T R A N S L A T I O N F R OM H E B R EW T H E B I N D I N G V E R S I O N I S T H E H E B R E W V E R S I O N
Exhibit
4.7
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the provision of mobile
radio telephone services by the cellular method (cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
T
R A N S L A T I O N F R OM H E B R
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T
H E B I N D I N G V E R S I O N I
S T H E H E B R E W V E R S I O
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[State
Emblem]
State
of Israel
Ministry
of Communications
General
License to Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for
the Provision of mobile radio
telephone
services by the cellular
method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
I
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the provision of mobile
radio telephone services by the cellular method (cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Table of
Contents
General License for
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CHAPTER
A: GENERAL
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PART
A: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION:
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1.
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Definitions
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2.
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Clause
headings
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3.
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Blue
pencil principle
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PART
B – LEGAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
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4.
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Upholding
laws and provisions
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5.
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Permit
obligation pursuant to any other law
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6.
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Contradiction
in the License provisions
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PART
A – SCOPE AND PERIOD OF THE LICENSE
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7.
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Scope
of the License
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8.
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Absence of exclusivity
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9.
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The
License period
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10.
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Extension
of the License Period
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11.
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Renewal
of the License
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12.
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Termination
of the License Period
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PART
B – CHANGE IN CONDITIONS AND CANCELLATION OF THE LICENSE
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13.
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Change
in the License conditions
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14.
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Cancellation
of the License
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15.
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Other
remedies
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CHAPTER
C: OWNERSHIP, ASSETS AND MEANS OF CONTROL
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PART
A – RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE LICENSE AND ITS ASSETS
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16.
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Prohibition
on transfer of the license
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17.
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Ownership
of the Cellular System
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18.
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Restrictions
on transfer of the License assets
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19.
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Engagement
with another
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Part
B: Means of Control – Changes and Limitations
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20.
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Particulars
of Licensee
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21.
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Transfer
of Means of Control
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22.
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Encumbrance
of Means of Control
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22A.
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Israeli
Nationality and Holdings of Founding Shareholders or Their
Substitutes
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Part
C: Cross-Ownership and Conflict of Interest
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23.
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Prohibition
on Cross-Ownership
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24.
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Prohibition
on a Conflict of Interest
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Chapter
D: Setup and Operation of Cellular system
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Part
A: Setting Up the System
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25.
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Definition
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26.
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Setup
according to Plans and Specifications
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34
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27.
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Execution
Stages and Timetable
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34
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29.
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Utilization
and Construction of Infrastructures
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30.
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Obligation
of Interconnection
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36
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30A.
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Rules
Concerning the Implementation of Interconnection
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30B.
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Payment
for Traffic Completion and Interconnection
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30C.
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Prohibition
on Delaying Interconnection
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30D.
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Providing
the Possibility of Utilization
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30E.
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Infrastructure
Services for an Interested Company
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30F.
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Numbering
Program
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31.
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Reports
on the Setup Works
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32.
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Handover
of Information and Documents
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II
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Supervision
of Setup Works
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34.
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Correction
of Deficiencies and Defects
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35.
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Safety
Precautions and Prevention of Hazards
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36.
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Void
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37.
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Intersections
with Electricity and Telecommunications Lines
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38.
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Discovery
of Antiquities and Site Preservation
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39.
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Land-Related
Powers
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Part
B: Equipment Checks and Installation Certifications
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40.
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Compliance
Check
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41.
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Responsibility
for Compliance
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42.
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Performance
Testing Program and Its Approval
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43.
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Notice
of Setup Completion
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44.
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Terms
of Fitness and Operation
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Part
C: Use of Frequencies
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45.
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Allocation
of Frequencies
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46.
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Restriction
on Use of Frequencies
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47.
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Prevention
of Interferences
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48.
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Cellphone
Activity in Emergencies
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Part D: Inspections and
MaintenanceA43)
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49.
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Definitions
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50.
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Performance
of Inspections
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Inspections,
Malfunctions and Maintenance Log
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52.
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Repair
of Deficiencies and Defects
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Chapter
E: Providing Cellular Services to Subscribers
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Part
A: Entering into an Agreement with Subscribers
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55.A43)
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The
Contract
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56. A43)
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Modification
of Contract
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59.
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Obligation
of Connecting Applicants and Prohibition on Stipulation
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Part
B: Service Level for Subscribers
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60.
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Obligation
of Maintaining the Service
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62.
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Obligation
of Maintenance
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63.
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Repair
of Malfunctions
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64.
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End-user
equipment – Selling and Renting
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65.
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Public
Emergency Services
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65A.
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Blocking
Service to a Nuisance Subscriber
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66.
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Protecting
Subscriber Privacy
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66A.
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Special
Services for the Security Forces
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66B.
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Security
Provisions
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67.
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Bills
to Subscribers
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67A.
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Information
Service for Clarifying Telephone Numbers
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67B.43
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Void
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67C.
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Service
Dossier
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67D.
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Erotic
Service
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Part
C: Termination, Delay or Restriction of Service
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68.
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Definitions
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69.
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Prohibition
on the Termination or Disconnection of Service
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70.
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Disconnection
of Service at Subscriber's Request
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71.
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Termination
of Service at the Subscriber's Request
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72.
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Termination
or Disconnection of Service Due to Breach of Agreement
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73.
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Disconnection
of Service Due to Maintenance Operations
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CHAPTER
F – PAYMENT FOR SERVICES
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Part
A – General
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III
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
73A.
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Definitions
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74.
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Payment
Categories
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Part
B – Setting and Publication of Rates
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75.
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Setting
the Rates and Their Amount
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75A.
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Completion
of a Call in Another Public Telecommunications Network
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75B.
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Completion
of an SMS on Another Public Telecommunications Network
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75C.
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Temporary
Order
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76.
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Publication
of Rates
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77.
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VoidA43)
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77A.
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Fraud
Prevention
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Part
C – Changes in the Rates
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78.A43)
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Change
in the Rates
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79.
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Start
of an Increase or Reduction in a Rate
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80.
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Arrears
in Payment
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Part
D – Miscellaneous
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81.
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Onetime
Debit for Connection Fee
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82.
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Collection
of Subscription Fee in Installments
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83.
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Harm
to Competition or to Consumers
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CHAPTER
G: PAYMENTS FROM THE LICENSEE, LIABILITY, INSURANCE AND
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GUARANTEE
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Part
A – Royalties and Payments
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84.
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Royalties
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85.
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Arrears
in the Payment of Royalties
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86.
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Payment
Method
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87.
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Other
Mandatory Payments
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Part
B – Liability and Insurance
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88.
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Definition
of Scope of Insurance
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89.
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Licensee’s
Liability
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90.
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Immunity
from Liability
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91.
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Making
an Insurance Contract
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92.
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Conditions
in the Insurance Contract
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93.
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Remedy
for Breach of Conditions with Respect to Insurance
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Part
C – Guarantee to Secure Fulfillment of the Terms of the
License
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94.
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The
Guarantee and Its Purpose
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95.
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Exercise
of the Guarantee
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96.
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Xxxxxx
of Exercise of the Guarantee
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97.
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Term
of Validity of the Guarantee
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98.
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Preservation
of Remedies
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CHAPTER
EIGHT – SUPERVISION AND REPORTING
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Part
A: Supervision of Licensee’s Activities
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99.
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Supervisory
Power
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100.
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Preservation
of Confidentiality
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101.
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Entry
to Premises and Inspection of Documents
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102.
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Cooperation
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Part
B: Reporting and Correction of Defects
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103.A43)
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Duty
of Submission of Reports
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104.A43)
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Types
of Reports
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105.A43)
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Notice
Concerning a Defect
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106.A43)
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Void
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CHAPTER
I – MISCELLANEOUS
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107.
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The
License as an Exhaustive Document
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108.
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Keeping
the License Document and Returning the License
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95
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109.
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Postponement
of Deadline
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IV
110.
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Reserving
of Liability
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111.
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Notices
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First
Schedule
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Second
Schedule – List of Appendices
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2
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Appendix
D – Uniform Engagement Agreement – Not Attached
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Appendix
J – Accessibility to International Telecommunications
Services
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Appendix
K – Discontinuation of Service to Cellular End-User Equipment of the IS-54
type
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Appendix
O – Erotic Services
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V
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
General License for
Award
of license
By the
authority vested in me under the Telecommunications Law, 5742 – 1982
(hereinafter – the Law), the Wireless Telegraph Ordinance [New Version], 5732 –
1972 (hereinafter – the Ordinance), and my other powers pursuant to any law, I,
the Minister of Communications, hereby grant a license to Cellcom Israel Ltd.
(hereinafter – the Licensee) to establish, maintain and operate a mobile radio
telephone system by the cellular method, and to provide thereby mobile radio
telephone services to the Israeli public, as set forth in this
License.
This
License is granted for the period set forth in the license and is subject to its
conditions as follows:
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
CHAPTER A:
GENERAL
PART
A: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION:
1.
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Definitions
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1.1
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In
this License, the words and expressions below will have the meaning listed
next to them, unless another meaning is evident from the written language
or its context.
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“Type
Approval”
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Approval
given by the Minister pursuant to the Law and the Ordinance to a cellular
end-equipment model.
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“Means
of Control”
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In
a corporation – any one of the following:
(1)
the right to vote at a general meeting of a company or in an entity
corresponding thereto in another corporation;
(2)
the right to appoint a director or CEO;
(3)
the right to participate in the profits of the corporation;
(4)
the right to a share in the balance of the assets of the corporation after
payment of its debts on liquidation.
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“Telecommunications”
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Broadcast,
transfer or reception of marks, signals, written material, visual forms,
sound or information, via wire, wireless, optical system or other
electromagnetic systems;
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“Franchisee”A16
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As
defined in Section 6(12)(1) of the Law;
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“Interested
Party”
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Anyone
holding, directly or indirectly, 5% of a certain type of the Means of
Control;
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“Licensee”
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Anyone
to whom the Minister granted, pursuant to the Law, a general or special
license;
A16
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“General Licensee”
A16
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Anyone
who has received a general license for implementing the Telecommunications
operations and providing Telecommunications services;
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“Broadcasting Licensee”
A16
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As
defined in the Law;
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“Accessibility
Fees”
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Payment
for the use of another Telecommunications system, including for
connection, transmission and collection;
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“Technical
Requirements and Service Quality”
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Standards
of availability and service quality, standards for Telecommunications
facilities and instructions for installation, operation and maintenance,
all according to the engineering plan as the Director will order from time
to time relating to the services of the Licensee;
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“Contract”A43
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Contract
between the Licensee and a Subscriber, for the provision of all or any of
the services of the Licensee;
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the
“Proposal”
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The
Licensee’s Proposal in the Tender;
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the
“Bezeq Corp.”
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Bezeq
Israel Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.;
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the
“Law”
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The
Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasts), 5742 – 1982; A16
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A16 Amendment No. 16
A43 Amendment No. 43 [Inception: This
amendment shall come into force not later than March 15,
2007]
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
“Holding”
A16
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For
the purpose of Means of Control – directly or indirectly, whether alone or
in concert with others, including through another, including a trustee or
agent, or through a right granted under an agreement, including an option
for a Holding that does not derive from convertible securities, or in any
other way;
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“Transfer”
A16
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For
the purpose of the Means of Control, whether directly or indirectly,
whether for consideration or without consideration, whether in perpetuity
or for a period, all at once or in parts;
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“In Concert With
Others”
A16
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Permanent
collaboration and, with regard to an individual, permanent collaborators
will be deemed – the individual, his Relative, and a corporation that one
of them controls and, with regard to a corporation – the corporation,
anyone controlling it and anyone who is controlled by one of
them;
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“Security
Forces”
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The
Israel Defence Forces, the Israel Police, the General Security Service and
the Mossad Institute for Intelligence and Special
Operations;
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“Index”
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The
Consumer Price Index published by the Central Bureau of Statistics from
time to time, or any other index that may replace it;
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“Cellular
Radio Center”
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A
wireless facility functioning on the operating frequencies and used for
creating a radio connection between cellular end-equipment units in the
possession of the subscribers in its coverage area and the cellular
switchboard;
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“Interface”
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The
physical meeting between various functional Telecommunications units,
including by optical or wireless means;A16
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“Telecommunications
Facility”
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A
facility or device intended mainly for telecommunication purposes,
including end-equipment;A16
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“Tender No. 1/01”
A16
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A
tender published by the Ministry on 4 Nissan 5761 (March 28, 2001),
including the clarifications given by the Ministry in the course of the
Tender, as a result of which this License was amended;
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the
“Tender”
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Tender
No. 10/93 published by the Ministry on November 11, 1993, including
clarifications given by the Ministry in the course of the Tender, as a
result of which this License is granted;
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the
“Director”
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The
Director General of the Ministry of Communications or anyone authorized by
him for the purposes of this License, in whole or in
part;
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“Subscriber”
A43
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Anyone
who enters into an agreement with the Licensee for the purpose of
receiving cellular services as an end user;
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“Dormant
subscriber”T48)
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A
subscriber in respect of which all of the conditions set out below are
fulfilled:
(a)
He did not receive or use cellular
services
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during
a minimum of one year, starting from January 1, 2008;
(b)
He does not pay the Licensee any fixed payment;
(c)
He is not bound with the Licensee by any plan that includes a commitment
period.
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“Business
subscriber”T47)
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A
subscriber who is any of the following:
(a)
A corporation, as defined in the Interpretation Law,
5741-1981;
(b)
Government offices and auxiliary government bodies;
(c)
A licensed dealer excluding an exempt dealer;
(d)
An entity established by or pursuant to a law.
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“International
Telecommunications System”
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A
system of Telecommunications facilities, connected or designated for
connection to the Public Telecommunications Network through an
International NEP, which is used or designated for use in the transfer of
Telecommunications messages between an international switch situated in
Israel and a Telecommunications Facility located abroad, including a
satellite ground station and other Telecommunications facilities
(hereinafter – the System
Components) and including transmission facilities among the System
Components;
A16
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A16 Amendment No.
16
T47)
Amendment No. 47.
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“Mobile
Radio Telephone System” (Cellular System)
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A
system of wireless facilities built by the cellular method and other
installations, through which mobile radio telephone services are provided
to the public, including a cellular coordinator, cellular radio centers
and wireless or cable transmission arteries between cellular radio
centers, a cellular radio center and a cellular coordinator, between
Cellular coordinators, or between a cellular switchboard and a Public
Telecommunications Network.
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“NDO (National Domestic
Operator)”
A16
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A
General Licensee for the provision of landline domestic Telecommunications
services;
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“Cellular
Operator”
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A
General Licensee for the provision of mobile radio telephone
services;
A16
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“Another
Cellular Operator”
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A
Cellular Operator that is not the Licensee.
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“Switchboard”
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A
Telecommunications Facility in which are situated and operated switching
and transmission means, enabling contact between various end-equipment
units that are connected or linked thereto, and the transfer of
Telecommunications messages between them, including control and monitoring
facilities and other facilities that enable the provision of various
services to Subscribers of the Licensee or to subscribers of another
Licensee;
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the
“Ministry”
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The
Ministry of Communications;
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“Transit Switch”A16
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A
Telecommunications Facility in which are situated and operated the means
of switching, routing and transmission enabling contact between various
switchboards that are connected or linked thereto and the transfer of
Telecommunications messages between them, including control and monitoring
facilities;
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“Officer”A16
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Anyone
acting as a director, CEO, chief business officer, deputy CEO, someone who
fills such a position in a company even if the title is different, as well
as any other manager who is directly subordinate to the CEO of the
company;
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“Appendices”
A16
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The
first addendum and the Appendices set forth in the second addendum to the
License;
A16
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“NEP
(Network End-Point)”
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An
Interface to which is connected on one side a Public Telecommunications
Network and on the other side, end-user equipment, a private network, a
mobile telephone network or other public network, as
applicable;
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“International
NEP”
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A
connections device to which are linked a Public Telecommunications Network
on one side and an International Telecommunications System on the
other;
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“Telecommunications
Operation”
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The
operation, installation, construction or maintenance of a
Telecommunications Facility, all for the purpose of
Telecommunications;
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the
“Ordinance”
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The
Wireless Telegraph Ordinance [New Version]. 5732 –
1972;
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“End-User
Equipment”
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Telecommunications
equipment, which is connected or is designated for connection to a public
Telecommunications network through an NEP or through a private network,
including a telephone, modem, facsimile or private
switchboard;
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
“Cellular
End-User Equipment”
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Portable
or movable Telecommunications equipment, connected or designated for
connection to a Cellular System by means of a cellular radio
center.
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“Interconnection”
A16
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Connection
between a Public Telecommunications Network of one Licensee to a Public
Telecommunications Network of another Licensee, physically or logically,
that facilitates the transfer of Telecommunications messages between
Subscribers of the Licensees or the provision of services by one Licensee
to the subscribers of the other Licensee;
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“Relative”
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Spouse,
parent, son, daughter, brother, sister or their
spouses;
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the
“License”
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This
License, with all its Appendices and any other document or condition
stipulated in the License that will constitute an integral part of the
License or its conditions;
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the “Network”
A16
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The
Cellular System of the Licensee;
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the
“Minister”
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The
Minister of Communications, including anyone to whom he has delegated his
authority with regard to this License, in whole or in
part;
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“Public
Telecommunications Network”
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A
system of Telecommunications facilities, used or designated for the
provision of Telecommunications services to the general public throughout
Israel or at least in the area of service, including Coordinators or
Transit Switches, transmission equipment and an access Network, including
a Cellular System and an international Telecommunications system, except
for a private network, End-Equipment and Cellular
End-Equipment;
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“Public
Telecommunications Landline Network”
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A
domestic Public Telecommunications Network, except for a Cellular System
and an international Telecommunications network;
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“Access Network”
A16
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Components
of a Public Telecommunications Network, which are used for connection
between Coordinators and an NEP by means of a landline infrastructure,
wireless infrastructure or a combination of the two;
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“Bezeq
Network”
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The
Public Telecommunications Network used by Bezeq for provision of its
services under the general license granted to it and the other
Telecommunications services provided under the Law, whether by Bezeq or by
any other person;
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“Use”
A16
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Access
to a Telecommunications Facility of the Licensee, including to the public
Telecommunications network or its Access Network, in whole or in part, and
the possibility of using them for the purpose of conducting
Telecommunications operations and providing Telecommunications services by
means thereof, including the installation of a Telecommunications Facility
of another Licensee in a Telecommunications Facility or courtyards of the
Licensee
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“Telecommunications
Service”
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The
performance of Telecommunications operations for
others;
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“Basic
Telephone Service”
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Two-way
switched or routed transfer, including via modem, of speech or of
speech-like Telecommunications messages, for example, facsimile
signals;
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“Telephony Service”
A16
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Basic
telephone service and services related to this
service;
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A16
Amendment No. 16
6
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
“International
Telephone Service (ITMS)”
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A
telephone service by means of the international system of a Licensee for
the provision of international services;
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“Roaming Service”
A16
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A
cellular service provided abroad and in the areas of civilian control of
the Palestinian Council via the Cellular System of a foreign Cellular
operator (hereinafter – Foreign Operator), whereby the Subscriber pays the
Licensee for the service; and, similarly, a cellular service provided in
Israel via the Cellular System of the Licensee, whereby the Licensee
provides service to a Foreign Operator for the subscribers of that
operator; in this regard, the “Palestinian
Council” – as defined in the Law for Implementation of the Interim
Agreement Regarding the West Bank and Gaza Strip (Jurisdictional Powers
and Other Provisions) (Legislative Amendments), 5756 – 1998
[sic];
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“Related
Service”
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A
service set forth in the first addendum to the License, provided on the
basis of the Basic Telephone Service and which, by its nature, can only be
provided by the supplier of the basic service;
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A
service provided on the basis of the Basic Telephone Service, which, by
its nature, can be provided by another, including another Licensee that is
not the supplier of the basic service; with regard to the services of the
Licensee, a service as stated, which is set forth in the first addendum to
the License;
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“Infrastructure
Service”
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An
Interconnection, or possibility of Use given to another Licensee, to a
Franchisee or to a broadcast Licensee;A16
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“Domestic Telecommunications
Landline Service”
A16
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-
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Infrastructure,
transmissions, communication of data and landline
telephony;
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“Licensee
Services”
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Cellular
services, Telecommunications Services and other services which the
Licensee is entitled to provide pursuant to this License, to its
Subscribers, to other Licensees, to broadcast licensees, to Franchisees
and to the Security Forces;A16
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“Cellular
Services”
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Telecommunications
services provided by means of the Cellular System;
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“Control”
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The
ability to direct a corporation's activity, directly or indirectly,
including ability deriving from the articles of incorporation, by virtue
of an agreement, either written or oral, by virtue of a Holding in the
Means of Control in another corporation - or from any other source, except
for ability deriving solely from fulfilling the position of director or
other position in the corporation;
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“The
Minister”
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The
Minister of Communications, including anyone to whom he has delegated his
authority with regard to this License, in whole or in
part;
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“Engineering
Plan”
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-
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An
engineering plan submitted by the Licensee in the Tender, including any
change introduced therein with the approval of the Director and attached
to the license as Appendix B;
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“Numbering Plan”
A16
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As
defined in Section 5A(B) of the
Law;
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A16
Amendment No. 16
7
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
1.2
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Other
words and expressions in the License, insofar as they are not defined in
Clause 1.1, will have the meaning they have in the Law, in the Ordinance,
in the regulations enacted thereunder, in the Interpretation Law, 5741 –
1981, or as set forth in the relevant places in the License, unless
another meaning is implied by the written language or its
context.
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2.
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Clause
headings
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The
headings of the clauses in this License are provided solely for the convenience
of the reader, and should not be used for interpretation or explanation of the
content of any of the conditions of the License.
3.
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Blue pencil
principle
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A
cancellation or determination regarding the non-validity of a condition of this
License or part of a condition will apply only with regard to that condition or
part, as applicable, and will not serve, per se, to derogate from the binding
validity of the License or any other condition therein.
8
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
PART
B – LEGAL PROVISIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
4.
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Upholding laws and
provisions
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4.1
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In
everything pertaining to the setup, existence, operation, and maintenance
of the Cellular System and the provision of Cellular Services thereby, the
Licensee will act in accordance with the provisions of any law and,
without derogating from the aforesaid generality, will ensure compliance
with the following:
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(1)
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the
provisions of the Telecommunication Law and the regulations promulgated
thereunder;
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(2)
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the
provisions of the Wireless Telegraph Ordinance and the regulations
promulgated thereunder;
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(3)
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administrative
provisions;
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(4)
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international
Telecommunications and radio treaties to which Israel is a
party;
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(5)
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any
other law or treaty that will apply to Telecommunications and radio, even
if they go into effect after the License is
granted.
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4.2
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The
Licensee will act pursuant to laws and provisions as stated in Clause 4.1
as these will be in force from time to time during the license period,
including the remedies for the breach thereof, and they will be deemed an
integral part of the License
conditions.
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5.
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Permit obligation
pursuant to any other law
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5.1
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The
granting of this License will not exempt the Licensee from the obligation
to obtain, with regard to execution of the License, any license, permit,
approval, or consent pursuant to any other
law.
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6.
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Contradiction in the
License provisions
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In the
event of an apparent contradiction in the License provisions, the Minister will
determine the interpretation of the provisions or how to settle the
contradiction between them and after the Licensee has been given a fair
opportunity to voice its claims A2.
A2
Amendment No. 2
9
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
CHAPTER B: THE LICENSE –
SCOPE, VALIDITY AND CANCELLATION
PART
A – SCOPE AND PERIOD OF THE LICENSE
7.
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Scope of the
License
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7.1
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Pursuant
to this License and subject to all the provisions and conditions hereof,
the Licensee is entitled to set up, implement, maintain and operate a
Cellular System and, through it, to provide cellular Services to the
Israeli public; without derogating from the aforementioned generality, the
Licensee is entitled to do the
following:
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(1)
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to
set up, implement, maintain and operate cellular radio centers and to
connect them to cellular switchboards, and to connect between cellular
switchboards, by means of cable and wireless transmission
channels;
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(2)
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To
connect the cellular System to the Public Telecommunications Network of
Bezeq;
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(3)
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To
connect the cellular System to the international Telecommunications
system;
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(4)
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To
connect its cellular System to another cellular
System;
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(5)
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To
contract with Subscribers for the purpose of providing cellular
Services;
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(6)
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To
provide Subscribers with cellular End-User
Equipment;
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(7)
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To
connect Subscribers to the cellular System and provide cellular Services
and other services pursuant to this
License;
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(8)
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To
provide Subscribers with the following
services:
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(A)
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Basic
mobile wireless telephone service;
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(B)
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Related
services as set forth in the first
addendum;
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(C)
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Roaming
service;
A16
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(D)
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Any
other cellular service permitted pursuant to this License.A16
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7.2
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The
Licensee will not be entitled to provide any cellular service or other
Telecommunications Service that is not explicitly permitted within the
context of this License.
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8.
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Absence of
exclusivity
A16
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8.1
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The
Licensee will not have any exclusivity in the provision of its
services.
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8.2
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The
Minister is entitled, at any time, to grant a license to additional
operators for the provision of cellular
Services.
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8.3
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Should
the Minister publish a tender for the provision of cellular services, the
Licensee will be entitled to submit its bid in the tender, however, the
Minister will be entitled to determine as part of the conditions of such a
tender that if the Licensee wins the tender, the receipt of a license will
be contingent on the fact that the Licensee transfer its cellular System
to another as instructed by the Minister and under conditions determined
thereby, and it will cease to provide cellular Services by means
thereof.
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A16
Amendment No. 16
10
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
9.
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The License
period
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9.1
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This
License is valid for a period of 10 years, commencing on the date of the
granting of the License (hereinafter – the License
Period).
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9.2
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The
License Period may be extended by additional six years in accordance with
that stated in Clause 10 (hereinafter – the Additional
Period).
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9.3
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This
License may be renewed for one or more Additional Periods of six years, in
accordance with that stated in Clause
11.
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9.4
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During
the License Period and the Additional Period or on renewal of the License,
the License will be subject to the authority of the Minister pursuant to
Clauses 13 to 15 with regard to change, restriction, suspension or
cancellation of the License.
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9.5A15
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Notwithstanding
the aforesaid A16,
in the context of expansion of the License, as a result of the Licensee
winning Tender No. 1/01, this License will be valid for a period of twenty
(20) years, commencing on 19 Shevat 5762 (February 1,
2002).
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10.
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Extension of the
License Period
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10.1
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The
Minister is entitled, at the request of the Licensee, to extend the
License Period for additional six years, if, after he has examined the
following:
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(A)
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The
Licensee has complied with the provisions of the Law, the Ordinance, the
regulations thereunder and the provisions of the
License;
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(B)
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The
Licensee has continually acted to improve the scope, availability and
quality of the cellular Services and to update the technology of the
cellular System and its activities did not include an act or omission that
would impair or restrict competition in the cellular
sector;
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(C)
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The
Licensee is capable of continuing to provide cellular Services at a high
level and that it is able to make the investments required for the
technological updating of the cellular System and for improving the scope,
availability and quality of the cellular
Services.
