Pelephone
Sign in to savePelephone (, , lit. "miracle phone") is a mobile network operator in Israel, and also the first company to offer mobile telephony services in Israel. Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile phones in Israel, regardless of service provider. The company is a subsidiary of the Israeli telecommunications conglomerate Bezeq, which is also the principal provider of fixed-line telephone service in the country. As of June 2016 Pelephone had 2.26 million wireless subscribers.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Pelephone Communications Ltd
- Company.logo
- Pelephone logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 150px
- Company.native_name_lang
- Hebrew
- Company.type
- Limited company
- Company.industry
- Mobile telephone, Telecommunications
- Company.founder
- Motorola, Tadiran
- Company.hq_location_city
- 94 Shlomo Shmeltzer Road, Petah Tiqva
- Company.hq_location_country
- Israel
- Company.area_served
- Israel
- Company.key_people
- (CEO)
- Company.owner
- Bezeq
- Company.members
- ~2,600,000 (June 2024)
- Company.num_employees
- 1,660 (2024)
- Company.services
- CdmaOne, CDMA2000 EV-DO, 3G (UMTS, DC-HSPA+), 4G LTE, 5G NR
- Company.revenue
- ₪1.98 billion (2023)
- Company.net_income_year
- ₪164 million (2023)
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- Criticism
- Involvement in Israeli settlements
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- References
Pelephone (, , lit. "miracle phone") is a mobile network operator in Israel, and also the first company to offer mobile telephony services in Israel. Due to this, the brand-name "Pelephone" became the genericized trademark for mobile phones in Israel, regardless of service provider. The company is a subsidiary of the Israeli telecommunications conglomerate Bezeq, which is also the principal provider of fixed-line telephone service in the country. As of June 2016 Pelephone had 2.26 million wireless subscribers.
==History== thumb|250px|right|Pelephone House - Pelephone headquarters in Givatayim
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