Tel Aviv District Court rejected the petitions of Cellcom, Golan Telecom and Exphon against the 5th generation tender

Tel Aviv District Court rejected the petitions of Cellcom, Golan Telecom and Exphon against the fifth generation tender.
In the court ruling, the Tenders Committee considered that, in the circumstances, the model chosen was the best model for the purpose of submitting the tender. The committee's decision regarding the format of the tender procedure was adopted after professional and in-depth work. The model chosen is the best for achieving the purpose of efficient frequency allocation and promoting the communications market. "
The court also held that "the Tender Committee's decision on the tender model is at the heart of its professional judgment and that it was adopted following a thorough and comprehensive procedure, following professional teamwork and on the basis of expert advice in the field."
The petitioners will bear the respondent's expenses and attorney's fees of NIS 150,000.
The fifth-generation mobile auction was and is still the Ministry of Communications' hope to reduce gaps between Israel and the cellular market. Not for nothing is the Ministry of Communications and the Budget Department in the Treasury putting all their hearts on this tender. They understand that Israel's arrears after the rest of the world will get worse if there is no real progress in the fifth generation this year.
The fifth generation of mobile, already clear to everyone, is no longer a network upgrade. On average, the mobile industry in the world changes "generation" every 10 years. However, in Israel regulatory backlog has resulted in the state deliberately delaying entry into the fourth generation to implement cellular reform, and so it has happened that the implementation of the fourth generation in parallel with the accelerated competition led to a state of investment arrears in the world. In Israel, the release of the Generation 4 network began only at the end of 2015, noticeably late from the world and not yet fully completed. Due to the late service launch, 4th generation service is not yet optimally provided in Israel. On the other hand, in the coming year, generation 5 technology is expected to enter the world for commercial use, with significant deployment.