Themes for the coming months

This Review is part of the FT-IT family of special reports, which comprises the FT-IT Review and the FT Telecoms Review. They 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.

The main themes
Listed here are the publication dates and brief details of provisional future themes, although topics in the fast-changing IT and telecoms sectors are subject to alteration. Each issue will include our regular features, such as View from the Top, and interviews with senior figures in the IT and telecoms industry.

INDIAN OUTSOURCING - click here.
A special extra section of FT-IT will be published on Tuesday October 23, covering trends in the Indian IT outsourcing sector. It coincides with the India-Europe IT Summit at the Dorchester, London, a high-profile event which will focus on building strategic partnerships between Europe's need for IT solutions and India's capability to deliver cost-effective software expertise. The event is organised by FT Conferences in association with India's National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom).

Themes for the remainder of 2001

November 7 FT-IT Review
IT venture capital; search engine industry and technology. October 17FT-IT: Customer relationship management; operating systems. Plus an extra section on India's IT outsourcing trends.

November 21 FT Telecoms
Mobile phone manufacturing; special report on Foma third-generation phones launch in Japan; telecoms in Africa

December 5FT-IT Review
M Review of the year; product lifecycle management; plus special section on supply chain collaboration. ifl

2002

January 16 FT Telecoms
mobile phone services and industry in North America; telecoms fraud.

February 6 FT-IT
internet business strategies - future of free vs. subscription models, internet advertising - with section on online payment technologies.

February 20 FT-IT
Enterprise peer-to-peer (P2P) computing - myth or reality; online content management.

March 13 FT-IT
Future of B2B e-marketplaces; IT in travel and hotel industry; plus special pre-CeBIT supplement (exact date to be confirmed).

March 20 FT Telecoms
local broadband networks - i.e "last mile" technologies and services; telecoms regulation worldwide.

April 3 FT-IT
IT in financial markets - focusing on trading room and stock exchange systems; web personalisation.

April 17 FT-IT
Global semiconductor industry; web hosting.