FORM 6-K


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For December 16, 2008

Commission File Number:  001-33271

CELLCOM ISRAEL LTD.
10 Hagavish Street
Netanya, Israel 42140
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(Address of principal executive offices)


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CELLCOM ISRAEL ANNOUNCES  DISMISSAL OF A PURPORTED
CLASS ACTION
 
NETANYA, Israel, December 16, 2008 – Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (the “Company”) announced today that a purported class action filed against the Company (and another Israeli cellular operator) in the District Court of Tel-Aviv–Jaffa on December 2002, in connection with the defendants' incoming call tariff to subscribers of other operators when calling subscribers of the defendants during the period before the regulation of interconnect fees, was dismissed with prejudice. Had the lawsuit been certified as a class action, the amount claimed was estimated by the plaintiff to be NIS 1.6 billion.

For additional details see the Company’s most recent annual report for the year ended December 31, 2007 on Form 20-F under “Item 8. Financial Information – A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information – Legal Proceedings – Purported Class Actions".

About Cellcom Israel
Cellcom Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider; Cellcom Israel provides its approximately 3.157 million subscribers (as at September 30, 2008) 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 HSPA 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
 
Company Contact
Shiri Israeli
Investor Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel: +972 52 998 9755
Investor Relations Contact
Ehud Helft / Ed Job
CCGK Investor Relations
ed.job@ccgir.com / info@gkir.com
Tel: (US) 1 866 704 6710 / 1 646 213 1914

 

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


   
CELLCOM ISRAEL LTD.
 
 
 
  
Date:
December 16, 2008
  
By:
/s/  Liat Menahemi Stadler
  
     
 
Name:
Liat Menahemi Stadler
  
     
 
Title:
General Counsel