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10.2
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The
Licensee must submit its request for an extension of the License Period
during the forty-five days prior to the period of eighteen months
preceding the end of the License
Period.
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10.3
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The
Licensee must attach the following to its
request:
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(A)
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A
report summarizing the annual statements that the Licensee has submitted
pursuant to this License between the date of commencement of the License
and the date of submission of its
request;
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(B)
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Comparison
of the data in the report for each year with the data for the preceding
year and explanations of unusual changes in the
data;
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(C)
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Review
of the means, actions and investments taken or made by the Licensee to
improve the quality, scope and availability of the Cellular Services and
to develop and update the Cellular System
technology.
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A15
Amendment No. 15
A16
Amendment No. 16
11
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
10.4
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The
summary report pursuant to Clause 10.3 must contain up-to-date and precise
details and be prepared in the form of an
affidavit.
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10.5
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For
the purpose of examining the Licensee’s request to extend the License
Period, the Minister is entitled to require the Licensee to furnish,
during the period and in the manner that he will determine, any
information or document and, without derogating from the generality of
that stated, the Minister is entitled
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(A)
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To
require the Licensee to attach any document to the summary report for the
purpose of verifying the details therein, to complete the report or to
furnish any additional detail that is not included
therein;
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(B)
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To
summon the Licensee to appear before him to respond to questions or to
present documents that are in its possession or under its control,
relating to the data in the report;
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(C)
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To
require the Licensee to submit to him an Engineering Plan outlining its
plans for the technological update of the Cellular System during the
Additional Period;
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10.6
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The
Licensee must fulfill every requirement or summons as stated in Clause
10.5; if the Licensee is required to appear before the Minister, the
chairman of the board of directors of the company holding the License or
the CEO of the company or anyone authorized to do so in writing, will
appear;
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10.7
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If
the Licensee fails at least twice to respond to the request or summons as
stated in Clause 10.5, the Minister is entitled to reject its request to
extend the validity of the License.
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10.8
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The
Minister will inform the Licensee of his decision regarding the request
for extending the validity of the License no later than a year before the
end of the License Period.
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10.9
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The
Additional Period will be subject to the terms of this License, including
any change therein.
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10.10
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The
provisions of Clause 100 regarding confidentiality will apply, mutatis mutandis, to
data furnished by the Licensee to the Minister or anyone acting on his
behalf, pursuant to the provisions of Clause
10.
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11.
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Renewal of the
License
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11.1
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At
the end of the License Period or the Additional Period, the Minister is
entitled, at the request of the Licensee, to renew the License for one or
more Additional Periods of six years, as will be
determined.
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11.2
|
The
Licensee will submit its request for the renewal of the License during the
forty-five days prior to the eighteen months preceding of the end of the
License Period or the Additional
Period.
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11.3
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The
Minister will inform the Licensee in writing, within 30 days of the date
of receiving its request for renewal of the License, whether he intends to
take the measures and institute the proceedings required to renew the
License, or a tender will be conducted for the services under this
License.
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12
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
12.
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Termination of the
License Period
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12.1
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If
the License Period pursuant to Clause 9.5A16
or the Additional Period pursuant to Clause 10.1 or the License Period
after its renewal pursuant to Clause 11.1 ends and the License is not
extended or not renewed, the Minister is entitled to instruct the Licensee
to continue to operate the Cellular System for a period to be
determined (hereinafter – the Period
for Terminating the Service) until a license is duly granted to another
for the provision of services pursuant to this License (hereinafter –
Alternate Licensee), and the procedures for transferring the system
thereunder are completed, or until a license is duly granted to another
for alternate services. In any case, the Period for Terminating the
Service will not exceed two years from the date on which the License
expires.
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12.2
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During
the Period for Terminating the Service and no later than ten months from
the date on which a license is granted to an Alternate Licensee, the
Licensee and the Alternate Licensee will negotiate for the purpose of
purchasing the Cellular system at its economic value and assigning the
rights and obligations of Subscribers to the Alternate Licensee; if said
Licensees do not reach an agreement within said ten months, the price will
be determined by an arbitrator, whose decision will be final, to be
appointed by the Chairman of the Institute of Certified Public
Accountants.
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A16
Amendment No. 16
13
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
PART
B – CHANGE IN CONDITIONS AND CANCELLATION OF THE LICENSE
13.
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Change in the License
conditions
|
13.1
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The
Minister is entitled to change, add to or subtract from the License
conditions if he is convinced that one of the following
exists:
|
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(A)
|
A
change has occurred in the extent of the License applicant’s suitability
to perform the actions and services that are the subject of the
License;
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(B)
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Subject
to that stated in Clause 8, a change is required in the License to ensure
competition in the telecommunications
area;
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(C)
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A
change is required in the License to ensure the level of services provided
thereunder;
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(D)
|
Changes
that have occurred in telecommunications technology require a change in
the license;
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13.2
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The
Minister is entitled to change, increase or reduce the rates for services,
if he is convinced that a change has occurred in one or more of the
components of the costs, which represent a basis for calculating the
rates.
|
13.3
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The
Minister will act pursuant to his authority as stated in Clauses 13.1 and
13.2 after the Licensee has been given a reasonable opportunity to voice
its claims.
|
14.
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Cancellation of the
License
|
14.1
|
The
Minister is entitled to cancel the License before the end of its period,
if one or more of the causes set forth in Section 6 to the Law exist, or
in one of the following cases:
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(A)
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The
Licensee did not disclose to the tenders committee information that must
be disclosed or it furnished inaccurate
information;
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(B)A2
|
If
the Licensee refuses to furnish the Minister or anyone acting on his
behalf with information in its possession that must be disclosed and which
it was obligated to disclose by virtue of the provisions of this license
or pursuant to law, or the Licensee furnished the Minister or someone
acting on his behalf with false
information;
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(C)
|
The
Licensee did not comply with the provision of the Law, the Ordinance or
the regulations thereunder;
|
|
(D)
|
The
Licensee committed a material breach of the License conditions and,
without derogating from the generality of that stated, including the
following:
|
|
(1)
|
The
Licensee is demanding for its services payments that are higher than the
maximum rates prescribed in this License or pursuant thereto, or pursuant
to any law;
|
|
(2)
|
The
Licensee is not complying with the coverage or quality requirements
prescribed in this license;
|
|
(3)
|
The
Licensee did not comply with the provisions of this license with regard to
the operation of digital technology in the cellular
System;
|
|
(E)
|
The
Licensee did not commence provision of the services pursuant to that set
forth in the License or unlawfully discontinued, restricted or delayed one
of the services;
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A2
Amendment No. 2
14
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
(F)
|
One
or more of the qualities that rendered the Licensee suitable to
participate in the tender for cellular services, or to be a Licensee, has
ceased to exist, including:
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|
(1)
|
The
Licensee has ceased to be a company registered in
Israel;
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(2)
|
Residents
and citizens of Israel no longer hold, directly or indirectly, at least
20% of all of the Means of Control in the Franchisee; in this clause –
“Citizen of Israel” – as defined in the Citizenship Law, 5712 – 1952;
“Resident” – as defined in the Population Registry Law, 5735 –
1965;
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|
(3)
|
A
majority of the directors in the Licensee company are not citizens and
residents of Israel;
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(4)
|
The
manager or a director of the Licensee company was convicted of an infamous
crime and continues to serve in his
position;
|
|
(5)
|
The
joint equity, including surpluses, of all of the shareholders in the
Licensee company, together with the equity of the Licensee, has declined
to under US $200 million; in this matter, a shareholder holding less than
10% of the right to the company's earnings will not be taken into
account.
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|
(6)
|
Before
5 years have elapsed from the date of granting the License, the share of
the cellular operator has fallen to less than 25% of the voting rights in
the general meeting or of the right to appoint a director or CEO in the
Licensee company;
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|
(7)
|
Subject
to that stated in paragraph (8), the Licensee, or an officer in the
Licensee company or anyone who holds more than 5% of the Means of Control
in the Licensee company, holds, directly or indirectly, more than one per
cent (5%) of the Means of Control in BezeqA2,
Another cellular Operator, or one of them acts as an Officer in a
competing corporation.
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|
(8)
|
If
one of the following occurs in an Interested Party in the Licensee
company, which is a mutual fund, insurance company, investment company or
pension fund;
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|
it
holds, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of any Means of Control in a
competing corporation, without receiving a permit therefor from the
Minister;
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-
|
it
holds, directly or indirectly, more than 5% of any Means of Control in a
competing company pursuant to a permit from the Minister and,
additionally, it is a controlling shareholder and exercises actual Control
in a competing corporation or it has a representative or appointee on its
behalf among the Officers in the competing corporation, unless it is
required to do so under law;
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-
|
it
holds, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of any Means of Control in a
competing corporation, even though it has received permission to hold up
to 10% of said Means of Control;
|
|
(G)
|
Void
A2
|
|
(H)
|
If
an act or omission in the Licensee’s operations impaired or restricted
competition in the cellular sector;
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A2
Amendment No. 2
15
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
|
(I)
|
A
receiver or temporary liquidator was appointed to the Licensee company and
an order was given for its liquidation or it decided on voluntary
liquidation;
|
|
(J)
|
Void
A2)
|
(K)
|
The
Licensee requested cancellation of the
License;
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14.1.1A2
|
For
the purposes of sub-clause 14.1(E
A2), the restriction of service for technological reasons, effected
after the Director was provided with prior written notification of the
reasons and approved by the Director, will not be considered
deemed an improper unlawful cessation, restriction or delay of
service.
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14.2
|
If
the Minister is convinced that, in the circumstances, the cause of
invalidity does not necessitate cancellation of the License, the Minister
will grant the Licensee a fair opportunity to rectify the act or omission
constituting a cause for
cancellation.
|
14.3
|
The
Minister will notify the Licensee in advance of his intention to cancel
the license, will state in the notice the cause in question, and will
allow the Licensee to voice its claims relating to the cause for
cancellation, either in writing or orally, according to the circumstances,
within the period set forth in the
notice.
|
14.4
|
The
Minister is entitled to summon the Licensee to appear before him and may
demand that it respond to questions, present documents or furnish him with
whatever information and documents are required for the purposes of
clarifying the cause for
cancellation.
|
14.5
|
If
the Licensee is required or summoned as stated, it must respond to the
requirement or summons on the date set forth
therein.
|
14.6
|
If
the Licensee fails to respond, at least twice, to the Minister's demand or
summons within the period stipulated by the Minister in his demand or
summons, the Minister is entitled to cancel the License in a notice that
will be sent to the Licensee (hereinafter –
Cancellation Notice).
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14.7
|
In
the Cancellation Notice, the Minister will determine the date on which the
cancellation of the License will take effect and he is entitled to
instruct the Licensee to continue the provision of services pursuant to
this License until a license is granted to another or until the
appointment of a trustee or until a receiver is duly appointed for the
purpose of managing and operating the cellular System – as
applicable.
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14.8
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The
Licensee will continue to provide services until the end of the period
stipulated by the Minister in his notice and will comply with the
provisions of this License and any instruction given by the Minister in
this matter.
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15.
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Other
remedies
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In
addition to his authority to cancel the License as stated in Clause 14, the
Minister is entitled, if the causes outlined in Clause 14.1 occur, to restrict
or suspend the License or to change its conditions or to foreclose on the
guarantee given by the Licensee to secure fulfillment of the conditions of the
License, in whole or in part; the procedures set forth for cancellation of the
License will apply,
mutatis mutandis, to
the restriction or suspension of the License or forfeiture of the
guarantee.
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Amendment No. 2
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3 in the original version of Amendment No. 2 contained a typographical error, in
which 14.1(D) was written instead of 14.1(E).
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CHAPTER C: OWNERSHIP, ASSETS
AND MEANS OF CONTROL
PART
A – RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THE LICENSE AND ITS ASSETS
16.
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Prohibition on
transfer of the license
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The
license, in whole or in part, may not be transferred, encumbered or attached
without the prior consent of the Minister.
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Ownership of the
Cellular System
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17.1
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The
Licensee will be the owner of the Cellular
System.
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17.2
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Clause 17.1, the Director is entitled to permit the
Licensee to utilize the cable or wireless transmission arteries of another
for the purpose of connecting cellular radio centers, connecting a
cellular radio center to a Cellular Coordinator of the Licensee or of
another Licensee, connecting Cellular Coordinators of the Licensee,
connecting a Cellular Coordinator of the licensee to a Cellular
Coordinator of Another Cellular Operator
A16, or connecting a Cellular Coordinator to a Public
Telecommunications Network or to an International Telecommunications
Network.
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18.
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Restrictions on
transfer of the License
assets
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18.1
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The
Licensee may not sell, lease or pledge any of the assets used in
performance of the License (hereinafter – the License Assets) with the
Minister's prior consent and in accordance with the conditions determined
by him.
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18.2
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Without
derogating from the generality of that stated in Clauses 16 and 18.1, the
Minister will give his consent for the granting of rights in the License
Assets to a third party, if he is convinced to his satisfaction that the
Licensee has promised that, in any event, the exercise of the rights by a
third party will not cause any impairment in the provision of the services
pursuant to this License, as long as the Licensee is obligated to provide
these services pursuant to the provisions of this
License.
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18.3
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Clause 18.1, the Licensee is entitled to encumber one of
the License Assets in favour of a bank duly operating in Israel, for the
purpose of receiving bank credit, provided that it has furnished notice of
the encumbrance that it intends to create, whereby the encumbrance
agreement includes a clause ensuring that, in any event, the exercise of
the rights by the banking corporation will not cause any impairment in the
provision of the services pursuant to this license. For the purposes of
this clause – “Banking Corporation” is as defined in the Banking Law
(Licensing), 5741 – 1981, except for a “Foreign Corporation,” as defined
in the same law.
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18.4
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The
provisions of Clause 18.1 will not apply to the sale of equipment items
during an upgrade, including the sale of equipment, as stated, on a
“trade-in” basis.
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Amendment No. 2
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Engagement with
another
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19.1
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If
the Licensee wishes to provide one of the services pursuant to this
license, in whole or in part, through another on its behalf, it must apply
to the Director for his approval therefor; the Licensee must attach the
ContractA43)
to its application. The provisions of this clause will not apply
for the purposes of the engagement between the Licensee and a marketer of
Cellular End-Equipment or anyone acting on behalf of the Licensee for the
purpose of marketing its services. A2
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19.2
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The
Director is entitled to approve or reject the application, or to condition
his approval on terms that must be fulfilled, including amendment of the
agreement; the Director will consider, inter alia, to what
extent the terms of the engagement with the other guarantee compliance
with the conditions of this License and the obligations of the Licensee
hereunder. The Director will not approve an engagement with another that
contradicts the obligations of the Licensee pursuant to this
License.
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19.3
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Nothing
in the engagement with another will derogate from the obligations and of
the Licensee and its responsibility for performing any of the services
pursuant to this License, in whole or in part, pursuant to the provisions
of this License, nor will it serve to derogate from the powers of the
Minister, the Director or anyone acting on their
behalf.
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Part
B: Means of Control – Changes and Limitations
20.
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Particulars of
Licensee
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20.1A43)
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Details
regarding the Licensee's legal entity, incorporation, holders of the
controlling interest, holders of a material influence, interested parties
and officers, are attached as Addendum A to the license. The Licensee must
submit to the Director, every year at the beginning of January, an updated
Addendum A.
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20.2
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The
Licensee will report to the Director in writing regarding any change in
the information contained in Addendum A, including any transfer and
acquisition of control or of 5% of the means of control in the Licensee
company or change in the appointment of a director or general manager,
within 14 days of the date of
change.
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21.
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Transfer of Means of
Control
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21.1
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There
will be no transfer, directly or indirectly, of ten percent or more of any
means of control in the Licensee, whether all at once or in parts, unless
this received the Minister's prior
consent.
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21.2
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There
will be no kind of transfer of any means of control in the Licensee, or a
part of said means of control, so that as a result of the transfer,
control in the Licensee is transferred from one person to another, unless
this was given the Minister's prior
consent.
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21.3
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There
will be no acquisition of control, directly or indirectly, in the
Licensee, and there will be no acquisition, directly or indirectly, by a
person himself or together with his relative or with another person, who
operate with him regularly of 10% or more of any means of control in the
Licensee, whether all at once or in parts, without the prior consent of
the Minister.
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21.4
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Subject
to the foregoing in this section, there will be no transfer, directly or
indirectly, of means of control, so that the share of a cellular system
operator in the Licensee drops below 25% of the voting rights in the
general meeting and of the right to appoint a director or general manager,
except after 5 years have elapsed since the date of the granting of the
license. If 5 years have elapsed since the date of the granting of the
license, the cellular system operator's share can go below 25% to the
point of selling all the means of control in its possession to another,
all subject to the Minister's approval for the very reduction of the
cellular system operator's share in the means of control in the Licensee
and also regarding the purchaser.
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21.5
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Notwithstanding
that stated in sections 21.1 and 21.3, if traded means of control in the
Licensee, not entailing the transfer of control in the Licensee, have been
transferred or acquired at a rate requiring approval under sections 21.1
or 21.3, without the Minister’s approval having been requested, the
Licensee shall report this to the Minister, in writing, and shall submit
to the Minister an application for approval of the transfer or the
acquisition, all within 21 days from when the Licensee learned of this
fact, provided the Minister gave his prior written approval to the holding
per se of the issue or the sale of the securities to the public. In this
regard, “traded means of
control” – means of control, including deposit certificates, Global
or American Depository Shares (GDRs or ADRs), or similar certificates, in
respect of securities listed on the stock exchange in Israel
and/or
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(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
abroad,
in a non-hostile country, or means of control offered to the public pursuant to
a prospectus and held by the public, in Israel and/or abroad, in a non-hostile
country.
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Entry
into an underwriting agreement in connection with an issue or sale of
securities to the public, and listing on a stock exchange in Israel or
abroad, in a non-hostile country, or the deposit of securities, including
deposit certificates, Global or American Depository Shares (GDRs or ADRs),
or similar certificates, in respect of securities, or the registration
thereof with a nominee company and/or agent, shall not in themselves be
deemed as the transfer of means of control in the
Licensee.
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21.7
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(A)
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Irregular
holdings shall be registered in the members register (shareholders
register) at the Licensee, noting the fact of their irregularity,
immediately when the Licensee learns of this fact, and a notice concerning
the registration shall be delivered by the Licensee to the owner of the
irregular holdings and to the Minister. In this regard, “irregular holdings” –
the holding of traded means of control without the Minister’s agreement as
required under section 21 or in contravention of the provisions of section
23, and the entire holdings of a holder of traded means of control who
acted contrary to the provisions of section 24; the aforesaid for as long
as the Minister’s agreement is required and was not given under section 21
of the license or circumstances exist involving the contravention of the
provisions of sections 23 or 24 of the
license.
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(B)
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Irregular
holdings registered as stated in section 21.7(A), shall not confer any
rights on the holder, and shall be “dormant shares” as defined in section
308 of the Companies Law, 1999, except for purposes of receiving a
dividend or other distribution to the shareholders (including the right to
participate in an issue of rights which are calculated on the basis of
holdings in means of control in the Licensee, except that holdings added
as stated shall also be deemed as irregular holdings), therefore no act or
contention of exercise of a right by virtue of irregular holdings shall be
valid, except for purposes of receiving a dividend or other distribution
as stated.
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(C)
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Irregular
holdings shall not confer voting rights in the general meeting. A
shareholder participating in a vote in the shareholders meeting shall
notify the Licensee prior to the vote, or where the vote is by means of a
voting instrument – on the voting instrument, whether or not its holdings
in the Licensee or its vote require approval under sections 21 or 23 of
the License. If the shareholders did not give a notice as stated, it shall
not vote and its vote shall not be
counted.
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(D)
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A
director may not be appointed to the Licensee, elected or dismissed by
virtue of irregular holdings. If a director was appointed, elected or
dismissed as stated, such appointment, election or dismissal, as the case
may be, shall not be valid.
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(E)
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The
provisions of sections 21.7 and 21.9 shall be included in the articles of
the Licensee, mutatis mutandis.
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21.8
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For
as long as the Licensee’s articles prescribe as stated in section 21.7 and
the Licensee acts in accordance with that stated in sections 21.5 and
21.7, for as long as the holdings of founding shareholders or their
substitutes are not reduced to less than 50% of each of the means of
control in the Licensee, and for as long as the Licensee’s articles
prescribe that a majority of the voting power in the shareholders general
meeting may appoint all the
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
directors
in the Licensee, excluding outside directors in accordance with any relevant
statutory requirement or stock exchange directive, irregular holdings shall not
in themselves be cause for the cancellation of the license.
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For
purposes of this section, “founding shareholders or their
substitutes” – Discount Investment Corporation Ltd., DEC
Communications and Technology Ltd. and PEC Israel Economic Corporation, or
any other body to which any of those enumerated above transferred, with
the Minister’s approval, means of control, provided the Minister confirmed
in writing that the transferee body shall be deemed in this regard as the
substitute of the founding shareholder beginning from the date to be
determined by the Minister, and including anyone who is an “Israeli
entity” as defined in clause 22.2A, who acquired a means of control from
the Licensee and received the Minister’s approval for being deemed a
founding shareholder of its substitute starting from the date that was
determined by the Minister. The grant of approval under this section shall
not exempt the Licensee from the duty of receiving the Minister’s approval
for every transfer of means of control in the Licensee that requires
approval under any other section of the
license.
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21.9
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The
provisions of sections 21.5 and 21.8 shall not apply to founding
shareholders or their substitutes.
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22.
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Encumbrance of Means
of Control
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A
shareholder of the Licensee company or a shareholder of an interested
party therein may not encumber his shares in such manner so that exercise
of the encumbrance results in a change in ownership of 10% or more of any
means of control in the Licensee, unless the encumbrance agreement
contains a limitation by which the encumbrance may not be exercised
without the prior consent of the
Minister.
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for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
22A.
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Israeli Nationality
and Holdings of Founding Shareholders or Their
Substitutes
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22A.1
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The
total holdings of “founding shareholders or their substitutes” as defined
in section 21.8 (including anyone being an “Israeli entity” as defined in
section 22.2A below, who acquired means of control from the Licensee and
received the Minister’s approval for being deemed a founding shareholder
or a substitute thereof as from the date determined by the Minister), who
are mutually bound by an agreement for the fulfillment of the provisions
of section 22A of the license (in this section, all of the above will be
deemed: “founding shareholders or their substitutes”), cumulatively, may
not be less than 26% of each of the means of control in the
Licensee.
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22A.2
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The
cumulative holdings of “Israeli entities,” one or more, included among
founding shareholders or their substitutes, out of the total holdings of
founding shareholders or their substitutes as stated in section 22A.1
above, may not be at any time less than 20% of the total issued capital
and of the means of control in the Licensee. For this purpose, the
Licensee’s issued share capital will be calculated less the number of
“dormant shares” held by the
Licensee.
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In
this section –
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“Israeli entity” – With
respect to an individual – anyone who is a citizen and resident of Israel;
with respect to a corporation – the corporation was incorporated in
Israel, and an individual who is a citizen and resident of Israel controls
it, directly or indirectly, provided indirect control is solely through a
corporation incorporated in Israel, one or more. However, for purposes of
indirect holding, the Prime Minister and the Minister of Communications
may approve holding through a corporation that was not incorporated in
Israel, provided such corporation does not hold shares in the Licensee
directly, where they are satisfied that this will not be detrimental to
the purposes of this section. In this regard, “Israeli citizen” – as
defined in the Citizenship Law 1952; “resident” – as defined
in the Population Registry Law 1965; “dormant share” – as
defined in section 308 of the Companies Law
1999.
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22A.3
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At
least twenty percent (20%) of the Licensee’s directors will be appointed
by Israeli entities as stated in clause 22A.2. Notwithstanding the above,
in this regard, if the Licensee’s board of directors numbers up to 14
members – at least two directors will be appointed by Israeli entities as
stated in clause 22A.2 above, if the Licensee’s board of directors numbers
from 15 to 24 directors – at least three directors will be appointed by
Israeli entities as stated in clause 22A.2 above, and so
forth.
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22A.4
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The
Licensee’s board of directors will appoint from among its members having a
security classification and security clearance as will be determined by
the General Security Service (hereinafter – “classified directors”),
a committee called the “Committee for Security
Matters.”
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At
least four directors will serve on the Committee for Security Matters,
among them at least one outside director. Matters pertaining to security
will be considered, subject to that stated in clause 22A.5 below, solely
in the framework of the Committee for Security
Matters.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
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A
resolution that was adopted or an action that was performed by the
Committee for Security Matters, will be deemed the same as a resolution
adopted or action performed by the Company’s board of directors, and it
will be considered by the board of directly only if this is required under
section 22A.5 below and subject to that stated in section 22A.5 below. In
this clause, “security matters” – as defined in the Telecommunications
Order (Designation of an Essential Service Provided by Bezeq Israeli
Telecommunications Company Ltd.)
1997.
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22A.5
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Security
matters which the Licensee’s board of directors or Audit Committee are
required to consider according to the cogent provisions in the Companies
Law 1999 or according to cogent provisions of any other law applying to
the Licensee, will be considered, insofar as necessary, by the board of
directors or by the Audit Committee, with the participation of classified
directors only. Non-classified directors may not participate in such
meetings of the board of directors or the Audit Committee and may not
receive information or inspect documents pertaining to the security
matters considered in the meeting. The quorum in every such meeting will
consist of classified directors
only.
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The
Licensee will specify in its articles that an officer who by virtue of his
position and by virtue of the provisions of the law or the articles should
have received information or participated in meetings on security matters,
and is prevented from doing so by reason of the provision of clause 22A.5,
will be exempt from liability for breach of the duty of care towards the
Licensee, if the duty of care was breached due to non-participation in a
meeting or non-receipt of
information.
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22A.6
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The
general meeting may not assume, delegate, transfer or exercise powers that
are vested in another organ of the Company, in security
matters.
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22A.7
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(A)
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The
Minister will appoint an observer at meetings of the Company’s board of
directors and committees, having a security classification and security
clearance as will be determined by the General Security
Service.
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(B)
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The
observer will be a government employee qualifying as a director under
Chapter C of the Government Companies Law
1975.
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(C)
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In
addition, and without derogating from any duty imposed on him by law, the
observer will owe the Licensee a duty of confidentiality, except as
required for the fulfillment of his function as an observer. The observer
may not serve as an observer or in any other position on behalf of any
other entity engaging in the provision of communication services and
competing directly with the Licensee, and he will avoid any conflict of
interest between his function as an observer and the Licensee, except a
conflict of interest stemming from his being a government employee filling
the function of an observer at the Licensee. The observer will commit
towards the Licensee not to serve as an observer or officer and not to
hold any position or be employed, directly or indirectly, at any entity
competing directly with the Licensee or being in a conflict of interest
with it, except for a conflict of interest stemming, as stated, from his
being a government employee filling the function of an observer at the
Licensee, throughout his tenure as observer at the Licensee and during
eighteen (18) after the end of such
tenure.
