Research Guides: Telecommunications Industry: News

Monitor the Industry

With news databases you can:

monitor current industry developments
identify industry trends
analyze the competition
locate statistical data and industry forecasts
examine the political, legal, technological and environmental issues that affect industry operations

Trade journals, written for practitioners in an industry, cover news and offer analysis from industry insiders.

Scholarly journals offer peer-reviewed research.

Factiva
News from the Dow Jones and Reuters wire services, the Wall Street Journal, Barron’s and more than 9,000 other newspapers, magazines and trade journals. Factiva is one of the largest databases covering global business news.
To search for industry news, use the “Industry Lookup” to select Factiva’s industry code. Combine this code with index terms like market share or industry trends/analysis from the “Subject Lookup."
Business Source Complete
Search over 3,000 business magazines and trade journals covering management, economics, finance, accounting, and international business. The database has a “Thesaurus” to help you choose industry names. Search for industry information using NAICS codes by changing the default field to "NAICS code or description."
ABI/INFORM Global
Indexes over 1800 business magazines and scholarly journals covering management, accounting, economics, and finance. Click on the “Topic Guide” tab at the top of the page to use a searchable thesaurus of industry names.
Nexis Uni (formerly LexisNexis Academic)
Search regional, national and international newspapers, law, legislation and court cases. From the menu (top of the page) choose “Business” and "Business News" for a search on any company, industry or business topic.