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Contact Cynthia L. Cronin-Kardon
Lippincott Library

 ICT INDUSTRY  TELECOM
 NEWS  NEW MEDIA


These resources offer global coverage, except where noted.

See also Lippincott Research Guides: INDUSTRY STUDIES; ADVERTISING & MARKETING INDUSTRIES; COMPANY INFORMATION

For books, periodicals and other Penn Libraries materials, search in: FRANKLIN on these subjects:
Computer Industry | Cyberspace | Digital Media | Electronic Commerce | Information Networks | Information Technology | Internet | Mobile computing | Social Media | Telecommunication | Wireless communication systems | World Wide Web

ICT (Information & Communications Technology) INDUSTRY Market Research.

DATAMONITOR 360. Global. Market Research -- technology, telecoms, ecommerce

E-MARKETER. Ecommerce market research. Global.

FAULKNER'S ADVISORY for IT STUDIES

IDC. Global provider of market intelligence, advisory services, and events for the information technology, telecommunications and consumer technology markets.

FORRESTER. Market analysis and surveys cover ITC in virtually every industry. Global coverage, with North America focus.

GARTNER. Market Research. Company Profiles.

MARKETRESEARCH.COM. Select: Technology & Media Market Research

S&P NET ADVANTAGE. Industry Surveys includes statistics & comparative company analysis. Click on Industries tab.

OECD iLibrary. (Search these titles using quotes.)

  • "Communications Outlook." Biennial. Employment, Productivity. Market/Industry Structure. Company financial tables. 300+ pages.
  • "Information Technology Outlook." Biennial, 1990--current. International. Graphs, statistical tables, charts and maps.

VALUE LINE INVESTMENT SURVEY. US industry surveys and detailed company reports.
CD, print & microform. Also: VALUE LINE INVESTMENT ANALYZER in Lippincott library.

ICT (Information & Communications Technology) INDUSTRY. Websites News, "Best of" lists and salary surveys

ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY ComputerWorld

INDUSTRY TRENDS. Printed Circuit Board Industry statistics.

INFORMATION WEEK 500 Rankings
Business use of IT. Sort by Rank, Company Name or Industry. Links to companies' Websites.

INFOWORLD 100. . Annual, 2003 - current. Companies that have made the best use of technology to enhance their business. Company profiles.

RESEARCH BRIEF. Media Post. Daily posting of a summary with extracted data from various metric services.
ComScore, Scarborough, Nat'l Newspaper Ass'n, etc. Searchable archives from 2006.

SILICONVALLEY.COM The Mercury News. Industry News, Company Profiles, Stock quotes.
Special Reports: Venture-Capital-Survey and Salary Survey (2005 - current), Silicon Valley 150

TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS/FAST 500. Annuals. Deloitte. Global - no country focus.
Search on: Select publication from the left frame.

SEMICONDUCTOR ASSOCIATION. /

VAR BUSINESS. "State of the Market." Annual VAR 500. Click on Research.

ICT (Information & Communications Technology) INDUSTRY. Government and NGO Resources/

EUROSTAT. Europe ICT statistics. Search on: ict

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.. Annual, 2003 - U.S. Census. ICT expenditures by major industry sector.

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION for DEVELOPMENT. World Bank E- Library. Includes country tables. Search: ICT

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS - U.K.. Research and market data.

RESEARCH ICT AFRICA. Information, Communications, Technology. Usage; Access; E-Skills statistics. 20 countries.

Office of Technology and Electronic Commerce (OTEC). U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION. . Global IT, Telecom, E-Commerce, Market Research. Trade & Industry Statistics, Country specific Market Research.

ICT (Information & Communications Technology) INDUSTRY HISTORICAL RESOURCES

ANNUAL SURVEY OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES. 1994-98. US Census.

Communications Outlook. OECD. Employment, Productivity, Market/Industry Structure. Company financial tables. 300+ pages. 1990 -- 2007
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HE 7645 C656.

CORPTECH DIRECTORY OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. 1986 - 2005/06.
Lippincott Library HD9696.A1 C67.

ELECTRONIC MARKET DATA BOOK. Electronic Industries Association. Annual. 1970-2003. U.S. Economic / Industry overviews, statistics. Equipment data.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HD 9696 A1 E4.

Electronic Market Trends. Electronic Industries Assoc. Monthly, 1995-2002.
Lippincott Library. HD 9696 A3 U5394.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY DATA BOOK 1960-2008. CBEMA. (Computer & Business Equipment Manufacturers) Global.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HD 9696 C62 I535 1990.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OUTLOOK. Biennial, 1990--2007. International. Graphs, statistical tables, charts and maps.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HC 79 I55 I5396 (RS)

OECD iLibrary. TELECOMMUNICATIONS DATABASE. BROADBAND PORTAL.

STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN THE US. FCC. Annual, 1939-2003.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HE 7761 A382.

TELEGEOGRAPHY. Annual. 1995-2003. Global telecommunications traffic.
Lippincott Library HE 7601 T467.

Telephony. Magazine. Print: 1905-1909; (Storage) 1997 - 2004; 2006 - 2007.
Lippincott Library TK 1 A 67.
Microfilm: Cont 81,1978 - 2001 (Lippincott Library)
Business Periodicals on Disc (BPOD). In Lippincott Library. 1990 - 2002

US INDUSTRIAL OUTLOOK. 1960-2000.
Lippincott Library Reference Stacks. HC 106.5.A24 A542.

US INDUSTRY & TRADE OUTLOOK '98.
Van Pelt Library HC 106.82 U16.

TELECOM

BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL.

