Communication

El Al, which is currently examining the Ministry of Finance's proposed layout, announced in a report to the stock exchange that it decided to extend the unpaid leave period of most of its employees until at least July 31, due to the uncertainty in its situation and the aviation world. More than 5,800 employees are on unpaid leave for more than two months in great uncertainty. As part of the company's decision, CEO El Al Gonen Ussishkin sent a letter to the employees, updating them with the decision: "We are in an ongoing effort with banks to obtain a state guarantee loan, which will enable...

Two days after the Treasury announced that it was not opposed to the acquisition of Golan Telecom by Cellcom, the competition authority announced on Wednesday that it was approving the deal, three months since it was opened. In 2016, the authority objected to a similar purchase request for fear of damaging the competition. Now, the Ministry of Communications' final approval is required, but it is also likely to see eye to eye with the other regulators. The merged Cellcom will actually return to pre-cellular reform days in 2012 with a 35% market share, which is about 3.7 million...

The tender for new frequencies, including frequencies for the 5th generation of cellular phones, ended on Wednesday evening without any significant surprises. The cellular companies will pay a total of NIS 265 million for the new frequencies, but will later be reimbursed according to the network's deployment rate. The concern that arose at the beginning of the tender, according to which some of the companies would remain without frequencies, was removed with the publication of the results of the tender. All companies will receive frequencies that will allow the expansion of the 4th...

Towards a revolution in the Internet market: The Ministry of Communications issued a hearing to examine the abolition of infrastructure-to-provider separation (ISP), which has been practiced in Israel since 2000. As part of the reform, it is proposed ISP to private consumers so that they may be entitled to a unified service. "The existence of a split model no longer serves the competitive purposes for which it was set and imposes unnecessary costs on the economy and harms consumer welfare," the ministry notes. "The contribution of the ISP segment is small and it is doubtful whether it is...

Israir announced tonight (Monday) that it has received permission to take off tomorrow for the United Arab Emirates, and to pass through the airspace of Saudi Arabia. An American source said that the issue of flight permits for Israeli airlines in Saudi Arabia to the UAE and Bahrain had been resolved. This, after talks between Jared Kushner, senior adviser to President Donald Trump, and White House envoy Avi Berkovich, with senior officials in Saudi Arabia. During the conversation between the parties, the Saudis clarified what should be the technical mechanism for approving these flights...

Bloomberg News says it is possible to measure when the epidemic will end based on the current vaccination rate. To this end, Bloomberg has built the largest database of vaccines worldwide, having already given over 119 million doses in various countries. Scientists in the United States, including Dr. Anthony Pauchi, who was one of the top members of the Trump administration's team to deal with the corona virus, estimate that around 70 percent to 85 percent of the population needs to be vaccinated so we can return to normal life. The Bloomberg Surveillance Index shows that in some countries...

Following the anger of the US administration and the official complaint forwarded to the Israeli government - US airlines will participate in the US flight schedule. The arrangement that has been found is that the three companies that operate on the line, United, Delta and El Al, will operate a schedule that will be divided between the three: every day a different company will operate a flight on the line from the US to Tel Aviv. However, Delta and United will be allowed to board passengers on flights departing from Tel Aviv every day. As part of the division of the flight schedule, Delta...

Many areas in Israel have been painted white, and in the high areas of Jerusalem the snow has piled up to a height of 2 cm. Snowflakes have been falling in the capital in recent hours, and according to the forecast, snow is expected to increase tonight. In Jerusalem and all the intercity lines to and from it as well as the light rail activity. In the evening, it also started to snow in Mitzpe Ramon. In the north, the snow piled up in some localities to a height of about 40 cm. Kerem Ben Zimra and Dalton. A resident of Mitzpe Ramon, Effie Perry, said following the snow that "the excitement...