Israel - Telecoms, Mobile and Broadband

• Key statistics
• Market and industry overviews
• Regulatory environment
• Major players (fixed and mobile)
• Infrastructure
• Mobile voice and data market
• Internet, including VoIP and IPTV
• Broadband (fixed and mobile)

1. Key Statistics

2. Telecommunications Market

2.1 Overview of Israel’s telecom market

2.2 Market analysis - 2009

3. Regulatory Environment

3.1 Regulatory authority

3.2 Privatisation of Bezeq

3.2.1 Earlier privatisation attempts

3.3 Telecom sector liberalisation in Israel

3.3.1 Liberalisation begins

3.3.2 International fixed-line licences awarded

3.3.3 Early moves towards national fixed-line market liberalisation

3.3.4 Kroll Committee

3.3.5 Data licences issued

3.3.6 Licences awarded to cable TV companies

3.3.7 Further competition in the international calls market

3.3.8 New domestic voice service licences

3.3.9 Bezeq’s reaction

3.3.10 Licensing of VoIP / VOB

3.3.11 Gronau Commission

3.4 Interconnect

3.5 Number Portability (NP)

3.6 Universal Service Obligation (USO)

4. Fixed Network Operators in Israel

4.1 Overview of operators

4.2 Bezeq

4.3 Bezeq International

4.4 HOT Cable Systems Media

4.5 NetVision 013 Barak

4.6 012 Smile.Communications (Internet Gold Golden Lines) / Eurocom

4.7 Xfone 018

5. Telecommunications Infrastructure

5.1 National telecom network

5.1.1 MedNet / Med-1

5.2 International infrastructure

5.2.1 Submarine cable networks

5.2.2 Satellite networks

5.3 Infrastructure developments

5.3.1 Next Generation Networks (NGNs)

6. Wholesaling

6.1 Overview

7. Broadband and Internet Market

7.1 Overview

7.1.1 Internet statistics

7.2 ADSL and cable networks

7.2.1 Broadband statistics

7.3 Israel’s ISP market

7.4 WiFi

7.5 WiMAX

7.6 Internet content

7.6.1 Walla! Communications Ltd

7.6.2 Nana

8. Convergence and Digital Media

8.1 Overview of media convergence

8.2 Triple play models

8.3 VoIP / VoB

8.4 Overview of the broadcasting market

8.5 Regulatory issues

8.6 Digital TV

8.6.1 IPTV

8.6.2 Cable TV

8.6.3 Satellite TV - Yes TV

8.6.4 Video-on-Demand (VoD)

8.6.5 Digital Terrestrial TV (DTTV)

8.6.6 High Definition TV (HDTV)

9. Mobile Communications

9.1 Overview of Israel’s mobile market

9.1.1 Mobile statistics

9.2 Regulatory issues

9.2.1 Award of 3G mobile licences

9.2.2 Connection charges

9.2.3 Mobile Number Portability

9.2.4 Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs)

9.3 Mobile technologies

9.3.1 Analogue

9.3.2 Digital

9.3.3 integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN)

9.3.4 3G

9.3.5 High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA)

9.4 Major mobile operators

9.4.1 Pelephone Communications Ltd

9.4.2 Cellcom

9.4.3 Partner Communications Company Ltd (Orange)

9.4.4 MIRS Communications Ltd

9.5 Mobile voice services

9.5.1 Prepaid

9.6 Mobile data services

9.6.1 i-mode

9.6.2 Push-to-talk (PTT)

9.7 Mobile content and applications

9.7.1 Mobile TV

9.7.2 External content providers

10. Glossary of Abbreviations

List of Tables

Table 1 - Country statistics Israel - 2009 (e)

Table 2 - Telephone network statistics - 2009

Table 3 - Internet user statistics - 2009 (e)

Table 4 - Broadband statistics - March 2009

Table 5 - Mobile statistics - 2008

Table 6 - National telecommunications authority

Table 7 - International call operators market shares - 2008

Table 8 - Bezeq divisional revenues - 2005 - 2009

Table 9 - Active Bezeq fixed-line subscriber lines, MOU, and monthly ARPL - 2003 - 2009

Table 10 - Bezeq International outgoing calls market share - 2005 - 2008

Table 11 - HOT divisional revenue - 2006 - 2009

Table 12 - HOT domestic telephony subscribers - 2005 - 2008

Table 13 - NetVision 013 Barak revenue and profit - 2006 - 2008

Table 14 - 012 Smile Communications revenue and profit - 2005 - 2009

Table 15 - Xfone revenue and profit - 2006 - 2009

Table 16 - Fixed-lines in service and teledensity - 1995 - 2008

Table 17 - Internet users, penetration & household penetration estimates - 1997 - 2008

Table 18 - Broadband subscribers, annual change & household penetration - 2001 - 2009

Table 19 - ADSL & cable networks - subscribers & market share - 2005 - 2009

Table 20 - Bezeq ADSL subscriber ARPU - 2005 - 2009

Table 21 - ISP market shares - 2005 - 2008

Table 22 - NetVision broadband subscribers - 2006 - 2008

Table 23 - Walla! Communications revenue and profit - 2005 - 2009

Table 24 - 012 Smile VoIP lines - 2006 - 2008

Table 25 - Broadcasting market statistical overview - 2008

Table 26 - YES satellite TV subscribers, market share and ARPU - 2002 - 2009

Table 27 - Mobile subscribers and penetration rate - 1995 - 2008

Table 28 - Mobile operators, subscribers and annual change - 2008

Table 29 - Mobile operators - total subscribers, 3G subscribers and market share - 2008

Table 30 - Mobile operators - MOU and ARPU - 2008

Table 31 - Pelephone revenue, profit, monthly MOU and monthly ARPU - 2003 - 2009

Table 32 - Cellcom revenue, profit, monthly MOU, churn, monthly ARPU - 2005 - 2009

Table 33 - Partner Communications revenue, profit, monthly MOU, churn, monthly ARPU - 2002 - 2009

Table 34 - Partner prepaid, postpaid and business subscribers - 2004 - 2008

Table 35 - Mobile operators’ data & content revenue as a percentage of total revenue - 2003 - 2008