"Tracking Telecoms 99" is a joint initiative of the International Telecommunication Union and the International Herald Tribune. It was produced in its entirety by the Advertising Department of the International Herald Tribune.

• Oct. 9: E-Commerce
• Oct. 11: Business Solutions
• Oct. 12: Interactive Learning
• Oct. 13: Emerging Markets
• Oct. 14: The Home
• Oct. 15: Travel
• Oct. 16: Finance

Oct. 16, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: Finance

• Web Trading and Banking Suit Both Customers and Companies
• Getting Started: Questions to Ask On-Line Brokers
• It's the Bank's Brand That Counts
• Where Europe Trades on the Web
• Japan's Big Bang Launches Dozens of Discount Brokers
• Japanese Are Banking on Their Portable Phones
• The Insurance Industry Drags Its Feet
• All Others Pay Cash, or Submit a Digital Certificate
• The Mathematical Base of E-Commerce
• Drag-and-Drop Web Wallets Make E-Payments Easier
• Cutting the Red Tape of International Trade
• ITU: Toward a New Mission?
• Links to other Web sites with related content.

Oct. 15, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: Travel

• A Marriage of Convenience
• Airlines Play the Electronic Card
• Hotels Become High-Tech Homes Away From Home
• On the Road: Automakers Embrace Telematics
• On-Line Travel Bookings Get Both Higher and Wider
• In Search of the Universal Mobile
• In Cyber-Society: The Internet Café
• Game Not Over Yet for Travel Agents
• Adieu and Farewell, the 'No Work' Zone
• The Next Wave: Shopping by Mobile
• Phoning Home on the Roam
• Live From Telecom 99: Traveling Lighter Than Ever
• Links to other Web sites with related content.

Oct. 14, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: The Home

• Wired to the World at Home
• The Battle for Broadband Internet Access Has Begun
• Trying to Narrow the Digital Divide
• Communities Connect on the Net
• Shopping Without Frontiers
• Learning Comes Home
• On-Line Store Security
• Convergence Means More Consumer Choice
• The Wide-Eyed Newbies Battle the Deadly Bots in Cyberspace
• Working in Your Bathrobe
• The Soft, Warm Glow of Technology
• Technological Leaps and Lower Prices
• Live From Telecom 99: ITU's New 'Kitchen Cabinet'
• Links to other Web sites with related content.

Oct. 13, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: Emerging Markets

• A Crucial Factor for Development
• Alliances Provide Dial Tone
• The Costs of Leapfrogging
• An E-Window on the World
• In Moscow, Moving Voice Over the Public Internet
• The Standards Battle, or Survival by Numbers
• Trade and Exchange on the Net
• Satellites Foster Spread of Digital Broadcasting
• The 'Mobilization' of Bangladesh
• A Public-Private Affair
• Mobile Satellite Coverage Expands
• Calling Town or Desert
• Small Businesses Can Represent a Mighty Force
• Privatization and Liberalization Set Off Big Bang
• Live From Telecom 99: New Launches in the Air
• Links to other Web sites with related content.

Oct. 12, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: Interactive Learning

• Schools Getting Wired to Learn
• One-Room Schoolhouse Goes Global
• The Next Frontier: The Quest for Internet 2
• The Virtual Doctor Is In
• Japan: Connecting for Web-Savvy Schools
• Closing the Education Gap On-Line
• Kids Connect: Holiday on the Net
• Learning at the Click of a Mouse
• Live from Telecom 99: European Backbone Network Launched

Oct. 11, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: Business Solutions

• Internet's Impact Is Often Invisible
• Name of the New Game: 'Co-opetition'
• You've Got Mail ... If Only You Could Find It
• The Net's Protocol Goes Corporate
• Customer's Choice: A Person or a Page
• E-Commerce From A to Z
• What Does It Take to Sell on the Web? A Year and $1 million
• Who in the World Needs a Satellite Phone?
• Case Study: Design Teams Work Together On-Line
• Now Under New Management
• Everybody Wants to Be the Applications Host With the Most
• Computers Sign Up for Voice and Diction 101
• Put Your Office in Your Pocket
• Smaller Businesses May Pull Data Out of the Air
• Will Wireless Equal More Viruses?
• Networks Reach For the Steroids
• Live From Telecom 99: A Peek Into the Future of Telecommunications
• Links to other Web sites with related content.

Oct. 9, 1999: Tracking Telecoms 99: E-Commerce

• Building Trust
• Spotting a Winner
• E-Commerce's Tidal Pull
• Web 'Windows' Shopping
• European Service Providers Stage a Free-for-All
• Hardware Drives Wireless
• Converting the Surfer
• Content as Commodity
• Legalities in Cyberspace
• Technology Loves Company
• E-Shopping: Appealing to Eyes and Wallets
• It May Be Hard to Define, But 'E' Is the Magic Letter
• Business Benefits
• Live From Telecom 99: On With The Show
• Links to other Web sites with related content.