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In
any case of differences of opinion as to the observer being in a conflict
of interest, the Attorney General or someone on his behalf will decide in
the matter.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
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(D)
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An
invitation to meetings of the board of directors and its committees,
including the Committee for Security Matters, will be delivered to the
observer as well, who may participate as an observer at any meeting as
stated.
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(E)
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The
observer’s right to receive information from the Licensee will be the same
as a director’s right. If the Licensee is of the opinion that certain
information in the nature of sensitive business information is not
required by the observer for the fulfillment of his function, the Licensee
may withhold delivery of such information to the observer, notifying him
in this regard. If the observer is of the opinion that he should receive
that information, the matter will be referred to the decision of the head
of the General Security Services.
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(F)
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If
the observer saw that the Licensee adopted or is about to adopt a
resolution on security matters contrary to any provision of the license,
contract to section 13 of the Law or contrary to section 11 of the General
Security Services Law 2002, it will notify the Licensee without any delay,
in writing, such notice to be delivered to the chairman of the board of
directors and to the chairman of the Committee for Security Matters, and
to set a proper time in the circumstances of the case for remedying the
breach or modifying the resolution, should this be
possible.
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Part
C: Cross-Ownership and Conflict of Interest
23.
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Prohibition on
Cross-Ownership
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23.1
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The
Licensee, an officer therein or whoever holds more than 5% of any means of
control in the Licensee, will not hold, directly or indirectly, more than
one percent (5%) of the means of control in Bezeq, A16)
another cellular system operator. Regarding this matter, “holding” –
includes the holding as an agent.
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23.2
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Section 23.1, an interested party in the Licensee that is a
mutual fund, insurance company, investment company or a pension fund, may
hold up to 5% of the means of control in Bezeq, another cellular system
operator A16),
provided all the following are
fulfilled:
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(A)
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It
is not a controlling shareholder and does not exert, directly or
indirectly, any control in Bezeq or A16)
another cellular system operator;
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(B)
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It
has no representative or person in charge on its behalf among Xxxxx's or
the other cellular system operator's officers, unless required to do so by
law.
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23.3
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Pursuant
to a written request, the Minister may allow an interested party in the
Licensee, as stated in Section 23.2, to hold up to 10% of the means of
control in Bezeq, A16)
another cellular system operator, when the terms stated in Section 23.2(A)
and (B) are fulfilled, if he saw, to his satisfaction, that such a holding
will not harm competition.
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24.
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Prohibition on a
Conflict of Interest
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The
Licensee, an officer therein or an interested party in the Licensee
company will not be a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding
with Bezeq, A16)
another
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
cellular
system operator, meant or liable to reduce competition or harm it in all
pertaining to cellular system services, cellphone network end-equipment and
other services provided via the cellular system.
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
Chapter D: Setup and
Operation of Cellular system
Part
A: Setting Up the System
25.
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Definition
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In
this part –
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“Milestones”
– Stages in the setup of the cellular system, according to the timetable
detailed in the engineering plan – Addendum B to the
license.
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26.
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Setup according to
Plans and Specifications
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26.1
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In
all pertaining to the setup and operation of the cellular system (in this
section – network), including the technical quality of its various
components, as well as the network's structure and manner of setup, the
Licensee will comply with the terms and provisions in the engineering
plan.
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26.2
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The
Licensee will follow all the specifications of the Ministry of
Communications and the network-related standards prescribed by
standardization organizations in Israel and around the world, as well as
other international organizations, in the telecommunications and wireless
field as well as in any other field pertaining to the setup and operation
of the network.
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27.
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Execution Stages and
Timetable
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27.1
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The
setup rate of the cellular system, the setup milestones, the commencement
date for providing the service in the various regions in Israel, will be
in accordance with the timetable set in the engineering plan – Addendum B
to the license.
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27.2
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The
Licensee may not deviate from the timetable unless authorized to do so by
the Director, provided the Licensee applies in writing to the Director to
receive his permission immediately after realizing that difficulties have
arisen that prevent it from meeting the original
timetable.
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27.2.1
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A
delay in signing agreements with a third party or obtaining approval from
the planning and construction authorities will be deemed a reasonable
reason for obtaining the Director's permission for deviating from the
timetable, only if the Director realizes to his satisfaction that the
Licensee has done its reasonable utmost in the circumstances of the
matter, to come to an agreement with a third party or to receive approval
from the planning and construction
authorities.
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27.3
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The
Director may approve the Licensee's request to deviate from the timetable,
in whole or in part, and to stipulate conditions for its approval. The
Director may also approve deviation regarding a specific milestone,
provided the Licensee undertakes to catch up with the planned setup rate
in the succeeding milestones.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
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Modification of Plans
during Setup
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28.1
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The
Licensee may not deviate from the engineering plan unless it has been
authorized to do so by the Director under the provisions of this section.
However, the placement of a Cellular Radio Center in a
different site from that set in the engineering plan will not be deemed a
deviation, if done within the search region. As regards this section, a
“search region” denotes a territory defined in the engineering plan in
which a Cellular Radio center is planned to be set up, at a specific site
within the territory, and regarding which it has been stated in the
engineering plan that it might be necessary to place the center in another
site found in the territory.
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28.2
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If
in the course of setting up the cellular system, the Licensee realizes
that it has become necessary to deviate or depart from the engineering
plan, the Licensee must apply in writing to the Director to obtain his
approval for the plan. In its application, the Licensee must describe the
essence and nature of the requested modification and the reasons therefor.
The Licensee must attach the amended plan it proposes, to the
application.
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28.3
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The
Director may reject or approve the request, in whole or in part, and may
also stipulate conditions for its approval, insofar as these are needed
for the rigorous assurance of the network's quality and performance level.
The Director will make a decision in the matter of the request and notify
the Licensee of his decision, all within a reasonable amount of
time.
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29.
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Utilization and
Construction of
Infrastructures
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29.1
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For
the purpose of setting up and operating the cellular network, the Licensee
may, subject to any law, set up, maintain and operate cable or wireless
transmission arteries, provided such transmission arteries will be used
solely for the following:
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(A)
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Connection
between the Cellular Radio Centers forming part of the Licensee's cellular
system;
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(B)
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Connection
between the Licensee's Cellular Radio Centers and its cellular
exchanges;
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(C)
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Connection
between all the cellular exchanges;
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(D)
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Connection
between the Licensee's cellular exchanges and a public telecommunications
system, or another cellular operator's cellular networkA16),
or other systems operating
lawfully.
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29.2
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For
the purpose of the connection described in Section 29.1, the Licensee may
use also the cable or wireless transmission arteries of Bezeq or of
another licensee or concessionaire lawfully authorized to provide
aforesaid infrastructure services.
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29.3
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To
remove any doubt, it is hereby clarified that use of the transmission
arteries to be set up by the Licensee is solely for operating the cellular
system as stated in Section 29.1, unless the Minister permitted the
Licensee in the license to make other use thereof, in accordance with the
terms he laid down.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
30.A16)
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Obligation
of Interconnection
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30.1
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The
Licensee will act to effect interconnection of the network with every
other public telecommunications network, operating in the territory
subject to the law, jurisdiction and governance of the State of Israel
(including settlements, military sites and military installations in
Judah, Samaria and Gaza Strip), including with every public landline
telecommunications network, international telecommunications network and
cellular network of another cellular
operator.
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30.2
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The
interconnection between the network and another licensee's public
telecommunications network will be effected in such manner as to enable
the following:
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(A)
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Relay
of telecommunication messages between end-equipment connected to the
network and end-equipment connected to the other public telecommunications
network;
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(B)
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Proper,
regular provision of services by the Licensee to the other licensee's
subscribers, and the provision of services by the other licensee to the
Licensee's subscribers.
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30.3
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Interconnection
may be effected either directly or indirectly, via a public
telecommunications network of another general license holder, provided it
enables that stated in Section
30.2.
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30.4
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As
regards the interconnection between the network and public landline
telecommunications network, the Licensee will act to set up interface
points between the two networks, for each type of service (infrastructure,
data transmission and communication, telephony), with at least three
transition switches, unless the Director has decided otherwise at the
written request of the Licensee. Setup of the interface points will be
done under an agreement between the Licensee and the domestic operator
licensee. Such an agreement will include, inter alia, the technical,
operational and business details of the connection, the number of
connections and their location.
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30.5
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As
regards the interconnection between the network and an international
telecommunications network, the Licensee will act in compliance with the
provisions of Addendum J to the
license.
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30A.A16)
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Rules
Concerning the Implementation of
Interconnection
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The
Licensee will act to implement interconnection in accordance with all the
following:
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(A)
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The
Licensee will verify that the network's technical and operational
standards comply wit the requirements for linkup with the public
telecommunications network of the domestic operators, the other cellphone
operators, and the international operators (hereinafter – other operator), that
the network's activities will mesh properly with the activities of the
other operator's public telecommunications network, and that the
interconnection will not adversely affect the proper functioning of these
networks and the normal service to their
subscribers;
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
(B)
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The
Licensee will provide the interconnection service under equal conditions
for every other operator and avoid any discrimination in actuating the
interconnection, including with regard to the
following:
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(1)
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Supply
of infrastructure facilities and network linkup
services;
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(2)
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Availability
of linkup facilities;
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(3)
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Linkup
method, quality and survival;
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(4)
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Alterations
and adaptations in the switching in the facilities, in the protocols and
at the network interface points;
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(5)
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Payments
for interconnection;
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(6)
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Debiting
and collection arrangements, and the transfer of information regarding
subscribers;
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(7)
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Commercial
terms for effecting
interconnection;
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(8)
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Submission
of information regarding the network and alteration therein relating to
interconnection;
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(C)
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The
Licensee will place at the disposal of the other operator any essential
information the other operator needs for providing its services via the
Licensee's facilities. Said information will be given subject to any law
concerning the protection of privacy or commercial confidentiality. In the
event the parties fail to reach an agreement regarding the nature and
scope of the essential information, the Minister will decide in the
matter;
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(D)
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The
Licensee will give the other operator information regarding alterations
planned in its network, which may affect the interconnection with the
other operator's public telecommunications' network, or the
interconnection between the public telecommunications networks of the
other operators. The Licensee will provide the aforesaid information in
such manner as to enable the other operator to prepare reasonably for the
implementation of said alterations;
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(E)
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As
regards Subsections (C) and (D), the Licensee may stipulate the provision
of information to the other operator on signing a reasonable privacy
protection agreement, intended to safeguard the Licensee's rights under
any law, including trade secrets, intellectual property rights and the
like, pertaining to information regarding modification of the network
meant to be given to the other
operator;
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(F)
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The
terms in respect of interconnection between the network and the other
operator's public telecommunications network will be formalized in an
agreement between the Licensee and the other operator. If the parties fail
to reach an agreement, the Minister will decide in the
matter.
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(G)
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(1) The
Licensee will allow its subscribers to receive all the services offered to
them by another operator, The Licensee may also allow another operator's
subscribers to receive services from the Licensee, provided that said
receipt of services is possible under any
law.
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(2)
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The
Director may order the Licensee to allow the other operator's subscribers
to receive services provided by the Licensee, provided that such receipt
of services is possible technically and under any
law.
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(3)
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Subsection (1), the Director may, at the written request of
the Licensee, exempt the Licensee from the obligation of allowing its
subscribers the possibility of receiving services from another operator,
for technical, economic reasons or for other justified
reasons.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
(H)
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The
Licensee will forward to the Director a signed copy of every agreement
between it and the other operator concerning
interconnection;
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(I)
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The
Licensee will forward to the Director on demand, any information given to
the other operator under Subsections (C) and (D), as well as a copy of
every confidentiality agreement under Subsection
(E);
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(J)
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The
Licensee will act in compliance with additional provisions the Minister
will prescribe.
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30B.A16)
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Payment
for Traffic Completion and
Interconnection
|
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In
the event the Minister did not determine payment for interconnection or
payment deriving from interconnection, the Licensee may demand in respect
thereof reasonable and non-discriminatory
payment.
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30C.A16)
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Prohibition
on Delaying Interconnection
|
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The
Minister will give the Licensee a reasonable opportunity to voice his
position in all pertaining to the Minister's intention to order it
regarding the manner of effecting interconnection and its scope, regarding
the actions, services and arrangements incidental to effecting
interconnection, and regarding payments in respect of interconnection.
Once the Minister has instructed the Licensee on said matters, the
Licensee will not delay in any way interconnection with the network, and
will fulfill its obligations in accordance with the Minister's provisions,
properly and in good faith, on the date set therefor and with full
cooperation.
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30D.A16)
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Providing
the Possibility of
Utilization
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30.1D
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The
Minister may order the Licensee to provide the possibility of utilizing
its telecommunications facility, by virtue of his authority under Section
5 of the Law.
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30.2D
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The
Licensee will enable another licensee, by the Minister's order, to provide
value added services via the Licensee's network. The Licensee will ensure
reasonable and equal terms for any other licensee, in all pertaining to
the provision of value added services by the latter to the Licensee's
subscribers.
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30.3D
|
As
regards providing the possibility of utilization, the provisions of
Sections 30A to 30C will apply, mutatis
mutandis.
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30E.A16)
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Infrastructure
Services for an Interested
Company
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30.1E
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The
Licensee will not give preference, in providing infrastructure services,
to a licensee that is an interested company over another licensee, whether
in payment for the service, in service conditions, in service availability
or in any other way.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
30.2E
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(A)
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Pursuant
to a written request from the Licensee, the Director may permit the
Licensee limitations on the provisions of Section 30.1E, in all pertaining
to another licensee or a broadcasting licensee that is an interested
company, provided the following conditions are
fulfilled:
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(1)
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The
other licensee or the concessionaire is not a material
operator:
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(2)
|
The
Director is of the opinion that giving such permission does not materially
harm competition in the field of
telecommunications.
|
(B)
|
As
regards the limitations stated in Subsection (A), these may allow the
Licensee to offer an interested company the use of its telecommunications
facilities under preferred conditions, and these may be limited in time or
by another condition.
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(C)
|
When
considering a permit under this section, the Director will take into
account the existence of a valid agreement, which was signed prior to
Amendment No. 16 to this license, between the Licensee and the interested
company, concerning, inter alia, the restriction of the permit in time or
by other conditions.
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30.3E
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In
this section – “interested company,”
“subsidiary,” and
“material
operator” – as these terms are defined in the Telecommunications
Regulations (Procedures and Conditions for Obtaining a General License for
Providing Domestic Landline Telecommunications Services),
2000.
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30F.A16)
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Numbering
Program
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30.1F
|
The
Licensee will act in accordance with the numbering program, and in
compliance with the Director's provisions regarding the activation and
implementation of the numbering
program.
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30.2F
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The
Director ordered the activation of number portability, so that every
subscriber of another cellular system licensee will be able to switch over
to and be a subscriber of the Licensee or receive services from the
Licensee without any change in his telephone number, and vice versa – the
Licensee will incorporate into its public telecommunications network
devices enabling the application of this property, on the date and using
the method laid down in the Director's
provision.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
31.
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Reports on the Setup
Works
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31.1
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The
Licensee will submit to the Director, throughout the cellular system setup
period, quarterly reports describing the setup works carried out during
the period of each report, according to the milestones and timetables in
the engineering plan. As regards this section, “the setup period” denotes
15 months from the date the license was granted or until the date of the
completion of the network's setup in full deployment, according to the
engineering plan, whichever the
earlier.
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31.2
|
The
reports will include a comparison of the plans' execution versus the plan
for each report's period, as well as explanations for any deviation or
alteration that occurred in the execution compared with the
plan.
|
31.3
|
Each
report will be submitted in triplicate in a format to be instructed by the
Director, and will bear a date and be signed by the Licensee or whoever it
empowered especially for this
purpose.
|
31.4
|
The
Director may demand that the Licensee prepare special reports, and also
that it draw up a new or supplement a report submitted to
him.
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32.
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Handover of
Information and Documents
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|
The
Licensee will furnish to the Director, on demand, any information or
document regarding the execution of cellular system setup works, at the
time, in the format, and in the manner instructed by the
Director.
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33.
|
Supervision of Setup
Works
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33.1
|
The
Director may supervise, by himself or through a designee, the Licensee's
actions connected with the execution of the setup works. To this end, the
Director may enter at any reasonable time, the Licensee's work sites,
cellular system facilities and offices, for the purpose of making
measurements, performing inspections and perusing any plan or document
pertaining to the execution of the setup
works.
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33.2
|
The
Licensee will cooperate with the Director in all pertaining to the
supervision of the setup works, and without derogating from the generality
of the foregoing, will enable him to enter the work site and its
facilities, enable the perusal of any document, plan and specification,
and provide him with any information he
requests.
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34.
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Correction of
Deficiencies and Defects
|
34.1
|
The
Director may notify the Licensee in writing about deficiencies, defects
and deviations he found in the cellular system setup operations, based on
reports submitted by the Licensee, documents and information it furnished
him, or based on measurements and inspections he
made.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
34.2
|
In
the event the Licensee receives a notice as stated in Section 34.1, it
will notify the Director, within fourteen days of the date of receiving
the notice, regarding its response to that stated therein and the measures
it took or plans to take, in order to correct the deficiencies, defects or
deviations.
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35.
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Safety Precautions and
Prevention of Hazards
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35.1
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The
Licensee will execute the setup works, taking adequate safety precautions
to prevent personal accidents and property damage, will prevent the
causation of nuisances and hazards to the public in the work areas, and if
required to do excavations at the spot, will do everything to prevent
damages to underground systems, including telecommunications networks, and
to this end will make sure to obtain every permit required by any law,
including an excavation works permit under Section 53B of the
Law.
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35.2
|
Upon
completion of the setup works, the Licensee will make sure to clean up the
work sites and restore them to their previous
condition.
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36.
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Void.A2A2)
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37.
|
Intersections with
Electricity and Telecommunications
Lines
|
|
In
a place where there are electricity lines or electricity facilities prior
to the installation of the cellular system, the Licensee is subject to the
obligations imposed under the Telecommunications and Electricity
Regulations (Convergence and Intersection between Telecommunications Lines
and Electricity Lines), 1986.
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38.
|
Discovery of
Antiquities and Site
Preservation
|
38.1
|
Antiquities,
as defined in the Antiquities Law, 1978, which are discovered at a setup
work site, are state assets, and the Licensee will take the appropriate
precautions to prevent damage
thereto.
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38.2
|
The
Licensee will notify the director of the antiquities authority regarding
the discovery of an antiquity within 15 days of the date of the
antiquity's discovery and will follow the instructions of the authority's
director in all pertaining to the manner of handling the
antiquity.
|
38.3
|
In
the course of the setup works, the Licensee will avoid, inasmuch as
possible, damaging sites of historical or national value, tourist sites
and landscape.
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38.4
|
The
Licensee will avoid, insofar as possible, damaging buildings and trees
found in the places where setup works are being carried
out.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
39.
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Land-Related
Powers
|
39.1
|
The
Minister may, at the Licensee's request, grant it all or some of the
powers prescribed in Chapter F of the Law, subject to that stated in
Section 39.2.
|
39.2
|
The
Licensee will specify in its request the sites at which it requires the
aforesaid powers, the scope of the required powers and the reasons
therefor, including the steps it took to find alternative sites, without
having to use the power under Chapter F of the
Law.
|
39.3
|
In
the event the Minister is convinced of the need to grant the Licensee
powers under Chapter F of the Law, the Minister will publish his decision
in the Reshumot
(Official Announcements and Advertisements
Gazette).
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
B: Equipment Checks and Installation Certifications
40.
|
Compliance
Check
|
|
The
Director may determine which items of equipment should not be installed in
the Cellular System before undergoing a compliance check. “Compliance” as
regards this section – as emerges from that stated in Section 41. If the
Director has decided as aforesaid, the items will not be installed before
undergoing a compliance check.
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41.
|
Responsibility for
Compliance
|
|
It
is the responsibility of the Licensee to see to it that the equipment
installed in the Cellular System is, at least, technically compliant with
the properties detailed in the manufacturer's specifications relating to
the specific item of equipment, and attached to the engineering
plan.
|
42.
|
Performance Testing
Program and Its Approval
|
42.1
|
The
Licensee will furnish the Director, no later than 30 days before giving
notice of the completion of installation under Section 43, with an
up-to-date, detailed testing program for carrying out the performance
check, relating to that part of the Cellular System it wishes to operate
(hereinafter – detailed testing
program).
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42.2
|
The
Licensee will present the detailed testing program to the Director. The
Director may demand within 15 days of the aforesaid presentation that the
Licensee make changes in the detailed testing program or complete it, if
he deems it necessary for the full and accurate execution of the
performance check, and the Licensee will carry out the checks according to
the Director's request.
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43.
|
Notice of Setup
Completion
|
|
Once
the Licensee has completed setting up a Switchboard or Cellular Radio
Center in some region, so that it is possible to start providing cellular
services through it, the Licensee will notify the Director in writing
thereof, in the format it was instructed by the Director, along with the
results of the detailed check indicating successful installation and
operation.
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44.
|
Terms of Fitness and
Operation
|
44.1
|
Prior
to operating the network, the Licensee must meet the requirements and
conditions detailed below:
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(A)
|
Entering
into an Agreement with an Equipment
Manufacturer
|
The
Licensee must have agreements in force for the entire operation period planned,
with a Cellular System manufacturer, comprising the following:
|
(1)
|
Know-how
agreement;
|
|
(2)
|
An
agreement guaranteeing the supply of parts for the network's equipment for
a period of at least 7 years;
|
|
(3)
|
An
agreement guaranteeing the supply of technical literature and full
documentation of the network's equipment, including
updates.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
(B)
|
Lab
and Testing Equipment
|
The
Licensee must operate a lab, or have a valid agreement with a competent
lab. The lab should include professional testing equipment for
performing the checks and making the repairs on the Cellular System equipment,
including mobile testing equipment.
(C)
|
Parts
|
The
Licensee must maintain and run a spare parts warehouse for Cellular System
equipment according to the recommendations of the equipment
manufacturers.
|
(D)
|
Maintenance
System
|
The
Licensee must maintain, on its own or through another, an efficient maintenance
system, consisting of maintenance personnel, service vans and communication
means, ensuring the proper, ongoing operation of the network and enabling the
handling of any malfunction within the response time required under this
license, and also enabling, in any case of a serious problem with the Cellular
System causing radio interferences, large-scale disconnection of subscribers or
posing a safety risk, repair of the malfunction within 4
hours.
(E)
|
Communication
Means
|
Means of
communication, such as a walkie-talkie, telephone or cellphone, should be
installed in the operation exchanges and centers, as well as in the service and
maintenance centers.
44.2
|
The
Licensee must present to the Director, seven days before setting the
network in operation for the first time, certifications and documents
regarding compliance with the requirements and conditions specified in
Section 44.1. In the event the Director fails to respond within
five days of the date of delivery of said documents, the Licensee may
operate the Cellular System and connect subscribers thereto. If the
Director orders the Licensee, based on the documents' findings, to alter
or fix the network, the Licensee must make the required alteration or
correction and present a certification of execution to the Director, and
if the Director fails to respond within 3 days, the Licensee may operate
the system.
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Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
C: Use of Frequencies
45.
|
Allocation
of FrequenciesA16)
|
45.1
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The
Licensee may operate the Cellular Radio centers of the Cellular System,
using the frequency bands allocated for its exclusive use, as detailed
below:
|
(A) A35)
|
835
to 845 MHz and corresponding range 880 to 890
MHz;
|
(A1)A35)
|
1710
to 1712 MHz and corresponding range 1805 to 1807
MHz;
|
|
That
stated in this subsection in no way derogates from the Director's
authority to allocate an alternative frequency band with identical
bandwidth for the Licensee's use, instead of the frequency band specified
in this subsection.
|
(B)
|
Starting
from February 1, 2002 to January 1, 2004 the following bands will be
allocated:
|
1710 to
1715.4 MHz and corresponding range 1805 to 1810.4 MHz;
1716.6 to
1721.2 MHz and corresponding range 1811.6 to 1816 MHz;
1962 to
1967 MHz and corresponding range 2152 to 2157 MHz;
|
(C)
|
Starting
from January 1, 2004 the following bands will be
allocated:
|
|
1720
to 1730 MHz and corresponding range 1815 to 1825
MHz;
|
|
1960
to 1970 MHz and corresponding range 2150 to 2160
MHz;
|
|
as
well as the frequency range 1905 to 1910
MHz.
|
(C1) A2A26)
|
Starting
from April 4, 2004 the following frequency bands will be
allocated:
|
|
1715
to 1720 MHz and corresponding range 1810 to 1815
MHz.
|
|
(D)
|
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, in the event the Licensee asks to postpone the usage
commencement date for the frequencies specified in subsections (B) and
(C), or a part thereof, to a later date, the Director may suspend the
allocation of frequencies to a date he decides
on.
|
45.2
|
The
Licensee may select a narrower frequency band than that stated above in
the framework of the frequency bands specified in Section
45.1.
|
45.3
|
In
the event of detection of electromagnetic interferences from other
radiants that can harm the proper functioning of the Cellular System, the
Director must, at the Licensee's request, take any reasonable action to
find an appropriate solution or stop the aforesaid
interferences.
|
46.
|
Restriction on Use of
Frequencies
|
|
The
Licensee will make use of the frequencies allocated to it as stated in
Section 45 only for providing the services under this
license.
|
47.
|
Prevention of
Interferences
|
47.1
|
The
Licensee will set up the Cellular System and operate it in such manner so
that no part of its parts will emit radiation prohibited under the
provisions of the Pharmacists'
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Regulations
(Radioactive Elements and Their Products), 1980, and do everything required, if
required, to obtain a permit in accordance with the aforesaid
regulations.
47.2
|
The
Licensee will coordinate the use of the frequencies with the Director, who
will base his directives, inter alia, on the program derived from the
preparation for a national emergency
crisis.
|
47.3
|
The
Licensee will submit to the Director, or anyone appointed for this purpose
on its behalf, a detailed, up-to-date plan for the operation of Cellular
Radio Centersand for the expected use of the frequencies at least 60 days
before the operation, and will report to the Director regarding the actual
execution, within 7 days of the operation
date.
|
47.4
|
The
Licensee will set up and operate the Cellular System in such a manner as
to prevent interferences with other Bezeq and wireless systems operating
lawfully. Prior to the activation of any Cellular System, the Licensee
will perform tests and measurements for the purpose of preventing
electromagnetic interferences. If found that electromagnetic interferences
can be expected or interferences have been detected during operation, the
Licensee will act to find a solution that will prevent these interferences
and also prevent their recurrence, and in the absence of a solution it
will turn in writing to the Director or to anyone appointed for this
purpose on its behalf, in order to find a reasonable solution in this
regard. The Director may demand that each of the parties make changes in
the operation of the equipment or in the use of the frequencies or that
they stop broadcasting over certain frequencies, throughout the country or
in a certain region.
|
47.5
|
The
granting of this license, including the approval of the engineering plan,
in no way provides protection against harmonies from other radiants
operating lawfully, or other radiants operating outside state territory;
however, the Director must make every reasonable effort to find an
appropriate solution providing the necessary
protection.
|
48.
|
Cellphone Activity in
Emergencies
|
48.1
|
In
times of national emergency or for national security reasons, the one
empowered to do so by any law may take the steps needed for state
security, with a notice to the Licensee A2A2),
including control of the network. In such circumstances, the Licensee will
operate according to the instructions and notices of those authorized to
do so by any law, including the government, the Minister, the Director and
head of the unit for the management of a broadcasting spectrum and
satellites in an emergency (hereinafter – head of the emergency
unit).
|
48.2
|
The
Licensee will give the head of the emergency unit the names of its
representatives authorized to receive instructions and notices anytime, 24
hours a day, in all pertaining to national emergency and security matters.
