Advanced Search Help

Advanced Search offers additional options for making your searches more precise.

In order to refine your search query it is important to consider the options available when using the free text search field.

Free text field logic:

Search Logic	Example	Explanation
word	vodafone	Returns all documents containing that word. Case insensitive. Plural matching is automatic - So searching for "mobile" includes searching for "mobiles"
phrase	mobile tv	Returns all documents containing that phrase (the two words not necessarily appearing next to each other).
quotes	"monthly subscribers"	Returns results for the exact phrase (the two words appearing next to each other).
AND	regulation AND broadcast	Returns all documents that contain both the first term and the second term. A "term" can be a single word or complete phrase (no quotes are necessary around a phrase). The search term AND must be capitalised.
OR	subscribers OR users	Returns all documents that contain either the first term or the second term or both. A "term" can be a single word or complete phrase. Most useful when searching for synonyms of words. The search term OR must be capitalised.
NOT	subscribers NOT CDMA	Finds documents that contain the first word, but do not contain the second. The search term NOT must be capitalised.
NEAR	subscribers NEAR Africa	Returns all documents where the first term appears nearby the second term. "Near" corresponds to 50 words, which is intended to be roughly the size of a paragraph. If two words are close together, then the chance of them being related is increased. The order of terms bears no weight. The search term NEAR must be capitalised.
wildcard	subs*	Use asterisks as a wildcard for partial matches.
weighting	motorola^3 mobile	Use caret to weight the search to favour a word or phrase.
numrange	2000..2005	Returns results containing numbers in a given range. Add two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces, into the search box along with your search terms.

When using the free text search field you can combine the options above. For example the search below looks up the complete term 'mobile subscribers' returning results between the years 2000 and 2005 with a weighting of 3 times greater relevance to the search term '2000..2005'.

Example combining free text search field options:

"mobile subscribers" AND 2000..2005^3

You can restrict your search to find results from the past 1, 3 or 6 months or from the past year by using the 'Select date range' drop-down option. For a specific date range, use the 'From (DD-MM-YYYY)' and 'To (DD-MM-YYYY)' fields to enter dates to search between. You must use the convention date-month-year, for example 05-12-2005.

Filter your search to return results either from within the full document or from within the document title by selecting the options in the 'Filter results' field. You can also use the filter option to return results from all documents, or just from the documents that you have subscriber access to.

Select from the drop down lists to search for results by subject, article type and region or nation. To select more than one option in each field hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard.

Company type options can be selected in a similar way to filter your search by the company names you select. Select companies from fixed operators, mobile operators, telecoms vendors, and or media company types. To select more than one option in each field hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard.

Select 'run search' once you have selected the parameters of your search.

Search Results

Search results are listed in either date or relevance order depending on the parameters that you have selected in Advanced Search. The article title, summary paragraph, publication title and date are displayed. Click on the article title or on the 'More >>' link to view an individual document.

Save Searches

You can select 'Save Search' to save your search. You will be asked to name your search. The parameters of your advanced search will be saved and can be re-run at a later date.

Print Articles

Results are listed with an open check box next to the result. By clicking on the check box next to the articles you can view multiple articles in their entirety and print the articles you've selected by clicking on 'Print Format'.

Tracked Articles

Select articles that you want to store on the 'My Research Tools' page by selecting the articles via the tick box and clicking on 'Track Articles'.

By selecting the articles via the tick box and clicking on 'Track Articles' your selected articles will be stored on the 'My Research Tools' page. You can use the 'Tracked articles' option to keep track of favourite articles and store them for easy retrieval.

Email Articles

You can email selected articles to your colleagues. From your search results page, click the check box next to the articles you want to email and select 'Email Articles'. A link to the selected articles will be sent to your colleague's email address. To read the article they will need to click on the article headline link and they may be required to subscribe to view this article.

Corporate Key Code Help

If you have been given a corporate key code to access a company-wide subscription service the code must be entered at registration in order to register your details and proceed to access your subscription.

My Research Help

If you are a client or trial user of Informa Telecoms and Media your account Managers details will appear on your 'My Research' page. For trial users the number of evaluation days that you have remaining will appear in red at the top of this page.

On this page publications and databases that you have access to will be displayed by subject area. Select the publication title or article title to view your documents. To read more about the publications and databases available under each subject area click on 'Learn More'

'My Customised Services' are bespoke services carried our on a client basis. If your organisation subscribed to this service you can access the details from here or click on 'Learn More' for details on what's available.

My Research Tools Help

Tracked Articles

Tracked Articles are selected saved articles from previous searches. You can use 'Tracked articles' to keep a track of favourite articles and organise them into folders for easy retrieval.

Saved Searches

Selected saved searches are stored and can be re-run from here. Use 'Saved searches' to organise your favourite preconfigured searches.

Alerts

Manage the email alerts that you receive from Informa Telecoms & Media. You can opt-in or op-out to your research service, sector and custom research alerts and select HTML or text alerts.

Remember Me Help

When you log-in to access your services you are presented with the option to select the 'Remember Me' check box. Selecting this check box sets a cookie on your machine to keep you logged in each time you access the website.

Search Help

Search Free Text

Type your search query into the search field at the top of each page to search the site. You can use multiple search terms to search for articles and data. Using multiple search terms will often give you more relevant results.

Searches are not case sensitive. By default telecoms.com only returns pages that include all of your search terms. There is no need to include "and" between terms. Keep in mind that the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms.