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Morgen,
nach den anstrengenden und verrückten letzten Tagen möchte ich mit diesem thread eine Rückkehr zur Sachlichkeit versuchen. Aus diesem Grund eröffne ich diesen thread auch im reg board, um "Störschüsse" seitens teils mehrfachregistrierter Diskussionsteilnehmer zu verhindern. Ich denke, jeder, der hier an einer Diskussion teilnehmen will, kann auch seine volle Identität preisgeben.
Ich bitte W
das zu respektieren und diesen thread nicht zu verschieben.
Bei all der Diskussion um Inter-Nordic, der Zuverlässigkeit des Managements, der Hintergründe für die Hexenjagd in den Medien etc., etc. war es sehr angenehm zu bemerken, dass es auch boardteilnehmer gibt, die sich weiterhin mit der in der nächsten Zeit wohl interessantesten Frage beschäftigen: was und wer steckt hinter dem Großauftrag in Israel ?
zunächst einmal ein paar Hintergründe:
Ende der 80er Jahre wurde in Israel das Kabelnetz privatisiert. Es wurde in 3 gleich große Teile aufgespaltet. Die Konzession für die Nutzung dieser Teile erhielten 3 private Firmen:
Tevel (http://www.tevel.co.il)
Golden Channels (http://www.aztv.co.il
Matav (http://www.matav.co.il
Alle 3 Anbieter erreichen mit ihren Netzen ca. 600 000 Haushalte, alle 3 Anbieter haben zwischen 450 000 und 500 000 subscribers.
Und alle 3 bieten payTV an und interssieren sich für interactiveTV und pay-per-view
Zusätzlich zu diesen 3 Anbietern sind in letzter Zeit noch einige andere Unternehmen dazugekommen, die ebenfalls payTV und pay-per-view anbieten wollen/werden. Eine Firma ist z.B. Yes (http://www.yes.co.il)
Hierzu eine Meldung, die kürzlichst in der Jerusalem Post zu finden war:
Ben-Eliezer allows pay-per-view TV
By Gwen Ackerman
Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
yesterday signed permits allowing all multi-channel
television providers to offer pay-per-view services and
set a flat rate of NIS 17 (including VAT)) for a movie
screening.
The step, effective immediately, is intended to encourage
competition, insuring that each of the companies, in the
race to attract subscribers, offers the latest movies. The
permit, however, is in no way to effect regular broadcast
schedules, a ministry statement said.
Before the signing, only subscribers of Tevel and YES
had the option of watching a movie or live event on
demand. As of Sunday, Matav subscribers will also have
the service, said CEO Amit Levin. "This is an important
step that will give our subscribers another service that
they should have had a long time ago," he said.
Golden Channels, which is preparing a digital
pay-per-view service, said its subscribers will have the
option "as soon as possible." However, the company
noted that it is already offering its subscribers a new
service by which they can rent four movies or DVDs per
month.
In an effort to encourage the domestic film industry,
Ben-Eliezer has also instructed the multi-channel
television companies to transfer 2.5 percent of their
income from the pay-per-view service into a fund for
filmmakers. In addition, he determined that at least
two-thirds of all locally produced movies made would be
available on the pay-per-view services.
nach den anstrengenden und verrückten letzten Tagen möchte ich mit diesem thread eine Rückkehr zur Sachlichkeit versuchen. Aus diesem Grund eröffne ich diesen thread auch im reg board, um "Störschüsse" seitens teils mehrfachregistrierter Diskussionsteilnehmer zu verhindern. Ich denke, jeder, der hier an einer Diskussion teilnehmen will, kann auch seine volle Identität preisgeben.
Ich bitte W
das zu respektieren und diesen thread nicht zu verschieben.Bei all der Diskussion um Inter-Nordic, der Zuverlässigkeit des Managements, der Hintergründe für die Hexenjagd in den Medien etc., etc. war es sehr angenehm zu bemerken, dass es auch boardteilnehmer gibt, die sich weiterhin mit der in der nächsten Zeit wohl interessantesten Frage beschäftigen: was und wer steckt hinter dem Großauftrag in Israel ?
zunächst einmal ein paar Hintergründe:
Ende der 80er Jahre wurde in Israel das Kabelnetz privatisiert. Es wurde in 3 gleich große Teile aufgespaltet. Die Konzession für die Nutzung dieser Teile erhielten 3 private Firmen:
Tevel (http://www.tevel.co.il)
Golden Channels (http://www.aztv.co.il
Matav (http://www.matav.co.il
Alle 3 Anbieter erreichen mit ihren Netzen ca. 600 000 Haushalte, alle 3 Anbieter haben zwischen 450 000 und 500 000 subscribers.
Und alle 3 bieten payTV an und interssieren sich für interactiveTV und pay-per-view
Zusätzlich zu diesen 3 Anbietern sind in letzter Zeit noch einige andere Unternehmen dazugekommen, die ebenfalls payTV und pay-per-view anbieten wollen/werden. Eine Firma ist z.B. Yes (http://www.yes.co.il)
Hierzu eine Meldung, die kürzlichst in der Jerusalem Post zu finden war:
Ben-Eliezer allows pay-per-view TV
By Gwen Ackerman
Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer
yesterday signed permits allowing all multi-channel
television providers to offer pay-per-view services and
set a flat rate of NIS 17 (including VAT)) for a movie
screening.
The step, effective immediately, is intended to encourage
competition, insuring that each of the companies, in the
race to attract subscribers, offers the latest movies. The
permit, however, is in no way to effect regular broadcast
schedules, a ministry statement said.
Before the signing, only subscribers of Tevel and YES
had the option of watching a movie or live event on
demand. As of Sunday, Matav subscribers will also have
the service, said CEO Amit Levin. "This is an important
step that will give our subscribers another service that
they should have had a long time ago," he said.
Golden Channels, which is preparing a digital
pay-per-view service, said its subscribers will have the
option "as soon as possible." However, the company
noted that it is already offering its subscribers a new
service by which they can rent four movies or DVDs per
month.
In an effort to encourage the domestic film industry,
Ben-Eliezer has also instructed the multi-channel
television companies to transfer 2.5 percent of their
income from the pay-per-view service into a fund for
filmmakers. In addition, he determined that at least
two-thirds of all locally produced movies made would be
available on the pay-per-view services.
danke für deien recherche
hier aus der heutigen zeit zum thema internet in deutschland:
Bundesregierung startet Kampagne für Nutzung des Internets
Berlin - Mit einer bundesweiten Kampagne will die Regierung breite Bevölkerungsschichten zur Nutzung des Internets aktivieren. Wie Regierungssprecher Uwe-Karsten Heye und Staatsminister Hans Martin Bury am Freitag in Berlin sagten, soll die Kampagne "Deutschland schreibt sich mit .de" am kommenden Montag starten. Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder (SPD) will am Montag auf der Expo in Hannover die Pläne der Initiative D 21 erläutern.
Auf diese Weise könne die Spaltung der Gesellschaft in Gewinner und Verlierer der Entwicklung vermieden werden, sagte Bury. Die Bundesregierung will für ihre Kampagne die Domain "deutschland.de" anmelden.
Zum Auftakt werden ab der kommenden Woche erste Anzeigen geschaltet. Ergänzend dazu ist ein Adler als Animationsfigur geschaffen worden, der durch das World Wide Web fliegt und später auch in Fernsehspots zu sehen sein soll. "Dieser Adler macht als Absender die Bundesregierung deutlich und vermittelt Glaubwürdigkeit, Offenheit und Sympathie", sagte Heye. Außerdem solle er auf die einzelnen Initiativen der Regierung hinweisen. Um einen Namen für den Vogel zu finden, werde ein Wettbewerb ausgeschrieben.
Zum Ziel der Kampagne sagte Bury, jedem Bürger solle die Möglichkeiten zur Teilhabe am Internet eröffnet werden. Das Internet entwickle sich zu einer Kulturtechnik wie Lesen und Schreiben. Um die Internet-Initiativen von Wirtschafts-, Forschungs- und Innenministerium zu bündeln, werde nun mit dieser Kampagne eine übergreifende Markenklammer etabliert. Interessenten, die die Seite "www.deutschland.de" abrufen, finden dort bislang ein Magazin für Politik, Kultur, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft mit dem Titel "Deutschland". Dabei handelt es sich um eine Auslandszeitschrift der Bundesrepublik
MFG
JS
hier aus der heutigen zeit zum thema internet in deutschland:
Bundesregierung startet Kampagne für Nutzung des Internets
Berlin - Mit einer bundesweiten Kampagne will die Regierung breite Bevölkerungsschichten zur Nutzung des Internets aktivieren. Wie Regierungssprecher Uwe-Karsten Heye und Staatsminister Hans Martin Bury am Freitag in Berlin sagten, soll die Kampagne "Deutschland schreibt sich mit .de" am kommenden Montag starten. Bundeskanzler Gerhard Schröder (SPD) will am Montag auf der Expo in Hannover die Pläne der Initiative D 21 erläutern.
Auf diese Weise könne die Spaltung der Gesellschaft in Gewinner und Verlierer der Entwicklung vermieden werden, sagte Bury. Die Bundesregierung will für ihre Kampagne die Domain "deutschland.de" anmelden.
Zum Auftakt werden ab der kommenden Woche erste Anzeigen geschaltet. Ergänzend dazu ist ein Adler als Animationsfigur geschaffen worden, der durch das World Wide Web fliegt und später auch in Fernsehspots zu sehen sein soll. "Dieser Adler macht als Absender die Bundesregierung deutlich und vermittelt Glaubwürdigkeit, Offenheit und Sympathie", sagte Heye. Außerdem solle er auf die einzelnen Initiativen der Regierung hinweisen. Um einen Namen für den Vogel zu finden, werde ein Wettbewerb ausgeschrieben.
Zum Ziel der Kampagne sagte Bury, jedem Bürger solle die Möglichkeiten zur Teilhabe am Internet eröffnet werden. Das Internet entwickle sich zu einer Kulturtechnik wie Lesen und Schreiben. Um die Internet-Initiativen von Wirtschafts-, Forschungs- und Innenministerium zu bündeln, werde nun mit dieser Kampagne eine übergreifende Markenklammer etabliert. Interessenten, die die Seite "www.deutschland.de" abrufen, finden dort bislang ein Magazin für Politik, Kultur, Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft mit dem Titel "Deutschland". Dabei handelt es sich um eine Auslandszeitschrift der Bundesrepublik
MFG
JS
hier noch zu israel:
Business & Regulatory
Israel opens up local market
By Neal Sandler, Total Telecom
04 September 2000
Israel`s local telecommunications market has been opened to competition. The move was announced by communications minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer after signing regulations to allow for competition against Bezeq Telecom, the majority state-owned telecommunications company that still enjoys a monopoly in the local telephony and infrastructure sectors.
The move is in line with the Israeli government`s decision last week to speed up the privatization of Bezeq.
Bezeq already faces stiff competition in the international call and cellular markets. These sectors were both opened to competition in the past five years.
"We expect at least two other companies to compete against Bezeq in the local call and Internet market," predicted Ben-Eliezer. He said he expected the cable companies to be the biggest competition for Bezeq in the coming years. The country`s three cable companies are looking to merge into one company. They currently have 1.2 million subscribers.
In addition, the communications ministry is planning to issue a tender for service using LMDS technology within the next three months. Ben-Eliezer said he expected competition in the local market would commence within a year.
Under the communications ministry guidelines at least 20% of any telecommunications provider must be Israeli owned and the consortium must include an existing telecommunications provider. Companies with existing interests in Israeli telecommunications companies will be barred from investing in new competitors. Communications ministry officials said a number of leading foreign companies have expressed interest in competing in the local market.
Local industry sources said BellSouth may bid for the LMDS license along with local partners. The Atlanta-based company has a stake in CellCom, Israel`s largest cellular operator.
Business & Regulatory
Israel opens up local market
By Neal Sandler, Total Telecom
04 September 2000
Israel`s local telecommunications market has been opened to competition. The move was announced by communications minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer after signing regulations to allow for competition against Bezeq Telecom, the majority state-owned telecommunications company that still enjoys a monopoly in the local telephony and infrastructure sectors.
The move is in line with the Israeli government`s decision last week to speed up the privatization of Bezeq.
Bezeq already faces stiff competition in the international call and cellular markets. These sectors were both opened to competition in the past five years.
"We expect at least two other companies to compete against Bezeq in the local call and Internet market," predicted Ben-Eliezer. He said he expected the cable companies to be the biggest competition for Bezeq in the coming years. The country`s three cable companies are looking to merge into one company. They currently have 1.2 million subscribers.
In addition, the communications ministry is planning to issue a tender for service using LMDS technology within the next three months. Ben-Eliezer said he expected competition in the local market would commence within a year.
Under the communications ministry guidelines at least 20% of any telecommunications provider must be Israeli owned and the consortium must include an existing telecommunications provider. Companies with existing interests in Israeli telecommunications companies will be barred from investing in new competitors. Communications ministry officials said a number of leading foreign companies have expressed interest in competing in the local market.
Local industry sources said BellSouth may bid for the LMDS license along with local partners. The Atlanta-based company has a stake in CellCom, Israel`s largest cellular operator.
Zukunftsentwicklung:
Warum ist das Interactive TV so interessant? Fernseher und Computer verschmelzen zu einer Einheit und bietet damit den Leuten, die keinen Computer besitzen oder besitzen wollen, eine ideale Möglichkeit an der Informations- und Kommunikationswelt teilzuhaben. Der Fernseher entwickelt sich zu einer interaktiven Plattform für Verbraucher. Der Vorteil ist dabei: iDTV sieht aus wie ein Fernseher, funktioniert wie das Internet und ermöglicht Inhalte, die bisher in keinem Medium realisierbar waren.
Die Amerikaner haben den Trend des iDTV schon längst erkannt und sind den Europäern wieder einmal einige Jahre in der Entwicklung und in dem Ausbau der Infrastruktur voraus. Mehr als 150 Mio. Kunden nutzen aktiv das Interactive TV in den USA. Dieser Trend wird in den nächsten Jahren auch auf Europa überschwappen. Laut einer Studie von dem bekanntesten US-Marktforschungsinstitut Forrester Research wird die Zahl von derzeit 7 Millionen auf 80 Millionen User im Jahre 2005 steigen. Allein in diesem Jahr würden in Europa bis zu 14 Millionen Teilnehmer digitale Systeme nutzen.
http://www.tradewire.de/tus216.php3
vile spass
dive
Warum ist das Interactive TV so interessant? Fernseher und Computer verschmelzen zu einer Einheit und bietet damit den Leuten, die keinen Computer besitzen oder besitzen wollen, eine ideale Möglichkeit an der Informations- und Kommunikationswelt teilzuhaben. Der Fernseher entwickelt sich zu einer interaktiven Plattform für Verbraucher. Der Vorteil ist dabei: iDTV sieht aus wie ein Fernseher, funktioniert wie das Internet und ermöglicht Inhalte, die bisher in keinem Medium realisierbar waren.
Die Amerikaner haben den Trend des iDTV schon längst erkannt und sind den Europäern wieder einmal einige Jahre in der Entwicklung und in dem Ausbau der Infrastruktur voraus. Mehr als 150 Mio. Kunden nutzen aktiv das Interactive TV in den USA. Dieser Trend wird in den nächsten Jahren auch auf Europa überschwappen. Laut einer Studie von dem bekanntesten US-Marktforschungsinstitut Forrester Research wird die Zahl von derzeit 7 Millionen auf 80 Millionen User im Jahre 2005 steigen. Allein in diesem Jahr würden in Europa bis zu 14 Millionen Teilnehmer digitale Systeme nutzen.
http://www.tradewire.de/tus216.php3
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Hat zwar nichs mit Israel zu tun, aber bitte mal um eure Meinung:
Press Releases
Telenor, 12-Sep-00
Telenor to test digital TV via telephone net
(Oslo 12.9.00) Telenor will be the first telecommunications company in
Europe to test out VDSL (Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line), a
new broadband technology which will enable data transfer of up to 25
Mbit per second via existing telephone cables. Telenor customers in
Stavanger and Sandnes will have the opportunity from this fall, to test
out up to 30 digital TV channels and high-speed Internet via the
telephone network.
The first pilot users in Stavanger and Sandnes will be connected to an
upgraded trial net based on VDSL in October. By next summer, one
thousand Telenor customers will have the opportunity to test out the new,
interactive content services via the telephone network.
The new VDSL system will provide a considerable number of private
customers and companies in Norway a ‘sneak preview’ of high quality content
services such as digital TV and super-fast Internet through the telephone
lines. The offer has been made possible through a comprehensive test project
for broadband connection under the direction of Telenor.
The Telenor project, called Hybrid Broadband Access, will offer the high
quality broadband services several places in Norway, with transfer speeds of
up to 25 Mbit per second. The objective of the project is to test out broadband
services of the future, which are based on VDSL technology. This will be
accomplished both by upgrading today’s telephone network for customers
and upgrading and combining radio systems, interactive satellite systems,
cable TV net, and the terrestrial digital broadcasting network.
Telenor will first test out VDSL over the telephone lines, which will then
become a channel for delivery of TV-based content, as well as fast Internet
connections. Through this test project, customers will receive free access to
up to 30 digital TV channels and a PC connected to the Internet via their own
VDSL set-top box.
The VDSL pilot programme will be carried out in a series trial runs, from this
fall until next summer in Stavanger, Sandnes, Svolvær, Beito and Oslo.
«Telenor has a tradition of being among the first telecommunications
operators to test out and adopt new technology. This opens up a number of
new possibilities that can make life easier for many people. The Hybrid
Broadband Access trial project proves that Telenor is on the forefront in
Europe with VDSL and the possibilities it affords users», said Telenor CTO
Berit Svendsen.
Press Releases
Telenor, 12-Sep-00
Telenor to test digital TV via telephone net
(Oslo 12.9.00) Telenor will be the first telecommunications company in
Europe to test out VDSL (Very high-speed Digital Subscriber Line), a
new broadband technology which will enable data transfer of up to 25
Mbit per second via existing telephone cables. Telenor customers in
Stavanger and Sandnes will have the opportunity from this fall, to test
out up to 30 digital TV channels and high-speed Internet via the
telephone network.
The first pilot users in Stavanger and Sandnes will be connected to an
upgraded trial net based on VDSL in October. By next summer, one
thousand Telenor customers will have the opportunity to test out the new,
interactive content services via the telephone network.
The new VDSL system will provide a considerable number of private
customers and companies in Norway a ‘sneak preview’ of high quality content
services such as digital TV and super-fast Internet through the telephone
lines. The offer has been made possible through a comprehensive test project
for broadband connection under the direction of Telenor.
The Telenor project, called Hybrid Broadband Access, will offer the high
quality broadband services several places in Norway, with transfer speeds of
up to 25 Mbit per second. The objective of the project is to test out broadband
services of the future, which are based on VDSL technology. This will be
accomplished both by upgrading today’s telephone network for customers
and upgrading and combining radio systems, interactive satellite systems,
cable TV net, and the terrestrial digital broadcasting network.
Telenor will first test out VDSL over the telephone lines, which will then
become a channel for delivery of TV-based content, as well as fast Internet
connections. Through this test project, customers will receive free access to
up to 30 digital TV channels and a PC connected to the Internet via their own
VDSL set-top box.
The VDSL pilot programme will be carried out in a series trial runs, from this
fall until next summer in Stavanger, Sandnes, Svolvær, Beito and Oslo.
«Telenor has a tradition of being among the first telecommunications
operators to test out and adopt new technology. This opens up a number of
new possibilities that can make life easier for many people. The Hybrid
Broadband Access trial project proves that Telenor is on the forefront in
Europe with VDSL and the possibilities it affords users», said Telenor CTO
Berit Svendsen.
Trading Spotlight
Press Contact:
David Gerzof
Cambridge, MA. USA
+1 617 588 8088
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cignal Global Communications Announces Merger with Priority Telecom, Europe`s Largest Provider of Local Broadband Services to businesses
Merger creates the leading provider of local and long distance broadband services to businesses, ISPs, and dot.coms
Cambridge, MA. – April 14, 2000 – Cignal Global Communications, a global data, Internet and packetized voice service provider, announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with Priority Telecom, the competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) of United Pan-Europe Communications (NASDAQ: UPCOY). In a stock based deal, Priority acquires 100% of Cignal in exchange for a 16% interest in Priority Telecom. The two parties expect to close on the deal in mid-June.
The merger accelerates Cignal`s plan to become a leading provider of broadband and real time Internet services to businesses, ISPs and ASPs. Cignal has deployed a facilities-based ATM/IP network to 16 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas in less than two years and will expand to 26 countries by yearend. In the past 6 months, Cignal has rolled out a range of real time end-to-end data and Internet services including broadband ATM, private IP networking, packetized voice, and server hosting solutions.
Merging with Priority Telecom creates a combined business with more than 12,000 km of metropolitan fibre optic cable, seven gigabits of international capacity, and operations in 18 markets providing access to more than 750,000 businesses.
Chris Rooney, CEO of Cignal and former CEO of Global One and President of Sprint International said, "This merger takes Cignal`s demonstrable ability to execute, sell and market on a global scale together with Priority Telecom`s extensive broadband assets to create a single company and brand focused on the delivery of innovative value added multimedia services to businesses and ISPs."
"The people of Cignal are at the root of our success and continue to help Mark Land, Neal Isaacson and I pursue our founding vision of becoming the premier provider of international Internet and next generation services. Mark, Neal and I are extremely excited about this merger, and look forward to realizing our vision together with Priority," stated Andrew Perlman, co-founder and President of Cignal.
