This review is the third to be published this year in the FT-IT "family" of special reports, which comprises the FT-IT Review and FT Telecoms Review. The reviews are published on the first and third Wednesday of each month, with FT-IT taking up three of every four slots and FT Telecoms occupying the fourth slot. Our next issue is FT-IT on March 7.

Here are publication dates and brief details of themes due to be covered until autumn. Please note that, while we make every effort to stick to our plans once we have announced them, the themes are subject to alteration and addition. Each issue will include our regular features such as Views from the Top, interviews with senior figures in the IT industry, plus news reviews and statistics.

March 7 FT-IT: IT and the internet in job recruitment; IT in retailing - special report from the US National Retail Federation convention.
March 21 FT-Telecoms: Telecoms services for SMEs; internet telephony; online bandwidth exchanges Plus: special pre-CeBIT report on handsets, PDAs and devices - with guest articles from FT Deutschland
April 4 FT-IT: New media; measuring website traffic and performance
April 18 FT-IT: Smart cards; internet-based training and skills development in the business world; construction industry online
May 2 FT-IT: IT in aerospace (first of a three-part series on transport); corporate portals; IT and telecoms in the Nordic countries
May 16 FT Telecoms: future of public/on street call boxes in the mobile era; telecoms services in eastern Europe and former Soviet Union
June 6 FT-IT: Convergence; transport part 2: IT in automobiles and road transport
June 20 FT-IT: Electronic government; transport part 3: IT in shipping and navigation
July 4 FT-IT: ASPs and other developments in IT outsourcing; IT and telecoms in Ireland
July 18 FT Telecoms: Mobile services - special report on new 3G services in Asia plus update on developments elsewhere; financial health of world telecoms industry
August 1 FT-IT: IT in Asia; computer games technology and industry
September 5 FT-IT: Internet security, payments, bill presentment etc; interactive TV; Israel's IT industry
September 19 FT Telecoms: Broadband network management and technology (including latest on optical networking); telecoms services in India; mobile phone marketing strategies
October 3 FT-IT: IT venture capital; search engine industry and technology

Editorial synopses:
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