200:. It was founded in 2010 and offers a range of mobile phone, telecommunications and internet services to residential and business customers. In July 2011 the company won a tender to operate a 3G wireless network in Israel beginning in 2012, The company was one of the first low-cost mobile phone companies that led to increased competition in the cellular communications market in Israel, due to the price policy adopted by the company at the beginning of its activity.
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communication rates in particular, and as a means of empathy with consumers. Indeed, upon their introduction, Golan's rates were significantly lower than those offered by the existing wireless providers in the country and quickly forced the other providers to drastically reduce their prices, thus providing a boon to many
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At the beginning of July 2012 Golan announced 80,000 users in two months, equaling 10,000 new customers per week. On 4 December 2013 Golan
Telecom claimed 380,000 subscribers, a 134,000 increase from the start of the year. On 30 June 2014 this number grew to 500,000 subscribers, and in May 2015 it
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their existing wireless number to Golan
Telecom, claiming Golan was in violation of regulations involving required subscriber verification and authentication during the porting process. A ruling by the Communications ministry stated that Pelephone had no authority to unilaterally block their
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September 2013 Golan announced that it will implement a tower sharing agreement with the Partner network. On 18 December 2014 Golan announced the launch of their
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announced his opposition to the takeover plan, and stated he would do everything in his power to ensure the
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99 a month and a low-cost metered package starting at โช9.90 a month which includes 100 minutes, unlimited text messages, and 100 MB of data.
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