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Xfone ends network sharing agreement with Cellcom
Xfone argues that the merger between Cellcom and Golan without consulting with Xfone was a violation of the network sharing agreement.
Xfone 018 has officially ended its cellular network sharing agreement with Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE:CEL; TASE:CEL) and is seeking an alternative arrangement. Xfone has been at loggerheads with Cellcom for some time over the amount it should be paying for the network sharing arrangement and consequently Xfone has only been paying part of the amount demanded by Cellcom in recent months.
Xfone, owned by Hezi Bezalel, had been sharing the network with Cellcom and Golan Telecom. But Xfone argues that the merger between Cellcom and Golan without consulting with Xfone was a violation of the network sharing agreement.
The Zimbabwe Independent
By Yael Even Or
In the past three years, a new slang word has come to be popular in the Zimbabwean capital. Iâve heard it in professional settings and at parties. Itâs a conjugation of the word nikuv, to say that you were screwed. For example, âAre you trying to nikuv me?â or âI just got a flat tire on my way to this meeting, Iâm so nikuved!â
Nikuv in Hebrew means poking a hole or punching, as in a punched card, but no Zimbabwean knows what that word actually means in Hebrew. All they know is that an Israeli company with that name screwed them over in the latest elections.
Dec. 25, 2020
During the course of 2017, a series of explosive letters landed in the Defense Ministry. They were sent by Amnon Zichroni, one of Israel’s top lawyers, who has since died. The texts were polite, matter-of-fact. But from beneath the legal jargon emerged unsubtle hints about a gloomy chapter in Israel’s history, previously untold.
Zichroni revealed the tip of the iceberg of the following story: Israel tried to send the asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan to countries whose unstable regimes were not likely to guarantee their wellbeing. The contacts were conducted clandestinely, via unofficial channels. The boundaries of the mandate placed in the hands of the state’s envoys were demarcated with a wink and a nod, in some cases literally without words. From there it was but a short step to the payment of bribes to officials in Africa, in order to start ball rolling.