The representative will have a first and second deputy, who will
substitute for him during his
absence.
|
48.3
|
The
Licensee will set up and operate the network in a manner that will allow
reducing the network's activity, when necessary, during times of
emergency:
|
(A)
|
In
terms of the frequency profile;
|
(B)
|
In
terms of the geographical profile;
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd.
for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
(C)
|
Through
the disconnection of part of its subscribers, according to predetermined
lists, or according to directives deriving from the
situation;
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(D)
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In
terms of a profile combining profiles A, B and
C.
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48.4
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The
Licensee will organize itself in such manner, so that it will be able to
carry out the reductions detailed in Section 48.3 rapidly and efficiently,
by remote control or by presence at the sites
themselves.
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48.5
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The
head of the emergency unit may establish a detailed procedure formalizing
and regulating the Cellular System activity during an emergency, which he
will present to the Licensee, and the latter will strictly fulfill the
provisions of this procedure.
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
D: Inspections and MaintenanceA43)
49.
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Definitions
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“Periodical inspection” –
An inspection of the network or any part thereof performed according to
the license's provisions, at fixed time intervals and at least once every
half year;
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“Special inspection” – An
inspection of the network or any part thereof performed due to a
maintenance action or repair, following electromagnetic interferences, a
malfunction, clarification of a complaint, a technological modification,
an alteration in the engineering plan or the
like;
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“Regular inspection” – An
inspection of the network or any part thereof, done on a regular, ongoing
basis.
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50.
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Performance of
Inspections
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50.1
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The
Licensee will carry out periodical inspections on the Cellular System and
will submit the results of the inspection, at the Director’s request,
within 30 days of the day of the
request.
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50.2
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The
Licensee will set up and operate a control system for continual monitoring
of the performance and functionality of the network, and will perform, on
an ongoing basis, regular inspections of the network or any part thereof,
as necessary.
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50.3
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The
Licensee will perform a regular inspection for quality of the service as
detailed in Addendum E, including compliance with relevant ITU-T
standards, and will submit the results of the inspection, at the
Director’s request, within 30 days of the day of the
request.
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50.4
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The
Director may instruct the Licensee to perform a special inspection; The
Licensee will perform such inspection in the format and at the time
specified by the Director and will submit its results to
him.
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50.5
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The
Director or anyone so authorized by him will be allowed to carry out
inspections himself, where he deems this to be necessary; The Licensee
will permit the Director or anyone so authorized by him access to the
installations and the equipment, subject to prior coordination, and will
place at his disposal testing equipment used by it or professional
manpower employed by it.
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51.
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Inspections,
Malfunctions and Maintenance
Log
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51.1
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The
Licensee will manage an inspections, malfunctions and maintenance log
(hereinafter – maintenance log), in which details of the malfunctions in
and inspections of the network are
recorded.
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51.2
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The
Licensee will keep the maintenance log and enable the Director or a
representative authorized by him to peruse it at any time, to examine it
or copy it in any manner, and will submit it for inspection by the
Director at his request.
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52.
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Repair of Deficiencies
and Defects
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52.1
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The
Director may, after giving the Licensee sufficient opportunity in the
circumstances of the case to present its case to him, notify the Licensee
in writing of deficiencies and defects he found that are affecting the
level of the service to Subscribers, the level of survivability and backup
of the network or the safety level or interfering with other lawfully
operating systems, based on a follow-up of the network’s performance,
including by means of Subscribers’ complaints or inspections carried out
by him or on the basis of inspection reports, documents and information
provided to him by the Licensee.
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52.2
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The
Director may instruct the Licensee regarding the times by which it must
correct the deficiencies and
defects.
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52.3
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In
the event the Licensee received such a notice, it will notify the
Director, within the time set for this purpose in the Director's notice,
of the correction of the deficiencies and defects, at the level of detail
requested by the Director.
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53.
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Void.
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54.
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Void.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Chapter E: Providing
Cellular Services to Subscribers
Part
A: Entering into an Agreement with Subscribers
55.A43)
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The
Contract
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55.1
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The
Licensee will prepare a wording for the contract that it intends to offer
its subscribers, and will submit it for the Director’s perusal at his
request.
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55.2
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The
terms of the contract shall not contradict, explicitly or implicitly, the
provisions of any law or the provisions of the license: The aforesaid
shall not prevent the stipulation of various provisions in the contract
that benefit the subscriber compared to the provisions of the law or the
license.
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55.3
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The
contract will be in writing and laid out in a clear manner conducive to
reading and comprehension and specifying prominently any term or
limitation on the subscriber’s right to cancel the contract or on the
Licensee's liability toward the subscriber; Any stipulation in the
contract shall be stated explicitly and not by way of
reference.
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For
purposes of this section, “writing” – including an electronic document
that can be saved and retrieved by the
subscriber.
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55.4
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The
contract will include, inter alia, in a clear
manner, the following:
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(a)
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Terms
of the service to the subscriber, including quality measures for customer
and subscriber service as detailed in section 2 in Addendum
E;
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(b)
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Terms
for disconnecting from the Licensee’s services or service discontinuation
terms;
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(c)
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Licensee’s
rates for the services for which the subscriber registered, as of the day
of the agreement, including the date and terms for termination of the
rates program;
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(d)
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Limitation
on the rate of arrears interest, linkage differences and collection
expenses, as stated in section
80.3;
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(e)
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Condition
for changing the rate for the service for which the subscriber registered,
as stated in section 78.1;
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(f)
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The
details set out in sections 61 and 61A regarding the public ombudsman and
umpire.
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(g)
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Condition
specifying that in case of a contradiction between the provisions relating
to the rates and to the basket of services detailed in the contract, and
the provisions of the license in this regard, the provisions of the
license shall prevail;
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(h)
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Xxxxxx
concerning the Director’s authority to instruct the Licensee to modify the
contract, and a clarification that the subscriber’s engagement with the
Licensee under the contract constitutes agreement to such
modification.
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55.5
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The
Licensee will deliver to the subscriber a copy of the contract and its
appendices.
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
56. A43)
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Modification
of Contract
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56.1
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The
Director may instruct the Licensee to modify the contract, after giving
the Licensee sufficient opportunity to present its
case.
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56.2
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If
the contract was amended pursuant to the Director’s instructions or
pursuant to a decision of the Standard Contracts Court, in the event that
the contract was submitted for its approval, the engagement between the
Licensee and the subscriber will be in accordance with the amended
contract, as from the date of the
amendment.
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56.3
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The
provisions of section 55 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to an
amendment of the wording of the contract by the
Licensee.
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56A.T47)
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Period
of Commitment under a Contract
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56A.1
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Where
the Licensee entered with a subscriber who is not a business subscriber
into a contract that includes a commitment, the period of the commitment
may not exceed eighteen (18)
months.
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In
this regard, “commitment,” – the
subscriber's commitment to comply with conditions relating to the scope of
consumption of services, the amount of the payment or the payment terms,
during a defined period, where noncompliance with such conditions during
such period entails a payment, including the return of a benefit or an
exit fee.
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56A.2
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Where
the Licensee proposed to a subscriber who is not a business subscriber to
enter into a contract that includes a commitment, the Licensee will
present to such subscriber a proposal to enter into a contract that does
not include a commitment, as a reasonable alternative to contracts that
include a commitment. In this regard, a contract containing a “prepaid”
plan will not be deemed a reasonable alternative to a plan that includes a
commitment.
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56A.3
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If
the Director finds that the Licensee has violated Section 56A.2, he may
direct the Licensee to modify conditions in a contract that does not
include a commitment, without thereby derogating from any other power
established in the License or in any law. In this regard, the Director
will consider, inter
alia, the number of subscribers of the Licensee who are signed on
contracts that do not include a
commitment.
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57.
A43)
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Void.
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58.
A43)
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Void.
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Amendment No. 47.
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59.
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Obligation of
Connecting Applicants and Prohibition on
Stipulation
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59.1
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If
the Licensee has met the terms for operating a Cellular System as stated
in Section 44.2, the Licensee will connect any applicant to the cellular
network no later than the date set in the contract with the subscriber,
unless the Director has authorized the Licensee not to connect the
applicant, under circumstances he deems justified. A2)
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59.2
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The
Licensee may not stipulate the connection of an applicant on unreasonable,
discriminatory or unfair terms, and without derogating from the generality
of the foregoing:
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The
Licensee may not require a subscriber to purchase end-user equipment from it or
from its designee;
The
Licensee may not require the subscriber to receive maintenance services from it
for the end-user equipment in the subscriber's possession;
The
Licensee may not stipulate or condition cellular services, service conditions or
a rate on the purchase of cellular end-user equipment from it or from any
other.
59.3
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Void.A1)
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
B: Service Level for Subscribers
60.A16)
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Obligation
of Maintaining the Service
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60.1
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The
Licensee will put at the disposal of its subscribers all the services
detailed in the First Schedule, in accordance with the terms detailed in
the schedule, and will maintain all its services all year round, around
the clock, both in times of calm and in times of an emergency, subject to
Section 48, in accordance with the technical requirements and service
quality requirements, in a proper and regular fashion, and of a quality no
lower than that indicated by the service quality indexes specified in the
first schedule to the license and in Addendum E to the Second Schedule to
the license. In the event of a contradiction between the First Schedule
and Addendum E to the license's Second Schedule, the provisions of
Addendum E to the Second Schedule will
prevail.
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60.2
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Without
derogating from that stated in Section 75.3, the Licensee will provide
cellular services and a service package, as this term is defined in
Section 73A, to every applicant, under equal and non-discriminatory terms
and at a non-discriminatory rate.
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60.3
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If
the Director has found that the service package is liable to harm
competition or the consumers, he will notify the Licensee thereof,
indicating the date by which the Licensee must stop offering its
subscribers the service package.
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60.4
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If
the Licensee provides any cellular service to any person or organization,
for payment, the service must be available to any subscriber throughout
the network coverage area, complying with the minimal requirements as
regards service quality, without discrimination, within 24 months of the
date of commencing provision of the service for
payment.
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60.5
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The
Director may, at the written request of the Licensee, allow the Licensee
limitations on the provision of Section 60.4, after being convinced that
there is a real difficulty in providing the service to anyone that
requests it, and that the specific features of the service possess a
unique and exceptional flavor justifying
this.
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60.6A43)
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The
Licensee may not provide, with or without consideration, any of its
services not explicitly requested by the subscriber, except for a service
given free of charge to all the subscribers, and it may not allow the
provision of a service of a service provider not explicitly requested by
the subscriber.
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For
purposes of this section, “service provider” – anyone providing a service
through the network, for which payment is made by means of the telephone
bill.
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61.A43)
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Public
Ombudsman
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61.1
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The
Licensee will appoint a person to handle complaints of the public (“the Ombudsman”), having
the following
responsibilities:
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(a)
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Clarifying
subscribers’ complaints in connection with the Licensee’s services,
including the complaint of someone applying to receive a
service.
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(b)
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Clarifying
subscribers’ complaints in connection with bills that were submitted by
the Licensee, and deciding in regard
thereto.
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The
Public Ombudsman will respond in writing to complaints as stated that were
submitted in writing.
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61.2
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The
Public Ombudsman will act according to a policy to be set by the
Licensee’s management.
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61.3
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The
Licensee will render the Public Ombudsman all the assistance required by
him for filling his function.
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61.4
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The
Licensee will notify every subscriber regarding the possibility of
submitting a complaint to the Public Ombudsman, the powers of the Public
Ombudsman and the ways of applying to him. The contents of this
sub-section shall be included in the contract, in the bill sent to the
subscriber and on the Licensee’s
website.
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61A.A43)
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Umpiring of
Disputes
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61A.1
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The
contract will stipulate that any disagreements arising between the
Licensee and a subscriber in connection with the interpretation or
performance of the contract, shall be submitted for clarification to the
Licensee’s Public Ombudsman.
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61A.2
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The
contract will specify that an application to the Public Ombudsman under
section 61A.1 shall not:
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(a)
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Prevent
the subscriber a
priori from bringing his case before a competent
court;
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(b)
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Derogate
from the Licensee’s authority to act in accordance with the provisions of
section 72 regarding the discontinuation or disconnection of a service
owing to a breach of the contract.
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62.
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Obligation of
Maintenance
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62.1
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The
Licensee is responsible for the maintenance of the Cellular
System.
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62.2
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If
a subscriber purchased cellular end-user equipment from the Licensee or
from its designee, and the purchase agreement included maintenance
services, the LicenseeA43)
will be responsible for the maintenance of said purchased end-user
equipment, however the LicenseeA43)
will not be responsible for the maintenance of said purchased end-user
equipment beyond the maintenance period undertaken by the manufacturer,
unless agreed otherwise between it and the subscriber.A2)
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If,
in order to receive cellular services, the subscriber used cellular
end-user equipment not purchased from the Licensee or from its designee,
the Licensee is not obligated to look out for the maintenance of this
end-user equipment, but may enter into an agreement with the subscriber
for providing maintenance services also for said
equipment.
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for the provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
63.
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Repair of
Malfunctions
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63.1
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The
Licensee will maintain a regular service for handling subscribers' calls
concerning problems with receiving cellular services, and to this end will
operate centers for receiving messages from subscribers all year round
(excluding Yom Kippur), and 24 hours a day (hereinafter – call
center).
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63.2
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Without
derogating from the generality of that stated in Section 63.1, the
Licensee will operate the call center in a manner enabling the receipt of
complaints from subscribers via telephone, in all pertaining to the
Licensee's services.
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63.3
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The
call center will be manned by skilled and professional personnel, having
the appropriate competence for handling problems, and if a complaint has
been received regarding a malfunction that led to disruption of the
service or regarding poor reception quality, said personnel will act
immediately to localize the malfunction and start taking measures to
correct it, as detailed in Addendum
E.
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63.4
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The
Licensee will repair any malfunction for which a notification was received
at the call center, within the response time detailed in Addendum E. If
identification or repair of the malfunction necessitates a visit at the
subscriber's site, the Licensee will coordinate the repair date in advance
with the subscriber, provided that the length of time the subscriber has
to wait on said date does not exceed 4
hours.
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63.5
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The
Director may, at the Licensee's request, extend the repair time for the
malfunction if he deems that the time required for its repair exceeds that
stated in this section, provided that the time is not extended by more
than 5 days from the date on which the malfunction occurred. If the
Licensee applied to the Director for extension of the malfunction repair
time as stated, and no approval was given yet, the Licensee will continue
to work to repair the malfunction at the soonest
possible.
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63.6
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The
Licensee will specify in the maintenance log the details of the
malfunction and the steps taken to repair it, all as stated in Section
52.
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64.
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End-user equipment –
Selling and Renting
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The
Licensee may sell or rent out to its subscribers cellular end-user equipment for
the purpose of linkup to the Cellular System, provided it complies with the
following:
The
Licensee has notified the subscriber that he may purchase cellular end-user
equipment from any licensed marketer and that he does not have to buy the
equipment from the Licensee in order to receive cellular
services;
The
Licensee will not stipulate the provision of maintenance services for cellular
end-user equipment on the very receipt of cellular services from the Licensee,
and will notify the subscriber that he may receive maintenance service for
end-user equipment, from any person, including the end-user equipment purchased
or rented from the Licensee.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
65.
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Public Emergency
Services
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65.1A21)
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The
Licensee will enable, anytime and at no charge, for all its subscribers,
free and rapid access to public emergency services such as: Magen Xxxxx
Xxxx, the Israel Police and the Fire
Station.
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65.2A42)
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Starting
from April 5, 2007 (“the inception day”) the Licensee will enable the call
centers of the public emergency systemsA)
to identify the telephone number of a subscriber calling themB),
anytime and at no charge, including a subscriber with a confidential
telephone number, a subscriber who blocked his number before the call and
a subscriber calling from a private
exchange.
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The
Licensee may do the aforesaid through a licensee that routes the call to
the public emergency system.
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Not
later than two days before the inception dayA44)
the Licensee will notify all its subscribers, clearly, in writing, that
starting from the inception day it will be possible for the call centers
of the public emergency systems to identify the subscriber’s telephone
number, and it will notify in writing any subscriber requesting a
“confidential number” – that the number is not confidential with respect
to calls to the call centers of the public emergency
systems.
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65AA21)
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Blocking
Service to a Nuisance
Subscriber
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65.1A
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Section 65.1, the Licensee will block a nuisance
subscriber's access to the public emergency service. If blockage of public
emergency service alone is not technically possible, then the Licensee
will block the nuisance subscriber's access to all the cellular services.
As regards this section, a “nuisance subscriber”
denotes a subscriber who has contacted a certain emergency center, for no
justifiable reason, more than 10 times during one whole day, using the
end-user equipment in his
possession.
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65.2A
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A
notice regarding a nuisance subscriber will be submitted in writing to the
Licensee by a senior employee in the public emergency service (hereinafter
– the employee) and will be corroborated by an affidavit signed by the
employee (hereinafter – the complaint). The complaint will include, inter
alia, the name of the nuisance subscriber, his telephone number, insofar
as these are known to the complainant, as well as a specification of the
contact times of the nuisance subscriber, and the content of the call
showing that the contact was made without any justifiable reason. If the
complaint does not include the telephone number of the nuisance
subscriber, the Licensee will act in a reasonable fashion, to identify the
nuisance subscriber based on the data provided in the
complaint.
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65.3A
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The
Licensee will block the nuisance subscriber's access to the emergency
service as stated in Section 65.1A, after giving the nuisance subscriber
advance warning. The notice will be given 3 workdays before the date of
service blockage, in one of the following
ways:
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A.
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A
phone call from a service center of the Licensee to the cellphone
end-equipment of the subscriber;
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A) Israel Police - 100, Magen
Xxxxx Xxxx - 101, Fire Station - 102
B) Excluding a subscriber
that his end user equipment permits dialing only to the call centers of the
public emergency systems such as a non SIM card cellphone in a GSM
network
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B.
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An
SMS message sent to the cellphone end-equipment of the
subscriber;
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X.
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Xxxxxxxx
of a registered letter to the subscriber, except for one who is a prepaid
subscriber and his address is
unknown.
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65.4A
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Blockage
of service to a nuisance subscriber who is a prepaid subscriber whose
address is unknown will be done no later than one full day from the time
of receiving a complaint or identification as stated in Section
65.2A.
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65.5A
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Section 65.1A, the Licensee will not block the public
emergency service to a subscriber, if the circumstances of contacting, as
these emerge from the explanation given by the subscriber to the Licensee,
show that the contacting was justified and that he should not be deemed a
nuisance subscriber. The Licensee will forward to the Director, within 10
workdays from the date of receiving the complaint or the identification as
stated in Section 65.2A, the arguments for not blocking the nuisance
subscriber.
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65.6A
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In
the event it blocked the nuisance subscriber's access to emergency calls,
the Licensee may collect from the subscriber all his debts, and may also
collect payment from him for removing the
block.
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65.7A
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The
Licensee may remove the block once the nuisance subscriber has given it a
written undertaking not to repeat his nuisance calls in the
future.
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65.8A
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The
Licensee will keep records of how the nuisance subscriber was identified,
how the notice was given to the nuisance subscriber, or, alternatively, in
a case where a notice was not given the nuisance subscriber, the reasoning
for not giving the notice. Likewise, a record will be kept concerning the
removal of the block.
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65.9A
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The
Licensee will specify, in the framework of the nuisance subscribers report
as stated in Section 104(B)A43),
the number of nuisance subscribers whose access to the public emergency
service or to all the cellular services was blocked under this section,
and the subscribers for whom said block was removed, as well as the number
of subscribers that were not blocked under this section and the reasons
for this.
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66.A16)
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Protecting
Subscriber Privacy
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66.1
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Without
derogating from the provisions of the Law, The Wiretapping Law, 1979, The
Privacy Protection Law, 1981, or any other law concerning the safeguarding
of an individual's privacy, the Licensee may not wiretap the telephone or
any other communication of the subscriber without the written permission
of the subscriber, except for the purpose of controlling the quality and
standard of the service or for preventing
frauds.
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66.2
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Subject
to that stated in Section 66A, the Licensee, its workers, agents and
designees may not disclose lists or documents containing the name and
address of a subscriber or any other information pertaining to him,
including account details, phone call traffic, call durations and
destinations, to any person whatsoever except to the subscriber or to
anyone empowered by the subscriber for this
purpose.
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(cellular)
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
66.3
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Section 66.2, the Licensee may do the
following:
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(A)
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To
give the subscriber's details to another licensee for the purpose of
collecting monies owed him by the subscriber in respect of
services it provided him through the network, provided that the
information relayed is necessary for collecting monies and preparing
bills, and the other licensee has undertaken to safeguard the subscribers'
privacy;
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(B)
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To
transfer a subscribers' details to another, insofar as the particulars are
in its possession, by lawful
authority.
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66A.T3)
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Special
Services for the Security
Forces
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(A)
|
The
Licensee will provide special services to the security forces as detailed
in the classified security addendum attached to the license as Addendum I
and in the classified security addendum attached to the license as
Addendum LA12).
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(A1)A12)
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The
Licensee will enable the security forces, regarding which the Director
informed in writing, to realize, subject to any law, their powers with
respect to any telecommunications activity in the framework of the
license, and will be responsible for the maintenance, proper functioning,
and technological adaptation of the equipment and infrastructure required
for realizing said execution capability, all in coordination with the
security forces, as detailed in Addenda I and L. The security forces will
bear the payment under the provisions of Section 13 of the
Law.
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(B)
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The
Licensee will see to it that Addenda I and L are guarded A12)
in accordance with the provisions of the procedure for safeguarding
records to be laid down by the Licensee in conjunction with the security
officer of the “General Security
Service.”
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(C)
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The
Licensee will be exempt from the duty of indemnification toward the State,
by virtue of the provisions of Section 91.2 of the general license and/or
by virtue of any law, in respect of the very execution of the special
services for the security forces.
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66B.A12)
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Security
Provisions
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(A)
|
The
Licensee will appoint a security supervisor in accordance with the
provisions of the Security Arrangement in Public Bodies Law, 1998, and
rigorously follow the security provisions detailed in the Addendum M to
the license.
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(B)
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The
Licensee will establish appropriate provisions in the incorporation
documents and in its regulations, and will act in such manner so that only
a person who meets the conditions set out below will be appointed and
serve in a position or function enumerated in Addendum M to the
license:
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(1)
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An
Israeli citizen, as this term is defined in the Citizenship Law, 1952, and
a resident of Israel;
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Was
given security clearance by the General Security Service, by which there
is no prevention to his serving as
stated.
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(C)
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The
Licensee will act to safeguard the secrecy of the security forces'
operations, and act according to the security directives of those same
security forces, including in the matter of the appropriate security
classification for officers and holders of important functions working for
the Licensee, and compartmentalization of knowledge pertaining to
activities involving the security
forces.
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(D)
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The
Licensee will take the measures necessary to protect the network, its
components and the databases used for providing services, and for
operating and controlling the network in the face of activities carried
out by unauthorized entities, according to the provisions detailed in
Addendum M to the license.
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67.
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Bills to
Subscribers
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67.1A16)
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A
bill that the Licensee submits to the subscriber should be clear,
succinct, readable and understandable. The bill should contain an accurate
breakdown of the components of the payment required according to the types
of payments and the rules specified in Chapter
F.
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67.2
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A
credit due a subscriber from the Licensee will be included in the
successive bill immediately after the subscriber's right to the aforesaid
credit has been established.
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67.3
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The
Licensee may collect payments for his services from the subscriber through
another, including through Bezeq.
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67.4A34)
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Without
derogating from the rest of the license provisions pertaining to the
manner of preparing the bill for the subscriber and to the manner of
debiting, the Licensee will act in compliance with Israel Standard 5262,
concerning debiting credibility and due disclosure in telephone bills
(hereinafter – “the Standard”).
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(B)
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Subsection
(A) constitutes a “service condition,” as concerns Section 37B(a)(1) of
the Law.
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(C)
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Notwithstanding
that stated in subsection (A) -
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(1)
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Regarding
the provision in Section 2.2.2 of the Standard, the rounding off method
will apply as follows:
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(a)
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An
amount in the bill will be rounded off to the nearest amount ending in two
digits after the decimal point of the shekel, with an amount ending in
five tenths of an agora (three digits after the decimal point) to be
rounded up.
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(b)
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An
amount to be paid for a single call will be rounded off to the nearest
amount ending in three digits after the decimal point of the shekel, with
an amount ending in five hundredths of an agora (four digits after the
decimal point) to be rounded up.
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(2)
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The
Licensee may present any amount included in the bill with a breakdown
exceeding that required by the provision in Section 2.2.2 of the Standard,
provided the rounding off method stated in Subsection (C)(1) above will
apply thereto.
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(3)
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The
price of a phone call (voice) that includes a changing rate, will be
presented in the bill submitted to the subscriber as an average price per
minute, computed by dividing the payment amount for that same call by the
its total number of minutes.
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In this
paragraph, “changing rate” denotes a rate that varies in the course of the call
according to various criteria, such as a rate that diminishes with increasing
consumption, or a rate that varies due to a transition from a “peak period” to a
“slack period” in the course of the call or vice versa.
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In
addition to that stated in the provision of the last part of Section 2.2.4
of the Standard regarding service packages, the bill will contain a
breakdown of the services included in the package, along with the overall
rate paid for the package as a
whole.
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In this
paragraph, “service package” denotes several services marketed to the subscriber
as a single package, in return for an overall rate (and without a breakdown of
the payment for each component separately).
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(1)
Chapter
B in the Standard concerning due disclosure in telephone bills will come
into effect no later than Friday, October 14,
2005.
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(2)
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Chapter
C in the Standard regarding debiting credibility will come into effect no
later than Sunday, January 14,
2006.
