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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 338

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Illustrative: A 'kosher' phone in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, in Jerusalem, February 11, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 25, 2024, 10:36 am
MKs pass law cementing Haredi control over community’s censored ‘kosher’ phones
Controversial bill undoes 2022 reform that gave ultra-Orthodox full carrier mobility; Deri: ‘For the first time, the law recognizes the public’s right to kosher communication’
By Sam Sokol and Canaan Lidor
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
View of a Cellcom store in Tel Aviv, on September 24, 2019. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
December 5, 2023, 3:27 pm
Israeli private equity firm in talks to take over Cellcom in deal worth NIS 925m
Discount Investment, majority shareholder in Cellcom, inks initial agreement to sell control of Israel’s largest mobile phone operator, by subscribers, to Fortissimo Capital
By Sharon Wrobel
Bezeq workers installing fiber optic cables. (Courtesy)
From the WebJune 22, 2021, 5:07 pm
Israel’s Bezeq fires up fibre optic speed after slow start
Reuters: Israel’s largest telecoms operator is boosting fibre optic network speeds to up to 2.5 gigabit per second (Gbps) from 1 Gbps in bid for more customers
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. Smoke rises after a house was blown up in a military operation in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula on November 20, 2014. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90/File)
March 7, 2018, 2:14 pm
Israel hints that Sinai fighting caused cellphone disruption
Communications minister says defense officials met with counterparts ‘over the border’ to restore service
By AP
Illustrative: An undated image of a farmer in the western Negev inspecting a crop of cherry tomatoes. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)
April 29, 2017, 1:27 pm
Jamming Palestinian hunger strikers’ phones risks our crops, locals say
Negev residents say effort to disrupt communication between protesting detainees is also crippling computerized irrigation systems
By ToI Staff
A reporter broadcasts a live TV interview 'in the field' using LiveU equipment (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 17, 2016, 3:56 pm
Israel’s LiveU to beam Summer Olympics events worldwide
The cellular broadcasting tech firm has been serving sponsors of mass broadcast occasions around the globe
By ToI Staff
A man walks next to an advertisement poster for Golan Telecom in Jerusalem, November 5, 2015 (Lior Mizrahi/Flash90)
November 23, 2015, 3:29 am
Netanyahu said to oppose Golan-Cellcom merger
PM, who is also communications minister, may scupper deal that could significantly raise cellular prices
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon seen as he presents the proposal for the state budget for 2015 at the Ministry of Finance in Jerusalem, August 2, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 5, 2015, 5:19 pm
Kahlon: Cellcom purchase of Golan harms competition
Finance minister joins range of MKs opposed to NIS 1.17b merger of Israeli cellular companies, warns of price hike
By ToI Staff
Filming a video on a smartphone. (Pexels)
November 5, 2015, 10:24 am
Cellcom set to buy Golan Telecom for NIS 1.17 billion
Merger of mobile companies pending approval of ministry; Golan had revolutionized the market in 2012 with affordable service
By ToI Staff
An Israeli Arab speaks on a cellphone (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 26, 2015, 6:26 pm
Communications Ministry denies plans to hike up cellphone bills
Director-general was quoted as saying Israelis pay too little, have too wide a choice of operators
By ToI Staff
A woman talking on her cell phone as she crosses the street. (photo credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90)
From the WebMay 14, 2015, 10:03 am
Cellcom sees TV service reversing declining profit
Reuters: Battered by upstart, low-cost competitors, a veteran Israeli cellphone service firm is trying a new strategy
A reporter broadcasts a live TV interview 'in the field' using LiveU equipment (Photo credit: Courtesy)
May 26, 2014, 6:51 pm
Israeli tech streams World Cup to world’s living rooms
Soccer fans will get to see their sport’s biggest event via hundreds of mini-broadcast units deployed by LiveU
By David Shamah
Rescue personnel at the scene of an explosion that killed five and injured 11 in the northern city of Acre, Monday, February 17, 2014 (photo credit: Avishag Shaar Yashuv/Flash90)
February 26, 2014, 2:40 pm
Three arrested over Acre building collapse
Police believe the suspects deliberately set off an explosion which killed five people, including an 8-year-old
By Itamar Sharon
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