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Sep. 25--The Ministry of Communications will hold a hearing to formulate it policy for a WiMAX tender, after the subject was postponed several times and was not included in the 2008 economics arrangements bill. The ministry plans to conclude the hearing by mid-October and then work on the responses from the public and communications providers before publishing the tender.

Minister of Communications Ariel Atias said, "I believe that when the process is completed, a fifth cellular operator will enter the market who will offer private consumers the lowest price in the coming years for advanced 4G technology. The train has left the station. We're pushing the subject as part of our policy to encourage competition in the cellular market."

Atias said that the ministry would give priority to a new operator that currently lacks a cellular infrastructure. He said that Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd. (Nasdaq: IGLD; TASE:IGLD) subsidiary 012 Smile.Communications Ltd., which is already operating a pilot under a Ministry of Communications license, was the leader in terms of know-how and potential for innovation.

Atias said that MIRS Communications Ltd. was the second preference. "If Smile and MIRS bid in the tender under the exact same terms, Smile will win because it has priority as it is not a cellular operator," he said.

"WiMAX is a very new technology in the world. We're one of the most advanced and pioneering countries in this matter. We're one step ahead on this technology and we're not waiting to see how the world is going. We're basically talking about a third infrastructure after Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Co. Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ) and Hot Cable Systems Media Ltd. (TASE: HOT)."

Atias reiterated that the tender winner would be the company offering the lowest price for services to the consumer, including inter-network connectivity fees, for five years.

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