About Cignal Global Communications
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Cignal forecasts its year 2000 revenues at $60 million. It booked its first revenues in June 1999, and exceeded $4 million in March. The Company has more than 150 employees worldwide, including a senior executive staff that averages 20 years or more in the industry. Cignal’s customers include MCI Worldcom, Qwest, Carrier 1, Interoute, Global One, Winstar, Energis, GRIC, Primacom, InterXion and more than 100 others across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Cignal is expanding its fiber-based network from 16 countries to 26 by year-end 2000, giving it access to over 85 percent of worldwide Internet and communications traffic. Cignal is one of the first international carriers to integrate carrier grade packetized voice, broadband data and Internet services over a single network and guarantee Quality of Service levels using a combination of Internet Protocol (IP) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). Its worldwide web address is http://www.cignal.com
About Priority Telecom
Priority Telecom offers a full range of telephony and Internet services for residential and business customers in selected European markets. The Priority Telecom network combines UPC’s 12,000km fibre optic/coaxial cable infrastructure and wireless local loop technologies with the recent network acquisitions in Spain (MundiTelecom) and Norway (El Tele Ostfold and Vesfold) to provide a true last mile network.
About UPC
Headquartered in Amsterdam, UPC is one of the most innovative broadband communications companies in Europe and owns and operates the largest pan-European group of broadband communication networks. UPC provides cable television, telephony, high-speed Internet access and programming services in sixteen countries across Europe and in Israel. As of February 29, 2000, on an aggregate basis, UPC’s systems passed approximately 10.7 million homes with more than 6.9 million basic cable subscribers. In addition, UPC systems had 249,700 residential telephony lines and 18,300 business telephony lines as well as 150,000 residential Internet subscribers and 3,700 business Internet subscribers.
###
David Gerzof
Cambridge, MA. USA
+1 617 588 8088
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Cignal Global Communications Announces Merger with Priority Telecom, Europe`s Largest Provider of Local Broadband Services to businesses
Merger creates the leading provider of local and long distance broadband services to businesses, ISPs, and dot.coms
Cambridge, MA. – April 14, 2000 – Cignal Global Communications, a global data, Internet and packetized voice service provider, announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to merge with Priority Telecom, the competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) of United Pan-Europe Communications (NASDAQ: UPCOY). In a stock based deal, Priority acquires 100% of Cignal in exchange for a 16% interest in Priority Telecom. The two parties expect to close on the deal in mid-June.
The merger accelerates Cignal`s plan to become a leading provider of broadband and real time Internet services to businesses, ISPs and ASPs. Cignal has deployed a facilities-based ATM/IP network to 16 countries in Europe, Asia, and the Americas in less than two years and will expand to 26 countries by yearend. In the past 6 months, Cignal has rolled out a range of real time end-to-end data and Internet services including broadband ATM, private IP networking, packetized voice, and server hosting solutions.
Merging with Priority Telecom creates a combined business with more than 12,000 km of metropolitan fibre optic cable, seven gigabits of international capacity, and operations in 18 markets providing access to more than 750,000 businesses.
Chris Rooney, CEO of Cignal and former CEO of Global One and President of Sprint International said, "This merger takes Cignal`s demonstrable ability to execute, sell and market on a global scale together with Priority Telecom`s extensive broadband assets to create a single company and brand focused on the delivery of innovative value added multimedia services to businesses and ISPs."
"The people of Cignal are at the root of our success and continue to help Mark Land, Neal Isaacson and I pursue our founding vision of becoming the premier provider of international Internet and next generation services. Mark, Neal and I are extremely excited about this merger, and look forward to realizing our vision together with Priority," stated Andrew Perlman, co-founder and President of Cignal.
About Cignal Global Communications
Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Cignal forecasts its year 2000 revenues at $60 million. It booked its first revenues in June 1999, and exceeded $4 million in March. The Company has more than 150 employees worldwide, including a senior executive staff that averages 20 years or more in the industry. Cignal’s customers include MCI Worldcom, Qwest, Carrier 1, Interoute, Global One, Winstar, Energis, GRIC, Primacom, InterXion and more than 100 others across the Americas, Europe and Asia. Cignal is expanding its fiber-based network from 16 countries to 26 by year-end 2000, giving it access to over 85 percent of worldwide Internet and communications traffic. Cignal is one of the first international carriers to integrate carrier grade packetized voice, broadband data and Internet services over a single network and guarantee Quality of Service levels using a combination of Internet Protocol (IP) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM). Its worldwide web address is http://www.cignal.com
About Priority Telecom
Priority Telecom offers a full range of telephony and Internet services for residential and business customers in selected European markets. The Priority Telecom network combines UPC’s 12,000km fibre optic/coaxial cable infrastructure and wireless local loop technologies with the recent network acquisitions in Spain (MundiTelecom) and Norway (El Tele Ostfold and Vesfold) to provide a true last mile network.
About UPC
Headquartered in Amsterdam, UPC is one of the most innovative broadband communications companies in Europe and owns and operates the largest pan-European group of broadband communication networks. UPC provides cable television, telephony, high-speed Internet access and programming services in sixteen countries across Europe and in Israel. As of February 29, 2000, on an aggregate basis, UPC’s systems passed approximately 10.7 million homes with more than 6.9 million basic cable subscribers. In addition, UPC systems had 249,700 residential telephony lines and 18,300 business telephony lines as well as 150,000 residential Internet subscribers and 3,700 business Internet subscribers.
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und nochmal zum thema cigal:
:UPC continues spree
By James Harding, Media Editor
Published: April 13 2000 20:45GMT | Last Updated: April 14 2000 15:23GMT
United Pan-Europe Communications, the European cable and broadband group, on Thursday announced the acquisition of Cignal Global Communications, a US network services business.
The stock-based deal involves the acquisition of Cignal for a 16 per cent stake in Priority Telecom, UPC`s telephony arm which it plans to float later this year.
The purchase is the latest example of the financial engineering driving the expansionist strategy at UPC, which has pursued an aggressive programme of acquisitions to become Europe`s second largest cable operator behind Deutsche Telekom.
UPC also announced on Thursday that Priority Telecom had won a broadband wireless licence in Finland, the fourth licence it has won in just over a month.
Shares in Amsterdam-listed UPC closed down 6.1 per cent E41.40, as many technology and communications companies slid once again on the Dutch exchange.
The decline in UPC`s share price in recent weeks prompted the European cable group earlier this week to amend its acquisition agreement with SBS Broadcasting, the broadcaster it bought for $2.8bn in a cash-and-stock deal last month.
UPC said that it planned to press ahead with the purchase of SBS despite the slide in the share price. The share price decline meant the deal hit a trigger when the UPC stock fell below E49 for an extended period which would have allowed UPC to exit the agreement.
Thursday`s purchase of Cignal underlined UPC`s plans to float separate parts of its business.
UPC has also said that it is planning to float Chello, its broadband business, and will consider a flotation of UPC Media, the business which will include SBS.
At a press conference at Mip TV, the television industry market in Cannes, UPC and SBS jointly announced plans to launch four thematic digital channels.
One of these will be a youth-oriented film channel in the Netherlands to be broadcast in Benelux countries and beyond.
:UPC continues spree
By James Harding, Media Editor
Published: April 13 2000 20:45GMT | Last Updated: April 14 2000 15:23GMT
United Pan-Europe Communications, the European cable and broadband group, on Thursday announced the acquisition of Cignal Global Communications, a US network services business.
The stock-based deal involves the acquisition of Cignal for a 16 per cent stake in Priority Telecom, UPC`s telephony arm which it plans to float later this year.
The purchase is the latest example of the financial engineering driving the expansionist strategy at UPC, which has pursued an aggressive programme of acquisitions to become Europe`s second largest cable operator behind Deutsche Telekom.
UPC also announced on Thursday that Priority Telecom had won a broadband wireless licence in Finland, the fourth licence it has won in just over a month.
Shares in Amsterdam-listed UPC closed down 6.1 per cent E41.40, as many technology and communications companies slid once again on the Dutch exchange.
The decline in UPC`s share price in recent weeks prompted the European cable group earlier this week to amend its acquisition agreement with SBS Broadcasting, the broadcaster it bought for $2.8bn in a cash-and-stock deal last month.
UPC said that it planned to press ahead with the purchase of SBS despite the slide in the share price. The share price decline meant the deal hit a trigger when the UPC stock fell below E49 for an extended period which would have allowed UPC to exit the agreement.
Thursday`s purchase of Cignal underlined UPC`s plans to float separate parts of its business.
UPC has also said that it is planning to float Chello, its broadband business, and will consider a flotation of UPC Media, the business which will include SBS.
At a press conference at Mip TV, the television industry market in Cannes, UPC and SBS jointly announced plans to launch four thematic digital channels.
One of these will be a youth-oriented film channel in the Netherlands to be broadcast in Benelux countries and beyond.
Global Internet Infrastructure Provider
Cignal is a global Internet infrastructure provider focused on offering Internet and data connectivity with the performance required for the newest generation of multimedia applications - including music, movies, video-clips, live voice, software collaboration, videoconferencing, and other delay-sensitive dynamic web content. Cignal also offers flexible pricing plans, server hosting, and global technical support to ensure that customers are able to roll out new services or expand existing ones quickly and efficiently.
Guaranteed Quality and Performance
Cignal is able to guarantee quality and performance because it has deployed a wholly owned, fiber-based network on a global basis with dedicated links at the leading Internet exchange points, web hosting centers and carrier hotels -- giving it access to over 85 percent of international communications traffic.
A Better Internet
With its worldwide network coverage, Cignal can route customer traffic on the most direct path to its destination without using congested public Internet peering connections and with minimal use of third party networks. Cignal is also one of the few providers to prioritize data according to its service level requirements. For example, real time or dynamic information such as packetized voice is given a higher priority than less delay sensitive traffic like email. Prioritization ensures that multimedia applications perform with the richness that they were intended without becoming bogged down by the vast majority of information traveling across the same lines.
Industry Leading Services
Cignal offers congestion-free broadband Internet services, ATM data connectivity, and toll-quality packetized voice. Its customers include Internet Service and Application Providers (ISPs and IASPs), carriers, web content providers, and web hosting companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Making The Net Scream
Whatever your application is, Cignal has a way to get it where it needs to go with the quality that it requires.
Cignal is a global Internet infrastructure provider focused on offering Internet and data connectivity with the performance required for the newest generation of multimedia applications - including music, movies, video-clips, live voice, software collaboration, videoconferencing, and other delay-sensitive dynamic web content. Cignal also offers flexible pricing plans, server hosting, and global technical support to ensure that customers are able to roll out new services or expand existing ones quickly and efficiently.
