This review is part of the FT-IT family of special reports which compromises the FT-IT Review and the FT Telecoms Review.

The reviews are published on the first and third Wednesday of each month, with the FT-IT taking up three of every four slots and FT Telecoms occupying the fourth. Our next issues is FT Telecoms on July 18.

Listed below are the publication dates and brief details of provisional future themes, although topics in the fast-changing IT and telecom sectors 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 telecom industry, plus news reviews and statistics.

September 5
FT-IT: Internet and IT security; interactive television; computer games industry and technology

September 19
FT Telecoms: Broadband (optical) networks and technology; employment and labour relations; billing systems and technology

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
FT-IT: Data storage; IT in manufacturing and product development; operating systems

November 21
FT Telecoms: Mobile phone industry - future trends (including special section on device design issues); pan-European networks

December 5
FT-IT: Review of the year; internet retailing

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