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. 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, interviews with senior figures in the IT and telecommunications industry, plus news reviews and statistics.

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

October 17FT-IT Review
Customer relationship management; operating systems. Plus an extra section on India’s IT outsourcing trends.

November 7FT-IT Review
Data storage; IT in manufacturing and product development; plus regional focus: Israel’s IT industry.

November 21FT Telecoms
Mobile phone industry (including special report on Foma launch in Japan); pan-European networks

December 5FT-IT Review
Review of the year; internet retailing; plus special section on supply chain management.

2002

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

February 6FT-IT Review
internet business strategiesfuture of free vs. subscription models, internet advertisingwith section on online payment technologies.

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

March 13FT-IT Review
Future of B2B e-marketplaces; IT in travel and hotel industry; plus special pre-CeBIT supplement.

March 20FT Telecoms
Local broadband networksi.e. “last mile” technologies and services; telecoms regulation worldwide.

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

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

May 1FT-IT Review
Web services (including ASP trends); grid computing networks.

Future themes May 15 FTTelecoms Review
3G worldwideimplementation and management; IP in corporate networks.

June 5FT-IT Review
The internet“old economy” companies and dotcoms compared; IT in global money markets.

June 19FT-IT Review
New media; regional focusIT in eastern Europe.

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