Guaranteed Quality and Performance
Cignal is able to guarantee quality and performance because it has deployed a wholly owned, fiber-based network on a global basis with dedicated links at the leading Internet exchange points, web hosting centers and carrier hotels -- giving it access to over 85 percent of international communications traffic.
A Better Internet
With its worldwide network coverage, Cignal can route customer traffic on the most direct path to its destination without using congested public Internet peering connections and with minimal use of third party networks. Cignal is also one of the few providers to prioritize data according to its service level requirements. For example, real time or dynamic information such as packetized voice is given a higher priority than less delay sensitive traffic like email. Prioritization ensures that multimedia applications perform with the richness that they were intended without becoming bogged down by the vast majority of information traveling across the same lines.
Industry Leading Services
Cignal offers congestion-free broadband Internet services, ATM data connectivity, and toll-quality packetized voice. Its customers include Internet Service and Application Providers (ISPs and IASPs), carriers, web content providers, and web hosting companies in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
Making The Net Scream
Whatever your application is, Cignal has a way to get it where it needs to go with the quality that it requires.
und nochmal zum msft:
Harsche Kritik an Windows Me
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"It’s a performance dog"- Zum Verkaufsstart melden Bugjäger erste Funde
Zum Verkaufsstart von Windows Me melden Bugjäger bereits die ersten Fehler. So berichtet Andrew Griffiths ein Sicherheitsloch, das es Angreifern ermöglicht Windows ME zum Absturz zu bringen oder einen Neustart durchzuführen.
Vorraussetzung ist, dass auf dem Computer Microsofts TV-Software WebTV läuft. Ein Angreifer der UDP-Daten an einen bestimmten Port sendet, kann er das Programm zum Crash und damit das gesamte System zum Absturz bringen.
"It’s a performance dog"
"Me’s big problem is that it’s a performance dog." – zu diesem Schluß kommt Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, der auf MSNBC seine Erfahrungen mit dem neuesten Betriebssystem aus dem Hause Microsoft schildert.
Als besonderer Dorn im Auge des Testers entpuppten sich jene Features, die Microsoft zur Stabilitätssteigerung eingebaut hat und einen Performance-Verlust von 30 % bewirken. Ab drei gleichzeitig laufenden Programmen ist Win Me wesentlich langsamer als sein Vorgänger Windows 98 SE. (c-net/red)
Harsche Kritik an Windows Me
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"It’s a performance dog"- Zum Verkaufsstart melden Bugjäger erste Funde
Zum Verkaufsstart von Windows Me melden Bugjäger bereits die ersten Fehler. So berichtet Andrew Griffiths ein Sicherheitsloch, das es Angreifern ermöglicht Windows ME zum Absturz zu bringen oder einen Neustart durchzuführen.
Vorraussetzung ist, dass auf dem Computer Microsofts TV-Software WebTV läuft. Ein Angreifer der UDP-Daten an einen bestimmten Port sendet, kann er das Programm zum Crash und damit das gesamte System zum Absturz bringen.
"It’s a performance dog"
"Me’s big problem is that it’s a performance dog." – zu diesem Schluß kommt Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, der auf MSNBC seine Erfahrungen mit dem neuesten Betriebssystem aus dem Hause Microsoft schildert.
Als besonderer Dorn im Auge des Testers entpuppten sich jene Features, die Microsoft zur Stabilitätssteigerung eingebaut hat und einen Performance-Verlust von 30 % bewirken. Ab drei gleichzeitig laufenden Programmen ist Win Me wesentlich langsamer als sein Vorgänger Windows 98 SE. (c-net/red)
Hallo Junkstro -
vielen Dank für dein engagement. Aber in diesem thread sollte es doch primär um Israel gehen.
So interessant die von Dir zusammengetragenen Artikel sind, leidet doch die Übersichtlichkeit des threads stark, wenn jetzt auch noch alles, was zu UPC im Netzt steht hier reingestzt wird.
Mein Vorschlag: eröffne doch einen Extrathread zu UPC !! Würde mich sehr interessieren !
Vielen Dank !
vielen Dank für dein engagement. Aber in diesem thread sollte es doch primär um Israel gehen.
So interessant die von Dir zusammengetragenen Artikel sind, leidet doch die Übersichtlichkeit des threads stark, wenn jetzt auch noch alles, was zu UPC im Netzt steht hier reingestzt wird.
Mein Vorschlag: eröffne doch einen Extrathread zu UPC !! Würde mich sehr interessieren !
Vielen Dank !
Ein sehr interessantes Interview auch dieses:
Thursday , Sep 14, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
High Tech Features
"I Don`t Believe in Internet on TV"
By Efi Landau
While sitting over coffee with me, NDS president
Abe Peled complained that his company`s
foreign status has caused a lack of coverage of
its share in Israel, even though the company has
300 development personnel on Har Hotzvin in
Jerusalem, and he himself is an Israeli citizen
dividing his time between here and there (there
being Britain and the US). NDS is part of
Australian communications tycoon Rupert
Murdoch`s powerful News Corporation group.
It seemed as if Peled was addressing his gripe
not just to me, but also to his public relations
personnel, and that is the origin of the NDS
publicity epidemic. The conversation with Peled
will therefore deal not with the past, and very
little with the present. What interests me is the
company`s future and the future market
combining communications with interactive TV
and the Internet. Here, in this triangle, the
world`s largest field, Abe Peled has some
surprising things to say.
NDS is defined as a leading company. Unlike
most high tech companies, however, its
leadership is not an empty expression in its
press releases. NDS`s record speaks for itself.
"Globes": What do you lead in?
Peled: "Leadership is determined by the digital
market. At the end of the Murdoch group`s third
quarter on March 31, there were 16.8 NDS
user-subscribers. At the end of June we had 18
million, which is 47% of the global digital
market. There were 26 million digital subscribers
in the world at the end of 1999, of which 23
million subscribed to satellite and three million
to cable."
Are you mostly on satellite?
"Most of our subscribers are on satellite, but we
have begun working with cable, too."
Define what you do in a single sentence.
"We distribute information and content for TV
and computers on both a digital and a
broadband Internet basis."
Broadband is a popular, almost fashionable
concept.
"I believe that the combination of digital
broadcasting with Internet on demand is the
right solution. We have launched a new product
called Sinamedia, which is designed to base TV
and broadband Internet on an ADSL and cable
modems, for either computers or TV."
That, however, is not all. The future lies in the
company`s second business focus - interactive
TV applications. Peled lists three main reasons
for digital TV:
1.A larger, more convenient user selection,
mostly in the number of channels. Peled:
"Selection is the ABC of digital TV."
What will the next generation consist
of?
"The next generation of home converters
will have more memory capacity. NDS
has a technology called XTV, which is
conversion software that exploits the
memory storage capacity. The company
is about to launch a new product in
cooperation with Korean converter box
manufacturer Pace Micro Technology.
The product will have a 20-gigabyte hard
disk capable of storing 20-30 hours of
programs. You won`t need a VCR to
record."
2.The added dimension of interactive TV
programs. Peled: "You participate. For
example, in a soccer game, you chose
the photography angle you want to view.
You can ask to follow a certain player all
the time, watch a replay at any time, see
the game highlights, and whatever
statistics you want - for the team, for a
player, a particular league, or all
together."
An interactive channel like this is already
being operated by Sky Sports in Britain.
Peled says that half of the viewers are
choosing it. It is considered a huge
success.
3.Bringing the viewer the most popular
Internet sites. Peled: "I don`t believe in
bringing the Internet to television, but all
sorts of Internet services of interest to TV
viewers have been developed. The
application we have developed does not
bring the site to TV, but the relevant
information from the site."
It sounds like you are not a great believer in
the Internet.
"Television is not the proper place for Internet
surfing. I`ll give you four reasons. First of all, a
TV set has only between a fourth and an eighth
of the resolution presented by a PC screen. A
PC has 1.8 resolution, while a TV has 0.5. A
digital converter does not alter the situation.
Digital TV networks utilizing HDTV technology
will change this, but this is expensive and still
very far in the future.
"The second reason is that you sit 3-4 meters
from the TV screen, so the text has to be
enlarged in order to be seen. The quantity of
information you can present is therefore about
one sixteenth of what can be shown on a PC
screen. In order to view one computer screen
with the WebTV service, following automatic
translation, you have to scroll almost ten pages.
"The third reason is that the PC`s computing
power and storage capacity will always be larger
than with a TV. With an advanced digital
converter, you can store eight gigabytes, and a
Pentium 3 has ten times the computing
capacity.
"The fourth reason is sociological. I`m no expert,
but the Internet is an individual experience, more
suitable for a PC. Television is simply something
else."
How does the interactive TV market look
now?
"WebTV came out in 1997 in the US with an
Internet surfing device over TV. Then News
Corporation asked me if it was worthwhile to buy
the company for $400 million, and I said no.
They give me a good mark for that. Microsoft
bought the company for $400 million. Today
there are 400,000 devices. Microsoft changed
the strategy from surfing to offering relevant
information. America Online has now come out
with AOLTV. Walt Mossberg of "The Wall Street
Journal" wrote, "It`s not for prime time". He said
it was good for chat forums."
Liberate Technologies recently acquired
Israeli company MoreCom in order to
provide interactive television. Was that a
mistake?
"They`re going with it. My position on this is
fairly extreme. I believe that Internet standards
will reach TV. The information and services will
make it, but it won`t be another device for
Internet surfing."
How do you handle broadband content?
"Our new product, Sinamedia, downloads
various content packets simultaneously to
servers at the broadcast station by satellite at
8-16 Mbps. Several channels can be
downloaded simultaneously. The station`s main
server has a product that packages the content
from various sources, including video and
Internet content. We distribute simultaneously
on a very wide bandwidth to all. Local content
providers can transmit on broadband to a central
server."
Are you talking about a system that already
works?
"No. It`s just beginning. We are now conducting
trials on the system."
Is Rupert Murdoch involved in the
company`s routine business?
"He is general manager of News Corporation and
regards NDS as a strategic asset. I am also on
the News Corporation 16-person advisory panel,
which is the company`s senior management."
You have announced a reorganization.
"We are uniting all Murdoch`s satellite platforms
into one company. NDS will be in this group."
What is your vision?
"The field is still in diapers. The number of digital
TV viewers is expected to rise from 26 million to
260 million in another five years. We are the
world leaders; we have a lot more to
accomplish."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on
September 14, 2000
Zwar glaube ich nicht, dass NDS der Kunde ist, dieses Interview zeigt aber, dass das Thema in Israel gegenwärtig heiss diskutiert wird.
Zudem ist auch Murdoch ganz groß im Rennen.
