It looks to me like Wireless in Israel is a mess.
The sabra business men I have encountered were not pleasant to work with.
They were rigorously honest but expected to be able to beat my prices down.
I had given them the best price I could.
Best to consult with an expert. Find one through the temple you know best.
I did a Google search:
wireless service, Israel
1,850,000 hits.
The first page:
 | Pay the local rate for local calls and use a cellular phone in Israel like you do at home. And unlike home, your Israel SIM card and cell phone service is prepaid ... www.telestial.com www.telestial.com/view_product.php?ID=LSIM-IL01 |
Bring your laptop to Israel and enjoy surfing the net and access your e-mails. Rent a USB modem from us and save with the lowest price wireless service for ... www.israelphones.com www.israelphones.com/ |
Cellcom (Hebrew: סלקום) is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service. ... en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellcom_(Israel) |
SilverStripe enables mobile operators to deliver media services to mass markets. ... in 1996 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bezeq, the Israeli Telecom Corp. ... www.science.co.il www.science.co.il/telecom-companies.asp |
Israel cellular phone and mobile phone renting service and International Calling Cards for Israel travel. www.atsisrael.com www.atsisrael.com/ |
If Global Phone doesn't meet your needs, you can try one of these additional Verizon Wireless services. Global Data ... b2b.vzw.com b2b.vzw.com/international/Global_Phone/Middle.../Israel.html |
 | On a TalknSave Cell Phone! New: iPad Rental In Israel ... The customer service was the best I'd experienced for any Israeli product I've come across. ... www.talknsave.net www.talknsave.net/ |
Israel Information Directory. Israel Science and Technology Homepage ... Seamless access to wireless voice and data services over cellular or Wi-Fi networks. ... www.science.co.il www.science.co.il/telecom-companies.asp?s=wireless |
Existing Customers. Change My Service · Move My Service ... www.wireless.att.com www.wireless.att.com/learn/international/dataconnect-global.jsp |
As a foreigner in Israel, you have 2 choices for a cell phone: ... These companies will provide you with both the phone and the monthly cell phone service. ... www.studyinisrael.org www.studyinisrael.org/faqs.php?page=7 |
I went to the wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellcom_%28Israel%29
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Cellcom (Hebrew: סלקום) is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service. Cellcom was the first to market mobile phones with Hebrew language menus.
Cellcom's entry into the Israeli market caused a revolution in wireless services in the country as it offered service at rates which were a fraction of those charged by Pelephone, which until Cellcom's launch held a monopoly on cellular services in Israel. Its launch was not without problems though and during 1995, Cellcom experienced major network outages due to a software bug in Motorola Alpha handsets.[1] Nevertheless, its attractive rates led to a huge demand for the company's services and within a few years it had accumulated over a million subscribers.
As of the end of the third quarter of 2010, it had around 3.4 million customers, the largest of the Israeli mobile providers in terms of customer base size. The vast majority of active voice clients are on its GSM network while data usage is spread across networks of different technologies.
The company initially operated a TDMA network nationwide in the 850Mhz band but after winning tenders for GSM-1800 frequencies it began offering GSM services.
Cellcom eventually sought to replace the 850Mhz TDMA frequencies it owns with standard 900 MHz GSM frequencies but Pelephone and Partner (Orange) petitioned the Ministry of Communications to deny this for technical reasons. This put Cellcom at a disadvantage since though most of its users had converted to GSM, they were not able to make user of the lower frequency's better in-building penetration and greater cell reach.
With its entry into 3G wireless services Cellcom demoed the first mobile video call in Israel. Since the beginning of 2006, Cellcom began deploying a 3G UMTS-2100 network nationwide which by the end of 2007 covered than 87% of the population. Cellcom was the first in Israel to launch an HSDPA network (also called "Generation 3.5") nationwide. In 2011, Cellcom began to deploy UMTS services in the 850Mhz band, employing unused capacity in that frequency range since it had very few TDMA customers remaining. The Israeli Ministry of Communications has approved Cellcom's plan to shut down the TDMA-850 network on 31 December 2011.
In mid-2006, Cellcom received a license to offer terrestrial domestic telephony services using the national prefix 073-2. The service is aimed at mainly large businesses. The license allows for advanced wired telephony services, Internet services and high speed data transmission over its fiber optic network which is spread out throughout the country.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirs
"Mirs Communications Ltd., or as widely known - Mirs, is a wireless telecommunications company based in Israel and a subsidiary of Altice Group, which also owns the Israeli cable TV company Hot. It provides wireless service using Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) technology. As of 2011 it is the smallest of the four nationwide wireless telephone providers in Israel. Its network is notable for offering PTT service and appeals mainly to businesses and large organizations.
