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The Israeli Communications Ministry has given formal approval to Bezeq, the Israeli telephone company, to initiate ADSL trial runs. Bezeq plans to offer ADSL technology to Internet providers and content providers, who in turn offer their customers a variety of subjects, such as interactive games, video, music, programs and hosting on remote servers; each of […]

The Israeli government is working to bring wireless Internet services to the country by forming a committee to allocate licenses for wireless bandwidth communications. The Central Tender Committee will allocate a limited number of licenses to industries dealing with wireless bandwidth communication in LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Services) technologies. LMDS Communications is a wireless alternative […]

“Israel is number two, after the USA, in technology development”, stated Mike Volpi, manager of the Business Development Unit at Cisco Systems, Inc., during his visit to the Internet World Exhibition held in Tel Aviv last week. Volpi showered numerous compliments on the Israeli hitech industry, as he mentioned that Cisco has already invested $70 […]

A recently published survey revealed that e-mail was the most popular Internet utility among commercial users in Israel. Acquiring general information and professional updates took second place in popularity among survey participants. The survey respondents were asked to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 the level of use of different Internet services in […]

One Stop Communication won a great deal of publicity recently when it advertised that it would hand out 25,000 iMac computers in return for a guarantee that all recipients would spend at least $100 per month in the company’s virtual shopping mall for a period of 36 months. This is reminiscent of computer firm ActiviNet, […]

Can an Israeli court prohibit a citizen from surfing the Web? Apparently so and the decision is creating a storm on the popular Web forums in Israel. On Jan. 21, Judge Rachel Greenberg of the Tel Aviv Magistrate Court issued a precedential order against Ofer Sadot, who operates business Web sites, prohibiting him from connecting […]