Report on Form 6-K dated December 10, 2007
Partner
Communications Company Ltd.
(Translation of
Registrants Name Into English)
8 Amal Street
Afeq Industrial Park
Rosh Ha'ayin 48103
Israel
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This Form 6-K is incorporated by reference into the Companys Registration Statement on Form F-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 26, 2001 (Registration No. 333-14222).
Enclosure: Partner Communications announces it received a petition concerning billing units.
PARTNER
COMMUNICATIONS ANNOUNCES IT
RECEIVED A PETITION CONCERNING BILLING UNITS
ROSH HAAYIN, Israel, December 10, 2007 Partner Communications Company Ltd. (Partner) (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR; LSE: PCCD), a leading Israeli mobile communications operator, announced that it was served on Tuesday, December 4, 2007, with a petition, filed against the Minister of Communications, Pelephone Communications Ltd. (a cellular operator in Israel) and others, and against Partner and Cellcom Israel Ltd. (another cellular operator) as formal respondents, in the High Court of Justice in Jerusalem. The petition requests that the High Court of Justice shall order the Ministry of Communications to determine that the amendment to the licenses of all cellular operators in Israel (entered into force on 3 September 2007), regarding the requirement of the cellular operators to only offer tariff plans based on the basic billing unit (12 seconds) rather than any other billing unit, shall be applied retroactively, or alternatively, the petitioner requests that subscribers with existing tariff plans based on non-basic billing units, be able to move to a tariff plan based on the basic billing unit with no charge imposed.
At this preliminary stage, Partner is considering the merits of the petition and is unable to assess the extent of the validity and the merits of this petition.
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Partner Communications Company Ltd. (Partner) is a leading Israeli mobile communications operator providing GSM / GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA services and wire free applications under the orange brand. The Company provides quality service and a range of features to 2.796 million subscribers in Israel (as of September 30, 2007). Partners ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market and the London Stock Exchange. Its shares are also traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR; LSE: PCCD).
Partner is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (Hutchison Telecom), a leading global provider of telecommunications services. Hutchison Telecom currently offers mobile and fixed line telecommunications services in Hong Kong, and operates mobile telecommunications services in Israel, Macau, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia. It was the first provider of 3G mobile services in Hong Kong and Israel and operates brands including Hutch, 3 and orange. Hutchison Telecom, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, is a listed company with American Depositary Shares quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker HTX and shares listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under the stock code 2332". For more information about Hutchison Telecom, see www.htil.com.
For more information about Partner, see www.orange.co.il/investor_site/.
Contacts:
Mr. Emanuel Avner | Mr. Oded Degany | ||
Chief Financial Officer | Carrier, Investor and International Relations | ||
Tel: | +972-54-7814951 | Tel: | +972-54-7814151 |
Fax: | +972-54-7815961 | Fax: | +972-54 -7814161 |
E-mail: | emanuel.avner@orange.co.il | E-mail: | oded.degany@orange.co.il |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Partner Communications Company Ltd. By: /s/ Emanuel Avner Emanuel Avner Chief Financial Officer |
Dated: December 10, 2007
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