Cellcom (Israeli company)

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Cellcom Israel

Type	Public (NYSE: CEL)
Founded	1994
Founder	Dov Tadmor
Headquarters	Netanya, Israel 32°17′25″N 34°51′46″E / 32.29028, 34.86278Coordinates: 32°17′25″N 34°51′46″E / 32.29028, 34.86278
Area served	Israel
Key people	Ami Erel, Chairman Nochi Dankner Amos Shapira, CEO Lipa Ogman, CTO
Industry	Wireless Services
Products	GSM, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA, SMS, MMS, iMode
Revenue	$1.57B (2007)
Operating income	$332M (2007)
Net income	$226M (2007)
Owner	Discount Investment Corporation Ltd. (part of the IDB Group), directly and indirectly- 52.6%
Employees	3000
Website	http://www.cellcom.co.il

Cellcom (Hebrew: סלקום) is a major Israeli telecommunications company. Founded in 1994, today, most of the company's business is centered around wireless service. Cellcom was the first to market mobile phones with Hebrew language menus.

During 1995, Cellcom experienced major network outages due to a software bug in Motorola Alpha handsets.^[1]

Today, Cellcom is 78.5% owned by IDB and serves 3 million customers [1]. The company has 360 marketing outlets and 30 service centers countrywide and has 3,000 employees.

Cellcom currently operates an IS-136 TDMA network (in the 800/850 MHz band) and a GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in the 1800 MHz band which cover the entire state of Israel as well as a 3G (UMTS/HSDPA) network with a smaller footprint.