This Review is part of the FT-IT family of special reports, which comprises the FT-IT Review and the 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. Our next issue is FT-IT on Wednesday, May 2.

Listed below are the publication dates and brief details of future themes, although topics in the fast-changing IT and telecoms sector are subject to alteration and addition.

Each issue will include our regular features, such as View from the Top, interviews with senior figures in the IT and telecoms industry, plus news reviews and statistics.

May 2
FT-IT: Cover story on the global shortage in IT skills; IT in aerospace; corporate portals.

May 16
FT Telecoms: Voice recognition in mobile phones; future of public pay phones in the mobile era.

June 6
FT-IT: Internet-based training and skills development in the business world; IT in automobiles and road transport; IT and telecoms in the Nordic countries

June 20
FT-IT: Convergence; electronic government.

July 4
FT-IT: ASPs and other developments in IT outsourcing; IT and telecommunications in Ireland.

July 18
FT Telecoms: Mobile services; financing the world telecoms industry.

August 1
FT-IT: IT in Asia; computer games technology and industry.

September 5
FT-IT: Internet security, and payments; interactive TV.

September 19
FT Telecoms: Broadband network management and technology; employment issues in telecoms industry.

October 3
FT-IT: IT venture capital; search engine industry and technology.

October 17
FT-IT: Customer relationship management; Israel’s IT industry.

November 7
Data storage; manufacturing

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This review is published on the first and third Wednesday of the month. In addition, information technology articles appear regularly in 'Inside Track' in section one of the FT.The IT Appointments section is also published each Wednesday.

Editor: Andrew Baxter

Chief technology writer: Andrew Fisher

Editorial production:
Michael Wiltshire and Sarah Frater

Graphics:
Robert Hutchison

Editorial synopses:
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