Thursday , Sep 14, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
High Tech Features
"I Don`t Believe in Internet on TV"
By Efi Landau
While sitting over coffee with me, NDS president
Abe Peled complained that his company`s
foreign status has caused a lack of coverage of
its share in Israel, even though the company has
300 development personnel on Har Hotzvin in
Jerusalem, and he himself is an Israeli citizen
dividing his time between here and there (there
being Britain and the US). NDS is part of
Australian communications tycoon Rupert
Murdoch`s powerful News Corporation group.
It seemed as if Peled was addressing his gripe
not just to me, but also to his public relations
personnel, and that is the origin of the NDS
publicity epidemic. The conversation with Peled
will therefore deal not with the past, and very
little with the present. What interests me is the
company`s future and the future market
combining communications with interactive TV
and the Internet. Here, in this triangle, the
world`s largest field, Abe Peled has some
surprising things to say.
NDS is defined as a leading company. Unlike
most high tech companies, however, its
leadership is not an empty expression in its
press releases. NDS`s record speaks for itself.
"Globes": What do you lead in?
Peled: "Leadership is determined by the digital
market. At the end of the Murdoch group`s third
quarter on March 31, there were 16.8 NDS
user-subscribers. At the end of June we had 18
million, which is 47% of the global digital
market. There were 26 million digital subscribers
in the world at the end of 1999, of which 23
million subscribed to satellite and three million
to cable."
Are you mostly on satellite?
"Most of our subscribers are on satellite, but we
have begun working with cable, too."
Define what you do in a single sentence.
"We distribute information and content for TV
and computers on both a digital and a
broadband Internet basis."
Broadband is a popular, almost fashionable
concept.
"I believe that the combination of digital
broadcasting with Internet on demand is the
right solution. We have launched a new product
called Sinamedia, which is designed to base TV
and broadband Internet on an ADSL and cable
modems, for either computers or TV."
That, however, is not all. The future lies in the
company`s second business focus - interactive
TV applications. Peled lists three main reasons
for digital TV:
1.A larger, more convenient user selection,
mostly in the number of channels. Peled:
"Selection is the ABC of digital TV."
What will the next generation consist
of?
"The next generation of home converters
will have more memory capacity. NDS
has a technology called XTV, which is
conversion software that exploits the
memory storage capacity. The company
is about to launch a new product in
cooperation with Korean converter box
manufacturer Pace Micro Technology.
The product will have a 20-gigabyte hard
disk capable of storing 20-30 hours of
programs. You won`t need a VCR to
record."
2.The added dimension of interactive TV
programs. Peled: "You participate. For
example, in a soccer game, you chose
the photography angle you want to view.
You can ask to follow a certain player all
the time, watch a replay at any time, see
the game highlights, and whatever
statistics you want - for the team, for a
player, a particular league, or all
together."
An interactive channel like this is already
being operated by Sky Sports in Britain.
Peled says that half of the viewers are
choosing it. It is considered a huge
success.
3.Bringing the viewer the most popular
Internet sites. Peled: "I don`t believe in
bringing the Internet to television, but all
sorts of Internet services of interest to TV
viewers have been developed. The
application we have developed does not
bring the site to TV, but the relevant
information from the site."
It sounds like you are not a great believer in
the Internet.
"Television is not the proper place for Internet
surfing. I`ll give you four reasons. First of all, a
TV set has only between a fourth and an eighth
of the resolution presented by a PC screen. A
PC has 1.8 resolution, while a TV has 0.5. A
digital converter does not alter the situation.
Digital TV networks utilizing HDTV technology
will change this, but this is expensive and still
very far in the future.
"The second reason is that you sit 3-4 meters
from the TV screen, so the text has to be
enlarged in order to be seen. The quantity of
information you can present is therefore about
one sixteenth of what can be shown on a PC
screen. In order to view one computer screen
with the WebTV service, following automatic
translation, you have to scroll almost ten pages.
"The third reason is that the PC`s computing
power and storage capacity will always be larger
than with a TV. With an advanced digital
converter, you can store eight gigabytes, and a
Pentium 3 has ten times the computing
capacity.
"The fourth reason is sociological. I`m no expert,
but the Internet is an individual experience, more
suitable for a PC. Television is simply something
else."
How does the interactive TV market look
now?
"WebTV came out in 1997 in the US with an
Internet surfing device over TV. Then News
Corporation asked me if it was worthwhile to buy
the company for $400 million, and I said no.
They give me a good mark for that. Microsoft
bought the company for $400 million. Today
there are 400,000 devices. Microsoft changed
the strategy from surfing to offering relevant
information. America Online has now come out
with AOLTV. Walt Mossberg of "The Wall Street
Journal" wrote, "It`s not for prime time". He said
it was good for chat forums."
Liberate Technologies recently acquired
Israeli company MoreCom in order to
provide interactive television. Was that a
mistake?
"They`re going with it. My position on this is
fairly extreme. I believe that Internet standards
will reach TV. The information and services will
make it, but it won`t be another device for
Internet surfing."
How do you handle broadband content?
"Our new product, Sinamedia, downloads
various content packets simultaneously to
servers at the broadcast station by satellite at
8-16 Mbps. Several channels can be
downloaded simultaneously. The station`s main
server has a product that packages the content
from various sources, including video and
Internet content. We distribute simultaneously
on a very wide bandwidth to all. Local content
providers can transmit on broadband to a central
server."
Are you talking about a system that already
works?
"No. It`s just beginning. We are now conducting
trials on the system."
Is Rupert Murdoch involved in the
company`s routine business?
"He is general manager of News Corporation and
regards NDS as a strategic asset. I am also on
the News Corporation 16-person advisory panel,
which is the company`s senior management."
You have announced a reorganization.
"We are uniting all Murdoch`s satellite platforms
into one company. NDS will be in this group."
What is your vision?
"The field is still in diapers. The number of digital
TV viewers is expected to rise from 26 million to
260 million in another five years. We are the
world leaders; we have a lot more to
accomplish."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on
September 14, 2000
Zwar glaube ich nicht, dass NDS der Kunde ist, dieses Interview zeigt aber, dass das Thema in Israel gegenwärtig heiss diskutiert wird.
Zudem ist auch Murdoch ganz groß im Rennen.
Nun zu Yes: Offensichtlich handelt es sich hierbei um einen Medienunternehmen, das primär über SAT ausstrahlt und den die lastmile der Kabelunternehemn nutzt.
Thursday , Sep 14, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications
Cable, Satellite Cos Sign Agreement to Use Cable Backbone to Subscribers` Homes
By Aviva Krull
Cable companies Tevel, Golden Channels and Matav, and satellite company YES have concluded negotiations over YES`s use of the cable backbone to subscribers` homes. The agreement awaits approval by the Anti-trust Authority director and the Tel Aviv District Court, to which Matav petitioned in the past, against the satellite company.
Under the agreement, YES will be able to use the backbone owned by the cable companies and subscribers wishing to transfer to satellite will be obliged to sign a special form notifying their intention. Disconnection of the subscriber will be done within five working days following receipt of the form (compared with the current fourteen days).
A YES technician, who will receive authorization from the cable companies, will disconnect the subscriber. The satellite company will pay the cable companies NIS 1 a month for every customer who uses satellite and receives the service on cable backbone.
The conflict over this matter started several months ago when Matav (later joined by the other cable companies) petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court against YES, claiming the satellite was connecting customers through the cable backbone without permission, causing damage to the infrastructure and disconnecting subscribers.
The cable companies said that the signing of the agreement shows that they are committed to free competition.
In response, YES general manager Eitan Rob said he hopes the arrangement will boost installations to many homes of the tens of thousands waiting to be connected to satellite. The company said customers have been waiting two months to be connected.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 13 September, 2000
Thursday , Sep 14, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications
Cable, Satellite Cos Sign Agreement to Use Cable Backbone to Subscribers` Homes
By Aviva Krull
Cable companies Tevel, Golden Channels and Matav, and satellite company YES have concluded negotiations over YES`s use of the cable backbone to subscribers` homes. The agreement awaits approval by the Anti-trust Authority director and the Tel Aviv District Court, to which Matav petitioned in the past, against the satellite company.
Under the agreement, YES will be able to use the backbone owned by the cable companies and subscribers wishing to transfer to satellite will be obliged to sign a special form notifying their intention. Disconnection of the subscriber will be done within five working days following receipt of the form (compared with the current fourteen days).
A YES technician, who will receive authorization from the cable companies, will disconnect the subscriber. The satellite company will pay the cable companies NIS 1 a month for every customer who uses satellite and receives the service on cable backbone.
The conflict over this matter started several months ago when Matav (later joined by the other cable companies) petitioned the Tel Aviv District Court against YES, claiming the satellite was connecting customers through the cable backbone without permission, causing damage to the infrastructure and disconnecting subscribers.
The cable companies said that the signing of the agreement shows that they are committed to free competition.
In response, YES general manager Eitan Rob said he hopes the arrangement will boost installations to many homes of the tens of thousands waiting to be connected to satellite. The company said customers have been waiting two months to be connected.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 13 September, 2000
aus einem anderen beitrag:
.von adan 17.09.00 11:47:29
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 1851360
Ich poste normalerweise ja nicht, aber diese Information wollte ich euch nicht vorenthalten. Natürlich schürt
das wieder nur die Gerüchteküche, aber in meinen Augen ist das mit Tevel Fact.
Meine gestrige Mail an Tevel, als ich darum bat, mir einen Zeitraum für die Auslieferung der neuen Settop-Boxen
nennen zu können (ich hatte da ja unsere Metaboxen gemeint, aber nichts gesagt, sondern nur vielleicht einen
Hinweis erhofft, daß tatsächlich Tevel der "Israel-Kunde" ist), wurde folgendermaßen beantwortet:
Good Morning!
Yes, we are going digital. Will change all converters to digital ones and
will add another 15 channels with no extra charge.
Will add 3 movie, cartoon,youth and more channels.In January will add
another 20 channels.
To change all converters will take weeks. So leave us your name, address,
client nr. And phone and we will make sure to change your equiptmemt
a.s.a.p. (This will start in October).
Have a good day!
Judith
Tevel - Digital
Die Mail kam von judith levy <ylevy@tevel.co.il>. Wenn jemand selbst eine Mail an Tevel schicken will,
dann kann er dies (wie ich es getan habe) auf "info@tevel.co.il machen.
Also, im Oktober geht es definitiv los, alle "Converters" umzutauschen. Und daß dies Wochen dauern wird, ist
uns ja allen bekannt... Der Termin mit der Veröffentlichung am letzten Septembertag paßt da wie
die Faust aufs Auge... Wer sonst als Metabox sollte hier Boxen liefern?...
.von adan 17.09.00 11:47:29
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 1851360
Ich poste normalerweise ja nicht, aber diese Information wollte ich euch nicht vorenthalten. Natürlich schürt
das wieder nur die Gerüchteküche, aber in meinen Augen ist das mit Tevel Fact.
