| Month | Topic | Liaison | Guest Editors | Comments |
| January | Telecommunications at the Start of the 21st Century (SI, 10) |
- | A. Jajszczyk | Proposal Requested |
| Internet Technology Series (2) | K. Elsayed, M. Lerner |
- | - | |
| Standards Column | M. H. Sharif | - | - | |
| Topics in Circuits for Communications (1) | M. Banu | - | - | |
| February | QoS and Resource Allocation in the Third Generation Wireless Networks (FT, 5) | - | A. Mishra, R. Prasad, G. S. Kuo |
Proposal Accepted OFC, Wireless |
| Lightwave Series (4) | S. Dixit, P. J. Lin | - | - | |
| Software and DSP in Radio Series (2) | J. Mitola, Z. Zvonar | - | - | |
| March | Satellite-Based Internet Technology and Services (FT, 5) | S. Kota | A. Salkintzis, P. T. Mathiopoulos |
Proposal Accepted OFC Show |
| Optical Packet Switching Networks (FT,5) | - | F. Neri, A. Hill | Proposal Accept'd | |
| Broadband Access Series | S. Gorshe, Z. Papir | - | - | |
| April | TCP Performance in Emerging High-Speed Networks (FT, 6) |
T. Chen | M. Hassan, R. Jain | Proposal Accepted |
| Standards and Innovations in Telecommunications and Information Technology (FT, 6) | - | K. Asatani, K. Jakobs, M.H. Sherif |
Proposal Accepted | |
| Topics in Circuits for Communications (1) | M. Banu | - | - | |
| May | Scalability in Communications Systems (FT, 5) | - | A. Mishra | Proposal Received Interop, SUPERCOMM, ICC |
| IP-Oriented Operations and Management (FT, 6) | - | A. Jajszczyk | Proposal Accepted | |
| Wireless Communications Series (2) | W. W. Lu, M. Zukerman |
- | - | |
| June | Challenges in Mobile ad hoc Networking (FT, 5) | A. Vasilakos | S. Giordano , W. W. Lu |
Proposal Accepted SUPERCOMM, MTT |
| The Emergence of Integrated Broadband Cable Networks (FT, 6) | S. Oelcer | R. Green | Proposal Accept'd | |
| Broadband Access Series (3) | S. Gorshe, Z. Papir | - | - | |
| Internet Technology Series | K. Elsayed, M. Lerner |
- | - | |
| July | Telecommunications in Olympic Games (FT, 5) | - | K. Asatani, S. Makris, K. Krick |
Proposal Accept'd (NFOEC) |
| Lightwave Series (3) | S. Dixit, P. J. Lin | - | - | |
| Standards Column | Y. Maeda | - | - | |
| Topics in Circuits for Communications (1) | M. Banu | - | - | |
| Stand-alone articles | - | - | - | |
| August | Life After 3rd Generation Mobile Communications (FT, 6) | S. Chandran | R. Prasad, J. da Silva, B. Arroyo-Fernandez |
Proposal Accept'd |
| Digital Watermarking for Copyright Protection: A Communications Perspective (FT, 5) | - | F. Pérez-González, F. Bartolini, M. Barni, I., J. Cox, J. R. Hernández |
Proposal Accept'd | |
| Software and DSP in Radio Series (2) | J. Mitola, Z. Zvonar |
- | - | |
| September | Broadband Wireless Access Technologies and Applications (FT, 5) | J. Jayapalan | W. W. Lu, A. Paulraj | Proposal Accept'd (ECOC) |
| Network Intelligence in Optical Networks (FT, 5) | - | A. K. Jain | Proposal Accept'd | |
| October | Internet Appliances (FT, 5) | A. Pakstas | T. Kamae, M. Little, S. Weinstein |
Proposal Accept'd (Globecom) |
| Evolving Communications Software: Techniques & Technologies (FT,5) | R. Batni | W. F. Opdyke | Proposal Accept'd | |
| Wireless Communications Series | W. W. Lu, M. Zukerman |
- | - | |
| November | Wireless Local Area and Home Networks (FT, 5) | A. Sheikh | B. Bing, R. van Nee, V. Hayes | Proposal Accept'd (Globecom |
| Design Methodologies for Adaptive and Multimedia Networks (FT,5) | S. Giordano | Z. Haas | Proposal Accept'd | |
| Broadband Access Series | S. Gorshe, Z. Papir | - | - | |
| Lightwave Series | S. Dixit, P. J. Lin | - | - | |
| December | Evolving to Seamless All IP Wireless/Mobile Networks (FT, 5) | - | S. Dixit | Proposal Req'd |
| In-Home Networking (FT, 5) | - | C. Siller, A. Gelman, G. S. Kuo | Proposal Req'd |
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