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Internet Gold Receives License to Provide International Telephony Services
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold, , today announced that it has received a license to provide international telephony services with an international prefix code of 015 from the Israeli Communications Ministry. Internet Gold expects to commence service within few weeks and to provide full service to all destinations and to all customers at competitive prices.
"We commend the Israeli Communications Ministry for taking this important step to further liberalize the communications market and open the international telephony market to competition," said Internet Gold CEO Eli Holtzman. "We expect this to be a real turning point in this market and we believe that this decision, as was the case with the opening of the Israeli cellular market, will turn out to be beneficial to all users.
"We, at Internet Gold, have been preparing for this enormous opportunity for several months. We have the experienced professional and support staff, as well as vast VoIP experience and infrastructures to ensure delivery of first-quality international telephony services to Israel's consumers and enterprises."
About Internet Gold
Internet Gold is a leading Internet service provider in Israel. The Company provides a wide array of Internet services tailored to the needs of residential and business subscribers, including Internet access and related value-added services, as well as content through its portals. The Company provides the full variety of Internet access services including Broadband access via DSL lines and Cables, dial-up and private lines. Internet Gold operates the leading portal in Israel through its MSN Israel subsidiary (50.1%) with Microsoft Corp. and is a leading e-Commerce provider in Israel through its e-Commerce joint venture, Gold Trade (48.3%). In addition, Internet Gold has two wholly owned subsidiaries, Gold Mind focusing on Internet value added services and Internet Gold International specializing in international internet and communication services. For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit our Website at http://www.igld.com/.
Certain statements made herein that use the words "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those which may be expressed or implied by such statements, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions and specifically, decline in demand for the Company's services, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, services and applications and loss of market share and pressure on prices resulting from competition. For additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, reference is made to the Company's Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its other reports as filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information, please contact:
Ms. Idit Azulay, Internet Gold
+972-3-939-9848
idita@co.zahav.net.il
Internet Gold
CONTACT: For further information, please contact: Ms. Idit Azulay,Internet Gold, +972-3-939-9848, idita@co.zahav.net.il
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