In 2011 Mirs was one of two winners for new nationwide UMTS network licenses from the Israeli Ministry of Communications. The company expects to launch its new UMTS-2100 network by mid-2012."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange_%28Israel%29
"Partner Communications Company Ltd. (operating under the Orange brand name) is a mobile network operator, internet Wi-Fi and fixed telephony service provider in Israel.
The company’s shares are traded on NASDAQ and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, where it is a constituent of the TA-25 Index; since August 2009, Scailex Corporation (owned by businessman Ilan Ben-Dov) controls 51% of its shares.[1]
Partner Communications commenced full commercial operations in January 1999 and by March 31, 2001 had over 1,000,000 subscribers, representing an estimated 21% of the cellular market in Israel at that time.[3] As of June 2009 it has 2,944,000 subscribers and a 32% market share, while the other mobile operators in Israel have: 35% - Cellcom, 29% - Pelephone and 4% - MIRS.[4]
The Orange network utilizes GSM (900Mhz/1800Mhz) and UMTS (2100Mhz) technology and for 3G services; an HSDPA network that currently covers over 90% of the country. Users of the network can use advanced services all over the world due to roaming agreements with 350 GSM and 130 UMTS international networks. 23% of the network users are business customers, 29% are pre-paid customers and the rest are private post-paid customers.
The prefix (area code) for 'Orange' customers is 054, although customers who requested to keep their old number from a different cellular company may have a different area code.
On January 15, 2007 Partner was granted a license to provide terrestrial telecommunications nationwide which gives it the option to operate a wired telephony; initially the service was provided for large businesses only.
In 1 January 2009, the company commercially launched its ISP services and Landline services (based on the Session Initiation Protocol) for private users and small businesses. These services rely on the combination of Nokia Siemens Network core services and Siemens Gigaset residential gateway. The combination of these allowed Partner to launch several unique services such as multiple calls on a single line, or *77 which allows users to choose whether to answer an incoming call on their home phone or their orange mobile phone.
In December 2010, the company was cited by Channel 2 News and other leading Israeli media for a complaint by a young couple who had ordered a service package. The couple found that they had been misled by the Orange representative, who promised them one package while their monthly billings did not reflect the same numbers. When the couple attempted to locate the agent, they were told by Orange representatives that the agent had died in a horrific traffic accident and that his computer, along with all copies of their documentation, had been destroyed. Shortly after, the couple found that the agent was alive, though not working for Orange any longer. [5]
Other complaints have been launched by customers. For example, one business started a blog called Cellular Agony, describing their year long attempts to reconcile their bills with what their agents had promised them."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelephone
"Pelephone (Hebrew: פלאפון pronounced: /pelefon/) (lit. "wonder phone") is an Israeli-based telecommunications company, founded in 1986 as a joint venture between Motorola and Tadiran, today owned by Bezeq. It was the first company to offer mobile phone services in Israel.[1] Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile phones in Israel, regardless of service provider. [2]
Pelephone has 4,500 employees and 2.4 million subscribers.[3]
The network started as AMPS/NAMPS in the 800/850 MHz band. In the mid-to-late 1990s it converted to IS-95 CDMA and later added CDMA2000/EV-DO capabilities as well. A UMTS network in the 850/2100 MHz bands was launched in early 2009 and in March of that year, Pelephone stopped selling cellphones that use the CDMA system, though it is expected to continue supporting its CDMA network for the foreseeable future. In mid-2010, the UMTS network was upgraded to HSPA+."
http://www.cellcom.co.il
http://mirs.co.il/14-he/Mirs.aspx
www.orange.co.il
http://www.pelephone.co.il/web/3G/Corporate/pelephone_comm/business_profile/.aspx
http://www.pelephone.co.il//web/3g/corporate/pelephone_comm/roamers_information/roamers_welcom/.aspx
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/israel/index.html?scp=1-spot&sq=israel&st=cse
http://query.nytimes.com/search/sitesearch?query=israel&date_select=full&srchst=cse
I did not catch this story at the time.
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Dec. 14, 1981 | Israel Annexes Former Syrian Territory of Golan ...
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