Latest Telecoms News from Israel
Cellcom Israel Q3 Profits Up on Tax Gains
Cellcom Israel has reported that its 3rd-quarter profits rose by 19.% to NIS 289 million, from NIS 242 million a year ago. The net profit was boosted by a NIS 41 million gain from changes in corporation tax in Israel....
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Orange Israel 3rd-Quarter Profits Down 20%
Israel's Partner Communications - which trades as Orange - has reported a 20% drop in its 3rd-quarter profits to US$70 million. Revenues were down by 3.3% to US$419 million, while EBITDA was down 10.9% to US$152 million....
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Alvarion Profits Down 21% on Slower WiMAX Sales
WiMAX equipement manufacturer, Alvarion has reported a 21% drop in its revenues for the 3rd-quarter to $58.4 million, compared to $74.3 million in 2008. This was also a 0.6% drop on the revenues recorded in the second quarter of 2009....
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012 Smile Buys Third of Israel's Bezeq
Israel's 012 Smile Communications is buying nearly a third of the dominant local telecoms operator, Bezeq for US$1.76 billion. 012 Smile is buying the 30.6% stake from Ap.Sb.Ar. Holdings....
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Cellcom in Talks with Bezeq to Link Cellular Sites
Israeli mobile network operator, Cellcom is reported to be in talks with Bezeq to buy some of its towers pending the termination of a tower sharing agreement in 2010....
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Israeli Operator Confirms Bid for Local Rival
Israeli mobile network operator, Partner Communications has confirmed that it has submitted a formal bid to buy rival operator, MIRS from Motorola....
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Israeli Operator Orders Network Monitoring Kit
Israeli mobile network operator, Pelephone has contracted with Tektronix Communications to provide a single, integrated network monitoring solution to ensure end-to-end quality of service across both its legacy CDMA network and newer WCDMA based 3G network....
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Motorola Wants Israeli Mobile Network Bid by Mid-Sept
Motorola is reported to have told potential buyers that they have until the middle of this month to submit their bids for Israeli mobile network operator, MIRS....
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New CEO for Israeli WiMAX Vendor
Israeli WIMAX vendor, Alvarion has named Eran Gorev to succeed Tzvika Friedman as president and Chief Executive Officer. The transition will take place during the fourth quarter, with Mr. Gorev assuming full day-to-day responsibility in December....
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Israel's Bezeq Reports Record revenues as HSPA gets a grip
Bezeq owns Pelephone, Israel.s third largest mobile operator. The company added 25k new connections in the second quarter to reach a total of 2.69m....
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