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Information Technology / Telecommunications / New Media Industry

Prepared by Terese Terry
Lippincott Library

 ICT INDUSTRY  TELECOM
 NEWS  NEW MEDIA
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These resources offer global coverage, except where noted

See also    INDUSTRY STUDIES Research Guide; .   ADVERTISING & MARKETING INDUSTRIES.    COMPANY INFORMATION.   SELECTED BUSINESS WEBSITES.

For books and other Penn Libraries materials, search in FRANKLIN on these subjects:
Computer Industry     Cyberspace    Electronic Commerce    Information Networks     Information Technology    Internet    Telecommunication      World Wide Web

ICT INDUSTRY

5 TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TO WATCH   Annual, 2004 - current.    34pages.   Consumer Electronics Association.    Search on the title.   ce.org

BUSINESS INSIGHTS     Market Research

CORPTECH DIRECTORY OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. US-located public, private and subsidiary company profiles, executives. Manufacturers, developers and services.    Includes foreign owned subsidiaries.

DIGITAL BUSINESS IT GLOSSARY.    Financial Times. | ft.com/dbglossary

Electronics Company Directory .   Global     ( in top tab) | techonline.com/

FAULKNER'S ADVISORY for IT STUDIES

FORRESTER. Market analysis and surveys cover ITC in virtually every industry.Global coverage, with North America focus.
NOTE: Forrester requires a no-charge, one-time individual registration that can be initiated only on the Penn campus, after which you can access Forrester from anywhere at FORRESTER.COM/.
Not on campus? A librarian will register you. 215-898-5924 or lippinco@wharton.upenn.edu/

GARTNER     Market Research.

INFORMATION / TELECOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES. US Dept. of Commerce. Global. Foreign market research.   US InfoTech statistics.    Information Technology, Telecommunications, E-Commerce, Microelectronics, Instrumentation.     export.gov/infotech/

INFORMATION WEEK 500      Annual.      Most tech-innovative corporations.     informationweek.com/iw500/

INFOTECH 100    Annual.    Global    BusinessWeek.   Company profiles, financials.    Interactive table.      bwnt.businessweek.com/interactive_reports/it100_2009/

LEDS. Light Emitting Diodes.     Technology and Applications.    By LEDs magazine.      Buyers Guide, Tech Notes (Market News) Company Profiles.    (Company supplied profiles) | ledsmagazine.com/

MARKETRESEARCH.COM | Technology & Media Market Research

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS-UK    Research and market data. | ofcom.org/uk/research

PHOTOVOLTAICS INTERNATIONAL.      News, Product Briefings | pv-tech.org/

RED HERRING 100      Annual. The top new tech companies.      Global, Europe, Asia, N. America. | redherring.com/topcompanies/

S&P INDUSTRY SURVEYS .    Comprehensive; Includes statistics and comparative company analysis.
Industry Surveys (US): Semi-annual, from 1998.      Global Industry Surveys: Covers 12 ICT industry sectors in Asia & Europe. Telecom Wireless in Latin America.

SOURCEOECD.
(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.

TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS. Annual.    Deloitte.    28 pages. | Global; no country focus.    deloitte.com/us/2009tmtpredictions/

"Ten Emerging Technologies"     Annual.    MIT Technology Review | technologyreview.com/special/emerging

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

VALUE LINE INVESTMENT SURVEY.     US industry surveys and detailed company reports.
CD, print & microform. Also Web version in Lippincott library    Value Line Database Search Aid

VAR BUSINESS  "State of the Market." "   VAR 500.      Select Research>    varbusiness.com/

WIRELINE COMPETITION BUREAU STATISTICAL REPORTS.     FCC.1988-current.
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/

ICT INDUSTRY -- Statistics

ComputerWorld    ANNUAL SALARY SURVEY |

IT Industry Competitiveness.      EIU.      Global. 31 pages.   EIU

Information and Communication for Development 2009  World Bank E-Library      Includes country tables.

