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Partner Communications Announces Dividend Distribution



    Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner" or "the Company")

    (NASDAQ:PTNR) (TASE:PTNR), a leading Israeli mobile communications

    operator, announced today that its Board of Directors approved the

    distribution of cash dividend for the first quarter of 2008 in the

    amount of NIS 1.24 (approximately US$ 0.35) per share, totaling

    approximately NIS 195 million (US$ 55 million) payable on June 12th

    2008 to shareholders and ADS holders of record on May 28th

    2008.
    About Partner Communications
    Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner") is a leading Israeli

    mobile communications operator providing GSM / GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA

    services and wire free applications under the orangeâ„¢ brand. The Company provides quality service and a range of features to

    2.823 million subscribers in Israel (as of March 31st

    2008). Partner´s ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ

    Global Select Marketâ„¢ and its shares are

    traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR).
    Partner is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International

    Limited ("Hutchison Telecom"), a leading global provider of

    telecommunications services. Hutchison Telecom currently offers mobile

    and fixed line telecommunications services in Hong Kong, and operates

    mobile telecommunications services in Israel, Macau, Thailand, Sri

    Lanka, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia. It was the first provider of 3G

    mobile services in Hong Kong and Israel and operates brands including "Hutch"

    "3" and "orange".

    Hutchison Telecom, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, is a

    listed company with American Depositary Shares quoted on the New York

    Stock Exchange under the ticker "HTX" and shares listed on the Stock

    Exchange of Hong Kong under the stock code "2332". For more information

    about Hutchison Telecom, see www.htil.com.
    For more information about Partner, see http://www.orange.co.il/investor_site/