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2 unusual facts about Partner Communications Company


Partner Communications Company

The initial shareholders in the consortium that bid for the third cellular network license in Israel, in addition to Hutchison Telecom, were Elbit, MATAV (now part of HOT), Eurocom and Polar Communications.

The 'Orange' brand that the company uses under license, belongs to Orange S.A. (formerly France Télécom), which is not related to the current owners of Partner.


Telecommunications in Israel

There are currently five companies in Israel which offer cellular communication service (with network technology used listed in brackets): Pelephone CDMA and UMTS , Cellcom GSM and UMTS , Partner Communications (Orange) GSM and UMTS , HOT Mobile (Mirs) UMTS and iDEN , and Golan Telecom UMTS .


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