John Blau

Infineon Technologies AG is delivering what it claims to be the industry

The German upper house of parliament, the Bundesrat, decided Friday not to approve an amendment to the national telecommunication bill that would have created greater competition in local telephone networks, a spokeswoman for the Bundesrat said.

The Norwegian government will not renew its two-year software licensing program with Microsoft Corp., a government spokesman said Monday.

IBM Deutschland GmbH plans to cut several hundred jobs in a move to lower operating costs, a company spokesman said Wednesday.

Alcatel SA and Siemens AG, two of Europe

Telia Mobile AB and the Italian unit of Megabeam Networks Ltd. have signed what both companies claim to be Europe's first cross-border roaming agreement for wireless LAN (WLAN) services.

Infineon Technologies AG, Agere Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced the establishment of a new venture, StarCore LLC, to develop and license DSP (digital signal processor) technologies.

Cash-strapped mobile phone operators seeking changes in their 3G licenses to ease market consolidation were offered little hope of support from the European Commission on Wednesday.