INDUSTRY TRENDS.      Printed Circuit Board Industry statistics.     ipc.org/

INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.. Annual, 2003 - 2006. (released 3-08)      US Census.       ICT expenditures by major industry sector.     census.gov/csd/ict/

IT FACTS.      Data extracted from premium IT research company reports.      Monthly.

RESEARCH BRIEF.    ;Media Post.      Daily posting of a summary and extracted data from various metric services.
(ComScore, Scarborough, Nat'l Newspaper Ass'n, etc.)     Searchable archives from 2006. | blogs.mediapost.com/research_brief

SEMICONDUCTOR ASSOC. | sia-online.org/

ICT-- HISTORICAL RESOURCES

ANNUAL SURVEY OF COMMUNICATION SERVICES.1994-98. US Census. | census.gov/ftp/pub/svsd/www/ascs.html/

Communications Outlook.     OECD.    Employment, Productivity. Market/Industry Structure. Company financial tables. 300+ pages.     1990 -- 2007     HE 7645 C656 (RS)

CORPTECH DIRECTORY OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES. 1986 - 2005/06.    HD9696.A1 C67 (ST)      [continued online by CORPTECH DIRECTORY OF TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES.]

ELECTRONIC MARKET DATA BOOK. Electronic Industries Ass'n.     Annual. 1970-2003.
US. Economic / Industry overviews, statistics. &nbsp:  Equipment data.   HD 9696 A1 E4 (RS)

Electronic Market Trends. Electronic Industries Assoc. Monthly, 1995-2002.     HD 9696 A3 U5394 (ST)

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

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

SOURCE-OECD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DATABASE. BROADBAND PORTAL.  Go to: OECD Databases.

STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY IN THE US.   FCC.    Annual, 1939-2003. | HE 7761 A382 (RS)

TELEGEOGRAPHY. Annual.    1995-2003. Global telecommunications traffic. HE 7601 T467 (ST)

Telephony.   Magazine.   Print: 1905-1909; (Storage) 1997 - 2004; 2006 - 2007. 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.   HC 106.5.A24 A542 (RS)

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

TELECOM

BUSINESS MONITOR INTERNATIONAL.

Global Telecoms Business   Monthly

TELECOM PREDICTIONS Annual.   Deloitte.    7 pages.    deloitte.com/us/2009tmtpredictions/

ITU WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION INDICATORS. International Telecommunications Union.         Statistical time series from 1960 - current.     200+ countries.
Includes mobile, broadband and Internet data .      Available in Lippincott Library.      List of the Indicators appearing in the World Telecommunication Indicators/ICT Indicators database

ITU       Selected Telecom Statistics.     Country Case Studies. | itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/

NIKKEI ELECTRONICS ASIA     Views on Telecommunications Industry Trends    News      (5-09)

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.

WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVELOPMENT. ITU. Annual. HE 7601 W67 (RS)

YEARBOOK OF STATISTICS. International Telecommunication Union.     Time series from 1986.     1997-2001.       HE 7601 Y437 (RS)      The data are available in the ITU CD, see above.

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/stats/    clickz.com/

COMMERCIAL MOBILE RADIO SERVICES COMPETITION REPORT.     (in left frame) Federal Communications Commision.     FCC    http://wireless.fcc.gov/

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

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

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/index2.htm

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

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

New Media Use and Effectiveness: B-to-B and B-to-C companies.

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

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

US Internet Advertising Outlook, 2006-2010E 49 pages.    Morgan Stanley Technology Research.     +other New Media reports, from 1995 - current.

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

NEWS

ELECTRONIC BUSINESS.    Monthly, from 1995.     Print: 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.

| InformationWeek 500 | Rankings        Business use of IT.     Sort by Rank, Company Name or Industry.        Links to company Website.informationweek.com/iw500/2009/top250/index.jhtml/

PROMT.        Database of trade journals and press releases.

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW. MIT.         Biotech, Infotech, Nanotech, Biztech.

TELEPHONY.         Weekly, from 1987 - current.

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