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Without
derogating from the provisions of Section 66, the Licensee will provide,
by itself or through another on its behalf, an information service for
clarifying the telephone number of anyone who is a subscriber of a NDO or
of a Cellular System operator, excluding an ID-restricted subscriber
(hereinafter – “information service”), as
follows:
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(A)
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For
the general public and at no charge, via a website through which the
service will be provided;
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(B)
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For
its subscribers, at a reasonable price, via a phone center, the access to
which will be effected by means of a network access code set by the
Director;
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(C)
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The
information service will be given through each of the aforesaid means
based on the same information characteristics to be provided by the
subscriber applying to receive the
service.
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67.2A
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Without
derogating from that stated in Section 67.1A, the Licensee will provide to
the general public and at no charge, by itself or through another, an
information service for clarifying the telephone number of any subscriber,
excluding an ID-restricted subscriber,
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via a
phone center, the access to which will be effected by means of a national access
code set by the Director.
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In
addition to that stated in Sections 67.1A and 67.2A, the Licensee may
offer, at a reasonable price, by itself or through another on its behalf,
an information service, by any other means, including by means of a
national access code or by means of an
SMS.
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67.4A
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In
order to execute that stated in Subsections 67.1A and
67.3A:
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(A)
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The
Licensee may send a query on its behalf to any database of a NDO or
cellular system operator (hereinafter – “another licensee”), or to receive
information from the database of another licensee by any other method and
with the consent of the other licensee, all subject to the duty of
safeguarding the subscriber's
privacy;
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In
order for an information service to be provided by another licensee under
its general license, the Licensee will enable any other licensee access to
the Licensee's database;
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(C)
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The
Licensee will update the database on a regular basis, so that each name,
address or telephone number of a subscriber that was added, altered or
removed, will be updated in the database within one workday following
execution of the update in the Licensee's system being used to provide
telephony services.
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As
regards this section –
“Database”
denotes a collection of data including the name, address and telephone number of
any subscriber that is not ID-restricted, including a subscriber that is a
business.
67.5A
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(A)
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The
Licensee will request the consent of each new subscriber for including his
details in the database. If the subscriber gives his consent, the Licensee
will include his details in the
database.
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(B)
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The
Licensee will grant the first request of any subscriber who wishes to
remain ID-restricted, free of
charge.
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In
this subsection, a “new subscriber” denotes a subscriber who has signed a
contract with the Licensee after the commencement date as stated in
Section 67.7A.
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67.6A
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(A)
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The
terms for providing an information service for clarifying telephone
numbers, given under Section 67A, will be established by the Licensee,
provided they are fair and non-discriminatory, including as regards the
order of the data presented to the user of the service. The service will
be given twenty four (24) hours a day, all year round, except for Xxx
Xxxxxx. In this subsection, “order of the data presented” – Insofar as the
answer to the service user's query comprises several different data, the
requested data will be presented to the service user in random
order.
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The
response in respect of the information service for clarifying telephone
numbers as stated in Section 67.2A will be given within a reasonable time.
If the Director sees that the waiting times for the service are not
reasonable, he may establish response time
indexes.
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(C)
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An
information service for clarifying telephone numbers as stated in Section
67.1A(B) and an information service using a phone center, the access to
which is
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effected
by means of a national access code as stated in Section 67.3A, will comply with
the service indexes specified below:
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(1)
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At
any time, in the event of a heavy service call load6, the number of
inquirers receiving service should not be less than
90%;
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The
average waiting period of a caller until the start of receiving
service7 should
not exceed 30 seconds;
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(3)
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The
maximum waiting period for a caller until the start of receiving the
service should not exceed 60
seconds.
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67.7A
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Section
67A will go into effect on February 8, 2007, except for Subsection
67.1A(a), which will go into effect on March 15, 2007 (“the commencement
date”), and except for Section 67.2AA45),
which will go into effect at the time of signing this
amendment.
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67.8A
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The
Licensee, by itself or through another, including together with another
licensee, will advertise all the information services for clarifying
telephone numbers given free of charge by the Licensee, as well as the
national access codes allocated to the cellular service licensees for
providing the service (“free information services”). The advertising
should include at least the
following:
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(A)
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The
Licensee's website;
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(B)
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At
least once every half year, the Licensee will attach, in the framework of
the bill submitted to the subscriber, a separate information sheetA43)
regarding the free information services, which will not include any other
information, starting from the first bill submitted to the subscriber
following the commencement date.
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(C)
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At
least four (4) times during the first year following the commencement
date, the Licensee will run large, prominent ads in at least the 3 largest
Hebrew language newspapers, and in the largest newspaper in Arabic, in
English and in Russian, as well as in the largest economic newspaper.
These ads will include no other information. The first ad in all the
aforesaid newspapers, except for the economic newspaper, will be on the
first Friday after the commencement date or on the following one, and in
the economic newspaper it will run on the first Tuesday after the
commencement date or on the following one, regarding the free information
services.
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Without
derogating from the foregoing, the Director may instruct the Licensee regarding
the manner and format for advertising the information services.
67B.A43)
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Void.
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67C.A16)
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Service
Dossier
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67C.1
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If
the Licensee wishes to operate a service included in the list of services
in the First Schedule and marked “future”, it must notify the Director of
this in writing not later than thirty (30) days before the date on which
it plans to begin providing the
service.
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67C.2
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If
the Licensee wishes to operate a service not included in the list of
services in the First Schedule which it intends to provide to any
recipient of its services, it must notify the Director of this in writing
not later than thirty (30) days before the intended date for commencement
of provision of the new service.
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67C.3
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The
Director will notify the Licensee within thirty (30) days of the date of
receipt of the Licensee’s notice as stated in sections 67C.1 and 67C.2,
whether it is allowed to commence provision of the service or whether it
must submit a service dossier for the Director’s approval, as a condition
for commencement of the service.
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67C.4
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The
Licensee will submit a service dossier for the Director’s approval, at his
request; If the Licensee fails to submit a service dossier as instructed
by the Director, or if the Director does not approve the service dossier,
the Licensee shall not commence provision of the
service.
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67C.5
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The
Director will give a decision regarding the service dossier that was
submitted to him within sixty (60) days from when the Licensee has
submitted to the Director all the documents and information requested by
him for the purpose of approving the service dossier. In special cases,
the Director may extend the times set in this section, by a written,
explanatory notice to be given to the
Licensee.
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67C.6
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The
Director may require the Licensee to submit for his approval a service
dossier for an existing service regarding which no service dossier was
previously required, and he may require the Licensee to submit for his
approval a new service dossier for a service regarding which a service
dossier was approved in the past.
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67C.7
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The
service dossier will be submitted to the Director in the format and at the
time specified by the Director and will include, inter alia, the
following: the name of the service; a detailed description of the service
and the manner in which it is provided; the service rate, and an
engineering description, all as set out in the First Schedule; The
Director may give instructions on additional matters which are to be
included in the service dossier.
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67C.8
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If
the service dossier is approved, the Licensee will provide the service
according to the terms of the approved dossier, and the approved service
dossier will be deemed an integral part of the
license.
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67C.9
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The
Licensee will advertise an approved service dossier, with details and in
the manner specified by the Director, and the Director may advertise it
himself, provided he does not do so until after the Licensee has begun
providing the service. The advertising will not include information
comprising a trade secret, which was identified as such by the Licensee
and attached to the service dossier as a separate addendum marked as a
trade secret.
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67C.10
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Any
new service which the Licensee begins to provide pursuant to this section
will be deemed a part of the First Schedule; The Director will update the
First Schedule from time to time.
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67C.11
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The
provisions of this section will apply, mutatis mutandis, to a
trial using the Licensee’s network.
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Erotic
Service
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An
erotic service provided through the network, will be provided in
accordance with the provisions of Addendum O in the Second
Schedule.
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As
regards this section –
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“Erotic
service” – as defined in Section 1 of Addendum O in the Second
Schedule.
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Part
C: Termination, Delay or Restriction of Service
68.
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Definitions
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In
this part –
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“Disconnection
of service” – Temporary discontinuation of cellular system service to a
subscriber;
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“Termination
of service” – Absolute discontinuation of cellular system services to a
subscriber.
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69.
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Prohibition on the
Termination or Disconnection of
Service
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The
Licensee may not terminate or disconnect cellular system services and
other services, which the Licensee must provide under this license, unless
that stated in this part is fulfilled, or that stated in Section
48.
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70.
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Disconnection of
Service at Subscriber's
Request
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70.1
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A
subscriber may ask the Licensee for a temporary disconnection of service
for a period no less than thirty days and no longer than ninety days
(hereinafter – disconnection period). The subscriber's request will be
made in writing, and may be done through the cellular system end-user
equipment in his possession, provided that the Licensee has verified the
request's credibility by a return call to the subscriber's cellular system
end-user equipment or by any other reliable
way.
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70.2
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The
Licensee will effect the disconnection of service no later than the
workday following the day of the request's
submittal.
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70.3
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The
Licensee will resume the cellular system services to the cellular system
end-user equipment in the subscriber's possession at the end of the
disconnection period. If the subscriber requests, in a written notice, to
resume the cellular system services to the cellular system end-user
equipment in his possession before the end of the disconnection period,
the Licensee will resume the services no later than the workday following
the day on which the subscriber's notice was
submitted.
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71.
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Termination of Service
at the Subscriber's Request
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71.
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Discontinuation
of Service at a Subscriber's
Request
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71.1
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A
subscriber may request the Licensee to discontinue service to the cellular
end-user equipment in his possession. For this purpose, a subscriber may
communicate with the Licensee in writing, including by fax or by
email T48).
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71.2
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The
Licensee will discontinue the provision of cellular services to the
cellular end-user equipment in the subscriber's possession not later than
the workday after the date specified by the subscriber in his notice. If
the subscriber did not
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specify a
date, the service will be discontinued not later than the workday after the date
of delivery of the notice to the Licensee T48).
71.3T48)
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The
Licensee will publish on its website, and in the bill sent by it to the
subscriber, the fax number and the email address through which the
subscriber may request the Licensee to discontinue a
service.
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(A)
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The subscriber did
not pay for the third time during the same year the bill in respect
of the payments he was charged for cellular system services on the date set therefor in the payment
notice. In this section, “year” denotes the period from January 1 to
December 31;
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(B)
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There
is reasonable suspicion of a fraudulent act being committed through the
subscriber's end-user equipment or using the features of the end-user
equipment;
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(C)
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the
Licensee found that the subscriber used the cellular system services in an
unusual amount for that type of subscriber, and after the Licensee's
service center contacted the subscriber in a phone call placed to the
end-user equipment in his possession, and the subscriber did not give a
reasonable explanation for said anomaly. As regards this paragraph,
consumption will not be deemed unusual when less than threefold the
average consumption for the same type of
subscribers.
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Blocking
of Cellular End-User Equipment
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71A.1
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The
Licensee will register the identification number of a subscriber's
cellular end-user equipment, excluding cellular end-user equipment
operating by the IDEN technology (hereinafter in this section “cellular end-user
equipment”):
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(a)
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On
the date of delivery of the cellular end-user equipment to the subscriber,
on the date of contracting with the subscriber or on the date of renewal
of the contract, including on the date of replacement, upgrading or repair
of the cellular end-user equipment.
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(b)
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In
the case of cellular end-user equipment that was not provided to the
subscriber by the Licensee, the Licensee will make reasonable efforts to
bring to the subscriber's attention the possibility available to him of
registering with the Licensee the identification number of such aforesaid
cellular end-user equipment.
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(c)
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At
the subscriber's request from the Licensee; the subscriber's request may
be via the telephone, after the Licensee has verified the reliability of
the request.
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If
a subscriber notifies the Licensee that his end-user equipment has been
stolen or lost, the Licensee will block the end-user equipment of a
subscriber who was registered as stated in Section 71A.1, free of charge,
not later than thirty (30) days after it has verified the reliability of
the subscriber's request. For purposes of this section, “blocking” – elimination
of the possibility that the cellular end-user equipment will receive
cellular services.
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71A.3
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The
Licensee will provide details of end-user equipment that was blocked by it
to any other cellular licensee, not later than the workday after
implementing that stated in Section
71A.2.
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71A.4
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(a)T50)
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The
Licensee may not provide cellular services to end-user equipment that was
blocked by it or by another cellular
licensee.
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Section 71A.2 and Subsection (a), if it is found that
blocking the identification number will cause the discontinuation of
service to other end-user equipment having the same identification number,
the Licensee may abstain from implementing the block as
stated.
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71A.5
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The
Licensee will remove the block on end-user equipment that was blocked by
it, after receiving a request T50)
from the subscriber. Removal of the block will be done not later than one
workday after the Licensee has verified the reliability of the request,
unless the subscriber has specified a later date in his request T50).
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71A.6
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The
Licensee will publish to all its subscribers its obligations with respect
to the possibility of blocking cellular end-user equipment, the procedure
for registration of the identification number of cellular end-user
equipment with the Licensee and the ways of communicating with it for the
purpose of implementing the block. The publication will be made in at
least the following ways:
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(a)
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In
the contract;
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(b)
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On
the Licensee's website;
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(c)
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In
a separate information sheet to be enclosed with the bill submitted to the
subscriber, by January 30, 2009T50).
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71A.7T50)
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The
Licensee will detail, in a half yearly report, the number of
identification numbers that were blocked and the number of identification
numbers in respect of which such block was removed, as well as the number
of identification
numbers that were not blocked pursuant to this section and the reasons
therefor.
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Termination or
Disconnection of Service Due to Breach of
Agreement
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72.1
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The
LicenseeA16)
may terminate or disconnect the service to a subscriber if one of the
following is fulfilled:
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(A)
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The
subscriber did not pay a payment he owes in respect of service he
received, on the date set for its defrayal in his contract with the
Licensee;
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(B)
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The
subscriber breached a condition in the contract between him and the
Licensee, which was established as a material
condition;
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(C)
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The
subscriber used unlawfully or allowed another to use as aforesaid the
end-user equipment in his
possession.
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72.2
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Service
to a subscriber will not be terminated or disconnected in the cases
detailed in Section 72.1(A) and (B), except after the Licensee gives the
subscriber a notice in writing at least 10 days prior to the expected
termination or disconnection date. The notice will state that the
subscriber is being given an opportunity, within the time set in the
notice, to rectify the act or default, in respect of which the service
will be terminated or disconnected.
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72.3T2)
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Section 72.2, the Licensee may disconnect service to a
subscriber without prior notice, if one of the following is
fulfilled:
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(a)
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The
subscriber did not pay, for the third time during the same year, the bill
in respect of the payments he was charged for cellular services, on the
date set therefor in the payment notice. In this paragraph, “year” – the
period from January 1 to December
31;
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(b)
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There
is a reasonable suspicion of a fraudulent act being committed through the
subscriber's end-user equipment or using the features of the end-user
equipment;
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(c)
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The
Licensee found that the subscriber used the cellular services in an
unusual amount for that type of subscriber, and after the Licensee's
service center contacted the subscriber in a phone call placed to the
end-user equipment
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The
Licensee may disconnect service to a subscriber if it has found that the
end-user equipment in the subscriber's possession, through which the
subscriber receives cellular services, causes interference with the
provision of cellular services to other subscribers or interference with
the cellular system activity, provided that the Licensee gave the
subscriber notice in writing at least 21 days prior to the expected
disconnection date. The notice will specify the reason for the expected
disconnection and state that the subscriber is being given
an
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opportunity,
within an amount of time to be set in the notice, to repair the end-user
equipment in such manner as to prevent said interference.
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Discontinuation of Service to a
Dormant Subscriber
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72A.1
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If
the Licensee wishes to discontinue service to a dormant subscriber, it
must give the dormant subscriber prior notice of such intention, in the
manner set out below (hereinafter in this section “the notice”). The time
of discontinuation of the service may not be less than thirty (30) days
after the date of sending of the
notice.
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72A.2
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The
Licensee will specify in the notice the telephone number in respect of
which it intends to discontinue the
service.
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72A.3
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The
sending of a notice to a dormant subscriber will be
done:
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(a)
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With
respect to a subscriber whose name and address are known to the Licensee,
in each of the following ways:
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(1)
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By
a letter via regular post;
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(2)
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By
two SMS messages to be sent to the dormant subscriber at a difference of
at least two weeks between the
messages.
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(b)
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With
respect to a subscriber whose name and address are not known to the
Licensee – by four SMS messages to be sent at a difference of at least one
week between the messages.
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(c)
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Subsections (a)(2) and (b), if the subscriber's end-user
equipment does not support the receipt of SMS messages, the Licensee will
send the subscriber voice messages instead of SMS messages, insofar as the
subscriber's end-user equipment supports the receipt of voice
messages.
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72A.4
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The
Licensee may not discontinue service to a dormant subscriber to whom a
notice was sent, where the dormant subscriber has notified the Licensee
that he does not wish the service to be discontinued. The subscriber may
deliver such a message via the telephone or in writing, including by fax
or by email.
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Notwithstanding
the aforesaid, the Licensee may discontinue service to a dormant subscriber who
has notified it that he does not wish the service to be discontinued, after the
subscriber was sent at least two notices, as stated in Section 72A.3 and 72A.5,
and where in the second notice the Licensee has notified the subscriber that if
within one year from the date of the second notice the subscriber does not make
use of the cellular service, the subscription to the service will be
discontinued, without delivery of further notice to the subscriber.
T48)
Amendment No. 48 (inception: this amendment will come into force on October 2,
2008).
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72A.5
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The
Licensee may not send the subscriber further notice concerning its wish to
discontinue the service after one year has passed from the date on which
the subscriber was sent the previous notice in that
regard.
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72A.6
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The
Licensee will keep the telephone number of a dormant subscriber to whom
service was discontinued, during at least three months from the date of
discontinuation of the service, before the number is returned to the pool
of telephone numbers of the Licensee itself or to another cellular
licensee who originally allocated the number to the dormant subscriber. If
during this period a written request is received from the subscriber to
renew the service, the Licensee will renew the service upon the same terms
as those that applied prior to the discontinuation of the service, free of
charge.
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72A.7
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Where
service was discontinued to a dormant prepaid subscriber who has a balance
of the payment remaining to his credit, the Licensee will refund the
appropriate balance within 30 days after receiving a written request from
the subscriber who has proven that he is the owner of the line to which
the service was discontinued, provided such request is received by the
Licensee not later than six months after the date of discontinuation of
the service.
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(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
73.
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Disconnection of
Service Due to Maintenance
Operations
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73.1
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The
Licensee may temporarily disconnect or restrict services that it is
obligated to provide (hereinafter – disconnection due to maintenance), if
the need to carry out vital cellular system maintenance or setup
operations necessitates this, provided the following are
fulfilled:
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(A)
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The
duration of the disconnection due to maintenance does not exceed twelve
(12) consecutive hours;
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(B)
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The
number of disconnections due to maintenance does not exceed two (2) during
a single year;
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(C)
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Void.A2)
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73.2
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The
Director may ask the Licensee for a detailed explanation regarding the
circumstances necessitating disconnection due to maintenance, and may ask
the Licensee to postpone said disconnection if he came to the realization,
after considering the Licensee's contentions, that a vital public interest
necessitates such a postponement.
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73.3
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If
due to the need to carry out vital maintenance or setup operations in the
cellular system requires disconnection of service exceeding 12 hours, the
Licensee will ask in advance for the Director's approval. The request will
specify the maintenance operations required and the actions taken by the
Licensee to speed up these operations and reduce, inasmuch as possible,
the duration of the service
disconnection.
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73.4
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Void.
A2)
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73.5
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If
disconnection or restriction of service is required urgently for the
purpose of carrying out immediate, vital operations, the Licensee will
notify the Director forthwith, including by phone, cable or fax, regarding
the urgent disconnection or restriction. The Licensee will notify its
subscribers about the aforesaid urgent disconnection or restriction, as
early as possible, including via the public address system operating
through the cellular system, insofar as this is possible, as well as
through the public media.
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73.6
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Notwithstanding
that stated in Sections 73.1 and 73.4, the Licensee does not have to
notify the Director or the subscribers about disconnection due to
maintenance, when the following are
fulfilled:
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(A)
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The
duration of the disconnection due to maintenance does not exceed half an
hour;
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(B)
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Disconnection
due to maintenance is being done between 24:00 Saturday night and 05:00
Sunday morning the following day.
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Such a
disconnection will not be counted in the number of disconnections as required
under Section 73.1(B).
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
CHAPTER F
– PAYMENT FOR SERVICESA8)
Part
A – General
73A.
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Definitions
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In this
chapter –
“Licensee”
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Anyone
to whom the Minister has granted, in accordance with the Law, a general or
special license;
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“Airtime”
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Duration
of the time in which a subscriber receives cellular services, whether the
connection is initiated by the subscriber or by someone
else;
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“Airtime unit”A31A31)
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Time
unit of 12 seconds at the most, but starting from Thursday, 1 January
2009, a time unit of 1 second.
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“Package of
services”
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Several
services sold to a subscriber as a package, for which a rate has been set
as specified in section 75.2.
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“Public
telecommunications
network”
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Including
an international telecommunications system.
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“Payment for
completion
of
a call”
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Payment
made by the initiator of a call which began on end-user equipment
connected to one public telecommunications network and ended on another
public telecommunications network, or on end-user equipment connected to
such a public telecommunications network, for completing the call on the
other public telecommunications
network.
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74.
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Payment
Categories
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The
Licensee may collect from its subscribers payments for Cellular services, as
follows:
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(a)
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A
onetime installation fee for connecting mobile or portable end-user
equipment held by the subscriber to the Cellular system, including
issuance of a smart (SIM) card to the subscriber, or a onetime
registration fee (hereinafter – connection
fee);
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(b)
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A
fixed payment;
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(c)
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Payment
for airtime as specified in section
75A;
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(d)
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Payment
for completion of a call as specified in section
75A;
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(cellular)
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(e)
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Payment
for basic telephone services, related services and value added services,
detailed in the First Schedule to the
License;
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
B – Setting and Publication of Rates
75.
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Setting the Rates and
Their Amount
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75.1
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The
Licensee shall fix a rate for every service and package of services
provided by it to its subscribers, and it may determine the manner of
linkage of the rate to the index. The Licensee shall notify the Director
of the amount of each rate, before the rate comes into
effect.
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75.2
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The
Licensee may designate packages of services according to types of services
included in the package or time periods or by any other method. The
Licensee may set a separate rate for each of the services included in the
package or set a general rate for the
package.
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75.3
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The
Licensee shall offer each package of services at equal terms and at a
uniform rate according to categories of subscribers; For purposes of this
section, “category of subscribers” – A16)a
group of subscribers whose attributes provide reasonable justification for
distinguishing it from another
group.
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75.4
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The
Licensee shall allow any subscriber, without discrimination, to switch
from one package of services to another that is being offered by it at the
time. The Licensee shall include such a provision in the contract with its
subscribers. In the framework of this provision it may set times when it
is permissible to make such a switch and it may set conditions, including
payment terms, for implementing the
switch.
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75.5T49)
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If
the Licensee contracts with the subscriber in regard to a certain service
or package of services, and the contract includes a commitment as defined
in Section 56A.1 (“commitment period”),
the following provisions will apply, with the exception of a business
subscriber:
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(a)
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The
terms of the contract, excluding the contract rates, will be final, known
and fixed in advance for the entire commitment
period.
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(b)
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The
rate for each service will be fixed on the date of the contract and will
be uniform and specified in shekels for the entire commitment
period.
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For
purposes of this section, “uniform” – any rate before
VAT which the subscriber is required to pay, as determined on the date of the
contract, may not be increased during the commitment period.
Notwithstanding
the aforesaid, the Licensee may provide its subscriber services at lower rates
than those fixed in advance in the contract, during a limited time period, to
all the subscribers or to a certain type of subscriber.
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(c)
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The
Licensee will include provisions as stated above in the contract with the
subscriber.
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T49)
Amendment No. 49 (Inception: This amendment will come into force on December 31,
2008).
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75.6
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The
Licensee may not condition a contract with a subscriber or a subscriber’s
switch from one package of service to another on the purchase of value
added services or end-user equipment from the
Licensee.
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75.7
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A
package of services in which a payment in installments is set for end-user
equipment or for one of the services, shall include also a payment
arrangement in the event that the subscriber wishes to be released from
that package or to switch from that package to another package of
services, according to the outstanding balance of the payments due from
the subscriber or according to the remainder of the commitment
period.
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75.8
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(a)
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The
Licensee may not collect from a subscriber payment for a call when the
call was not initiated by the subscriber (hereinafter – uninitiated
call).
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
that stated in subsection (a), the Licensee may collect from a subscriber
payment for an uninitiated call in the following
cases:
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(1)
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Call
transferred to the subscriber by means of a roaming
service;
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(2)
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Collect
call to which the subscriber has given his
agreement;
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(3)
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Call
created by dialing a service number containing the access code 1-800, that
was allocated to the subscriber under an agreement with
him;
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(4)
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The
subscriber’s share in a call created by dialing a service number
containing the access code 1-700 (split debit), that was allocated to the
subscriber under an agreement with
him.
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75.9A18)
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Inception
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(a)
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The
Licensee may collect from a subscriber who initiates a call by means of
access code 1-800, whose destination is on another licensee’s network, a
lower rate than the one applying to the subscriber for a call not
initiated through such an access code, provided it does not exceed the
amount set by agreement between the Licensee and the other licensee, and
in the absence of such agreement – does not exceed the amount set by the
Minister2.
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(b)
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That
stated in subsection (a) shall not apply to calls destined for 1-800
numbers with a special numbering format that were allocated to the
international operators for the purpose of providing international
telecommunication message services, as this term is defined in the
international operator’s licenseA).
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75.10
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The
payment for airtime will be determined in the manner set out
below:
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2 On
November 26, 2002, the Minister issued a directive prescribing as follows: For a
call originating in a cellular network and destined for a Bezeq subscriber for a
1-800 service Bezeq will transfer to the cellular licensee a sum of 22 agorot
per minute (excluding VAT); Bezeq may collect this amount from the 1-800
subscriber; In addition, the cellular licensee will collect from its subscriber,
who initiated the call, a sum not exceeding 22 agorot per minute (excluding
VAT).
A)
Simultaneous two-directional voice transfer and simultaneous transfer of fax
messages, in an international telecommunications system.
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(a)
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The
payment for airtime will be determined according to an airtime unitA31);
For the purpose of calculating the payment, a part of an airtime unit
shall be deemed the same as a whole airtime
unit.
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(b)
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VoidA46).
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(c)
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The
duration of the call for payment purposes is from the moment the
connection is established between the subscriber who initiated the
connection (hereinafter – the calling subscriber) and the subscriber
receiving the call, until the moment when the call is terminated, which is
the moment when an instruction to terminate the connection is received
from the calling subscriber or from the subscriber receiving the call; The
duration of the connection setup time, until the moment the connection is
established, and the duration of the disconnection time, from the moment
the instruction to terminate the connection is received until it is
actually implemented, is not included in the count of the duration of the
call.
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In this
regard, subscriber receiving the call – including a voice
mailbox.
“Voice mailbox” – an
installation or device forming part of the cellular system, designed to
enable the calling subscriber to leave a voice message for the called
subscriberA40).
