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Partner Communications Announces It Received a Lawsuit Requesting Certification as a Class Action


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

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

    operator, announced that it was served on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, with

    a lawsuit requesting certification as a class action, filed against

    Partner in the District Court of Jerusalem, by plaintiffs claiming to be

    subscribers of Partner.
    The Plaintiffs claim that Partner should not have charged them for

    repairing their mobile handset.
    The total amount to be claimed under the class action is estimated by

    the plaintiffs at approximately NIS 46 Million.
    Partner will contest this lawsuit vigorously. At this preliminary stage

    Partner is considering the merits of the claim and is unable to assess

    the extent of the validity of the claim against it.
    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 orange? 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 Market? 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/