SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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F O R M 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of February 2007
INTERNET GOLD-GOLDEN LINES LTD.
(Name of Registrant)
1 Alexander Yanai Street Petach-Tikva, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
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Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd.
6-K Items
1. Press Release re Internet Gold Group's 100% Owned Subsidiary Granted
Local Telephony License dated February 6, 2007.
ITEM 1
Press Release Source: Internet Gold
Internet Gold Group's 100% Owned Subsidiary Granted Local Telephony License
Tuesday February 6, 5:21 am ET
Intends Immediate Launch of New Services
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, February 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold,
(Nasdaq: IGLD; TASE: IGLD) today announced that its fully-owned subsidiary
(through Smile.Communications Ltd), 012 Golden Lines Ltd., has been granted a
permanent license by Israel's Ministry of Communications to provide local
telephony services based on VOB (Voice over Broadband) technology under the
prefix 072. 012 Golden Lines is the first operator in Israel to receive a VOB
permanent license.
012 Golden Lines intends to roll out the expanded services immediately, and to
initiate a marketing campaign aimed at rapid penetration of both residential and
business customers. Its goal is to achieve an appreciable share of Israel's
lucrative local telephony market, which in 2005 was estimated at a value of NIS
5.3 billion or $1.2 billion.
012 Golden Lines has been a subsidiary of Smile.Communications since the fourth
quarter of 2006, when Smile.Communications, a fully owned subsidiary of Internet
Gold, finished its acquisition of 100% of its shares, and recently initiated the
transfer of Internet Gold's Internet access and international telephony
activities to Smile.Communications and the merger of 012 Golden Line's
operations with those of Smile.Communications. As such, the expanded local
telephony services will be operated by the merged company, Smile.Communications.
"We are very excited by the Ministry's courageous decision, a move which allows
us to launch nationwide local telephony services after two years of waiting,"
said Mrs. Stella Handler, CEO of Smile.Communications. "In rolling out our new
services, we will take advantage of 012 Golden Lines' extensive local telephony
experience, and combine it with the merged Smile.Communications' proven
marketing know-how. With high quality services and the right marketing strategy,
we believe we will succeed in achieving rapid penetration of a market looking
for value, making our local telephony a significant source of new revenues with
the power to drive our results to the next level."
For the past two years, 012 Golden Lines has operated local Voice over Broadband
telephone services on a limited basis under a temporary experimental license. It
currently has deployed local telephony services in approximately 13,000
households.
About Internet Gold
Internet Gold is Israel's leading IP Group with a major presence across all
Internet-related sectors. Its Smile.Communications segment offers a variety of
Internet access and related value-added services, international telephony and
enterprise/IT integration services. Its Smile.Media segment manages a growing
portfolio of Internet portals and e-Commerce sites.
Internet Gold is part of the Eurocom communications group. Its shares trade on
the Nasdaq Global Market and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit its investors' site
at www.igld.com.
For further information, please contact:
Lee Roth
KCSA Worldwide
+1-212-896-1209
In Israel:
Mor Dagan
Investor Relations
+972-3-516-7620
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
INTERNET GOLD-GOLDEN LINES LTD.
(Registrant)
By /s/Eli Holtzman
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Eli Holtzman
Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 6, 2007