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US Secret Service Special Agent in Charge Matt McCool, center, looks at live video surveillance feeds in the agency's New York Field Office, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
September 23, 2025, 7:38 pm
US dismantles telecom threat around UN that could have blacked out cell service in NYC
One of the most sweeping communications threats uncovered on US soil, the cache found by Secret Service includes 300 SIM servers packed with 100,000 SIM cards clustered within 35 miles of UN
By Mike Balsamo
Illustrative: A woman walks next to an advertisement for Golan Telecom in Jerusalem, November 5, 2015. (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
July 23, 2024, 11:25 am
Kosher cellphone bill sparks debate on Haredi consumer freedoms vs communal coercion
New legislation would reinforce phone plans that are under rabbinical censorship, raising questions about internal societal pressures and control
By Canaan Lidor
A Palestinian woman speaks on a cell phone in Ramallah on October 28, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 1, 2018, 12:00 am
Israel okays equipment to boost Palestinian cell coverage in West Bank
Military accepts request by Paltel telecom to import specialized circuit boards to improve phone service, speed up internet
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative: An Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai Peninsula holds Egyptian Coptic Christians hostage. (Screen capture/YouTube)
March 14, 2018, 1:38 pm
Egypt army said to jam Israeli SIM cards used by Islamic State
Israelis in the south have been reporting widespread disruptions to cell service amid Egyptian crackdown in Sinai
By Shoshanna Solomon
In this January 10, 2018, photo, Palestinian cellphone provider Wataniya CEO Durgham Maraee speaks with the Associated Press at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
January 15, 2018, 9:20 am
Palestinian companies to offer 3G in West Bank after Israel lifts ban
Launch of improved coverage expected within weeks; providers were denied option for years due to security concerns
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Ketziot Prison, August 2009. (Moshe Shai/Flash90/File)
June 1, 2017, 2:15 pm
Palestinian prisoners turn to smuggled Egyptian SIM cards – report
Prisons in southern Israel said to see growing use of networks from across the border as inmates bid to bypass phone restrictions
By Sue Surkes
Bezeq workers installing fiber optic cables. (Courtesy)
From the WebMarch 18, 2016, 9:22 am
Bezeq Q4 profit falls less than expected
Reuters: Israel’s biggest phone company lost 11% in 2015 – but did far better than its competitors
Hani Alami (Photo credit: Courtesy)
February 8, 2016, 6:30 pm
Denied 3G for years, Palestinians lost touch – and hope – says expert
That it took Israel years to grant 3G data frequencies to the Palestinian Authority was a bad, dangerous business decision
By David Shamah
A man walks next to an advertisement poster for Golan Telecom in Jerusalem, November 5, 2015 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
December 6, 2015, 4:52 pm
Cellphone service in Israel still expensive, UN report shows
Price may have come down but Israelis are still not getting their money’s worth, an international comparison of service and prices shows
By David Shamah
A man with a cellphone (illustrative photo: Uri Lenz/Flash90)
From the WebAugust 27, 2015, 6:28 am
Israeli telcos surge as Golan hires bank to explore sale
Bloomberg: Israel’s ‘traditional’ cellphone service companies could be the big winners if the ‘discount’ firm sells itself
Cellphone base station tower (Photo credit: D.Pranhu/Wikimedia)
From the WebAugust 14, 2015, 1:08 am
Profit sinks at Israel’s Cellcom in second quarter
Reuters: The ‘veteran’ cell service provider is the latest victim of the country’s communications revolution
Cellphone base station tower (Photo credit: D.Pranhu/Wikimedia)
May 21, 2015, 4:11 pm
Power investor Warren Buffett backs Israeli power saver tech
eVolution Networks Smart Energy Solution saves electricity by turning cell networks’ base stations on and off as needed
By David Shamah
Man speaks on cell phone (Photo credit: Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 1, 2014, 4:25 pm
Ministry orders always-on cellphone service to save Israeli lives
In the middle of the desert, at the top of a mountain, or almost anywhere else, Israelis will no longer experience dropped cellphone calls
By David Shamah
Rami Levy (standing, left) at a cellphone sales center in one of the supermarkets bearing his name. (photo credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
February 6, 2014, 3:42 pm
Next target for Rami Levy: Low-cost cable TV for all
Israeli start-up Vonetize joins forces with the discount supermarket chain in bid to slash premium TV subscription costs
By David Shamah
An illustrative photo of a man holding an iPhone (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
From the WebDecember 10, 2013, 12:51 pm
Cellcom, Pelephone, Golan to share 4G network
Globes: Cellular companies announce joint venture to create next generation of cellphone infrastructure
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