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(d)
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A40)
Regarding a call that is transferred to a voice mailbox, the Licensee
shall play to the calling subscriber an introductory voice message,
lasting at least 2 seconds (in this subsection – “message”), and will
enable the calling subscriber, at his option, to disconnect the call
without any debit, in the course of the message, or within a reasonable
time being not less than one second after the end of the message (“reasonable time”). In
such case, the moment of establishing the connection with the subscriber
receiving the call, within the meaning of subsection (c) above, will be
deemed to occur at the end of the reasonable
time.
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The
wording of the message will be: “The call is being transferred to a voice
mailbox,” and it will be articulated clearly and at a reasonable speed. In this
subsection, “call transferred
to a voice mailbox” – excluding a call originating in an international
telecommunications system.
75A.
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A25)Completion
of a Call in Another Public Telecommunications
Network
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The
payment for completion of a call to be collected by the Licensee shall not
exceed the interconnection rate specified in the Telecommunications Regulations
(Payments for Interconnection), 2000.
75B.
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A2A25)Completion
of an SMS on Another Public Telecommunications
Network
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The
Licensee may collect from a subscriber for the transfer of an SMS which is being
transferred from end-user equipment that is connected to the network to end-user
equipment that is connected to a cellular system of another cellular licensee, a payment not
exceeding the payment which the Licensee collects from the subscriber for the
transfer of an SMS which is transferred from end-user equipment that is
connected to the network to end-user equipment that is connected to the network,
plus a payment not
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(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
exceeding
the rate for the transfer of an SMS specified in the Communications Regulations
(Telecommunications and Transmissions) (Payments for Interconnection),
2000.
For
purposes of this section –
“SMS” –
telecommunications messages comprised of writing, including signs or symbols,
transferred from end-user equipment that is connected to the network, to
end-user equipment that is connected to the network or to a cellular system of another cellular
licensee.
75C.
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A27)Temporary
Order
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Notwithstanding
that stated in section 75B, for the period beginning May 9, 2004 and
ending February 9, 2005A29),
the following provisions shall
apply:
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(a)
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The
Licensee may collect from a subscriber for the transfer of an SMS which is
destined for end-user equipment that is connected to a cellular system of another
cellular licensee
(hereinafter – “inter-network SMS”) a payment not exceeding the payment
which the Licensee collects from the subscriber for the transfer of an SMS
which is transferred from end-user equipment that is connected to the
network to end-user equipment that is connected to the network, plus a
payment not exceeding the rate for the transfer of an SMS specified in the
Communications Regulations (Telecommunications and Transmissions)
(Payments for Interconnection), 2000, less a rate of 0.7%8.
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(b)
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The
Licensee may collect from a subscriber payment for an inter-network SMS as
stated in subsection (a), even if its transfer to the called subscriber
was not completed.
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76.
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Publication of
Rates
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76.1
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The
Licensee shall provide to anyone so requesting, at the service offices and
at the call centers, free of charge, full and detailed information
concerning the up-to-date rates for all its services, including the
payment for completion of a call; The Director may instruct the Licensee
concerning the manner and format of publication of the
rates.
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76.2
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The
Licensee shall indicate in every account sent to a subscriber the package
of services according to which the subscriber is being
debited.
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(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
76.3
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The
Director may request to receive from the Licensee at any time details of
the rates charged by it.
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77.
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VoidA43)
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77A.
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Fraud
Prevention
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77A.1
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The
Licensee shall take suitable and reasonable steps to prevent fraud and
shall maintain a control and follow-up system for verifying, to the extent
possible, that the calls for which the subscriber is being debited were
actually made from end-user equipment connected to the Licensee’s cellular system in the
subscriber’s name.
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77A.2
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The
Licensee shall disconnect the service to the subscriber’s end-user
equipment after receiving at the service offices the subscriber’s
notification that the end-user equipment was lost or stolen, or that there
is a possibility that someone else is making calls through the end-user
equipment without having received permission to do so; The subscriber may
give such a notification by telephone or in writing, including by fax or
email; Upon receipt of a telephone notification or immediately after
receipt of a written notification, the Licensee shall verify its
reliability and disconnect the
service.
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77A.3
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The
Licensee shall cooperate with other licensees in locating and preventing
fraud.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
C – Changes in the Rates
78.A43)
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Change in the
Rates
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Subject
to that stated in section 75, the Licensee may change the rate that was
set by it for any service or basket of services (in this section –
“service”), provided:
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(a)
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It
submits to the Director a written notice giving details of the new rate,
before such rate goes into effect;
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(b)
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It
gave prior written notice to every subscriber who joined the service;
Notwithstanding that stated, notice regarding a reduction may be given to
the subscriber up to one month after the
reduction.
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For
purposes of this section, “change” – any change in a rate resulting in an
increase or reduction in the payment before VAT which a subscriber is required
to pay for the Licensee’s
services.
79.
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Start of an Increase
or Reduction in a Rate
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In case
of an increase or reduction in any rate for cellular services according to
the provisions of the license, such increase or reduction shall not apply to
payments made for such a service prior to the starting date of the increase or
the reduction; An increase or reduction shall apply only to cellular services provided to a
subscriber after the date of the increase or reduction; This section shall not
apply to a rate adjustment ordered by the Minister under section
83(A).
80.
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Arrears in
Payment
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80.1
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The
Licensee may debit a subscriber arrears interest, linkage differences and
collection costs on payments for cellular services which
were not paid by a subscriber on their stipulated payment date, in a
payment notice sent to the subscriber, according to the contract between
themA33)
(hereinafter – the payment date).
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80.2
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VoidA43)
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80.3
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The
amount of the arrears interest shall not exceed the rate specified in the
definition of “linkage differences and interest” in section 1 of the
Adjudication of Interest and Linkage Law, 1961, plus linkage differences
for the period between the stipulated payment date and the actual payment
date of the specified amount.
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80.4
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A33)The
Licensee may debit a subscriber collection costs on a payment for a
service which it provided to the subscriber, which was not paid on the
payment date (hereinafter – the amount of the debt), provided at least
fourteen (14) days have elapsed from the payment date, excluding a case of
nonpayment due to the bank’s or the credit-card company’s refusal to pay a
debit for the collection of which the Licensee received an authorization;
The amount of the collection costs to be collected by the Licensee shall
be reasonable and in proportion to the amount of the debt and the actions
which the Licensee must take in order to collect it.: In this regard,
“collection costs” – including legal handling by the Licensee or someone
acting on its behalf, of the collection of the amount of the debt before
application is made to the courts.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
D – Miscellaneous
81.
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Onetime Debit for
Connection Fee
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If the
Licensee decides to collect a connection fee as defined in section 74(A), it may
debit a subscriber a connection fee only for the connection of the subscriber
for the first time to the cellular network and the
provision of the cellular
services, or for a connection after the termination of a service under section
71 or the termination or disconnection of a service under section
72.
82.
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Collection of
Subscription Fee in
Installments
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The
Licensee may collect the connection fee as stated in section 81 for connection
to the cellular system in
a number of installments, at the times agreed upon with the subscriber and in
the amount specified in the contract.
83.
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Harm to Competition or
to Consumers
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(a)
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If
the Minister finds that any of the Licensee’s rates or any payment
required to be made to or through the Licensee is contrary to the
provisions of the License, the Minister shall notify the Licensee in that
regard, indicating the correction that needs to be made and that if the
Licensee fails to do so, the Minister will act pursuant to his power under
sections 5 and 15 of the Law; The Licensee shall send the Minister a
written notification setting out the corrected rate and shall act to
refund the excess amount, if any, which a subscriber was debited according
to the rate prior to its
correction.
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(b)
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If
the Minister finds that any of the Licensee’s rates or any payment
required to be made to or through the Licensee is unreasonable or is
liable to harm competition or the consumers, the Minister shall notify the
Licensee in that regard, indicating the correction that needs to be made
and that if the Licensee fails to do so, the Minister will act pursuant to
his power under sections 5 and 15 of the Law; The Licensee shall send the
Minister a written notification setting out the corrected
rate
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
CHAPTER G: PAYMENTS FROM THE
LICENSEE, LIABILITY, INSURANCE AND GUARANTEE
Part A – Royalties and
PaymentsA16)
84.
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Royalties
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84.1
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The
Licensee shall pay royalties as prescribed in the Telecommunications
Regulations (Royalties), 2001, or in any other regulations replacing them
(hereinafter – “the
Royalties Regulations”).
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84.2
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To
every payment of royalties under this section the Licensee shall attach
two copies of an unaudited quarterly income report, signed by the Licensee
and certified by an accountant; The report shall contain a detailed
calculation of the liable income according to the Royalties Regulations,
and any other particular on which the Licensee based the amount of the
royalties.
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84.3
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Upon
the submission of an annual income report audited and signed by the
Licensee’s accountant (hereinafter: “the audited report”),
the Licensee shall submit a report, prepared by quarters, setting out the
adjustment between the income on which it paid royalties, and the income
appearing in the audited report (hereinafter – “the adjustment
report”).
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84.4
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If
it becomes apparent that the amount of the royalties to be paid by the
Licensee, according to the adjustment report, is greater than the amount
paid by it for the quarter to which the audited report relates, the
Licensee shall pay royalties differences, in addition to interest and
linkage differences, as prescribed in the Royalties
Regulations.
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84.5
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If
it becomes apparent that the amount of the royalties paid by the Licensee
is greater than the amount it was required to pay for the quarter to which
the audited report relates, the Licensee shall be credited with the amount
of the excess payment; The excess payments to which the Licensee is
entitled shall be offset, pursuant to a written approval of the Director,
from the next payment of royalties, and linkage differences and interest
shall be calculated according to the last index published before the date
of the offset; In this regard – interest and linkage differences, as
prescribed in the Royalties
Regulations.
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85.
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Arrears in the Payment
of Royalties
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The
Licensee shall pay linkage differences, arrears interest and collection costs,
as set forth in the Royalties Regulations, on royalties that were not paid at
the time stipulated therefore in the regulations.
86.
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Payment
Method
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Royalties
as well as linkage differences, arrears interest and collection costs in respect
thereof shall be paid to the Ministry of Communication’s accountant by a bank
transfer to the ministry’s account.
87.
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Other Mandatory
Payments
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The
royalties under this Part shall be in addition to any other fee, tax or
mandatory payment which the Licensee is required to pay under any
law.
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General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
B – Liability and Insurance
88.
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Definition of Scope of
Insurance
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In this
Part, “use of the license” – setup, installation, maintenance, upkeep or
operation of the cellular system, whether by the Licensee itself or through
anyone acting on its behalf, including its employees, contractors, agents or
representatives.
89.
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Licensee’s
Liability
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89.1
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The
Licensee shall be liable at law for death, damage or loss to the body or
property of any person, directly or indirectly resulting from or
consequent on the use of the
license.
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89.2
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When
using the license, the Licensee shall take all reasonable precautions to
prevent damage or loss to the body or property of any person, and where
such damage or loss was caused due to the use of the license, the Licensee
shall repair the damage at its expense and compensate the aggrieved party,
all subject to any law, excluding a case in respect of which the Minister
granted the Licensee immunity as specified in section
90.
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To avoid
doubt, this section shall not impose on the Licensee liability beyond the
liability in torts established in the regular law of torts.
90.
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Immunity from
Liability
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90.1
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The
Minister may, at the Licensee’s request, grant it all or any of the
immunities enumerated in Chapter I of the Law, subject to that stated in
section 90.3.
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90.2
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The
Licensee shall set out in its request the immunities which it is
requesting and the reasons
therefore.
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90.3
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If
the Minister is persuaded of the necessity of granting the Licensee the
immunities under Chapter I of the Law, he shall publish his decision in a
notice in Reshumot.
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91.
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Making an Insurance
Contract
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91.1
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The
Licensee shall make, at its expense, an insurance contract with a licensed
insurer according to the terms contained in section 92; The insurance
contract shall be presented to the Director at the time of the grant of
the license.
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91.2
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The
Licensee shall indemnify the State in respect of any financial liability
as stated in section 89.1, for which it may be held liable towards a third
party due to the use of the license; Any indemnity under this section
shall be insured by the Licensee for liability
insurance.
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91.3
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The
Licensee shall insure itself, including its employees and contractors,
against any financial liability as stated in section 89.1, for which it
may be held liable at law owing to damage caused to the body or property
of a person from the use of the license, and against any loss or damage
caused to all or a part of the cellular system from the use of the
license, including against third party
risks.
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91.4
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The
Licensee shall submit to the Director an opinion of a lawyer specializing
in insurance, confirming that the insurance policy covers everything
required in sections
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91.2 and
91.3; The Licensee shall attach to the opinion a copy of the insurance contract
and its attachments; Said documents shall be submitted to the Director within 7
days of the signing of the insurance contract and shall be attached to this
license as Addendum G.
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Conditions in the
Insurance Contract
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92.1
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The
insurance contract shall specify the period of insurance and shall
stipulate that at the end of the period of insurance the insurance shall
be extended automatically.
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92.2
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The
Licensee shall present to the Director, once a year, the insurer’s
confirmation that the insurance contract is valid, there are no arrears in
the Licensee’s payments of the premiums and there are no pending notices
concerning the cancellation, suspension, limitation, amendment or
termination of the insurance
contract.
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92.3
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The
insurance contract shall stipulate that in the event the insurer wishes to
cancel the insurance contract, owing to nonpayment of the premium, it must
give the Director prior notice in that regard not less than 90 days before
the contract is actually due to be cancelled (hereinafter in this section
– cancellation notice).
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92.4
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If
a cancellation notice has been sent as stated in section 92.3, the
Licensee shall act immediately to eliminate the cause of the cancellation,
or shall act immediately to obtain an alternative insurance contract as
stated in section 92.6, and it shall notify the Director of the actions it
took for this purpose; Where the cause of cancellation was nonpayment of
the premium by the Licensee, the Director may pay the premium in the
Licensee’s stead, and he may exercise the bank guarantee or any part
thereof to cover amounts which he expended on payment of the premium or
collect them in any other manner.
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92.5
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If
the Licensee wishes to cancel the insurance contract, it must notify the
Director in that regard at least 45 days before the contract is actually
due to be cancelled.
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92.6
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If
the Licensee has agreed to the cancellation of the insurance contract by
the insurer or itself wishes to cancel the insurance contract, it shall
make an insurance contract with another licensed insurer, in such manner
that the new insurance contract will come into effect simultaneously with
the lapse of the previous contract; The new insurance contract shall be
submitted for approval to the Director, together with an opinion as stated
in section 91.4, 45 days before its effective date, and it shall be
subject to the provisions of the sections in this
Part.
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93. Remedy for Breach of
Conditions with Respect to Insurance
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If
the Licensee did not make an insurance contract, or if it becomes apparent
that the insurance contract which it made was cancelled or expired, the
Director may effect insurance and pay the premium in the Licensee’s stead,
and it may exercise the bank guarantee to cover amounts expended by it on
the insurance or collect them in any other manner; All the foregoing
without derogating from the authority to cancel, restrict or suspend the
license owing to the Licensee’s failure to effect insurance according to
the terms of this license.
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Part
C – Guarantee to Secure Fulfillment of the Terms of the License
94.
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The Guarantee and Its
Purpose
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94.1
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A30)The
Licensee shall present to the Director an unconditional bank guarantee in
favor of the State of Israel, in shekels, equivalent to ten (10) million
US dollars, as security for fulfillment of the terms of the License; The
guarantee is attached to this license as Addendum H to the Second
Schedule.
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94.2
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The
guarantee shall serve as security for fulfillment of the terms of the
license and for compensation and indemnification of the State for any
damage, payment, loss, detriment or expense caused or liable to be caused
to the State – whether directly or indirectly – due to nonfulfillment of
all or any of the terms of the license, fully and on time, or due to the
cancellation, restriction or suspension of the
license.
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95.
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Exercise of the
Guarantee
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95.1
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Without
derogating from the general purport of section 94.2, the Director may
exercise the guarantee, in whole or in part, if damage is caused due to
nonfulfillment of the terms of the license, including in each of the cases
set out below:
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(a)
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The
State incurred a loss of income from royalties owing to a lack of revenues
from subscribers’ payments, including by reason
of:
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(1)
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Failure
to operate the cellular services at a time stipulated therefore in the
timetable determined by the Director, or as approved by the
Director;
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(2)
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Discontinuation,
suspension or restriction of
services;
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(3)
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Restriction
or suspension of the license;
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(b)
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No
insurance contract was made according to sections 91-92, the premium was
not paid, or the insurance contract was cancelled or
expired;
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(c)
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The
Licensee is debiting its subscribers for payments contrary to that stated
in section 75;
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(d)
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The
Licensee is not complying with the coverage and service quality
requirements as stated in Appendix B, or the Licensee consistently stops,
suspends or limits the service contrary to the provisions of the
license;
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(e)
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The
Licensee does not convert the cellular system to a digital technology by
the date specified in Appendix B.
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(f)
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The
Licensee consistently or willfully violates any of the provisions, terms
or requirements of the license;
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(g)
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A
claim or demand was submitted against the State for payment of
compensation and damages due to a violation of a condition in the license
or faulty implementation of the license or due to the cancellation of the
license, and where the State incurred expenses due to such claim or
demand; The exercise of the
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guarantee
for the purpose of covering the amount of a claim as stated, shall be done only
after the judgment in that claim has become absolute;
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(h)
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Royalties
according to section 74 were not paid fully and on
time;
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(i)
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The
State incurred costs or damage due to the cancellation of the
license;
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(j)
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The
Licensee did not complete the guarantee fees as specified in sections 96.2
and 79.2.
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(k)
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A16)The
Licensee did not present the license fee on the required date, as
stipulated in section 40.1 of the conditions of Tender No.
1/01.
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(l)
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A16)A
monetary sanction was imposed on the Licensee in accordance with the law,
and the required amount was not paid on time, provided no amount above the
amount of the sanction is
collected.
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95.2
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The
Director may exercise the guarantee as stated in this Part also by reason
of an expected violation of the terms of the license or frustration of the
terms of the license that justify, at his discretion, early exercise of
the guarantee.
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96.
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Manner of Exercise of
the Guarantee
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96.1
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The
Director may exercise the guarantee, in whole or in part, up to the amount
specified therein, provided it warned the Licensee that if it does not
correct the act or omission the subject of the warning within the period
specified in the warning – the guarantee will be exercised, in whole or in
part.
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96.2
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If
the entire amount of the guarantee or a part thereof was exercised, the
Licensee shall provide a new guarantee or complete the balance up to the
original amount of the guarantee immediately upon the Director’s demand;
Failure to complete the amount of the guarantee as stated shall constitute
a material breach of the terms of the license, and the Director may –
without derogating from his authority to cancel, restrict or suspend the
license – exercise any remaining balance of the
guarantee.
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96.3
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The
Licensee may appeal a decision of the Director to exercise the guarantee,
in whole or in part, before the Minister within 15 days of being notified
of the Director’s decision.
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97.
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Term of Validity of
the Guarantee
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97.1
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The
guarantee shall be valid throughout the term of validity of the license
and for A16)two
years after the end of the term of the license, or until the Licensee
satisfies all its obligations under the license to the Director’s
satisfaction – according to the later of these two
dates.
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97.2
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If
the Director determines that the Licensee did not satisfy all its
obligations under the license, within 60 days before the expiry of the
term of the guarantee, he may require the Licensee to extend the term of
the guarantee or to present a new guarantee, within the period specified
by the Director; The new guarantee shall be valid up to the date specified
by the Director or until the Licensee satisfies, to the Director’s
satisfaction, all its obligations under the licenses – according to the
later of these two dates; If the
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Licensee
fails to present a new guarantee as stated, the Director may exercise the
guarantee.
97.3
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Where
the Director confirmed receipt of a guarantee the validity of which may be
extended from time to time upon his demand, the Licensee shall extend the
validity of the guarantee before the expected end of its term, for a year,
unless the Director exempted it from this obligation; If the Director did
not grant an exemption from the obligation to extend the validity of the
guarantee, and the validity of the guarantee was not extended at the
specified time, the Director may exercise the guarantee in its entirety
without advance warning.
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Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
98.
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Preservation of
Remedies
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98.1
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Exercise
of the guarantee, in whole or in part, does not derogate from the
authority to cancel, restrict or suspend the
license.
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98.2
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The
amount of the guarantee shall not serve to limit the scope of the
Licensee’s liability towards the State for payment of the full damages
caused to it, where the Licensee is obligated to make such payment under
the license or by law.
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98.3
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The
exercise of the guarantee, in whole or in part, shall not derogate from
the Director’s right to demand from the Licensee in any other manner
payment for damages which it is obligated to cover under this license or
to exercise other reliefs that are available to him by
law.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
CHAPTER EIGHT – SUPERVISION
AND REPORTING
Part
A: Supervision of Licensee’s Activities
99.
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Supervisory
Power
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The
Director or anyone authorized by him for this purpose may supervise the
Licensee’s activities with respect to the implementation of the license and
compliance with the provisions of the Law, the Ordinance and the Regulations
pursuant thereto.
100.
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Preservation of
Confidentiality
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The
Director and anyone engaging on his behalf in supervising the Licensee shall not
disclose any information or document coming into their possession by virtue of
their function, to a person who is not authorized to receive such information or
document, unless it was already published in public or disclosure is necessary
for the performance of their function under this license or by
law.
101.
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Entry to Premises and
Inspection of Documents
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For the
purpose of exercising the supervision as stated in this Part, the Director
may:
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(a)
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Enter
at any reasonable time any facility or office used by the Licensee to
provide its services under this
license.
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(b)
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Carry
out measurements and tests on the cellular system, and he may inspect any
record, document, plan, account book, ledger or data base, whether regular
or computerized, of the Licensee or of anyone employed by the Licensee in
subjects over which the Director has supervisory power as stated; The
Director may inspect them and copy them in any manner he deems
fit.
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102.
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Cooperation
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The
Licensee shall cooperate with the Director or with anyone authorized by him with
respect to the exercise of supervision over its activities as stated, and
without derogating from the general purport of the aforesaid, it shall allow
them to carry out that stated in sections 100 and 101 and shall furnish to them,
upon their demand, any information in its possession or control that is required
by them for the exercise of the supervision.
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
Part
B: Reporting and Correction of Defects
103.A43)
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Duty of Submission of
Reports
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103.1
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The
Licensee shall submit to the Director the reports specified in this
license, in the format and at the times stipulated in this
part.
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103.2
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Every
report shall reflect the correct facts relating to the subject thereof,
updated for the period of the
report.
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103.3
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A
report shall be submitted in two (2) copies, printed and prepared in an
easily readable form, bearing the date of its preparation and signed by
the Licensee or whoever it authorized for this purpose; The report shall
be submitted in a format as directed by the Director, including with
respect to its contents, structure and manner of
submission.
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103.4
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The
Director may require the Licensee to prepare anew or to complete a report
which it submitted, if he found it lacking in necessary details or details
which, in the Director’s opinion, should have been included by the
Licensee in the report.
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104.A43)
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Types of
Reports
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The
Licensee shall submit to the Director, at his request and at least once a year,
at the end of the calendar year and not later than ninety (90) days thereafter,
annual reports describing its activity in the period from January to December of
the past year:
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(a)
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Financial
statement audited and signed by an
accountant;
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(b)
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Subscribers
report, including the following
data:
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(1)
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Number
of subscribers broken down according to business and private subscribers
and according to post-paid and
pre-paid;
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(2)
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Amount
of income broken down according to subsection (1), with each type of
income from interconnection appearing separately, and broken down as well
according to airtime and added-value
services.
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(c)
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Report
on the use of frequencies according to Chapter D Part
C;
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(d)
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Addendum
A – “Particulars of Licensee” updated as of the beginning of January, as
detailed in section 20.1.
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104.2
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The
Licensee shall submit to the Director once a quarter, not later than a
month after the end of the quarter, the following
reports:
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(a)
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Unaudited
quarterly financial statement signed by an
accountant;
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(b)
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Unaudited
quarterly income report signed by an accountant, giving details of income
on which royalties are payable;
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(c)
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Traffic
report – in a format as directed by the
Director.
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104.3
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The
Licensee shall submit a report on any special occurrence, as set out in
regulation 8 of the Control
Regulations.
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104.4
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The
Licensee shall submit to the Director the following report, at his
request:
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(a)
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Report
concerning development works of the
network;
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(b)
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Malfunctions
report – containing a brief description and discussion of the malfunctions
that occurred in the network, the number of malfunctions and the
cumulative duration of malfunctions of each type, an analysis of the
malfunctions and the steps taken to repair
them;
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(c)
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Service
quality report – Analysis of the Licensee’s compliance with the
requirements of sections 49 to 51 and Addendum E – Level of Services for
Subscribers, during the period of the
report;
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(d)
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Complaints
report – detailing the written service complaints that were submitted by
subscribers, including the subject of the complaints, the dates on which
they were received, the written response given, the manner in which they
were dealt with and details of the activity of the Public
Ombudsman;
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(e)
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List
of the Licensee’s rates;
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(f)
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Updated
engineering program;
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(g)
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Encumbrances
report – The Licensee must report to the Director immediately any case of
imposition of an attachment or encumbrance on any of the Licensee’s assets
or any case of an encumbrance on means of control in the Licensee, any
realization of such encumbrances or voidance of any right of the Licensee
in an asset; The Licensee must also submit to the Director, at his
request, a report detailing all such
encumbrances.
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(h)
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Report
on number of subscribers, income and minutes broken down according to
private and business subscribers, and within each category – broken down
according to subscribers for programs priced according to an “inclusive
standard rate” and subscribers for programs priced separately for payment
in respect of “airtime” and interconnection, in a format as directed by
the Director;
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(i)
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Nuisance
subscribers report as detailed in section
65A.9;
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(j)
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Any
other data required for performance of control on the Licensee’s
activities, and any information required by the Ministry for regulating
the telecommunications sector.
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104.5
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The
Director may add or remove periodical, annual or quarterly reports, and he
may request the Licensee to submit special reports as directed by
him.
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Version, as at November 5, 2008
105.A43)
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Notice Concerning a
Defect
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105.1
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Where
the Director finds defects or deficiencies in the Licensee’s activities,
he shall notify the Licensee thereof in
writing.
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105.2
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If
the Licensee received a notification as stated, it shall submit to the
Director, within thirty (30) days from receipt of the notification, its
written response detailing the measures taken by it to correct the defects
indicated therein.
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106.A43)
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Void.
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CHAPTER I –
MISCELLANEOUS
107.
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The License as an
Exhaustive Document
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107.1
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The
Licensee’s rights, obligations and powers with respect to the setup,
maintenance and operation of the cellular system and the provision of
services by means thereof, originate in and derive exclusively from and
according to this license.
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107.2
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Void.A2)
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108.
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Keeping the License
Document and Returning the
License
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108.1
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The
Licensee shall keep the license documents in its office and shall allow
the public to inspect their true and up-to-date copies; In case the terms
of the license are modified, the Licensee shall attach the modification
wording to said license documents.
