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DIALOG Telecommunications Newsletters

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Last Update To Bluesheet: March 29, 2006

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File Description Database Content DIALINDEX/OneSearch Categories Basic Index Rank
Subject Coverage Document Types Indexed Contact Additional Indexes Predefined Format Options
Tips Geographic Coverage Terms and Conditions Limit Rates
Dialog File Data Special Features Sample Record Sort


File Description [top]

DIALOG Telecommunications Newsletters database is a collection of full-text newsletters from primary publishers in the field of telecommunications. The database contains specialized industry newsletters that provide concise information on companies, products, markets, and technologies. Also covered are rulings, regulations, and other legislative activities that affect the telecommunications industry.

A DIALOG-generated company name index (/CO, CO=) has been generated to assist users in isolating articles about specific companies. Customers using DIALOG Telecommunications Newsletters will find important facts, figures, analysis, and current information affecting a dynamically changing industry. The database includes some of the most important specialized industry newsletters published, with additional titles added on a regular basis. Current sources include: TR Daily, Multimedia Daily, Interactive Services Report, Communications Today, Interactive Daily, Electronic Commerce News, Cable & Satellite Europe, Satellite Trader, Television Business International, and many more.



Tips [top]

USE FILE 696

to track important events and regulations/laws affecting the telecommunications industry.

EXPAND JN=

to get a complete list of titles included in the database.

USE PU=

to retrieve all publications produced by a specific publisher.

USE /LP

to search the Lead Paragraph (first 20 words of the text).



Subject Coverage [top]

Topics covered are any that relate to the telecommunications industry, including:

  • Hardware
  • Smart Cards
  • Storage
  • Satellites
  • Encryption
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Chips/Semiconductors
  • Cable TV
  • Wireless Messaging
  • Electronic Mail
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Electronic Gaming
  • Imaging Technology
  • Interactive Services


Dialog File Data [top]

Dates Covered: 1995 to the present
File Size: 462,567 records as of March 2006
Update Frequency: Daily (Multiple times per day)


Database Content [top]

  • Complete Text Records


Document Types Indexed [top]

  • Newsletters


Geographic Coverage [top]

  • Other


Special Features [top]


DialIndex/OneSearch Categories [top]

ACRONYM CATEGORY NAME
COMPSCI Computers, Electronics, and Telecommunications R&D
ELECTRON Computers, Electronics, and Telecommunications Business
MAGSALL Journals and Magazines
MAGTEXT Full-Text Journals and Magazines
MANUFBUS Manufacturing Industry News
MKTRES Market Research Information
REGS Regulations
TELEBUS Telecommunications Business
TELECOM Telecommunications Technology


Contact [top]

DIALOG Telecommunications Newsletters is provided by Dialog. Questions concerning file content should be directed to:

Dialog
The Knowledge Center
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E-Mail: dialogcustomer@thomson.com


Terms and Conditions [top]

DIALOG Telecommunications Newsletters is copyrighted by Dialog's. Contents of each individual newsletter is copyrighted by the newsletter publisher. For Dialog's Redistribution and Archive policy, enter HELP ERA online. Dialog, 1997.

Search terms for COMPANY NAME are machine generated and may contain errors or omissions. Dialog assumes no responsibility for search results based on these terms. All rights reserved. DIALOG is a registered service mark of Dialog. Reg. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.


Dialog Standard Terms & Conditions apply.


SAMPLE RECORD [top]

    DIALOG(R)File 696:DIALOG TELECOMMUNICATIONS NEWSLETTERS 
     (c) 1996 DIALOG. All rts. reserv. 
     
     00000899 
  /TI   REALITY-BASED INTERNET NUMBERS? 
  JN=   Multimedia Daily 
  PD=,PY=   January 18,1996   VOL: 3         ISSUE: 12 
  PU=   SOURCE:  BRP PUBLICATIONS 
  LA=,RT=   LANGUAGE: ENGLISH    WORD COUNT: 1675    RECORD TYPE: 
     FULLTEXT 
     
  /LP,/TX   TEXT:  Not only is Internet use less than many believed- 
     or smaller than many would have us believe - Web users 
     tend not to surf beyond homepages of the vast majority 
     of sites in cyberspace.  Such were the findings presented 
     by Thomas Miller, v.p. of emerging technologies group, 
     Find/SVP, during the Interactive Services Association's 
     second annual strategic business meeting in Miami earlier 
     this week. 
  /TX   Citing preliminary findings from Find/SVP's just-compiled 
     "American Internet User Survey,"  Miller further 
     undermined the over-optimistic and  increasingly 
     discredited findings  of  the  much-publicized Nielsen 
     study released  late  last  year. Miller said Find/SVP 
     measured approximately 8.4 million  adult  American 
     Internet users and 9.5 million users overall, of 
     which approximately 7.5 million are Web surfers. Find/SVP, 
    he admitted, was surprised  by the less-than-stratospheric 
    figures, which are far lower than the endless amounts of 
     Internet hype have suggested.  "We  expected  double 
     these figures," said Miller, who also wondered aloud 
     whether  the  Internet was drawing new groups of users 
     or merely attracting more people already online with one 
     of the major commercial services. 
     Also of interest was the survey's finding that 46 percent 
     of Internet users access  the Net via commercial online 
     services. 
     