Meine gestrige Mail an Tevel, als ich darum bat, mir einen Zeitraum für die Auslieferung der neuen Settop-Boxen
nennen zu können (ich hatte da ja unsere Metaboxen gemeint, aber nichts gesagt, sondern nur vielleicht einen
Hinweis erhofft, daß tatsächlich Tevel der "Israel-Kunde" ist), wurde folgendermaßen beantwortet:
Good Morning!
Yes, we are going digital. Will change all converters to digital ones and
will add another 15 channels with no extra charge.
Will add 3 movie, cartoon,youth and more channels.In January will add
another 20 channels.
To change all converters will take weeks. So leave us your name, address,
client nr. And phone and we will make sure to change your equiptmemt
a.s.a.p. (This will start in October).
Have a good day!
Judith
Tevel - Digital
Die Mail kam von judith levy <ylevy@tevel.co.il>. Wenn jemand selbst eine Mail an Tevel schicken will,
dann kann er dies (wie ich es getan habe) auf "info@tevel.co.il machen.
Also, im Oktober geht es definitiv los, alle "Converters" umzutauschen. Und daß dies Wochen dauern wird, ist
uns ja allen bekannt... Der Termin mit der Veröffentlichung am letzten Septembertag paßt da wie
die Faust aufs Auge... Wer sonst als Metabox sollte hier Boxen liefern?...
@ Oliver
Aber wie sieht`s damit aus? (Hier müßte jetzt dieses sorgenvolle Smily stehen).
Friday, July 14, 2000 - Ha`aretz große israelische Tageszeitung
Give them enough cable and they`ll hang themselves Gemeint sind wohl freundlicherweise die drei monopolartig agierenden Cable Companies in Israel
In a bid to resist the onslaught of satellite TV on the Israeli market, the cable companies are promising marvels in consumer choice and image quality for the near future. But our correspondent finds that their rosy predictions may be premature
By Ariel Weiss
The satellite broadcasts of YES are scheduled to begin next weekend, using a digital transmission and reception system designed to ensure a high-quality picture and sound. Also offered are data base access, an electronic broadcasting guide and movies for hire. Over the past few months, various cable companies, the satellite`s competitors, have been advertising that their subscribers will also enjoy a new and improved viewing experience, thanks to the introduction of a digital network. High-tech converters will sharpen the picture, facilitate channel selection, allow subscribers to access data through their television sets and even take part in interactive TV shows.
According to Amit Levin, director-general of the Matav cable company, his firm will soon be offering a "new world" of programming and accessories. In the coming months, after the installation of digital converters in the homes of subscribers, Matav plans to offer all the channels now broadcast using an analog system, plus many new ones, including "30 channels of CD-quality music" which will ultimately replace radio. On certain channels, such as the Hallmark movie channel, Matav subscribers will be able to choose the dubbing language. A movie service will be introduced (similar to Tevel`s "Home Cinema"), allowing viewers to order movies for a fee. To help people wade through all these options, the company will operate an electronic TV guide: an information channel listing all the programs and drawing subscribers` attention to those programs he or she may be interested in.
And that is just the beginning. "In my estimation, by October we will be able to offer completely new applications in the spheres of data accessing, sports and Internet - and that includes e-mail," says Levin. "We are also working on several packages incorporating interactive TV." For the sports-minded, Levin says there will be updates on teams and line-ups. Subscribers can try to guess game scores and read relevant articles from the sports pages. At some future date, they may be able to watch the game from different camera angles, choosing the angle they want while the game is in progress. Matav subscribers will be able to play games like Tetris and checkers on their television screens, and later, compete against other subscribers. When the nine months are up during which only the satellite company can offer channel packages, Matav plans to offer them, too.
Other cable companies have also announced that they will be making technological changes. Arutzei Zahav, whose digital broadcasting center is almost complete, will offer an electronic TV guide, a rental-movie service and package deals when the satellite company`s exclusive rights expire. Tevel says it will start broadcasting digitally in September. The company has purchased 100,000 state-of-the-art converters for this purpose, slated to arrive by the end of the year. Die restlichen könnten im nächsten Jahr eintreffen.
Many benefits are promised apart from high-quality broadcasts, including a wide selection of new channels and an expanded Home Cinema service, from which subscribers can order recordings of music and sports events.
According to the Internet site of the Tevel company - which has changed its name to Tevel Digital in the last few weeks - the new converters promise a new kind of television. In "the world of tomorrow," viewers will be able to choose the camera angle of a soccer game, take part in interactive lessons with a tutor, and draw up a personal schedule for watching their favorite shows.
The cable companies are trying to create a sense that these innovations are only awaiting technical approval, but the fact is, no one knows when subscribers will be able to enjoy them - and at what price. The shift to digital technology depends on licenses that have not yet been obtained. Dorit Inbar, head of the Cable TV and Satellite Council, a regulatory body, says the process will not be brief. "In order to begin digital broadcasting, these companies need approval from the Ministry of Communications for their technical equipment. At this point, only Matav has a license. Tevel doesn`t even have a transmission station."
"Furthermore," says Inbar, "the council has to give its approval. As far as we are concerned, a new system is the same as a new product. All kinds of clarifications are necessary in order to protect the consumer. We have to look into matters like price, disconnection arrangements and service warranties. Right now, none of the cable companies have made any real progress in this realm. Even if we work at full speed, these things take time." Die Regulierungsbehörde übt dort eine erhebliche Macht aus. Alles und jedes muß von ihr genehmigt werden.
Offering some of these sophisticated services also requires the involvement of the Knesset. Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has ruled that cable companies cannot operate and provide special services without legislation. So far, the Ministry of Communications has not yet submitted a law proposal in this matter.
The delay has now led to an official investigation against Tevel. Early this week, Reuven Horesh, the director-general of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, announced that the company is suspected of violating the Consumer Protection Law and misleading the public. In parts of its advertising campaign, Tevel has made sure to state that Ministry of Communications licensing is still pending, but the Ministry of Industry and Trade says Tevel claims to be able to provide speedier Internet service almost immediately. In fact, this involves a legislative change - not just technical approval.
Not only that, but the changeover to digital technology may cost the consumer money. New converters will be needed, and these devices, which are actually personal computers, will cost the cable company hundreds of dollars each. According to various assessments, none of these companies can afford to distribute them free of charge. In other words, anyone who wants digital television will have to pay more. Hier weiß der Korrespondent eben nicht, daß eine bessere Lösung gefunden wurde - ein e-commerce-Konsortium kauft die "Converter" (in denen, wie wir wissen, noch viel mehr steckt), nicht die Cable Companies.
The new converters also have limitations which may make the move even more expensive. Most subscribers today have more than one cable connection in their homes. In order to receive the new broadcasts on all their television sets, they will have to purchase several converters. Moreover, because of certain technical features, those who want to watch a certain channel while taping a program on another channel will need two converters. In the United States, there are digital converters on the market equipped with hard disks large enough for program-taping. Here, the consumer will have to make do with the converters supplied by the cable and satellite companies, which do not have a recording option. Auch hier greift er zu kurz. Man sieht, wieso die lange Vertraulichkeit angesagt war. Aber jetzt handelt es sich ja nur noch um 10 Tage, dann wissen wir, wie diese komplexe Problemlage gelöst wurde.
The cable companies are promising a "dramatic" improvement in picture quality, but the only ones who will feel it are those who have recently purchased a state-of-the-art television set. Most cable subscribers have older, simpler models at home, and will only notice a slight improvement in picture quality, mainly in the subtitles and color separation. The same holds true, of course, for satellite transmissions.
In addition, there are technological problems to be worked out. Most of the services promised by the cable companies and the YES satellite company are considered experimental and expensive even in other countries. There are still technical hitches in combining digital broadcasts and the transfer of data via cable infrastructure. In practice, the data services in question are Internet by cable. Operation cannot begin until the laws are changed and a great deal of money is invested in infrastructure, not to mention the time factor. Even if the cable companies would like to offer these services, it is not clear to what extent they will be able to in the near future, for financial and legal reasons.
****
Hintergrund der Situation in Israel ist die Tatsache, daß die drei Cable Companies 10 Jahre lang den Markt regional unter sich aufgeteilt, kartellartig das israelische Fernesehen beherrscht und den Israelis ziemlich hohe Preise für ihr - gemeinsam erstelltes - Programmangebot abverlangt haben. Damit haben sie sich verständlicherweise nicht beliebt gemacht. Um Wettbewerb in den Markt zu bekommen, wurde als Alternative für die Bevölkerung das Satellitenfernsehen YES gestartet, das im Juli auf Sendung ging, von der Regulierungsbehörde unterstützt und von den Cable Companies bis zum Schluß bekämpft. Am Ende mußten sie YES sogar die von ihnen erstellten Programme (Kanäle) zur Verfügung stellen.
Die dem Ministerium für Kommunikation angegliederte Regulierungsbehörde - das Cable TV and Satellite Council mit Frau Inbar an der Spitze - übt eine enorme Macht in dem gesamten Sektor aus, alles und jedes muß von ihr genehmigt werden. Wie Frau Inbar sich das im Fall des Interactive TV vorstellt, hat sie klar zum Ausdruck gebracht (s.o.).
Das war der Stand der Dinge zumindest vor zwei Monaten. Ob sich seitdem in Israel bei den oben angesprochenen gravierenden Problemen Entscheidendes getan hat, durchschaue ich z.Zt. noch nicht vollständig. Zumindest in der Frage des High-Speed-Internetzugangs hat man sich offenbar in den letzten Tagen geeinigt. Meistens gehen in Israel derartige Dinge so aus, daß man sich im Interesse guter Geschäfte am Ende irgendwie zusammenrauft.
Es ist allerdings auch nicht auszuschließen, daß der Verfasser des Artikels zur Fraktion der YES-Supporter gehört und - wie so viele Israelis - den Cable Cos wünscht, daß sie sich am eigenen Kabel erhängen mögen. So kommt es, wenn man ein Quasikartell bildet und die damit entstehende Macht zum Preisdiktat offenbar recht skrupellos ausnutzt.
Wieso schreibe ich das alles? Weil unser Problem hier zuviel Phantasie und Hysterie und zuwenig Realismus ist. Es geht nicht länger an, daß ein Glaubenskrieg den Aktienkurs bestimmt. Nüchterne Fakten sind angesagt. Der Aktienkurs kann nur auf dem Boden der Realität wieder aufgebaut werden.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Aber wie sieht`s damit aus? (Hier müßte jetzt dieses sorgenvolle Smily stehen).
Friday, July 14, 2000 - Ha`aretz große israelische Tageszeitung
Give them enough cable and they`ll hang themselves Gemeint sind wohl freundlicherweise die drei monopolartig agierenden Cable Companies in Israel
In a bid to resist the onslaught of satellite TV on the Israeli market, the cable companies are promising marvels in consumer choice and image quality for the near future. But our correspondent finds that their rosy predictions may be premature
By Ariel Weiss
The satellite broadcasts of YES are scheduled to begin next weekend, using a digital transmission and reception system designed to ensure a high-quality picture and sound. Also offered are data base access, an electronic broadcasting guide and movies for hire. Over the past few months, various cable companies, the satellite`s competitors, have been advertising that their subscribers will also enjoy a new and improved viewing experience, thanks to the introduction of a digital network. High-tech converters will sharpen the picture, facilitate channel selection, allow subscribers to access data through their television sets and even take part in interactive TV shows.