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108.2
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A16)If
the license and its documents are made available for public inspection,
the public shall not be allowed to inspect the following documents, which
are included in the Second Schedule to the
License:
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(a)
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Appendix
A – Details of the Licensee;
|
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(b)
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Appendix
B – Engineering program;
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(c)
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VoidA43);
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(d)
|
Appendix
G – Insurance contract;
|
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(e)
|
Appendix
H – Bank guarantee;
|
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(f)
|
Appendix
I – Special services for the security
forces;
|
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(g)
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Appendix
L – Special services for the security forces – security addendum
(confidential);
|
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(h)
|
Appendix
M – Security directives;
|
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(i)
|
Appendix
N – Letters of undertaking.
|
108.3
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The
license documents are the property of the State and are entrusted to the
Licensee for the term of validity of the license; Upon the cancellation or
expiry of the license, the Licensee shall return the license with all its
documents to the Director.
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108.4
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A16)The
Licensee shall allow the public to inspect the license documents via the
Internet; The Licensee may do this also by way of referral to the website
of the Ministry of Communications, as long as the Ministry publishes the
license on its website.
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108.5
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A16)The
Ministry may publish the license, excluding the appendices indicated in
section 108.2, at the time and in the manner deemed fit by
it.
|
109.
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Postponement of
Deadline
|
109.1
|
A
duty imposed on the Licensee in this license, for which a performance
deadline has been set, must be performed by the Licensee within the
deadline.
|
109.2
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A2)The
Director, at the Licensee’s request, may postpone a deadline set as
stated, if it deems it impossible to perform the duty within such deadline
for reasons of force majeure.
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110.
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Reserving of
Liability
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Any
approval or supervisory authority granted under this license to the Minister or
to the Director, including the exercise of such authority, shall not impose on
them any liability which is imposed by this license on the Licensee, and shall
not derogate or detract from or void or diminish the Licensee’s liability as
stated.
111.
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Notices
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111.1
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A
notice concerning this license or its implementation shall be in writing
and shall be delivered by hand or dispatched by registered post with
confirmation of delivery; A notice sent by registered post as stated shall
be presumed to have reached its destination by the end of 48 hours from
the time of its delivery for
dispatch.
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111.2
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Any
notice of the Licensee to the Minister shall be delivered or sent through
the Director.
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111.3
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The
Licensee’s address for receipt of notices under this section is: 00
Xxxxxxxx Xx., Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000; The Licensee shall
notify the Director immediately of any changes in this
address.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
First Schedule
List of Services and
Measures for Quality of ServiceA16)
1.
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General
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1.1.
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This
Schedule includes the list of services the Licensee will provide, under
the conditions set out in Section B of Chapter E – “Level of Services for
Subscribers”.
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1.2.
|
The
services will be provided in each of the technologies operated by the
Licensee, unless otherwise noted in the License or in the Schedule to the
License.
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1.3.
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Wherever
the term: “Support in Various
Languages” is used, this denotes support in at least these
four languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English and
Russian.
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1.4.
|
A43)
The Licensee must include in the service dossier at least the
following details:
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a.
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Name of the service:
Name of the service, including its trade name and a general description of
the service.
|
b.
|
Detailed description of the
service: Among other
things –
|
Is it a
new service / expansion of an existing service / combination of services /
is there any need for a pretrial;
Manner of
operating the service;
Date on
which provision of the service is to commence;
Availability
and measures for quality of service;
Support
centers;
Price of
the service;
Target
audience of the service;
How to
order the service;
Process
of connecting to the service;
Implications
or effects of this service on other services.
c.
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Engineering
description:
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Description
and block diagram of the system;
End-user
equipment – dedicated equipment for receiving the service.
d.
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Miscellaneous:
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The need
for numbering;
Required
coordination with other licensees or entities.
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provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
2.
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List of
Services
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2.1.
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Basic
Telephone Services
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No.
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Name
of Service
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Description
of Service
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Date
provided
|
Measures
for quality of service
|
Remarks
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1.
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Cellular
Calls
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Telephone
calls to and from Licensee’s subscribers to any telephone or other
appropriate end user equipment in another public telecommunications
network in Israel or throughout the world
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Existing
service
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98%
availability
|
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2.
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Emergency
Calls
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Free
dialing to emergency services determined by the Director (for example:
police, ambulance, fire dept., etc). Caller will be referred to the
emergency hotline according to the services provider’s definition with
reference to the subscriber’s location.
|
Existing
service
|
98%
availability
|
According
to the Director’s rules
|
2.2.
|
Related
Services
|
No.
|
Name
of Service
|
Description
of Service
|
Date
provided
|
Measures
for quality of service
|
Remarks
|
1.
|
Call
Waiting
|
Subscriber
may receive incoming calls while on another call. Subscriber may cancel
service at will.
|
Existing
service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
2.
|
Selective
Call Waiting
|
Only
calls from a list of numbers defined by the subscriber will activate call
waiting alert
|
Future
service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
3.
|
Call
Forwarding
|
Diversion
of incoming calls to a phone number at the subscriber’s
choice:
Always
|
Existing
service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
|
First
Schedule - 2
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
When
busy
|
|||||
When
call is not answered
|
|||||
When
subscriber unavailable
|
|||||
4.
|
Selective
Call Forwarding
|
Diversion
of incoming calls according to a list of numbers predefined by the
subscriber, to another destination at the subscriber’s
choice:
· Always
· When
call is not answered
· When
busy
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
5.
|
Call
Transfer
|
Subscriber
may transfer call to another telephone number
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
6.
|
Hunting
Group
|
Determining
a leading number for a subscriber’s group of numbers: dialing the leading
number will refer the call to a free number in the group.
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
7.
|
Caller
ID
|
Caller’s
number will appear on the screen
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Depends
on caller's end device
|
8.
|
Calling
ID Restriction
|
Allows
blocking subscriber’s number from appearing on call receiver’s screen.
Block may be permanent or one-time.
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
9.
|
Caller
Name Announcement
|
Option
of identification of caller by voice signature
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
10.
|
Conference
Call
|
Establishing
a call for a number of subscribers simultaneously
|
Existing
Service
|
98%
availability
|
|
11.
|
Closed
User Group
|
A
group of phone numbers than may establish a call only among
themselves
|
Existing
Service
|
98%
availability
|
GSM
network only
|
12.
|
Voice
Mail
|
Storing
messages of callers to the subscriber in a personal box and allowing
extraction of such
|
Existing
Service
|
99%
availability
|
First
Schedule - 3
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
13.
|
Advanced
Voice Mail
|
Voice
mail system as described in paragraph 12 above, with added “smart”
element, including visual or audio indication of messages waiting,
transfer of messages to other platforms and receiving messages from such
platforms.
|
Existing
Service
|
98%
availability
|
|
14.
|
Voice
Mail Notification
|
When
message received in voice mail box, the mail box will dial or send message
to destinations defined by subscriber
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
15.
|
Voice
Activated Service
|
Allows
operation of telephone and basic services, related services and value
added services by voice
|
Partialy
existing, Future Service expansion.
|
70%
chance of correct identification in regions where signal
strength is better than 85dbm
|
|
16.
|
Call
Tracking
|
Allows
subscriber to send the applicant an indication, while talking, for
purposes of later identification of source of call.
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Subject
to law
|
17.
|
Virtual
Private Network (VPN)
|
Allows
short dialing according to a private numbering program
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
For
subscribers according to relevant types. Currently provided to business
sector.
|
18.
|
Centrex
|
Allows
maintaining a private network while using network
resources
|
Future
Service
|
||
19.
|
Facsimile
Services
|
Allows
receiving, storing and extracting facsimile messages via
phone
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
20.
|
Roaming
|
Allows
receiving, extracting and blocking messages abroad
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Subject
to availability of foreign operator.
In
|
First
Schedule - 4
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
GSM
network in 3 months of launching of the network.
|
|||||
21.
|
GPRS
Roaming
|
Allows
using certain communications data services while using roaming
services
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Subject
to operator availability
|
22.
|
Toll
Free Call
(1-800)
|
Free
call to caller. Subscriber – call receiver – is charged for cost of
call.
|
Future
Service
|
According
to numbering program and Director’s rules
|
|
23.
|
Split
Charge
(1-700)
|
Splits
cost of call between call maker and subscriber receiver
|
Future
Service
|
According
to numbering program and Director’s rules
|
|
24.
|
Call
Screening
|
Defining
a list of phone numbers subscriber will receive calls from. Call from
other numbers will be referred to another destination.
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
25.
|
Talk
Two
|
One
number for two end user equipment units.
|
Existing
Service
|
99%
availability
|
|
26.
|
One
number for two SIM cards
|
cellular
services for two or more telephones in one number
|
Future
Service
|
99%
availability
|
|
27.
|
Two
numbers for one SIM card
|
Defining
two telephone numbers for the same SIM card
|
Future
Service
|
99%
availability
|
|
28.
|
Change
of number announcement
|
A
caller to a subscriber will receive an announcement of the subscriber’s
new number, and will be given the option of directing the call to the new
number.
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
GSM
network only
|
29.
|
Wake-up
Service
|
Allows
subscriber to request the system call him at an hour
defined.
|
Future
Service
|
Precision
of service approx. 5
|
First
Schedule - 5
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
minutes.
99.9% availability
|
|||||
30.
|
Camp
on busy line
|
Call
automatically put through to busy number when number frees
up.
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
31.
|
Personal
Number Service
|
Allows
subscriber to define calls to a certain number be forwarded to various
destinations according to parameters set by subscriber.
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
32.
|
Collect
Call
|
Cost
of call to be paid by subscriber receiver, after
confirmation.
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Between
licensed subscribers only
|
33.
|
Message
Distribution
|
Distribution
of messages to a list of addressees, using various
platforms
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
34.
|
Hot
Billing
|
Provides
updated information to subscriber regarding his bill with the applicant
via various platforms
|
Future
Service
|
99%
availability
|
|
35.
|
Over
the Air Services (OTA)
|
Update
of data and applications on SIM card via SMS by the applicant. Running
applications from SIM card will be performed by subscriber, using end
device.
|
Future
Service
|
99%
availability
|
|
36.
|
Account
Code Billing
|
Splitting
charge for one phone number into separate accounts. Subscriber’s
instructions regarding the account to be billed will be performed by
punching a code at the beginning or during a call.
|
Future
Service
|
99%
availability
|
|
37.
|
Star
Services
|
Allows
establishing a connection by dialing a short access code according to
applicant’s internal numbering program.
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
38.
|
Short
Messages
|
Allow
receiving and
|
Existing
|
99%
|
Depends on
end user
|
First
Schedule - 6
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
Service
(SMS)
|
sending
written messages via phone
|
Service
|
availability
|
equipment
|
|
39.
|
Circuit
Switch Data (CSD)/High speed circuit switch data (HSCSD)
|
Access
to data service using a dial-up modem on phone or independent dial
modem
|
Existing
Service
|
98%
availability
|
Depends on
end user equipment
|
40.
|
Data
communications in Packet Switch
|
Subscriber
connection via phone or independent modem to TCP/UDP/IP
communications for broadcasting using packet switch
|
Existing
Service
|
98%
availability on best effort basis
|
Depends on
end user equipment
|
41.
|
Discontinuation
of Service
|
Discontinuation
of service upon subscriber's request
|
Existing
Service
|
Will
be performed no later than the next business day after
subscriber's request
|
|
42.
|
POC
(Push to Talk Over Cellular)
|
Call
made by pressing a button on cellular end user equipment
Call
may be private (between subscriber and subscriber) or group on data
communications network
|
Service
Exists (just started)
|
According
to service file
|
According
to temp. provision
|
Temporary
Provision
|
The
Licensee will allow operation of Push to Talk Over Cellular services
(hereinafter: the Service) to any subscriber who is a legal entity
(individual or corporation), provided the number of users (number of
cellular end user equipment units permitted use of this service,
hereinafter – end user equipments) in the possession of such subscriber
does not exceed 20 during the first year starting on the date service
begins. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, should there be any considerable
changes in the cellular sector influencing provision of such service, the
Ministry will consider a shorter period.
|
|
Application
|
This
service will not begin before Sunday, the 29th
day of Tamuz, 5764 (July 18, 2004)
|
First
Schedule - 7
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
* availability of service is the
percentage of time the service is available, not including availability of basic
services.
2.3.
|
Value Added
Services
|
No.
|
Name
of Service
|
Description
of Service
|
Date
provided
|
Measures
for quality of service
|
Remarks
|
1.
|
Speaking
Clock
|
Notice
of time
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
2.
|
Directory
Assistance
|
Allows
receiving information on phone numbers and automatic establishment of
calling number so given.
|
Future
service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
3.
|
Connectivity
to Information and Entertainment Services
|
Allows
subscriber to connect to information, entertainment, applications and
content services, whether interactive or noniteractive, whether by
download, by upload, or by various means of access.
|
Existing
service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Depends
on end user equipment. Subject to Director’s rules
|
4.
|
Access
to Internet Provider Services
|
Allows
subscriber access to internet provider.
|
Future
Service
|
||
5.
|
Location
Based Information & Tracking
|
Receiving
and sending information depending on location of phone, subject to
law.
|
Future
Service
|
||
6.
|
M-Commerce
|
Connection
via end user equipment for performing transactions
|
Existing
Service
|
Depends
on end user equipment. Subject to Director’s rules
|
|
7.
|
Unified
Messaging
|
Allows
subscriber to receive and send voice messages, speaking messages, faxes,
SMS, E-mail messages, application messages and multimedia files, to and
from unified cell, allowing the
|
Future
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
Depends
on end device
|
First
Schedule - 8
General license for Cellcom Israel Ltd. for the
provision of mobile radio telephone services by the cellular method
(cellular)
Combined
Version, as at November 5, 2008
convertion
of the data received from one format to another, as well as access to data
from various means of access.
|
|||||
8.
|
Telemetry
Command and Control
|
Use
of phone or cellular modem for receiving indication and sending orders
concerning various device operation (for example: alarm systems, inventory
systems, traffic lights,
controllers, etc.)
|
Existing
Service
|
99.9%
availability
|
|
9.
|
Sponsored
Call
|
Connection
during which subscriber will be exposed to commercial information and
advertisements
|
Future
Service
|
Subject
to law
|
|
10.
|
Video
Conference
|
Allows
visual and audio communication between a number of users.
|
Future
Service
|
Depends
on end device
|
|
11.
|
Instant
Messaging
|
Message
transfer service between “community” participants, organizations, groups
of friends, groups of people with same interests. Subscriber notifies he
is on network and ready to receive messages. Service notifies subscriber
members of group who are in geographic proximity.
|
Future
Service
|
||
12.
|
Surf
& Talk
|
Allows
subscriber to receive an indication of call waiting and reply while
connected to internet
|
Existing
Service
|
99%
availability
|
Depends
on end user equipment. GSM network only
|
13.
|
Personal
Information Management
|
Access
and synchronization via end user equipment to personal data
base.
|
Existing
Service
|
Depends
on end user equipment.
|
●
|
availability
of service is the percentage of time the service is available, not
including availability of basic
services.
|
First
Schedule - 9
Second
Schedule for Cellcom Israel Ltd. Company’s
General License for Cellular Telephone Network (Cellular) Services.
Consolidated
Version as of November 5, 2008.
Second Schedule – List of
Appendices
Second Schedule – List of
Appendices
Appendix
A
|
Particulars
of Licensee – not available to public;
|
Appendix
BA16
|
Engineering
Plan – not available to public;
|
Appendix
C
|
Maintenance
Scheme – not available to public;
|
Appendix
D
|
Uniform
Engagement Agreement – not attached;
|
Appendix
EA16
|
Level
of Subscriber Services;
|
Appendix
FA8
|
Void;
|
Appendix
G
|
Insurance
Contract – not available to public;
|
Appendix
HA16
|
Bank
Guarantee – not available to public;
|
Appendix
It3t5
|
Special
Services for security forces – not available to
public;
|
Appendix
JA6
|
Access
to International Communications Services;
|
Appendix
KA7
|
Discontinuation
of Services for cellular end user equipments of IS-54
type;
|
Appendix
LA12
|
Special
Services for security forces – not available to
public;
|
Appendix
MA12
|
Security
Instructions – not available to public;
|
Appendix
NA16
|
Letters
of Undertaking – not available to public;
|
Appendix
OA24
|
Erotic
Services
|
Second
Schedule - 2
Second
Schedule for Cellcom Israel Ltd. Company’s
General License for Cellular Telephone Network (Cellular) Services.
Consolidated
Version as of November 5, 2008.
Appendix
D
Appendix D – Uniform
Engagement Agreement – Not Attached
Not
Attached
Second Schedule - Appendix D -
1
Second
Schedule for Cellcom Israel Ltd. Company’s
General License for Cellular Telephone Network (Cellular) Services.
Consolidated
Version as of November 5, 2008.
Appendix
E
Appendix E – Minimum Requirements and Level of
Subscriber ServicesA16)
1.
|
System
Performance
|
1.1.
|
The
system and its services will fulfill performances, qualities and measures
defined in the Engineering Plan – Appendix
B.
|
1.2.
|
The
system performance and services will not fall, in any event, from the
following minimum requirements:
|
1.2.1.
|
Digital Technology: the
system and the services under the extension of the license will be
operated using digital technologies, according to relevant international
standards.
|
1.2.2.
|
Service Coverage:
|
Subject
to the provisions of section 60.5 of the license, all services will be provided
in the entire coverage area of the system, keeping up minimum requirements in
the matter of quality of service, for twenty four (24) months from the date on
which the service for pay commences.
1.2.3.
|
Quality of
Service:
|
(A)
|
In
this section:
|
(1)
|
“Blocked Calls”:
calls that cannot be established or messages that cannot be sent
immediately upon entering the order to connect because of non-availability
of cellular system resources or resources for connection between the
cellular system and other systems;
|
(2)
|
“Dropped Calls” –
calls stopped not by the initiative of the subscriber caller/connector or
that of the receiving subscriber;
|
(B)
|
Quality
of service in cellular system will not be less than the
following:
|
(1)
|
the
amount of blocked calls during hours of maximum use will not exceed two
percent (2%);
|
(2)
|
The
amount of dropped calls during hours of maximum use will not exceed two
percent (2%);
|
(C)
|
The
system will uphold the requirements set out in sub-sections (A) and (B)
ninety-nine percent (99%) of the time during maximum use
hours;
|
Second
Schedule - Appendix E - 1
Second
Schedule for Cellcom Israel Ltd. Company’s
General License for Cellular Telephone Network (Cellular) Services.
Consolidated
Version as of November 5, 2008.
Appendix
E
(D)
|
Subject
to the provisions of section 60.5 of the license, the system will reach
the level of requirements set out above by no later than twenty four (24)
months from the date of start of provision of such services for pay; from
that time, said quality of service will be upheld in all the system’s
coverage areas;
|
(E)
|
The
number of blocked and dropped calls will be measured as
follows:
|
(1)
|
measure
will relate to the time span of one
hour;
|
(2)
|
the
maximum use hour to which the measure will refer will be the busiest hour
of the system, on the day the measure is
taken;
|
(3)
|
The
measure will be taken at the maximum use hours on each of five (5)
consecutive work days as stated;
|
(4)
|
The
final number indicating the likelihood of blocked and dropped calls will
refer to the average of the five (5) measured over the five (5) said
consecutive work days, and for each type of service provided by the
system;
|
(F)
|
Measurement
and calculation will be performed for each cell separately, for each
switch separately, and for the entire system; notwithstanding the
aforesaid, at the written request of the Licensee, the Director may allow
exceptions to the provisions of section 1.2.3, after having been satisfied
that there is a true difficulty in performing the measure and calculations
as stated, provided an alternative measuring and calculation system is
proposed.
|
2.
|
Customer and
Subscriber Services Quality
Measures
|
2.1.
|
Services
for provision of information to customers and subscribers: will be
given by referral to call centers, at service centers, at the internet
site, by e-mail, by telephone and by
facsimile.
|
2.2.
|
Standards for
accessibility and provision of
information:
|
(A)
|
A
call center will be available twenty four (24) hours a day, all days of
the week except on Yom Kippur.
|
(B)
|
The
call center will be manned at least thirteen (13) hours a day Sundays
through Fridays, and five (5) hours a day on Fridays and eves of
holidays.
|
(C)
|
The
reply at the call center will be within a reasonable time. Should the
Director observe that the waiting time at the call center is not
reasonable, he may set measures for response
time.
|
Second
Schedule - Appendix E - 2
Second
Schedule for Cellcom Israel Ltd. Company’s
General License for Cellular Telephone Network (Cellular) Services.
Consolidated
Version as of November 5, 2008.
Appendix
E
(D)
|
A
caller to a call center during unmanned hours will be referred to a
message box to leave a message, and will receive a reply on the following
day.
|
(E)
|
The
Licensee will operate additional channel allowing subscribers to contact
it for provision of information and for queries, such
as:
|
-
|
Computerized
voice system IVR;
|
-
|
queries
via post;
|
-
|
queries
via fax;
|
-
|
queries
via e mail.
|
(F)
|
The
Licensee will publish its service office address and telephone number of
the call center in the following ways, among
others:
|
-
|
In
the engagement agreement with the
subscriber;
|
-
|
In
the bills sent to the subscriber;
|
-
|
In
any document sent on behalf of the Licensee to the subscriber in a matter
relating to customer services;
|
-
|
In
telephone directories and in telephone information
centers.
|
2.3.
|
Bills to
Subscribers
|
(A)
|
Bills
to subscribers will set out the relevant details for such bill, out of the
following:
|
(1)
|
monthly
charge (fixed charge)
|
(2)
|
duration
of calls or air time (minutes,
seconds)
|
(3)
|
volume
of data use (MB, kB) – if the service provided is charge by volume of data
transmitted.
|
(4)
|
Other
charges (such as for receipt of data, SMS transmission, mobile electronic
commerce).
|
(5)
|
Combination
of the above charge methods.
|
(B)
|
Structure of the
Xxxx
|
Xxxxx
will be sent in a fixed form, as follows:
(1)
|
Following
payment; the bill will serve as a receipt,
including:
|
the
amount for payment not including VAT, rate of VAT and total for payment
including VAT. In this section, the identifying particulars of the Licensee will
be specified, and the identifying particulars of the subscriber.
(3)
|
The
Licensee may include information regarding deals and personal notices to
the subscriber.
|
|
(C)
|
Production and
delivery of bills
|
Second
Schedule - Appendix E - 3
Second
Schedule for Cellcom Israel Ltd. Company’s
General License for Cellular Telephone Network (Cellular) Services.
Consolidated
Version as of November 5, 2008.
Appendix
E
(1)
|
The
Licensee will produce monthly bills for its subscribers or at any other
time with subscriber’s consent.
|
(2)
|
A
subscriber wishing to disengage with the Licensee will receive a final
bill on the closest date possible, and no later than two months from the
date of disengagement.
|
|
(3)
|
Subscriber
bills may be obtained via post or via any other means agreed upon with the
subscriber, and to the address chosen by the
subscriber.
|
2.4.
|
A43)Measures for Handling
Public’s Applications
|
|
(A)
|
Level
of handling a written complaint – The response times for complaints will
be up to 14 workdays; the response for 5% of complaints will be within a
month.
|
|
(B)
|
Measures
for quality of service of the service centers
–
|
-
|
90%
of applications will be handled directly by the service representatives,
up to completion.
|
-
|
Not
more than 10% of applications, some due to escalation of complaints, will
be referred to more senior levels.
|
(C)
|
Applications
clarified by the senior level – In any case where the Public Ombudsman’s
reply to a complaint does not satisfy the applicant, the application will
be passed on to the managerial level, which will examine the it again and
reply directly to the applicant. In any event, the applicant will receive
a response within 30 days from the day of his
application.
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Appendix
J – Accessibility to International Telecommunications Services A6)
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Definitions
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1.1
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In
this document, the following words and terms will have the definitions
noted at their sides, unless otherwise deriving from the language or
context:
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Bezeq
International -
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The
Bezeq International Company Ltd.;
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Xxxxx
-
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Xxxxx
I.T.C. (1995) Company for International Telecommunications
Services;
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Chance
caller -
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A
Licensee subscriber, calling abroad using an international operator, using
a three digit dialing code, as set out in section 2;
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Subscriber
number (or telephone number) -
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A
group of numbers in a certain order, including area code, the dialing of
which should create a telecommunication’s connection between the reading
subscriber’s end user equipment and the reader subscriber’s end user
equipment; a reader subscriber number may be a subscriber number of a
number to a call answering center of a subscriber or a number to a call
answering center of a licensee2
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International
operator -
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Anyone
providing international telecommunications services to the public in
Israel under a general license from the Director;
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Chosen
operator -
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An
international operator chosen by appointment, under the provisions of
section 43
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Access
code -
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A
group of numbers in a certain order, the dialing of which allows access to
a certain telecommunications service of a certain operator; dialing
additional codes, as needed, and the subscriber number, should create a
telecommunication connection to the subscriber’s end user equipment4 ; if the access code is a manned call
center, the service is given via the operator.
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Short
dialing code -
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“00” and
“188” access code, designated to receive international telecommunications
services, by direct dialing, or via an operator, as explained in section
2;
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Golden
Lines -
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The
Golden Lines International Communications Services
Company;
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Subscriber
ascription -
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The
technically defining action an internal operator performs in his switch so
that his subscriber’s calls, performed through a shortened dialing code,
are channeled into the chosen operator’s switch;
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Outgoing
ITMS calls -
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Transferring
a verbal message or facsimile message via an international
telecommunications service, initiated by a Licensee
subscriber;
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Ingoing
ITMS calls -
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Transferring
a verbal message or facsimile message via an international
telecommunications service, initiated by an international
caller;
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International
Telecommunications Services -
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Telecommunications
services given to the public in Israel, under license from the Director,
via an international operator’s international telecommunication
services;
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ITMS
service
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International
telecommunications message service, that is, two-directional simultaneous
transfer of talk and simultaneous transfer of facsimile messages, in an
international telecommunications
system.
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1.2
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Words
and expressions in this document not defined above shall have the meaning
as defined in the Law, regulations enacted by virtue thereof, in the
Interpretation Law, 5741 – 1981, or as set out in the appropriate places
in the Licensee’s general license and in the International Operators’
licenses, unless otherwise deriving from the language or
context.
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2.
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Allocation of Access
Code
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2.1
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A
Licensee will channel subscriber dialing, to the international operators’
switches, for access to international telecommunications’ services, using
the following codes:
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(A)
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double-digit access code
– the ‘00’ access code, which will serve as short access code for
international telecommunications services provided by a chosen operator;
the Licensee will channel a subscriber dialing the prefix ‘00’ to the
chosen operator;
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triple-digit access code
– an access code of ‘01X’ type, which will serve as an access code
for international telecommunications services provided to a chance user;
the Licensee will channel any subscriber dialing the prefix ‘01X’ code to
the international operator according to the X digit; the X digit is the
international operator’s code, according to the
following:
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1.
