T.I.M. diary for October

Telecoms:

• E-Plus introduces Skype (VoIP over cellular, wVoIP)
• A new MVNO from VIVA (MTV, Viacom) launches on E-Plus (Oct 10)
• Sprint introduces exclusive MTV-content for PCS Vision subs
• O2 launches i-mode in the UK (Oct 1)
• Cingular launches push-to-talk over cellular
• BT cuts VoIP BT Communicator) rate 50% (Oct 4)
• AOL launches 'TotalTalk' VoIP (softphone, PSTN also) for non-subs (Oct 4)
• EarthLink intros 'True Voice' VoIP offering
• New FCC deadline for E-911 compliance by VoIP providers: Oct 31
• T-Com introduces flat-rate voice offering 'T-Net' at 40 EUR/mo or 48 for ISDN (Oct 6)
• T-Mobile intros box for converged services over UMTS, with WiFi
• Mobistar (Orange) launches a duoplay cellular/broadband offering in Belgium (mid Oct)
• Vonage to introduce a wVoIP/WiFi handset from UTStarcom
• O2 to announce music strategy (Oct 17)
• Expected ratification of the mobile WiMAX standard, 802.16e (mid Oct)
• WiMAX trial by Telecard in Pakistan, with ZTE
• Philadelphia awards service provider contract for muniwireless WiFi network (Oct 3)
• Tunesian government short lists bidders for 35% of Tunisie Telecom from 14 interested parties (Oct 5)
• MCI to hold AGM on Verizon offer (Oct 6)
• Tele2 seeks to close the Versatel offer (Oct 7)
• FCC votes on VZ/MCI and SBC/AT&T deals (Oct 12)
• ZigBee Alliance Developer's Conference (Oct 1-3, Las Vegas)
• FTTH Council Conference & Expo (Oct 3-6, Las Vegas)
• UWB World 2005 (Oct 18-19, San Jose)
• WiMAX Global Com Forum (Oct 3-6, Madrid)
• WiMAX World Conference & Expo (Oct 26-28, Boston)
• Ethernet Expo 2005 (Oct 12-14, New York)
• ISP CON Fall 2005 (Oct 18-20, Santa Clara)
• EU to decide on use of 2.5-2.7 GHz band (3G and/or BWA)
• Hearings US House Energy & Commerce Committee on new regulations
• Q3 reports: SBC (Oct 20), BellSouth (Oct 25), Verizon (Oct 27)

Internet:

• Optimal iQ to report on click fraud
• Details of Project Quaero to be announced (DT, Thomson)
• 888.com to start trading in London (Oct 4)
• MSN introduces adCenter (sponsored search) as a beta in the US
• Zeitgeist 2005: The Google Partner Forum (Oct 25-27, Mountain View)
• Q3 reports: Yahoo! (Oct 18), eBay (Oct 19), Google (Oct 20), Amazon.com (Oct 25)

Media:

• Nielsen Outdoor to report on Chicago trial
• Wolters Kluwer roadshow (Oct 18, Frankfurt)
• Vivendi hosts an Investor & Analyst Meeting around Universal Music Group (Oct 6, London)
• VNU and IMS will file merger documents to Dutch market authority AFM (Oct/Nov)
• SBS to organize AGM on KKR/Permira offer (Oct 3)
• Liberty Global to close the take-over of Cablecom
• Kabel Deutschland to launch triple play in Saarland and Rheinland-Pfalz (mid Oct)
• Sony intros the Location Free Base Station (for place-shifted video)
• EchoStar introduces the 'PocketDish' portable player
• Walt Disney introduces the 'Mix Stick' MP3-player (mid Oct)
• Bob Iger officially starts as Walt Disney new CEO (Oct 1)
• RCUK and Wellcome trust introduce Open Archiving for new grant holders (Oct 1)
• Internet Librarian International 2005 event (Oct 10-11, London)
• SPARC Europe workshop 'Innovation in Scholarly Communication' (Oct 20-22, CERN, Geneva)
• Media Rating Council to propose self-regulation for the US TV viewing market (Oct 15)
• Frankfurter Buchmesse (Oct 19-23)
• 2005 Entertainment & Media Forum (Oct 27-27, Los Angeles)
• Movie releases Fox/Fox Searchlight: In Her Shoes (Oct 7), Separate Lies (Oct 7), Stay (Oct 21
• Movie releases Universal: Two for the Money (Oct 7), Doom (Oct 21), Prime (Oct 28)
• Movie release DreamWorks: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (Oct 7)
• Movie release Warner: North Country (Oct 10)
• Movie release Paramount: Elisabethtown (Oct 14)
• Q3 reports: Arbitron (Oct 20), Thomson Corp (Oct 25), Reuters (Oct 27)