iRex Technologies iLiad, Universal Serial Bus (USB), and IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Wi-Fi are highlighted in a discussion of the emergence, from many leading newspapers, of support for electronic reading devices. Some newspapers in Europe and Asia are presently producing dedicated e-reader editions, and others are also doing so. Dozens of publications that have made it partly through a three-year electronic news initiative organized by IFRA are leading the way. IFRA's e-News project debuted in march to assist members in evaluation of business and editorial opportunities made possibly by a new generation of handheld electronic reading devices. Participating are, among others, The New York Times and its International Herald Tribune subsidiary in Paris, El Pais in Spain, the Telegraph Group in Britain, and the Yomiuri Shimbun in Japan. Bruno Rives, president of Tebaldo, a digital media consulting firm in Paris, is convinced that 2007 will be a very significant year for e-readers, as all the actors in the sector have accelerated development. The iLiad, an electronic reader, looks like a large-size personal digital assistant (PDA) or a small-size tablet PC, but uses a plastic sheet embedded with millions of tiny capsules that hold charged black and white particles instead of a heavy backlit LCD screen that uses substantial battery power. Connectivity will be key for newspaper readers, and content will be downloaded either through a wired Universal Serial Bus (USB) port or an Ethernet port, or except for the Sony Reader, wirelessly via Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, or Edge.