T.I.M. Diary for January

Telecoms:
* BT Openreach formally starts operations (Jan 1)
* Verizon plans closing MCI acquisition (early Jan)
* Telindus finalizes decision (Jan 3) over offers from Belgacom (offer ends Jan 6) and France Telecom (deadline for raising offer Jan 4)
* Telefonica plans closing O2 acquisition (late Jan), on which EC decides (Jan 10)
* Macleod USA plans Chapter 11 exit
* Trials ‘Sprint v. Ubiquitel’ and ‘Sprint v. iPCS’ start
* KPN mass-launches its double play ‘InternetPlusBellen’
* The City of Helmond (Netherlands) decides on munifiber
* City of Palo Alto decides on RfP for munifiber
* Casema (Dutch cable company) starts 30 Mbps trial
* Santa Cruz Networks adds AIM/Yahoo!/MSN to ‘Festoon Unity’ (IM interoperability)
* Offers to be made for 3G license Lithuania and WLL license Iraq (both Jan 12), auction Iraq (Jan 30)
* IEEE meets over 802.11n and 802.15.3a (UWB) in Hawaii
* NatCom launches WiMAX trial in Auckland
* ARCEP (France) on WiMAX (Jan 6)
* ARCEP (France) publishes public consultation on cellular international roaming
* US Congress discusses DeMint’s DACA bill
* O’Reilly hosts ‘Emerging Telephony’ (Jan 24-26)
* CES Las Vegas (Jan 5-8)
* MacWorld Expo (Jan 9-13)
* Citigroup Entertainment/Media/Telecom Conference (Jan 9)
* Earnings releases: Cingular (Jan 24), BellSouth (Jan 25), Verizon (Jan 26), AT&T (Jan 26)


Internet:
* The Yahoo!/Seven joint venture launches new name, possibly at the Australian Open (starts Jan 12)
* Earnings releases: Yahoo! (Jan 17), eBay (Jan 18)


Media:
* Viacom splits (Jan 1), official trading starts (Jan 3)
* Lazard completes its review of Time Warner for Carl Icahn (mid Jan)
* CNN and Time Inc. relaunch their business web sites
* Howard Stern starts at Sirius Satellite Radio (Jan 1)
* VNU, Arbitron: second meeting on ‘Project Apollo’ (Jan 11)
* Wegener: trading update (Jan 2)
* Producers Guild of America: nominees (Jan 4), awards (Jan 22)
* Directors Guild of America: nominees (Jan 5), awards (Jan 28)
* Screen Actors Guild of America: awards (Jan 5)
* Hollywood Foreign Press Association: ‘Golden Globe’ awards (Jan 16)
* Sundance Film Festival (Jan 19-29)
* International Film Festival Rotterdam (Jan 25 – Feb 5)
* Movie release: ‘Bubble’ (Magnolia/2929 Entertainment) (Jan 27)
* OMMA: ‘Agency of the Year’ award (Jan 12)
* Earnings releases: NY Times (Jan 24), Arbitron (Jan 24), Vivendi Universal (Jan 30)