- Cellcom (Israel)
Infobox Company
company_name = Cellcom Israel
company_
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company_type = Public (nyse|CEL)
genre =
foundation = 1994
founder = Dov Tadmor
location_city =Netanya
location_country =Israel
location =
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origins =
key_people = Ami Erel,Chairman
Nochi Dankner
Amos Shapira,CEO
Lipa Ogman,CTO
area_served = Israel
industry =Wireless Services
products = GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, SMS, MMS,iMode
revenue = $1.57B (2007)
operating_income = $332M (2007)
net_income = $226M (2007)
num_employees = 3000
parent =
divisions =
subsid =
owner = Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (part of the IDB Group), directly and indirectly- 52.6%
company_slogan = ככה זה כשאוהבים
homepage = http://www.cellcom.co.il
dissolved =
footnotes =Cellcom (Hebrew: [http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/סלקום סלקום] ) (nyse|CEL) is a major
Israel itelecommunications company. Founded in1994 , today, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service. Cellcom was the first to marketmobile phones withHebrew language menus.During
1995 , Cellcom experienced major network outages due to a software bug inMotorola Alpha handsets.cite web | title= Israelis and Others Feel the Sting of a Cellular Phone Bug | url= http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5DC1130F937A2575BC0A963958260 | publisher = The New York Times | accessdate=2008-06-07]Today, Cellcom is 78.5% owned by
IDB and serves 3 million customers [http://investors.ircellcom.co.il/] . The company has 360 marketing outlets and 30 service centers countrywide and has 3,000 employees.Cellcom currently operates an
IS-136 TDMA network (in the 800/850 MHz band) and aGSM /GPRS/EDGE network in the 1800 MHz band which cover the entire state of Israel as well as a 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) network with a smaller footprint.ports sponsorship
As of July 2007, Cellcom is the main sponsor of
Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. .ee also
*
Cellular phone
*Mirs
* Orange
*Pelephone
*Communications in Israel External links
* [http://www.cellcom.co.il Official website (
Hebrew )]
* [http://investors.ircellcom.co.il/ Cellcom investor relations]References
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