CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD. (THE "COMPANY") ANNOUNCES DISMISSAL IN LIMINE OF A PETITION
FOR
THE CANCELLATION OF THE EXEMPTION FROM OBTAINING BUILDING PERMITS
FOR
RADIO
ACCESS DEVICES
Netanya,
Israel – August
29,
2007 –
Cellcom
Israel Ltd. (NYSE:
CEL), announced that a petition and a request for interim order filed
on July
26, 2007 with the Israeli High Court of Justice, in regards to the cancellation
of the exemption from seeking building permits for radio access devices,
were
dismissed in limine on August 28, 2007, by reason of failure to exhaust
the relevant proceedings prior to filing of the petition, without considering
the petition's merits. The petition and the interim order were filed
against the
Israeli Minister of Environmental Protection, Minister of Interior and
the
Minister of Communications, and the Company and three other cellular
operators
have been joined as formal respondents.
For
further details in regards to the petition see the Company's current
report, on
Form 6-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July
30,
2007.
About
Cellcom Israel
Cellcom
Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider;
Cellcom Israel provides its 2,960 million subscribers (as at June 2007)
with a
broad range of value added services including cellular and landline telephony,
roaming services for tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad
and
additional services in the areas of music, video, mobile office etc.,
based on
Cellcom Israel's technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company
operates
an HSDPA 3.5 Generation network enabling the fastest high speed content
transmission available in the world, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and
TDMA
networks. Cellcom Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer
service
infrastructure including telephone customer service centers, retail stores,
and
service and sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer
service network Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support,
account
information, direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services,
dedicated centers for the hearing impaired, etc. In April 2006 Cellcom
Israel,
through Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P., a limited partnership
wholly-owned by Cellcom Israel, became the first cellular operator to
be granted
a special general license for the provision of landline telephone communication
services in Israel, in addition to data communication services. Cellcom
Israel's
shares are traded both on the New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel
Aviv
Stock Exchange (CEL).
For
additional information please visit the Company's website http://investors.ircellcom.co.il
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Company
Contact
Shiri
Israeli
Investor
Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel:
+972 52 998 9755
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Investor
Relations Contact
Ehud
Helft / Ed Job
CCGK
Investor Relations
ehud@gkir.com
/ ed.job@ccgir.com
Tel:
(US) 1 866 704 6710 / 1
646-213-1914
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