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Just the facts: Cellular spring

Israel's cellular communications market has recently been placed on the public agenda.

Cellular spring
Photo by: Courtesy Jerusalem Institute for Israel Studies
The first cellular phone company began operating in Israel in 1986, and since that time the mobile phone appears to have significantly changed our lifestyle. The cellular communications market in Israel has recently been placed on the public agenda, following a series of reforms and changes in this area that are intended to increase market competition and lower prices for the consumer.

According to data of the 2010 social survey of the Central Bureau of Statistics, 91 percent of Israel’s residents had a mobile phone. This figure compares to 85% in 2006 and 77% in 2002.

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