According to Amit Levin, director-general of the Matav cable company, his firm will soon be offering a "new world" of programming and accessories. In the coming months, after the installation of digital converters in the homes of subscribers, Matav plans to offer all the channels now broadcast using an analog system, plus many new ones, including "30 channels of CD-quality music" which will ultimately replace radio. On certain channels, such as the Hallmark movie channel, Matav subscribers will be able to choose the dubbing language. A movie service will be introduced (similar to Tevel`s "Home Cinema"), allowing viewers to order movies for a fee. To help people wade through all these options, the company will operate an electronic TV guide: an information channel listing all the programs and drawing subscribers` attention to those programs he or she may be interested in.
And that is just the beginning. "In my estimation, by October we will be able to offer completely new applications in the spheres of data accessing, sports and Internet - and that includes e-mail," says Levin. "We are also working on several packages incorporating interactive TV." For the sports-minded, Levin says there will be updates on teams and line-ups. Subscribers can try to guess game scores and read relevant articles from the sports pages. At some future date, they may be able to watch the game from different camera angles, choosing the angle they want while the game is in progress. Matav subscribers will be able to play games like Tetris and checkers on their television screens, and later, compete against other subscribers. When the nine months are up during which only the satellite company can offer channel packages, Matav plans to offer them, too.
Other cable companies have also announced that they will be making technological changes. Arutzei Zahav, whose digital broadcasting center is almost complete, will offer an electronic TV guide, a rental-movie service and package deals when the satellite company`s exclusive rights expire. Tevel says it will start broadcasting digitally in September. The company has purchased 100,000 state-of-the-art converters for this purpose, slated to arrive by the end of the year. Die restlichen könnten im nächsten Jahr eintreffen.
Many benefits are promised apart from high-quality broadcasts, including a wide selection of new channels and an expanded Home Cinema service, from which subscribers can order recordings of music and sports events.
According to the Internet site of the Tevel company - which has changed its name to Tevel Digital in the last few weeks - the new converters promise a new kind of television. In "the world of tomorrow," viewers will be able to choose the camera angle of a soccer game, take part in interactive lessons with a tutor, and draw up a personal schedule for watching their favorite shows.
The cable companies are trying to create a sense that these innovations are only awaiting technical approval, but the fact is, no one knows when subscribers will be able to enjoy them - and at what price. The shift to digital technology depends on licenses that have not yet been obtained. Dorit Inbar, head of the Cable TV and Satellite Council, a regulatory body, says the process will not be brief. "In order to begin digital broadcasting, these companies need approval from the Ministry of Communications for their technical equipment. At this point, only Matav has a license. Tevel doesn`t even have a transmission station."
"Furthermore," says Inbar, "the council has to give its approval. As far as we are concerned, a new system is the same as a new product. All kinds of clarifications are necessary in order to protect the consumer. We have to look into matters like price, disconnection arrangements and service warranties. Right now, none of the cable companies have made any real progress in this realm. Even if we work at full speed, these things take time." Die Regulierungsbehörde übt dort eine erhebliche Macht aus. Alles und jedes muß von ihr genehmigt werden.
Offering some of these sophisticated services also requires the involvement of the Knesset. Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has ruled that cable companies cannot operate and provide special services without legislation. So far, the Ministry of Communications has not yet submitted a law proposal in this matter.
The delay has now led to an official investigation against Tevel. Early this week, Reuven Horesh, the director-general of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, announced that the company is suspected of violating the Consumer Protection Law and misleading the public. In parts of its advertising campaign, Tevel has made sure to state that Ministry of Communications licensing is still pending, but the Ministry of Industry and Trade says Tevel claims to be able to provide speedier Internet service almost immediately. In fact, this involves a legislative change - not just technical approval.
Not only that, but the changeover to digital technology may cost the consumer money. New converters will be needed, and these devices, which are actually personal computers, will cost the cable company hundreds of dollars each. According to various assessments, none of these companies can afford to distribute them free of charge. In other words, anyone who wants digital television will have to pay more. Hier weiß der Korrespondent eben nicht, daß eine bessere Lösung gefunden wurde - ein e-commerce-Konsortium kauft die "Converter" (in denen, wie wir wissen, noch viel mehr steckt), nicht die Cable Companies.
The new converters also have limitations which may make the move even more expensive. Most subscribers today have more than one cable connection in their homes. In order to receive the new broadcasts on all their television sets, they will have to purchase several converters. Moreover, because of certain technical features, those who want to watch a certain channel while taping a program on another channel will need two converters. In the United States, there are digital converters on the market equipped with hard disks large enough for program-taping. Here, the consumer will have to make do with the converters supplied by the cable and satellite companies, which do not have a recording option. Auch hier greift er zu kurz. Man sieht, wieso die lange Vertraulichkeit angesagt war. Aber jetzt handelt es sich ja nur noch um 10 Tage, dann wissen wir, wie diese komplexe Problemlage gelöst wurde.
The cable companies are promising a "dramatic" improvement in picture quality, but the only ones who will feel it are those who have recently purchased a state-of-the-art television set. Most cable subscribers have older, simpler models at home, and will only notice a slight improvement in picture quality, mainly in the subtitles and color separation. The same holds true, of course, for satellite transmissions.
In addition, there are technological problems to be worked out. Most of the services promised by the cable companies and the YES satellite company are considered experimental and expensive even in other countries. There are still technical hitches in combining digital broadcasts and the transfer of data via cable infrastructure. In practice, the data services in question are Internet by cable. Operation cannot begin until the laws are changed and a great deal of money is invested in infrastructure, not to mention the time factor. Even if the cable companies would like to offer these services, it is not clear to what extent they will be able to in the near future, for financial and legal reasons.
****
Hintergrund der Situation in Israel ist die Tatsache, daß die drei Cable Companies 10 Jahre lang den Markt regional unter sich aufgeteilt, kartellartig das israelische Fernesehen beherrscht und den Israelis ziemlich hohe Preise für ihr - gemeinsam erstelltes - Programmangebot abverlangt haben. Damit haben sie sich verständlicherweise nicht beliebt gemacht. Um Wettbewerb in den Markt zu bekommen, wurde als Alternative für die Bevölkerung das Satellitenfernsehen YES gestartet, das im Juli auf Sendung ging, von der Regulierungsbehörde unterstützt und von den Cable Companies bis zum Schluß bekämpft. Am Ende mußten sie YES sogar die von ihnen erstellten Programme (Kanäle) zur Verfügung stellen.
Die dem Ministerium für Kommunikation angegliederte Regulierungsbehörde - das Cable TV and Satellite Council mit Frau Inbar an der Spitze - übt eine enorme Macht in dem gesamten Sektor aus, alles und jedes muß von ihr genehmigt werden. Wie Frau Inbar sich das im Fall des Interactive TV vorstellt, hat sie klar zum Ausdruck gebracht (s.o.).
Das war der Stand der Dinge zumindest vor zwei Monaten. Ob sich seitdem in Israel bei den oben angesprochenen gravierenden Problemen Entscheidendes getan hat, durchschaue ich z.Zt. noch nicht vollständig. Zumindest in der Frage des High-Speed-Internetzugangs hat man sich offenbar in den letzten Tagen geeinigt. Meistens gehen in Israel derartige Dinge so aus, daß man sich im Interesse guter Geschäfte am Ende irgendwie zusammenrauft.
Es ist allerdings auch nicht auszuschließen, daß der Verfasser des Artikels zur Fraktion der YES-Supporter gehört und - wie so viele Israelis - den Cable Cos wünscht, daß sie sich am eigenen Kabel erhängen mögen. So kommt es, wenn man ein Quasikartell bildet und die damit entstehende Macht zum Preisdiktat offenbar recht skrupellos ausnutzt.
Wieso schreibe ich das alles? Weil unser Problem hier zuviel Phantasie und Hysterie und zuwenig Realismus ist. Es geht nicht länger an, daß ein Glaubenskrieg den Aktienkurs bestimmt. Nüchterne Fakten sind angesagt. Der Aktienkurs kann nur auf dem Boden der Realität wieder aufgebaut werden.
Gruß, Jan Philip
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gerade dem letzten Satz stimme ich voll zu, deshalb habe ich diesen thread eröffnet.
Es sollten Fakten zählen, nicht Spekulationen, nicht Verschwörungstheorien und schon gar nicht unbegründete und unbewiesene Vermutungen.
Met@box ist eine Risikoaktie.
Alle diese Artikel zeigen auf, dass sich in Bezug auf digital broadcasting, video-(near?)-on-demand gegenwärtig einiges in Israel tut.Das Zusammenfallen mit dem met@box Termin ist wohl kaum ein Zufall. JanPhils Artikel zeigt auch eindringlich, warum Geheimhaltung hier wichtig war und ist.
Er zeigt aber auch auf, dass es, verzögern sich etwa Genehmigungsverfahren, was bei der gegenwärtigen politischen Lage in Israel denkbar ist, durchaus möglich ist, dass auch Met@box weiterhin den Namen des israelischen Kunden geheimhalten muss, bis diese erfolgt sind.
Es sollten Fakten zählen, nicht Spekulationen, nicht Verschwörungstheorien und schon gar nicht unbegründete und unbewiesene Vermutungen.
Met@box ist eine Risikoaktie.
Alle diese Artikel zeigen auf, dass sich in Bezug auf digital broadcasting, video-(near?)-on-demand gegenwärtig einiges in Israel tut.Das Zusammenfallen mit dem met@box Termin ist wohl kaum ein Zufall. JanPhils Artikel zeigt auch eindringlich, warum Geheimhaltung hier wichtig war und ist.
Er zeigt aber auch auf, dass es, verzögern sich etwa Genehmigungsverfahren, was bei der gegenwärtigen politischen Lage in Israel denkbar ist, durchaus möglich ist, dass auch Met@box weiterhin den Namen des israelischen Kunden geheimhalten muss, bis diese erfolgt sind.
Auch sehr interessant ind die Aktivitäten von YES im asiatichen Raum. Hier haben wir ebenfalls wieder eine Parallele zu den Ausagen de MBX-Vortande Peter White, der weitere Gechäfte in Fernost, Spanien, Italien und den USA ankündigte.
http://www.yestelevision.com/press/index.html
Gruß Thierri
http://www.yestelevision.com/press/index.html
Gruß Thierri
vor allem, wenn man beachtet, dass yes television mit telenor im "nordischen raum" kooperieren will.
