CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD. ANNOUNCES CONSENSUAL WITHDRAWAL OF
NUMBER
PORTABILITY PETITION
While
the Company has not issued any
report concerning the development set forth below, the Company’s controlling
shareholder will provide an immediate report about this development under
its
Israeli reporting requirements and, consequently, the Company is filing
this
Form 6-K.
Netanya,
Israel – December
19,
2007 –
Cellcom
Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL)
(the "Company"), announced that following implementation of number portability
in Israel on December 1, 2007, the petition filed with the Supreme Court
of
Israel, in August 2006 by the Company and two other cellular operators
against
the Government of Israel and the Ministry of Communications to show cause
for
their failure to act in order to postpone the deadline for the implementation
of
number portability, was consensually withdrawn today, without prejudice
to the
parties’ claims, at the request of the petitioners. A similar petition filed by
a landline operator was so withdrawn as well.
For
additional details see our most recent annual report on Form F-20 for the
year
2006 under “Item 4 – Information on the Company – B. Business Overview –
Government Regulations – Number Portability” as well as our report on Form 6-K
dated September 23, 2007 under “Item 3.8 Material Changes – Number
Portability”.
About
Cellcom Israel
Cellcom
Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider;
Cellcom Israel provides its 3 million subscribers with a broad range of
value
added services including cellular and landline telephony, roaming services
for
tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad and additional services
in the
areas of music, video, mobile office etc., based on Cellcom Israel's
technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company operates an HSDPA
3.5
Generation network enabling the fastest high speed content transmission
available in the world, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and TDMA networks.
Cellcom
Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service infrastructure
including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and service
and
sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer service
network
Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support, account information,
direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services, dedicated
centers
for the hearing impaired, etc. In April 2006 Cellcom Israel, through Cellcom
Fixed Line Communications L.P., a limited partnership wholly-owned by Cellcom
Israel, became the first cellular operator to be granted a special general
license for the provision of landline telephone communication services
in
Israel, in addition to data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares
are
traded both on the New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange
(CEL).
For
additional information please visit the Company's website
http://investors.ircellcom.co.il
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Company
Contact
Shiri
Israeli
Investor
Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel:
+972 52 998 9755
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Investor
Relations Contact
Ehud
Helft / Ed Job
CCGK
Investor Relations
ehud@gkir.com
/ ed.job@ccgir.com
Tel:
(US) 1 866 704 6710 / 1 646 213
1914
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