Articles tagged with: Partner Communications
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 NIS 263 million (US$70 million). Revenues were down by 3.3% to NIS 1,575 million (US$419 million), while EBITDA was down 10.9% to NIS 570 million (US$152 million). more
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. All three of Isreal's incumbent operators are understood to be interested in acquiring the mobile network operator, which has been previously valued at around US$300 million. more
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Hutchison Telecom Reported in Talks to Sell Israeli Mobile Network
Israeli businessman Ilan Ben-Dov is reported to be interested in forming a group of investors to acquire Partner Communications, a mobile network operator that trades under the Orange brandname. The local Globes newspaper reported that Ben-Dov recently met with former Partner CEO Amikam Cohen, who is representing the cellular operator's controlling shareholder Hutchison Telecommunications International. more
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Israel's Partner Revenues Down 11% - Profits Steady
Israel's Partner Communications - which trades as Orange - has reported that its first quarter revenues dropped by nearly 11% to reach NIS 1.4 billion (US$ 337 million), although the net income was steady at NIS 296 million (US$ 71 million). more
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Alcatel-Lucent's IN solution enables Israeli convergent services
Alcatel-Lucent says that it has deployed its Intelligent Network solution for Israel's Partner Communications (trading as Orange). Last year, the company became the first cellular operator in Israel to offer both fixed broadband and mobile services through its converged wireline and wireless networks. more
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UPDATE: Hutchison Telecom 1st Half Net Down; May Sell Thai Operations
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Hutchison Telecommunications International said Tuesday its first-half net profit fell sharply largely due to a massive one-off gain it booked last year from the sale of its Indian business. more
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Partner Reports Quarterly Net Income Increases 24% QoQ
Israel's Partner Communications (which trades with the Orange brandname) has reported total revenues in Q1 2008 of NIS 1.6 billion (US$447 million), EBITDA of NIS 533 million (US$150 million), and net income of NIS243 million (US$ 68 million). more
Consultancy Says No Need for MVNOs in Israel
In their battle to prevent the requirement to offer MVNO access, the three top Israeli operators hired an outside consultancy to study the market, and it has concluded that the local market is sufficiently competitive to not require that MVNOs should be introduced. more
Related Tags: mvno, ministry-of-communications, eu, antitrust
Orange Israel Sees Sharp Jump in Net Profits
Israel's Partner Communications (which uses the Orange brand name) has reported first quarter revenues of NIS 1.4 billion (US$ 341 million) a rise of 6.9% on the quarter a year ago. The company also reported EBITDA of NIS 455 million (US$ 109 million), and a 22% jump in net income of NIS 196 million (US$ 47 million). more
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Hutchison Telecom Posts First Annual Profit
Hutchison Telecommunications International has reported its first yearly profit, after posting a profit of HK$201 (US$25.7) million, compared to a loss of HK$768 (US$98.3) million a year earlier. Revenues jumped by 37% to HK$3.6 billion ($461.5 million). The improvement was mainly due to the improved EBIT contributions from the mobile operations in India, Partner Communications in Israel and in Hong Kong, partially offset by start-up losses in the Vietnam and Indonesia businesses. more
