January 2005

NEW YORK-Billing software company Amdocs enjoyed a stock rise on its fiscal first-quarter results. The company’s quarterly revenues rose 3.8 percent to $469.5 million, its highest performance to date. “In …

Siemens AG officials said they have no plans to sell the company’s loss-making handset business, according to reports. Industry has been awash in rumors that Siemens will either sell its …

Four of the world’s biggest consumer electronics companies are partnering to develop a digital rights management (DRM) standard to deter piracy and illegal copying of music and video. Matsushita Electric …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will put almost $4 million toward helping India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand rebuild after December’s devastating tsunami. “During the first crucial days, we channeled …

Finnish mobile phone component manufacturer Perlos said it will lay off 200 workers in its Lehmonharju plant. The plant currently employs around 640 people. The news comes as industry gears …

SEATTLE-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced plans to lay off up to 88 employees in its Washington operations, which the Atlanta-based company gained from its recently completed acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-PowerHouse Technologies Group Inc., a supplier of mobile software, said it can now collect the $12.8 million it won in a complaint against several defendants, including Joseph Ford …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has selected a Swedish company to develop and implement a merger alignment initiative for its acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. BTS Group said Cingular will …

WASHINGTON-The Virginia Senate is poised to vote on a bill passed by the transportation subcommittee yesterday that would prohibit cell-phone use by teenage drivers. The measure is championed by state …

Validating its increasing focus on wireless operations, Alltel Corp. posted robust fourth-quarter and full-year results for 2004, including higher-than-expected customer growth, average revenue per user and lower churn. Alltel, which …

The Powell era is over. Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, said he is leaving the agency within the next couple of months. “Having completed a bold and …

WASHINGTON-Dian Grueneich was sworn in as a member of the California Public Utilities Commission, allowing her to vote next week on a proposal to suspend the bill of rights for …

VIENNA, Austria-Mobilkom Austria said Thursday it will incorporate EDGE technology to expand its UMTS network coverage. The carrier said it currently has UMTS coverage across 60 percent of Austria’s population, …

BEIJING-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has entered into a joint venture framework agreement with China Putian Corp. for research and development, manufacture and sale of third-generation equipment and products to …

Rural telecommunications and wireless services provider Ntelos Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with affiliates of Quadrangle Capital Partners LP and Citigroup Venture Capital that calls for the …

T-Mobile International AG announced a “savings and efficiency program” that will see the European carrier slash 2,200 jobs and reduce its handset range in Europe by almost half. The program, …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. announced it will sell its SCH-a890 CDMA EV-DO phone through Verizon Wireless starting next month. The phone will support Verizon’s recently announced Vcast streaming video …

DALLAS-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has selected Texas Instruments Inc.’s imaging processor technology for a camera phone model with a hard disk drive for image and video storage. Samsung will use …

CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Antenova Ltd., which provides integrated RF products, announced it scored $12 million in its third round of funding. KBC Peel Hunt arranged the round, and the company’s existing …

OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS is teaming with ABC News Now to deliver video updates of today’s presidential Inauguration Day events. The coverage, which began at 8 a.m. EST, includes Sprint …

DALLAS-The number of households that use Wi-Fi technology for home networking has now surpassed the number that use Ethernet, according to a new Parks Associates survey. According to the “Global …

LOS ANGELES-Cingular Wireless L.L.C., Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. and Sony Urban Music are teaming with hip-hop artist Xzibit for a text-message-based contest to find undiscovered rappers across the country. …

Despite a rash of operational difficulties during the past several years that led to its eventual sale to rival Cingular Wireless L.L.C., research firm Forrester Research Inc. found that AT&T …

MONTREAL-SR Telecom Inc. said it is revising its estimates for consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter to between $22 million and $25 million due to delays in receiving major purchase …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson signed an exclusive managed services contract with H3G Italy for the overall management of H3G Italy’s third-generation network, which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. The value …