Editorial Plans

This is planned to be a blog-like section on what’s coming up on www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com and in print in Global Telecoms Business soon.

Our 2010 Media Pack is elsewhere: go to http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/pdf/GTB%20Media%20Pack%202010.pdf to download the PDF in full -- it's 1.3 megs.

January 27 2009

Entries are coming in for two of our big projects of the next couple of months -- our Innovation Awards 2010 and our Forty under Forty 2010. 

Deadline for entries to the Innovation Awards is Friday February 12 2010. There's no charge for entering. Online nominations only. Full details here: http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Stub/InnovationAwards2010.html

We want nominations of the most promising people in the industry born on or after July 1 1970 for our Forty under Forty list, which will be published in late March 2010. The selected people will be invited to an awards presentation and conference in London in September 2010. Deadline for nominations is Friday February 26 2010. Nominations by email. Full details of how to do it and what we want here: http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Stub/FortyunderForty2010.html 

 

December 17 2009

Things not to ask an editor. Some PR people, it seems, don't understand the web. They keep asking us questions about deadlines (for press releases? Just send them when you have them.)  and publication dates.

The vast majority of our material is published first on www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com and then in print in Global Telecoms Business magazine. If you have an idea for a story, don't wait until some supposed deadline and aim to send it in on that day, assuming we'll cry with joy and publish it.

We won't. And we don't publish press releases. And we don't publish articles from PR people about their clients.

All the editorial pages of www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com and Global Telecoms Business are written by us or commissioned by us from specialist writers and contributors for our readers, the leaders in the telecoms industry worldwide.

If you have what you think is a good idea for us, drop an email to the editor when you have the idea. Global Telecoms Business, on the web and in print, is a continuous process. We publish something on the website daily, except for weekends and holidays. So don't wait.

But there's something else not to ask an editor. We get 150--200 press releases by email every day. Fortunately most people are considerate enough not to phone to check the email has arrived. Two minutes per call, 150 times a day: 300 minutes, five hours. Trust email. It works. And trust that we know that if we need to ask questions we'll call you or email you back. You don't have to ask us (a) if we've received the email and (b) if we want to know more. Just email. It works. That's all.

December 15 2009

We've moved the date for our GTB Innovation Awards 2010 to Monday June 7 2010. The dinner will be in London and we've provisionally booked the same venue we used in June 2009. Confirmation of those details later.

The deadline for nominations is close of play on Friday February 12 2010. All nominations (they're free) should be made online.

We've set up two quick links so you can find details of the awards. First go to http://tinyurl.com/GTBawards2010 . This has details of the rules, the deadline, the information we need (questions, contacts and so on), and a link to the online nomination form.

Second, go to http://tinyurl.com/GTBresults2009 to have a quick look at the 2009 results. That link is available to subscribers only. If you have a printed July-August 2009 issue lurking around, you'll see everything there on paper.

December 14 2009

GTB print publishing plans for 2010

We publish interviews and special features online on www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com and then in print. The printed version of Global Telecoms Business comes out six times a year. Interviews with CEOs, CTOs, CFOs and other leaders in the industry come out online shortly after they are carried out.

For information about advertising supplements — the CEO and CFO Guides — contact Laurence Mackintosh, the publisher, on +44 20 7779 8589 or lmackintosh@euromoneyplc.com  

January-February 2010

Special report: Most admired companies (vendors and carriers)

Survey: Most admired companies

Advertising supplements:

CEO and CFO Guide to Wireless

• China’s 3G strategy: analysis of the three operators’ plans
• State of the 3G and 4G industry worldwide, including licensing and roll-outs,
• Wireless in emerging markets — still the engine of growth?

CEO and CFO Guide to Wholesale and IP networks

• Meeting the capacity demands for mobile broadband data
• Investment strategy for leading operators, including new routes
• Profile of main wholesale operators in leading markets

March-April 2010

Special report: 40 under 40

Survey: The 40 under 40 give their views on 2020

Advertising supplements:

CEO and CFO Guide to Managed Services

• Services for mobile networks including shared infrastructure
• Future opportunities for MVNOs
• Which are the powerful companies in the managed services field?

