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/
