[8] Amdocs was founded in 1982 in Israel as an offshoot of the Israeli phone directory company Golden Pages, which was owned by the Aurec Group headed by Morris Kahn.

[10] In 1985, Southwestern Bell Corporation acquired a 50 percent ownership share of Aurec Information & Directory Systems, and its name was changed to Amdocs.

[10] Following its IPO, Amdocs expanded by acquiring additional billing and customer relationship management companies and building its application creation capabilities.

[14] Companies acquired in the early 2000s include DST Innovis,[15] XACCT Technologies,[16] Cramer Systems,[17] and Sigvalue.

[18] Dov Baharav succeeded Naor as CEO in 2002,[12] and Eli Gelman held the role starting in November 2010.

[19] In early 2000, federal agencies conducted a counterintelligence investigation to determine if Amdocs was being used by Israel to eavesdrop on U.S. government communications.