CABLE & TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY REVIEW. National Cable and Telecom Association. Annual, 2003 -- current.
Includes directories, rankings, regulatory filings, jobs, industry history, comprehensive statistics and glossary.

CITA. The International Association for the Wireless Telecommunications Industry. Daily statistics, analysis.

COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES COMPETITION REPORT. Federal Communications Commision. (FCC) Scroll down the screen and look in the left hand frame to locate.

Global Telecoms Business Monthly

Telecommunications Industry Association. formed in 1924 as the U.S. Independent Telephone Association.

INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (ITU). Includes selected freely available Telecom Statistics and Publications. Country Case Studies.

  • WORLD TELECOM SITES ITU. "Links to statistics compiled by national telecommunication ministries, regulatory agencies and industry associations as well as international organizations and consultancies."
  • ITU WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION INDICATORS. Library Only. International Telecommunications Union. Detailed Statistical time series. Annual, 1960 - current. 200+ countries. Includes mobile, broadband and Internet data. Ask a Librarian to log you in.

MOBILE MARKETING ASSOCIATION. Global statistics, trends, analysis.

NEXT GENERATION CONNECTIVITY. A review of global broadband Internet transitions and policy. 300 pages. Extensive data; Country overviews. Berkman Ctr at Harvard U.

NIKKEI ELECTRONICS ASIA     Tech & Industry Analysis. News. | techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/

STATISTICS OF LOCAL EXCHANGE CARRIERS.    US Telephone Association. Financial data/rankings for industry and companies. | HE 8815 U553 (RS)

TELECOM PREDICTIONS.     Annual. Deloitte. 45 pages. | deloitte.com/us/2009tmtpredictions/

TELECOMMUNICATIONS DIRECTORY.     Gale Research. Biennial. 2 volumes: N. America, International. | HE 7621 T445 (RS)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS MARKET REVIEW AND FORECAST.    Telecommunications Industry Association. Annual, 2002 - Current | HD 9696 T443 U57193 (RS)
1998 and 2001 editions are in the Annenberg Library

THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION    Wireless Industry Facts & Figures. Industry Directory (Select Business Resources for the latter.

WIRELESS RESOURCE CENTER | palowireless.com/

Wireless Week magazine    "By the Numbers" : Trends and industry research. | wirelessweek.com/

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU STATISTICAL REPORTS.    FCC.
Industry Analysis; | High Speed Services; | Statistical Trends in Telephony; | Statistics of Communications Common Carriers; | International Telecommunications Industry;
Historical Rates ; | Local/Long Distance Companies and many more titles. | fcc.gov/ccb/statsfcc.gov/wcb/iatd/stats.html/

NEW MEDIA

CENTRIS    Collects US household information on the choice and use of voice, video, data and electronic products and services. | Monthly, 2001 - 2007. | on: WRDS

CLICKZSTATS     Global Internet usage and ad statistics, demographics, trends.
Searchable archives from 1998. Top 50 Internet Advertisers. Top 10 Search Terms., etc. Monthly. | clickz.com/

ComScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties.    Monthly, 2004 - current. in: DOW JONES FACTIVA Search on: comscore media metrix ranks top

COMSCORE WEB BEHAVIOR DATABASE.(on WRDS)    U.S. Tracks consumer Internet browsing and buying activity. 2002 - 2008.

DOMAIN COUNTS & INTERNET STATISTICS | domaintools.com/internet- statistics

The Guide to Emerging Marketing Technology and Social Media 2009/2010 Netline Corp. Free registration required.

E-STATS.    Measuring the Electronic Economy. US Census. Industries' use of e-commerce. Includes historical statistics. | census.gov/eos/www/ebusiness614.htm

EUROPEAN E-BUSINESS REPORTS.    Annual, 2003 - current. European Commission | ebusiness-watch.org

GMID Passport. Consumer surveys regarding lifestyle, habits and expenditures

HITWISE US Data Center    Monitors online usage and search behavior. Targets a different industry every month. Experian. | hitwise.com/datacenter

MINTEL. Consumer Surveys.

MORGAN STANLEY TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH.    Includes the important Mary Meeker presentations.
The Mobile Internet Report; US Internet Advertising Outlook, 2006-2010E. + other New Media reports, from 1995 - current. | morganstanley.com/institutional/techresearch

NTIA.    National Telecommunications & Information Admin. 2007. US Household Internet Use. | ntia.doc.gov/

PEW INTERNET & AMERICAN LIFE PROJECT    Extensive reports, trends on Internet use. | pewinternet.org/

SIMPLYMAP. Create maps or tables demonstrating internet usage, etc by location. Includes Sommons data

STATE of the INTERNET     Quarterly. statistics. Global. Akamai analyst group.

THOMAS REGISTER.    Type: ecommerce to see directory of manufacturing and service | companies.thomasregister.com/
(2006 is the final print edition) | T12 T6 (RS)

The USER REVOLUTION: The New Advertising Ecosystem and the Rise of the Internet as a Mass Medium.     425 pages. Investment Research. A landmark study. PiperJaffray. 2007 | http://tiny.cc/xMErm/

NEWS

ELECTRONIC BUSINESS.    Monthly, from 1995. | HD 9696 A3 U5394 (Lippincott Periodicals, 2nd flr.)

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY.    Database of global trade journals.

DOW JONES FACTIVA.     10,000+ global newspapers and journals, including Wall St. Journal.
+ about 130 telecom, more than 350 computers / electronics and about 180 online-internet publications.

PROMT.   Database of trade journals and press releases.

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. MIT.     Biotech, Infotech, Nanotech, Biztech. | technologyreview.com

TELEPHONY.     Weekly, 1987 - current.

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