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 April 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 / Smile.Media's Nirshamim to Expand its
International Website to Foreign Markets dated April 26, 2007.
ITEM 1
Press Release Source: Internet Gold
Internet Gold / Smile.Media's Nirshamim to Expand its International Website to
Foreign Markets
Thursday April 26, 3:35 am ET
Plans to Launch International Website in the US at NAFSA 2007
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold, (Nasdaq
NMS and TASE: IGLD) today announced that Nirshamim Lelimudim Ltd. ("Nirshamim"),
the academic portal wholly owned by Smile.Media Ltd., Internet Gold's fully
owned media subsidiary, will launch a new international website,
www.nirshamim.com, at the NAFSA Association of International Educators' 2007
59th Annual Conference, which will take place May 27-June 1 in Minneapolis. The
new site is designed to make it easier for U.S. academic institutions to
disseminate information about their programs to potential students in foreign
countries.
Similar to Nirshamim's Israeli portal, the international site will generate
revenues from a lead-generation business model and advertising. To date,
Nirshamim has secured advertising and lead-generation agreements with more than
90 academic institutions throughout the U.S. and expects to sign additional
agreements at the NAFSA 2007 Conference.
This entrepreneurial initiative has received the endorsement of the U.S.
Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce, which is working with
Nirshamim in order to enlarge the number of Israeli students in U.S academic
institutions.
Smile.Media owns 100% of Nirshamim following its acquisition of a 50% interest
in 2005 and the remaining 50% in 2006. Nirshamim's revenues more than doubled in
2006 as compared to 2005, and management projects that its revenues will
increase by an additional 50% in 2007. This is due both to their expectation of
double-digit growth in the Internet advertising budgets of Israeli academic
institutions during 2007 and the revenue contribution that is expected to be
made by the new international site.
Commenting on the news, Eli Holtzman, Internet Gold's CEO, said, "We are very
pleased with Nirshamim's progress to date, which has proven the need for - and
commercial viability of - a portal that helps students decide where to enroll.
Having established Nirshamim as a well-known brand in Israel, it is natural to
extend it to include information on American universities and colleges, many of
whom are extremely interested in reaching Israeli and other foreign students. In
the future, we plan to expand Nirshamim further, launching it in additional
countries in which there is a high degree of interest in studying in the U.S."
Mr. Kobi Sadeh-Feldboy, Founder and CEO of Nirshamim, added, "Despite its
relatively small size, Israel accounts for the largest number of students from
the Middle East that study in U.S. academic institutions. As such, Israel is an
important target market for American universities looking to attract a more
diverse student population."
About Internet Gold
Internet Gold is one of Israel's leading communications groups with a major
presence across all Internet-related sectors. Its Smile.Communications segment
is one of the country's major Internet and International Telephony service
providers, which also offers domestic voice over broadband, and one of its
largest providers of 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 as part of the Tel
Aviv-100 index.
For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit its investors'
site at: www.igld.com.
For additional information about Nirshamim, please visit its site at:
www.nirshamim.com
Certain statements made herein that use the words "estimate," "project,"
"intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those
which may be expressed or implied by such statements, including, among others,
changes in general economic and business conditions and specifically, decline in
demand for the Company's services, inability to timely develop and introduce new
technologies, services and applications and loss of market share and pressure on
prices resulting from competition. For additional information regarding these
and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business,
reference is made to the Company's Annual Report filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and its other reports as filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information, please contact:
Lee Roth
KCSA Worldwide
+1-212-896-1209
In Israel:
Mor Dagan
Investor Relations
+972-3-516-7620
Ms. Idit Azulay
Internet Gold
+972-72-200-3848
idita@co.zahav.net.il
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: April 26, 2007