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‘2’
– code for Golden Lines’ services;
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2.
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‘3’
– code for Barak services;
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3.
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‘4’
– code for Bezeq International
services;
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(C)
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‘188’ access code – that
will serve as a number for operator services; any subscriber dialing ‘188’
will be channeled by the Licensee to the chosen operator’s operator
services;
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(D)
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four-digit access code –
numbers of the ‘18XY’ type, that will serve as an access code for various
international telecommunications services of any and all international
operators; any subscriber dialing ‘18XY’ will be channeled by the Licensee
to the international operator according to the X digit; the X digit is the
code of the international operator under section 2.1(B); the Y digit is
any number from 1 to 9 and the 0 digit; the use of the Y digit will be
determined by the Director, under advisement with the international
operators, in order to ensure uniformity and fair competition; each
international operator will be allocated ten (10) such four digit numbers/
these numbers will be accessible for both the chosen operator’s
subscribers and for chance callers.
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2.2
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If
the Licensee allows its subscriber the use of another short dial code
(such as +), instead of the “00” dial code (hereinafter: a special code),
all the provisions and rules applicable to the short “00” dial code will
apply to the special code as well.
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2.3
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Dial
by pre-paid program for unidentified subscribers who are not blocked for
outgoing ITMS calls will be possible only using three-digit access codes
of the 01X type, and four-digit access codes of the 18XY type; upon
dialing a short access code or a special access code, a voice announcement
will be heard referring the customer to dial via said access codes
available to him.
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Subscriber
Access to Outgoing ITMS
Calls:
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2A.1
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The
Licensee will allow subscribers to act as follows, with regard to outgoing
ITMS calls:
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(D)
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as
an ascribed subscriber.
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As
blocked
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(F)
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As
a chance caller only.
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3.
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Blocking Outgoing
International Calls and Removal of the
Blocking
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3.1
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The
Licensee will block outgoing ITMS calls, and may also block collect
incoming ITMS calls for any subscriber requesting to block access to
international services or subscribers for whom the international service
for outgoing ITMS calls has been stopped or cut off, in accordance with
the conditions of the License; the licensee may not block incoming ITMS
calls except collect calls.
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3.2
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If
a block for outgoing ITMS calls has been implemented at a subscriber’s
request, the Licensee will remove the block as follows: A23
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(A)
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If
the subscriber has asked to join, he will indicate his choice
international operator who shall serve as his “chosen operator”, by his
signature on the appropriate form; notice given by means of
facsimile will be deemed notice in writing given to by the
subscriber in this matter.
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(B)
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If
the subscriber has asked to be a chance caller, he will notify the
Licensee of such; if the notice is verbal, the Licensee will verify the
requesting party’s identity.
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3.3
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The
Licensee will perform the block for ITMS or removal thereof, performed in
accordance with the subscriber’s request, according to the
following:
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(A)
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70%
- Within one working day of receipt of notice; requests received after
1500 hours will be deemed having been received on the following work
day;
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(B)
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20%
- within two working days of receipt of
notice;
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(C)
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the
rest – within 5 working days.
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3.4
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The
Licensee will ensure that a subscriber who has blocked his outgoing ITMS
calls cannot make outgoing calls using ‘00’ dialing code, ‘01X’ dialing
code, ‘188’ or ‘18XY’ dialing codes, or using any other code that may come
in place thereof A23
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3.5
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The
Licensee may collect reasonable payment for performance of a block for
outgoing ITMS calls or for removal of the
block.
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3.6
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Notwithstanding
that stated in section 3., the Licensee will allow all its subscribers to
block outgoing ITMS calls before initiation of services for such
subscriber, free of charge.
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3.7
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The
Licensee will verify that all subscribers whose access to outgoing ITMS
calls has been blocked receive appropriate voice message when dialing
access codes or telephone numbers for international
services.
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3.8
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If
a subscriber who has chosen a chosen operator asks to block outgoing ITMS
calls, the Licensee shall notify such to the chosen operator, within seven
(7) working days of the date of performance of the
block.
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4.
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Choosing a Chosen
Operator
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4.1
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A
Licensee’s subscriber may notify the international operator in writing, on
a signed form approved by the Director, regarding his choice of a chosen
operator through whom such wishes to receive international
telecommunications services using ‘00’ or ‘188’ access codes; the form
will including the particulars of the subscriber – first name, last name
or name of corporation, ID number of ID number of the corporation, address
and telephone numbers the subscriber asks to define the international
operator as the chosen operator for, and the date and time when
instruction regarding the appointment was given. The form will explain
that any phone number may have one chosen operator only, and such will
fulfill the requirements prescribed in this matter in the international
operator’s license7 (hereinafter: the ascription
form).
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4.2
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Subscribers
may change the chosen operator at any time by written notice on the
ascription form; for initial ascription made at the subscriber’s request,
the subscriber will not be asked to pay anything, however the subscriber
may be charged a reasonable fee for any change in the
ascription.
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4.3
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The
chosen operator will send the Licensee notice regarding the subscriber’s
having chosen him as the chosen operator (hereinafter: ascription notice);
ascription notice will include the subscriber’s particulars - first name
and last name, address and telephone numbers the subscriber asked to
define the international operator as the chosen operator for, and the date
and time of the ascription form on which the subscriber signed; the chosen
operator will give ascription notice to the Licensee in accordance with
the ascription forms signed by him; ascription notice will be given via
magnetic media files, or in any other manner agreed upon between the
Licensee and the international operators. If two or more ascription
notices are given to the Licensee, relating to the same telephone number,
the sc will act in accordance with the ascription notice with the later
date and hour.
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4.4
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If
a person has asked to become a new Licensee subscriber, he must make note,
in the request to the international operator of his choice to engage with
as a chosen operator; the Licensee will allow any new subscriber to choose
a chosen operator for himself or to block the outgoing ITMS calls, or will
allow the subscriber to receive ITMS services as a chance caller only;
ascription services to a chosen operator
or
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Attention is called to section 52.3 of the Bezeq license, and section 56.4 to
the Golden Lines and Barak license.
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as a chance caller, and blocking outgoing ITMS calls will be given to new
subscribers, at the time of initial registration, free of charge A23
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4.5
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In
order to choose a chosen operator, and without derogating from the
aforesaid, the Licensee will act as
follows:
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(A)
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the
Licensee will allow all subscribers having a subscriber line number to
choose one chosen operator will be for certain subscriber
lines, and another for other subscriber
lines;
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(B)
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VoidA2A23
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(C)
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the
Licensee will perform ascription of a subscriber within one working day of
receipt of ascription notice form the chosen operator A2A23.
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(D)
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The
Licensee will report to the international operator regarding completion of
said subscriber ascription as stated in sub-clause (C) above, including
change of ascription at the time and under such plan as agreed upon
between the Licensee and the international operator; the report will
include particulars of the subscriber – first name, last name or name of
corporation, address and telephone numbers the subscriber asked to ascribe
to the international operator.
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(E)
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A20
The Licensee will send a daily modification file of subscriber ascription
to all international operators (hereinafter: the modification file),
containing the particulars of the subscribers who ascribed to the
international operator or who unsubscribed on that day. The modification
file will be handed over at the time and under such procedure as shall be
agreed upon between the Licensee and the international operator. The file
will include the particulars of the subscriber, including at least the
first name, last name or name of corporation, ID number of ID number of
the corporation, address and telephone numbers the subscriber asks to
define the international operator as the chosen operator for. effect
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(F)
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The
Licensee may request that the Director allow in certain cases, all the
prescription of rules and limitations on the matter
of subscriber ascription, the Licensee will set out the
technical or operational reasons on which such request is based; if the
Director consents to the Licensee’s said request, at his professional
discretion, the Director will prescribe the time frame for the
applicability of said rules and
limitation;
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(G)
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The
Licensee will submit a written quarterly report to the Director, by the
15th
of the month following the end of the quarter; the information in the
report will be correct as of the last day of the calendar quarter
preceding the date of the report, and will include the
following:
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effect
This amendment will go into effect by no later than Thursday, the 29th of
Nissan, 5763 (May 1, 2003)
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(1)
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The
number of subscribers blocked form international telecommunications
services;
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(2)
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The
number of subscriber engaged for international services using short
dialing codes or using special codes, for each of the international
operators;
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(3)
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The number of subscribers engaged for international services as chance
dialers only.
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(H)
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If
there should be any disputes between the international operator or between
the Licensee and the international operator on the matter of a subscribers
choosing a chosen operator, the matter will resolved by the Director, or
resolved by an independent arbitrator appointed by the Director, at his
exclusive discretion.
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4.6
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The
Licensee will channel any subscriber dialing using the ‘00’ prefix or any
other special prefix for access to international telecommunications
services, or channeling a call to a Licensee’s subscriber located abroad
using an international operator (follow-me subscriber service) to the
chosen operator.
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5.
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6.
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Block for short
dialing code
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6.1
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Subject
to the provisions of this appendix, the Licensee will perform a block for
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6.2
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The
Licensee will perform the block for short dialing code as follows: the
Licensee will channel the subscriber’s calls using the double-digit ‘00’
prefix and the ‘188’ prefix to an announcer playing a recorded
announcement stating the following in Hebrew, English, Arabic and Russian:
“This service is blocked, for further details please dial ___ (a telephone
number of the announcer under the provisions of section 6.7)A23
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6.3
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Void
A23
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6.4
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Void
A23
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6.5
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Void
A23
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6.6
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Void
A23
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6.7
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The
Licensee will operate the voice announcement 24 hours a day,
including Saturdays and holidays, using such method and wording allowing a
subscriber to receive an explanation regarding the ascription and overseas
dialing, in Hebrew, English, Arabic and Russian; the explanation will
include the following matters:
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Performance
of ascription – the ascription process and where to call in order to
request the ascription form;
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(B)
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How
one may make an international call when the subscription is blocked for
short dialing codes;
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(C)
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The
option of blocking overseas dialing and the option of removing such
block;
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(D)
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Where
one may call in order to find out about additional matters – telephone
numbers of international operators.
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7.
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Interconnection
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7.1
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The
Licensee will connect its system to all international telecommunications
system, directly or indirectly, according to the terms of its license, in
a manner allowing provision of international telecommunications services
to all subscribers through the international telecommunications services
of all international operators, including outgoing and incoming ITMS
calls, direct dialing, dialing through an operator (‘188’ service, as
stated in section 2.2(A)), “Direct Israel” services, collect service (from
abroad to Israel, from Israel abroad), international 1-800 service
(incoming and outgoing), calling card services, from any destination
abroad and to any destination
abroad.
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7.2
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The
technical, operational and commercial arrangements between the Licensee
and any international operator will allow the provision of the following
to all subscribers:
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(A)
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Quality
service, including service quality control and means for investigating and
dealing with subscriber’s complaints regarding quality of
service;
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(B)
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Accurate
and precise billing of subscriber, including control over the billing and
means for investigating and dealing with subscriber’s complaints regarding
incorrect billing and tools and means of identification and prevention of
fraud and deception;
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(C)
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Consumer
response to subscriber’s queries and questions, including tools and means
of providing an itemized bill for subscribers, and for investigating
subscriber’s queries in all matters related to receipt of international
services.
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7.3
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In
order to implement the provisions of this appendix, the Licensee will act,
inter alia, as follows:
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(A)
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Allow
any subscriber who has not blocked outgoing international ITMS calls to
make international calls at any time via his chosen international operator
or as a chance caller, using dialing methods set out in section
2;
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Allow
all subscribers to change their chosen operators; this service will be
given in return for a reasonable
charge,
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(C)
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Take
reasonable measures to prevent subscriber ascription to a chosen operator
without his knowledge or against the subscriber’s wishes (“slamming”);
these measures will include identification of the subscriber and
verification of the subscriber’s right to receive
service;
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(D)
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Give
all subscribers, free of charge, service allowing them to identify the
name of their chosen operators;
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(E)
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The
Licensee will offer non-discriminatory conditions to all international
operators, including in all matters regarding the commercial conditions,
billing and collections arrangements, availability of connection
installations and quality of service; without derogating from the
generality of the aforesaid, the Licensee will provide service for all
international operators under equal conditions including in the matter of
interconnection, provision of infrastructure installations and connection
services to the network, performance of changes in switching, in
installations, protocols and network
interface;
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(F)
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The
conditions for interconnection between the Licensee’s system and the
international operator’s international telecommunications system will be
reasonable and non-discriminatory; if the parties have not reached any
agreement, the Minister will determine matters between
them;
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(G)
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A
copy of any agreement between the Licensee and international operator in
the matter of interconnection will be delivered to the
Director;
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(H)
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Any
international operator requesting the particulars of a subscriber refusing
to make payments to the Licensee designated for the international operator
for services used via the international operator’s international
telecommunications system will be given over, whether such subscriber was
an ascription subscriber or a chance caller; these particulars will
include the first name, last name or name of corporation, ID number of ID
number of the corporation, address and telephone
number.
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(I)
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Allow international operators to collect payment directly for services
from subscribers ascribed to such international operator,
and who have chosen to receive billing and collections services directly;
the Licensee will have any vital information required by
the international operator at his disposal allowing the international
operator to provide billing and collection services for such aforesaid
ascribed subscribers;
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(J)
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A22
Provide services under equal and non-discriminatory conditions and for
such charge not discriminating against an ascribed subscriber who has
chosen to receive billing and collection services from the international
operator.
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7.4
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The
international operators will bear the costs of implementation of the
interconnection including the process of survey and blocking short dialing
codes, and, if so required, for a subscriber’s initial ascription to a
chosen operator; the rate of payments, as stated, will be determined under
negotiation between the Licensee and the international operator; the
Licensee’s shared expenses that cannot be ascribed to a particular
international operator will be divided equally between all international
operators; if the parties have not come to an arrangement, the Minister
will prescribe instructions in these matters, after giving the parties a
fair opportunity to argue their claims before
him.
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Definitions
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1.
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In
this appendix -
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“Old
technology phone” –
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A
cellular phone operating on IS-54 format;
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“New
technology phone” -
|
A
cellular phone operating on IS-136 format;
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“Upgradeable
telephone” -
|
An
old technology phone that may be upgraded to a new technology
phone;
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“Date
of cessation of service” -
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The
date on which the Licensee ceases to provide cellular services to an old
technology phone owner.
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“Eligible
customer” -
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The
Licensee’s subscriber or customer who has lawfully purchased an old
technology telephone and has not exchanged or upgraded it to a new
technology phone;
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“Telephone
Number” -
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The
number of the cellular telephone given to a subscriber or customer who
lawfully purchased an old technology phone and connected to the Licensee’s
network;
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“Upgrade”
-
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Exchanging
the software version of the telephone upgrades the telephone,
wherein it becomes a new technology
phone.
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Discontinuation
of service
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2.
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Notwithstanding
the aforesaid in section C of chapter E of the General License, the
Licensee may discontinue provision of cellular services to eligible
customers, provided all the following provisions apply:
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Publication
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3.
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(A)
The Licensee will publish an appropriate notice under these provisions in
three of the largest newspapers in Israel, one of which is published in
Arabic, on the closest Friday to the date 30 days before the date of
cessation of service.
(B)
The Licensee will publish an appropriate notice under these provisions in
three of the largest newspapers in Israel, one
of
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which
is published in Arabic, on the closest Friday to the date 30 days earlier
than the end of six months from the date of cessation of
service.
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Exchange
of telephone
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4.
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The
Licensee will exchange an old technology telephone including all
accessories thereto, including a hands-off device, for a new technology
telephone, including all accessories thereto, for any eligible customer,
on the basis of accessory for accessory, including the installation
thereof, provided the new technology telephone is of no lesser features
than the new technology telephone’s features, free of any direct or
indirect charge to the customer.
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Upgrade
|
5.
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The
Licensee will upgrade an eligible customer’s upgradeable telephone, free
of any direct or indirect charge to the customer.
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Telephone
number
|
6.
|
The
Licensee will keep the telephone number allocated to any eligible customer
before the date of cessation of service for a period of six months from
the date of cessation of service; after this period the Licensee may
exchange the telephone number of an eligible customer who did not exchange
the old technology telephone to a new technology telephone or did not
upgrade an upgradeable phone during that period.
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Notice
of Application
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7.
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The
Licensee shall inform the Director in advance and in writing of the day of
Discontinuation of Service and of the days of Publication as detailed in
sub-sections 3(A) and (B) above and shall furnish the Director with copies
of the notices as published.
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Period
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8.
|
The
Licensee will fulfill the provisions of sections 4 and 5 above starting on
the date of publication prescribed in sub-section 3(A) above for a period
of 7 years from the date of cessation of service.
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Conditions
of service
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9.
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The
provisions of sections 4, 5 and 6 will be deemed a condition of service,
as defined in section 37B.(A)(1) of the Telecommunications
Law.
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1.
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Definitions
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1.1
|
In
this appendix –
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Licensee
-
|
One
who has been given a general license by the Minister for provision of NDO
or cellular services;
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Telephone
bill -
|
A
bill given to the subscriber by the Licensee for services
provided;
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Writing
-
|
Including
via facsimile or electronic mail;
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Service
number -
|
A
number of digits allocated to an erotic services provider by the Licensee,
given by dialing a telephone number, subject to the provisions of the
numbering program and administrative provisions in this matter, the
dialing of which, following a dialed prefix, allows the subscriber access
to the service;
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Services
provider -
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One
who provides erotic services via the network, and payment for the service
is made through the telephone bill; in the matter of erotic services
provided through dialing a telephone number, access to the services is
achieved through a service number;
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Erotic
promo -
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Broadcast
or presentation of an audio or visual message with sexual content,
including a recorded message, given via a telecommunications facility,
directly or indirectly, and such message is intended to provide
information on a service following or to encourage the use thereof,
provided the broadcast of the message or presentation are made without
additional charge beyond the charge for a telephone call collected via the
telephone bill;
In
this matter, “indirectly” – including by way of creating a connection from
the subscriber’s end user equipment as a condition of providing the erotic
promo.
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Area
code -
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A
national area code in such model as prescribed by the Ministry for erotic
services;
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The
network -
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The
Licensee’s public telecommunications network.
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Erotic
services -
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Audio
broadcast or presentation of an audio or visual message with sexual
content, including recorded messages, given via a telecommunications
facility, directly or indirectly, including services
for dating, chats, or sending messages between chance callers,
designated or serving, even in part, for sexual
purposes,
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This amendment will go into effect on the 1st of
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which
are any of the following:
(1)
A
service provided through the dialing of a telephone number given by a
service provider;
(2)
An
access service to a closed data base of contents including multimedia
files, held by the Licensee or by another provider of the service with the
Licensee’s consent (hereinafter: the “cellular
portal”).
In
this matter, “indirectly” – including by way of creating a connection from
the subscriber’s end user equipment as a condition of providing the
service or for charging for it;
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Payment
regulations -
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The
Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasts) (Payment for
Telecommunications’ Services), 5765 – 2005;
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Special
payment -
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A
price fixed as stated in section 6, which the subscriber is required to
pay for erotic services in addition to the regular payment;
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Payment
Per time -
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A
special payment, the rate of which is determined by the amount of time the
subscriber used the erotic service;
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Regular
payment -
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One
of the following:
(A)
For
a call within the network – a payment that does not exceed the fixed
charge according to the rate agreement between the subscriber and the
Licensee regarding a call to another subscriber in the same
network;
(B)
For
a call from one cellular network to another cellular network or to a
NDONDO network – payment as set out in sub-section (A) plus a payment that
does not exceed NIS 0.50 per minute (including VAT);
(C)
For
a call from the Bezeq company network to a cellular network – a charge
that does not exceed that prescribed by the letter D in table A in the
First Schedule of the Payment Regulations, plus NIS 0.50 per minute
(including VAT);
(D)
For
a call from a NDONDO network, except the Bezeq company network, to a
cellular network – a charge that does not exceed the fixed charge
according to the rate agreement between NDO subscribers and NDO, with
respect to another subscriber number within the same network, plus NIS
0.50 per minute.
(E)
For
erotic services given via the cellular portal – a charge that does not
exceed the fixed charge according to the rate agreement between the
subscriber and the Licensee with regard to access service to the cellular
portal.
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2.
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Access
through Dialing
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2.1
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Subject
to the provisions of section 4, access to erotic services given through
dial-up will be made available to subscribers via an area code and service
number.
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Allocation of Service
Number
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3.1.
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In
the matter of erotic services provided by dial-up, the Licensee may
allocate a service number to a service provider; in such case, the
Licensee will allow the service provider to provide services to both the
Licensee’s subscribers as well as subscriber to other
licensees.
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4.
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Blocking
Access
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4.1.
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A.
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A38
A Licensee will block access to erotic services from all end-user
equipments connected to the network; without derogating from the
aforesaid, for the purpose of blocking access to erotic services given
though the cellular portal, the Licensee may make use of a means of
blocking, including content filtering programs, provided they efficiently
block access to said service.
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B.
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A38
Should the Ministry of Communications notify the Licensee that an erotic
promo is being given through the Licensee’s telephone line or network,
without access through a service number, the Licensee will cut off said
line, or block the line from receiving incoming
calls;
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4.2
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A
subscriber 18 years of age or more may request the Licensee remove a block
imposed as described in section 4.1AA38
from his end user equipment.
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4.3
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A
request for such removal of a block will be made in writing, or verbally,
provided the Licensee has prescribed a procedure allowing accurate
identification of the requesting
subscriber.
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4.4
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If
a subscriber has so requested a block removed, the Licensee will remove
the block within a reasonable time, in a manner allowing the subscriber
access to erotic services via the end user equipment in his
possession.
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4.5
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If
a block has been removed for erotic services as stated, and the subscriber
requests that his end user equipment again be blocked for such services,
the Licensee shall perform the block at the soonest possible opportunity,
and by no later than 2 work days from the date of receipt of the
subscriber’s request.
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4.6
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The
first removal of a block against erotic services, made at the subscriber’s
request as stated in sections 4.2 and 4.3 will be made free of charge; the
Licensee may charge the subscriber a reasonable fee for any additional
blocking access to erotic services or for additional removal of such
block, made at the subscriber’s
request.
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5.
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Early
Registration
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5.1
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Notwithstanding
that stated in section 4 above, the Licensee may establish a duty of early
subscriber registration for receipt of a password, a submission of which
will be a precondition for receipt of erotic services. The provisions of
this section do not derogate from the provisions of
sections 4.2 and 4.3
above.
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6.
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Special
Payment
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6.1
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If
special payment is prescribed for erotic services, the rate shall be fixed
by the Licensee or in agreement between the Licensee and the services
provider.
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Charging the
Subscriber
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7.1.
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If
special payment is prescribed for erotic services, the Licensee’s phone
bill will show the payment for the service separately from charges for the
Licensee’s other services, unless the subscriber has requested
otherwise.
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7.2.
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The
Licensee shall provide the subscriber, upon demand and within ten (10)
working days, details of the special payment for erotic services as
follows:
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(A)
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The
service number the service
allocated;
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(B)
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The
date and time service was provided;
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(C)
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Billing
time units – when charging per time – the number of time units charged or
the total amount of the special payment; in the case of a charge according
to traffic volume (such as MB, KB), the number of volume units
transferred;
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The
sum charged for the service.
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The
Licensee may collect a reasonable fee for specification of the special
payment.
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Mandatory
Tender
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8.1
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If
a special payment has been fixed for erotic services provided through the
network, the Licensee, either himself or via the services provider, will
play a recorded message at the beginning of the call, containing the
following details:
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A.
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The
essence of the service;
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Rate
of special payment for the service, according to payment per time or per
traffic volume, as the case may be;
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The
option to discontinue the service, without charge, before the signal is
heard, as stated in section 8.4.
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8.2
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The
recorded message will be played in the language in which the erotic
service is provided, in comprehensible language, at a reasonable pace and
without recording defects.
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8.3
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At
the start of erotic services provided in a language not Hebrew, a message
will be played announcing the language in which the service is provided,
and after, the recorded message will be played, as stated in sections 8.1
and 8.2, in the language in which the service is
provided.
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Upon
completion of the recorded message, as stated in section 8.1, the caller
will have a 5 second interval, at the end of which a signal indicating the
start of the erotic services; if the caller disconnected the call before
the signal was heard, he will not be charged the special payment.
Alternatively, the caller will be asked to press a certain key on his end
user equipment in order to confirm that he desires to accept the service,
and will be charged the special payment only from the moment he so
acts.
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If
a special payment is fixed for erotic services provided by access to the
cellular portal, the Licensee will notify subscribers regarding the price
of the service in an obvious and clear manner, providing the subscriber
the option to disconnect from the service without being charged the
special payment.
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9.
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Licensee – Services
Provider Relations
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9.1
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The
Licensee may allow a services provider to perform
telecommunications operations via its installations in order to
provide erotic services; the services provider will be exempt from the
duty of obtaining a license for telecommunications services, under the
provisions of section 3(5) of the
Law.
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9.2
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The
Licensee will include the provisions of this appendix, mutatis mutandis,
in the agreement between the Licensee and the services provider, in such
manner that the services provider will be obligated to fulfill said
provisions.
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9.3
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The
Licensee will provide the Director with any agreement between such and a
services provider, upon demand.
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Interconnection
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10.1
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The
conditions for interconnection between the network and the Licensee’s
public telecommunications network, in all matters relating to provision of
billing and collection services by one Licensee to another licensee, for
purposes of provision of erotic services given via the network to another
licensee’s subscriber, will be formalized in an agreement between the
Licensee and the other licensee; if the parties cannot reach an agreement,
the Minister will decide on the
matter.
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10.2
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The
Licensee will, upon demand, provide the Director with a signed copy of all
agreement it has with other licensees in the matter of said
interconnection.
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General
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11.1
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The
Licensee will be responsible to handle all erotic services customer
complaints, in all matters relating to subscriber access to the service,
and problems of billing and collection in connection with the service, and
will establish a mechanism for dealing with customer queries for such
purpose; the services provider will be responsible to deal with subscriber
complaints in regard to service content. If the Licensee himself provides
the erotic services, the Licensee will be responsible to handle erotic
services customer complaints regarding the service content as
well.
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11.2
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The
Licensee may not disconnect, stop or harm the basic telephone services of
a subscriber who has used erotic services and refuses to pay for such,
however, the Licensee may disconnect such subscriber from continued use of
the erotic services.
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11.3
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The
Licensee may not provide a subscriber’s particulars to another services
provider or to others, without the subscriber’s written consent, and only
after verification of the authenticity of such
consent.
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11.4
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A
Licensee shall, within three (3) working days, provide any subscriber so
requesting the following particulars regarding the services provider,
without charge:
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The
name and address of the provider;
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The
telephone number at which such provider may be
reached.
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11.5
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The
provisions of this appendix will apply, mutatis mutandis, to provision of
erotic services provided as a network service to the Licensee’s
subscribers only.
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11.6
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The
Licensee may himself provide erotic services, and the provisions of this
appendix will apply thereto, mutatis
mutandis.
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