CEO and CFO Guide to OSS/BSS

• OSS/BSS transformation for the all-IP network
• Changing face of OSS/BSS industry as vendors consolidate
• OSS/BSS requirements for content-based industries

May-June 2010

Special report: How to monetise content

Survey: TBC

Advertising supplements:

CEO and CFO Guide to IP Transformation

• Service evolution from legacy networks to new IP networks
• IP-based wireless services and IP services for wireless operators
• Opportunities for operators in IP-based services including cloud computing

CEO and CFO Guide to Emerging Markets

• Sources of finance for infrastructure developments in emerging markets
• Impact of price and technology strategies for emerging markets
• Money transfer and other new opportunities in emerging market

Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards 2010: dinner, preceded by IP transformation summit in the afternoon, June 7 2010

GTB 40 Under 40 Summit: June 2010

July-August 2010

Special report: Financing the telecoms sector: M&A, IPO, raising money on capital markets, structured finance, project and export finance, bonds

Survey: Investment opportunities

Advertising supplements:

CEO and CFO Guide to Wholesale and IP Networks

• Market outlook — forecast in terms of prices and markets, customers and sectors
• Specialist product and service offerings in fixed and mobile
• Wholesale offerings in key developed national markets, including North American and European markets
• Services in emerging markets, including international connectivity

CEO and CFO Guide to Broadband

• Future speed demands and expectations for wired and wireless services
• Importance of ethernet in local, metro and long-distance networks
• Terminals and devices for new broadband services

September-October 2010

Special report: GTB Power100 — the 100 most influential people in the industry

Survey: TBC

Advertising supplements:

CEO and CFO Guide to Outsourcing and Managed Services

• When is it right to outsource, and what services can be outsourced effectively?
• New opportunities, including content provision and hosting
• Providing managed services to shared infrastructure and MVNOs

CEO and CFO Guide to OSS/BSS

• Emerging leaders following consolidation in the OSS/BSS industry
• OSS and billing for converged services with broadband rollout
• Effect of revenue assurance and other OSS/BSS on efficiency

November-December 2010

Special report: Telecoms and the environment

Survey: TBC

Advertising supplements:

CEO and CFO Guide to Sustainability in Telecoms

• Solar and wind power for mobile base stations
• Reducing energy consumption of network equipment
• Contribution of telecoms to reducing carbon footprint

CEO and CFO Guide to 4G — LTE and WiMax

• Investment in LTE, LTE Advanced and WiMax networks worldwide
• Terminals for 4G: when will they be on the market?
• Roaming and hubbing services for 4G networks

All topics here are shown as guidance and are subject to change. Global Telecoms Business on www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com  and in print aims to provide up-to-the-minute information to subscribers and plans inevitably change through the year.

CEO and CFO Guides
Each printed issue of GTB carries two supplements called the CEO and CFO Guides. The aim of these guides is to educate senior carrier management to the business benefits and possible applications of different technologies in the telecoms sector.

The guides are written in a business style which mirrors GTB’s business-focused approach.

The vast majority of vendors in the telecoms sector use the business case when promoting their products and services to carriers, drawing their attention to how their products and services are able to generate new revenue streams, cut costs and have a positive impact on the bottom line.

This business message used by vendors sits very well alongside the GTB business-focused editorial. This is the reason why so many vendors use GTB supplements to raise the profile and understanding of their products and services.

For information about the CEO and CFO Guides contact Laurence Mackintosh, the publisher, on +44 20 7779 8589 or lmackintosh@euromoneyplc.com  

Special Reports

In 2010 each printed issue of GTB will contain a special report which will usually be linked to a survey in the same issue.

The surveys will be carried out online and in print and some of the results will be placed in the magazine while the rest of the results are published on the web site. GTB 

October 28 2009

Some people have asked for a full set of rules for next year's Global Telecoms Business Innovation Awards. So we have added those to http://www.globaltelecomsbusiness.com/Stub/InnovationAwards2010.html. The deadline for submissions is February 12 2010. 

October 22 2009

Highlights

Contacts
Editor: Alan Burkitt-Gray, aburkitt@euromoneyplc.com, tel +44 20 7779 8518 or +1 212 224 3880  
Associate editor:  George Malim gtb@euromoneyplc.com tel +44 20 7779 8311
Publisher: Laurence Mackintosh, lmackintosh@euromoneyplc.com, tel +44 20 7779 8589 or +1 212 224 3881
International sales manager: Sam sam@whitehillmedia.com  tel +44 1883 715697, Skype: sambaird
Global Telecoms Business is a Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC publication
Nestor House, Playhouse Yard, London EC4V 5EX, UK