The call for papers for the International Telecommunications Society (ITS) 18th Biennial Conference is announced. The conference will be held from June 27 to 30, 2010, in Tokyo, Japan. The Conference theme is "Culture, Communication and the Cutting Edge of Technology".

This is a commemorative conference to celebrate the silver anniversary of ITS conferences worldwide. A quarter of century has passed since the first conference under the name of ITS was held in 1986 in Tokyo.

Submissions are invited from all areas of telecommunications policy, business and academia. Online abstract submissions will be accepted from mid-October at the Conference website: www.its2010tokyo.com. Online registration, hotel reservations and details of the social program will also be made available shortly. Please visit the conference website regularly to view these updates.

Abstract submissions are due no later than December 31st, 2009.

You are invited to submit a paper for presentation at the 2009 ITS Africa-Asia-Australasia Regional Conference to be held in Perth, Western Australia from 16-18 August 2009.

• Firm Strategy And Industry Performance
• Mobile And Broadband Market Dynamics
• Pricing And Payments In Digital Markets
• IT-Enabled Services
• Next-Generation Networks
• Economic Development And The Digital Economy
• Digital Rights Management
• Frontiers Of Regulation And Competition Policy

Abstracts due date extended to 6 May 2009

For more information please visit the website or write to its2009@cbs.curtin.edu.au