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Bezeq International, a subsidiary of Israeli communication company and phone service monopoly-holder Bezeq, has formally announced plans to enter the Internet access market. Six months ago, the company purchased the Internet activities of two small Israeli ISPs, ISDN Net and Trendline. Now, Bezeq International will start a campaign to attract new customers of its own. […]

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) last week opened a branch in Israel, with several analysts on hand to present their views on the future of the Web. This event was held at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led by Mr. Jean-Francois Abramatic, chairman of the W3C and Daniel Weitzner, W3C’s technology and society domain […]

According to Israeli Banks supervisor Dr. Tzvi Tal, Israeli use of online banking services increased by over 50 percent since the last quarter of 1998. Eleven Israeli banks are now authorized to render online banking services, reported Dr. Tal, who was speaking at a one-day conference on Internet Banking held last week in Tel Aviv. […]

Last week’s elections catapulted Israeli Internet services into higher visibility, with all the main Israeli content providers scrambled to establish special election sites. The Israeli Second Television Channel established a site that broadcast the election results in real time during a special three-hour broadcast, using Real Video technology, to surfers all over the world. Internet […]

Limor Livnat, Israel’s minister of communications, last week promised three Israeli cable TV providers that the companies will be able to provide their subscribers with cable Internet service in the very near future. The promise was given to the companies as a form of compensation for the introduction of satellite broadcasting, specifically DBS’s entry to […]

By the end of May, Israel will be connecting to Internet 2 in Europe, announced Israel’s science minister Silvan Shalom at the Internet 2 conference held last week in Tel Aviv. At the beginning of June, Israel will also be connecting to the US Internet 2. Golden Lines will be handling the European connection using […]

Israel’s GartnerGroup delivered its forecasts on the future of the Internet at the GartnerGroup Eastern Mediterranean Conference in Tel Aviv last week. “By the year 2002 organizations will invest 3 trillion dollars in business, trade and work over the Internet,” said John Lee, GartnerGroup vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, at the […]

The Israeli Internet eXchange (IIX), which connects Israeli ISPs and forms as the central backbone of the Israeli Internet, was last week connected via an ATM connection to the ATM backbone of Bezek, the Israeli communications company. This connection is intended to put an end to the long-time problem of many Israeli users: slow service. […]

Barak, the telecommunications company that controls 28% of the international telephone call market in Israel, has announced its aggressive entrance into the Internet access market, and has set its sights onhome surfers. Until now, Barak provided Internet access to businesses on a small scale. Their announcement created waves among Internet suppliers in Israel, primarily because […]

The Israel Export Institute believes that there is great potential for the development of tele-medicine in Israel. According to Mira Richman, head of communications and tele-medicine at the Israel Export Institute, the area of tele-medicine embodies the industries in which Israel is considered the leader: medical equipment, communications and information technologies. In light of this, […]

Internet Zahav, a leading Internet service provider in Israel, and Internet development firm Magic have signed a strategic partnership agreement to provide a comprehensive package of solutions to computer- and Internet-related businesses. Within this framework, Internet Zahav subscribers and Magic customers will benefit from the combined services of each company. Internet Zahav will provide its […]

The Supervisor of Banks in Israel, Dr. Yitzhak Tal, has announced that he will allow banks to expand the kinds of services they provide via the Internet, as well as allow customers to carry out banking transactions on the Internet. In 1997, Tal allowed the banks to provide account information via the Internet and today […]