The yearly publication "Strategic's TELECOMS Observatory 2000", a unique mapping of Telecommunications in Greece, has been released.

The new guide, containing a wealth of information in more than 350 pages, was presented this year, including financial data, profiles and analyses of the 100 most important Telecommunications companies in Greece, a unique section with telecommunications statistics for Greece, the Balkans and Western Europe, analyses by Strategic International SA's analysts on the trends and news of the Greek telecommunications market and a new Internet site. The whole series consists of 5 Guides, (two of which are in English, for the European markets), their content is about 1500 pages and they will be also available in a special package.

Strategic International/ K.Kataras SA, one of the leading Strategy Consulting firms for the New Economy, has announced today the release of the yearly publication "Strategic's TELECOMS Observatory 2000", a unique publication offering a complete mapping of the Greek Telecommunications market.
"We are delighted with this new publication, that sets new standards in the field in Greece and Europe", stated Mr. Kostas Kataras, CEO of the company. 

At a time when information is the most powerful asset, those who possess information and the means for its transfer become the leaders of the new "digital" reality.
The rapid expansion of the Internet, the inherently appropriate medium for transfer and management of information, as well as its incorporation into traditional telecommunications networks, such as mobile telephony or satellite/cable television, further strengthen the role of communications in today's world.
The frenzied technological evolution further promotes the expansion of telecommunications, offering access even from the most secluded spots on earth, at incredible voice and data transfer speeds, as well as a great number of new products and services. Besides, we are approaching the time when the "global village" will enjoy unified telecommunications services, which will also be wireless and will provide simultaneous transfer of voice, data and video.
As a matter of fact, the EU is striving to harmonise the legal frameworks of all its member-states towards that direction, so that on a the near future the establishment of a common West-European telecommunications network will be made possible. 
The great volume of the telecommunications market (in W. Europe it reached the amount of 250 bln Euros in 1999, a greater amount than the respective IT market, which reached 220 bln Euros for the same time period), makes it, besides a medium, quite an interesting business activity sector, which has to be measured and described accurately and in time. This is the need that is covered by the yearly publication "Strategic's TELECOMS Observatory 2000", covering almost the entire geography of the European Continent (including Greece, S.E. Europe and the European Union), as regards the relevant Telecommunications Indicators.

As opposed to the ones for Computing, the Telecommunications Statistical Indicators for Greece, as recorded in the publication, look healthy, while the market has climbed to 2.041 trillion Drs in 1999, according to measurements by Strategic International SA.

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Telecommunications Statistical Indicators - Greece, 1999

Setting new standards for each similar Greek or International publication, the guide includes certain unique features:

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Strategic presentation of the most important Telecommunications companies (comparative charts of financial results and stock performance in a time horizon, partnerships, opinions of analysts, activity sectors, etc.)

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Separate analysis of each segment of the Telecommunications Market (e.g. Internet, Mobile Telephony etc.) with accurate information and analyses.

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Telecommunications Indicatorss, produced after field research, covering Greece, the Balkans, Western Europe, and including global data.

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Analysis of the Telecommunications Market (The result of a field research by experienced analysts of Strategic International SA), identifying the market's future trends.

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An accompanying Web site - a tool in the hands of the user, with Statistics on Telecommunications and a special section on Greece's continuous updating and thus becoming a point of reference for the area (visit the publication in the company's site www.strategic.gr) 

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Kostas Simitis (Prime Minister), Romano Prodi (EU President), Erki Liikanen (Member of the EU), Giorgos Mitakidis (EU), Spyros Vyzantios (President, Board of Directors of SEPE), Anastassios Tzikas (President, SEPVE), Nikos Manassis (OTE), Anastassios Angeloglou (Global One), Vassilis Rapanos (Former President of OTE's Board of Directors), Nikos Timotheos (ATHK), Heidi Ellison (Journalist), Andreas Doumouras (Cisco Systems Hellas AE), Themis Reklitis (Compaq Computer SA), Damianos Charalampides (Cosmote), Kostas Konstantinou (Cosmote), Panagiotis Koukouvinos (Grapes Communications), Kostas Tsaousis (Hellas On Line), K. Vassilatos (IDEAL), K. Theophilopoulou (IDEAL), E. Bardi (IDEAL), Panagiotis Kargados (OTE), Christos Zabiras (OTEnet S.A.), Stelios Kendritas (SAS Institute SA), Prodromos Mavridis (SIEMENS), Vassilis Ioannidis (STAT AE), A. Belessis (Unitel Hellas S.A.), N. Mikroudis (Unitel Hellas S.A.), Christos Trizoglou (Cisco Systems Hellas S.A.), Panafiotis Kokkinopoulos (Cosmote) and others. 

The entire series of Yearly Guides prepared by the company consists of 5 volumes of more than 1500 pages in total, namely:

The publication is sponsored by the companies: Compaq, Cosmote, Global One, Grapes Communications, Hellas On Line, OTE, SAS Institute SA and Siemens.