum ▁( prom oting ▁frame ▁relay ) ▁also ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 . ▁The ▁M PL S ▁Forum ▁( which ▁supported ▁Mult ip ro tocol ▁Label ▁Switch ing ▁ ▁had ▁begun ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 0 . ▁Those ▁two ▁merged ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁M PL S ▁and ▁Frame ▁Rel ay ▁Alliance ▁( M FA ). ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 5 , ▁the ▁AT M ▁Forum ▁joined ▁forces ▁with ▁the ▁M FA ▁to ▁form ▁the ▁M FA ▁Forum , ▁which ▁was ▁renamed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁IP / MP LS ▁Forum . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁the ▁ ▁IP / MP LS ▁Forum ▁merged ▁with ▁the ▁Broad band ▁Forum . ▁ ▁Sam pling ▁of ▁specific ations ▁ ▁AT M - MP LS ▁Network ▁Inter working ▁ ▁Multi - Protocol ▁Over ▁AT M ▁ ▁T M ▁ 4 . 1 ▁ ▁User - Network ▁Interface ▁ ▁B - IC I ▁ ▁A NN I ▁ ▁P NN I ▁ ▁Frame - based ▁AT M ▁ ▁IL MI ▁▁ 6 2 2