     America Online Inc. led the pack  with  its  subscribers 
     accounting  for 30 percent of Internet users, followed 
     followed  by  9  percent for Prodigy Services Co., 4 
     percent for CompuServe Inc.  and  2  percent  for 
     The  Microsoft Network. Miller said Find/SVP's research 
     also  suggested a more selective pattern of Web-site 
     surfing than widely  assumed.  Fully  two-thirds  of 
     Internet users are over 30 and apparently  spend  more 
     time  in fewer sites. Further, Miller relayed the 
     dismaying  finding  that  75 percent of all Web users 
     have viewed less than 100  sites  in  depth,  i.e., 
     gone beyond the home page. And, he said, the average 
     number  of  total  sites visited in-depth by this 
     majority was 25. 
        If  you  are planning on reaching millions of 
     consumers through the Net, you  better  rethink,"  he 
     warned advertisers  with  visions of Web-based riches. 
     Another  interesting  tidbit turned up by the Find/SVP 
     survey revealed that contrary  to  popular  wisdom, 
     Internet use appears to be increasing at the expense 
     of telephone, rather than television time. 
     "People use the Internet to connect with others," Miller 
     said, noting that e-mail is replacing long-distance 
     calling, as a cheaper way to reach out  and touch 
      - or flame - someone. To that end, he argued, the 
     Internet is a relationship-based medium, not, as many 
     contend, a mass medium. 
     "Today, the Internet is more like an 800 number, not TV." 
     (Find/SVP 607-275-9590) 


BASIC INDEX [top]

SEARCH
SUFFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
None None All Basic Index Fields Word S USER(W)SURVEY
None None Basic Document Word
/CO CO Company Name1,2 Word S ROLM/CO
/LP LP Lead Paragraph Word S WEB(W)USERS/LP
/TI TI Title Word S REALITY(W)BASED/TI
/TX TX Text Word S FIND(W)SVP/TX

1 Searchable in the Basic Index and in the Additional Indexes.

2 Company names are DIALOG-generated.


ADDITIONAL INDEXES [top]

SEARCH
PREFIX
DISPLAY
CODE
FIELD NAME
INDEXING
SELECT EXAMPLES
AN= AN DIALOG Accession Number Phrase S AN=00866053
AU= AU Author3 Word S AU=(EDMOND(1N)ROSENTHAL?)
CO= CO Company Name1,2 Phrase S CO=ROLM?
DT= DT Document Type Phrase S DT=JOURNAL
IP= IP Information Supplier Phrase S IP=BRP PUBLICATIONS
JN= JN Journal Name Phrase S JN=MULTIMEDIA DAILY
LA= LA Language Phrase S LA=ENGLISH
PD= PD Publication Date Phrase S PD=19960118
PU= PU Publisher Phrase S PU=BRP PUBLICATIONS
PY= PY Publication Year Phrase S PY=1996
RT= RT Record Type Phrase S RT=FULLTEXT
UD= None Update Phrase S UD=9999
None WD Word Count

3 Not present in most records.


LIMIT [top]

Sets and terms may be limited by Publication Year, S S2/1996.
SUFFIX FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
/YYYY Publication Year S S2/1998


SORT [top]

SORTABLE FIELDS EXAMPLES
AN, AU, PD, PY, TI SORT S2/ALL/PY,D
PRINT S3/9/ALL/AU


RANK [top]

RANK FIELDS EXAMPLES
All phrase- and numeric-indexed fields in the Additional Indexes can be ranked. RANK JN S3


USER-DEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

User-defined formats may be specified using the display codes indicated in the Search Options tables. TYPE S3/TI,JN/1-5


PREDEFINED FORMAT OPTIONS [top]

NO.
DIALOGWEB
FORMAT
RECORD CONTENT
1 -- DIALOG Accession Number
2 -- Full Record except Text
3 Medium Bibliographic Citation
5 Long Full Record except Text
6 Free Title, Publication Date, and Word Count
8 Short Title, Publication Date, Word Count, and Indexing
9 Full Full Record
K -- KWIC (Key Word In Context) displays a window of text; may be used alone or with other formats


DIRECT RECORD ACCESS [top]

FIELD NAME EXAMPLES
DIALOG Accession Number TYPE 0019965/9
DISPLAY 0324473/2
PRINT S3/9/ALL


Rates [top]

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