Bleibt aber die Frage: wie sind yes television (UK) und das Israelische Unternehmen yes verbunden und gibt es überhaupt eine Verbindung zwischen diesen beiden Unternehmen ?
Israelische yes: http://www.yes.co.il
Bleibt aber die Frage: wie sind yes television (UK) und das Israelische Unternehmen yes verbunden und gibt es überhaupt eine Verbindung zwischen diesen beiden Unternehmen ?
Israelische yes: http://www.yes.co.il
Aber daß YES in Israel die heißbekämpfte Konkurrenz der Cable Cos ist, wurde doch sicher klar.
JP
JP
aus dem GLOBE
Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Barak Favors High-Speed Internet License for Cable
The license will be a temporary one, valid until the expiration of the cable television companies` concessions. The Prime Minister is also demanding that approval of the Communications Law amendment be speeded up, and that an assessor be appointed to value the cable licenses.
Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Barak Favors High-Speed Internet License for Cable
The license will be a temporary one, valid until the expiration of the cable television companies` concessions. The Prime Minister is also demanding that approval of the Communications Law amendment be speeded up, and that an assessor be appointed to value the cable licenses.
zu ampa
Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Migdal Negotiating to Buy Up To 25% of Ampa Real Estate for $13-15 Mln
By Elazar Levin
Migdal Insurance Company is negotiating to acquire up to 25% of Ampa Real Estate, in a $13-15 million deal at a company value of $53-60 million.
Ampa Real Estate is also negotiating to lease to Check Point 20,000 sq. m. in an office building to be constructed on its main property – a 25.5-dunam (6.4-acre) plot on Yigal Alon Street in Tel Aviv. Rent is estimated at $18 per sq. m. in a long-term contract.
At the same time, Ampa Real Estate is also planning to issue on the stock exchange. The scope and timing of the issue have not yet been set, and the outcome of negotiations with Migdal will be one of several factors affecting the issue.
Migdal wants to buy 25% of Ampa Real Estate at a price higher than the paper value of its assets.
Ampa Real Estate, controlled by Asher and Shlomi Fogel is one of Israel’s biggest private real estate companies.
The gross value of the Ampa group’s properties is $72 million, and their net value (minus liabilities to banks) totals $53 million.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 17 September, 2000
Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Migdal Negotiating to Buy Up To 25% of Ampa Real Estate for $13-15 Mln
By Elazar Levin
Migdal Insurance Company is negotiating to acquire up to 25% of Ampa Real Estate, in a $13-15 million deal at a company value of $53-60 million.
Ampa Real Estate is also negotiating to lease to Check Point 20,000 sq. m. in an office building to be constructed on its main property – a 25.5-dunam (6.4-acre) plot on Yigal Alon Street in Tel Aviv. Rent is estimated at $18 per sq. m. in a long-term contract.
At the same time, Ampa Real Estate is also planning to issue on the stock exchange. The scope and timing of the issue have not yet been set, and the outcome of negotiations with Migdal will be one of several factors affecting the issue.
Migdal wants to buy 25% of Ampa Real Estate at a price higher than the paper value of its assets.
Ampa Real Estate, controlled by Asher and Shlomi Fogel is one of Israel’s biggest private real estate companies.
The gross value of the Ampa group’s properties is $72 million, and their net value (minus liabilities to banks) totals $53 million.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 17 September, 2000
Na dann kann die Post ja abgehen!!!!
und noch einer..............
.Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
High Tech Features
"I Don`t Believe in Internet on TV"
By Efi Landau
While sitting over coffee with me, NDS president Abe Peled complained that his company`s foreign status has caused a lack of coverage of its share in Israel, even though the company has 300 development personnel on Har Hotzvin in Jerusalem, and he himself is an Israeli citizen dividing his time between here and there (there being Britain and the US). NDS is part of Australian communications tycoon Rupert Murdoch`s powerful News Corporation group.
It seemed as if Peled was addressing his gripe not just to me, but also to his public relations personnel, and that is the origin of the NDS publicity epidemic. The conversation with Peled will therefore deal not with the past, and very little with the present. What interests me is the company`s future and the future market combining communications with interactive TV and the Internet. Here, in this triangle, the world`s largest field, Abe Peled has some surprising things to say.
NDS is defined as a leading company. Unlike most high tech companies, however, its leadership is not an empty expression in its press releases. NDS`s record speaks for itself.
"Globes": What do you lead in?
Peled: "Leadership is determined by the digital market. At the end of the Murdoch group`s third quarter on March 31, there were 16.8 NDS user-subscribers. At the end of June we had 18 million, which is 47% of the global digital market. There were 26 million digital subscribers in the world at the end of 1999, of which 23 million subscribed to satellite and three million to cable."
Are you mostly on satellite?
"Most of our subscribers are on satellite, but we have begun working with cable, too."
Define what you do in a single sentence.
"We distribute information and content for TV and computers on both a digital and a broadband Internet basis."
Broadband is a popular, almost fashionable concept.
"I believe that the combination of digital broadcasting with Internet on demand is the right solution. We have launched a new product called Sinamedia, which is designed to base TV and broadband Internet on an ADSL and cable modems, for either computers or TV."
That, however, is not all. The future lies in the company`s second business focus - interactive TV applications. Peled lists three main reasons for digital TV:
A larger, more convenient user selection, mostly in the number of channels. Peled: "Selection is the ABC of digital TV."
What will the next generation consist of?
"The next generation of home converters will have more memory capacity. NDS has a technology called XTV, which is conversion software that exploits the memory storage capacity. The company is about to launch a new product in cooperation with Korean converter box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology. The product will have a 20-gigabyte hard disk capable of storing 20-30 hours of programs. You won`t need a VCR to record."
The added dimension of interactive TV programs. Peled: "You participate. For example, in a soccer game, you chose the photography angle you want to view. You can ask to follow a certain player all the time, watch a replay at any time, see the game highlights, and whatever statistics you want - for the team, for a player, a particular league, or all together."
An interactive channel like this is already being operated by Sky Sports in Britain. Peled says that half of the viewers are choosing it. It is considered a huge success.
Bringing the viewer the most popular Internet sites. Peled: "I don`t believe in bringing the Internet to television, but all sorts of Internet services of interest to TV viewers have been developed. The application we have developed does not bring the site to TV, but the relevant information from the site."
It sounds like you are not a great believer in the Internet.
"Television is not the proper place for Internet surfing. I`ll give you four reasons. First of all, a TV set has only between a fourth and an eighth of the resolution presented by a PC screen. A PC has 1.8 resolution, while a TV has 0.5. A digital converter does not alter the situation. Digital TV networks utilizing HDTV technology will change this, but this is expensive and still very far in the future.
"The second reason is that you sit 3-4 meters from the TV screen, so the text has to be enlarged in order to be seen. The quantity of information you can present is therefore about one sixteenth of what can be shown on a PC screen. In order to view one computer screen with the WebTV service, following automatic translation, you have to scroll almost ten pages.
"The third reason is that the PC`s computing power and storage capacity will always be larger than with a TV. With an advanced digital converter, you can store eight gigabytes, and a Pentium 3 has ten times the computing capacity.
"The fourth reason is sociological. I`m no expert, but the Internet is an individual experience, more suitable for a PC. Television is simply something else."
How does the interactive TV market look now?
"WebTV came out in 1997 in the US with an Internet surfing device over TV. Then News Corporation asked me if it was worthwhile to buy the company for $400 million, and I said no. They give me a good mark for that. Microsoft bought the company for $400 million. Today there are 400,000 devices. Microsoft changed the strategy from surfing to offering relevant information. America Online has now come out with AOLTV. Walt Mossberg of "The Wall Street Journal" wrote, "It`s not for prime time". He said it was good for chat forums."
Liberate Technologies recently acquired Israeli company MoreCom in order to provide interactive television. Was that a mistake?
"They`re going with it. My position on this is fairly extreme. I believe that Internet standards will reach TV. The information and services will make it, but it won`t be another device for Internet surfing."
How do you handle broadband content?
"Our new product, Sinamedia, downloads various content packets simultaneously to servers at the broadcast station by satellite at 8-16 Mbps. Several channels can be downloaded simultaneously. The station`s main server has a product that packages the content from various sources, including video and Internet content. We distribute simultaneously on a very wide bandwidth to all. Local content providers can transmit on broadband to a central server."
Are you talking about a system that already works?
"No. It`s just beginning. We are now conducting trials on the system."
Is Rupert Murdoch involved in the company`s routine business?
"He is general manager of News Corporation and regards NDS as a strategic asset. I am also on the News Corporation 16-person advisory panel, which is the company`s senior management."
You have announced a reorganization.
"We are uniting all Murdoch`s satellite platforms into one company. NDS will be in this group."
What is your vision?
"The field is still in diapers. The number of digital TV viewers is expected to rise from 26 million to 260 million in another five years. We are the world leaders; we have a lot more to accomplish."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 14, 2000
.Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
High Tech Features
"I Don`t Believe in Internet on TV"
By Efi Landau
While sitting over coffee with me, NDS president Abe Peled complained that his company`s foreign status has caused a lack of coverage of its share in Israel, even though the company has 300 development personnel on Har Hotzvin in Jerusalem, and he himself is an Israeli citizen dividing his time between here and there (there being Britain and the US). NDS is part of Australian communications tycoon Rupert Murdoch`s powerful News Corporation group.
It seemed as if Peled was addressing his gripe not just to me, but also to his public relations personnel, and that is the origin of the NDS publicity epidemic. The conversation with Peled will therefore deal not with the past, and very little with the present. What interests me is the company`s future and the future market combining communications with interactive TV and the Internet. Here, in this triangle, the world`s largest field, Abe Peled has some surprising things to say.
NDS is defined as a leading company. Unlike most high tech companies, however, its leadership is not an empty expression in its press releases. NDS`s record speaks for itself.
"Globes": What do you lead in?
Peled: "Leadership is determined by the digital market. At the end of the Murdoch group`s third quarter on March 31, there were 16.8 NDS user-subscribers. At the end of June we had 18 million, which is 47% of the global digital market. There were 26 million digital subscribers in the world at the end of 1999, of which 23 million subscribed to satellite and three million to cable."
Are you mostly on satellite?
"Most of our subscribers are on satellite, but we have begun working with cable, too."
Define what you do in a single sentence.
"We distribute information and content for TV and computers on both a digital and a broadband Internet basis."
Broadband is a popular, almost fashionable concept.
"I believe that the combination of digital broadcasting with Internet on demand is the right solution. We have launched a new product called Sinamedia, which is designed to base TV and broadband Internet on an ADSL and cable modems, for either computers or TV."
That, however, is not all. The future lies in the company`s second business focus - interactive TV applications. Peled lists three main reasons for digital TV:
A larger, more convenient user selection, mostly in the number of channels. Peled: "Selection is the ABC of digital TV."
What will the next generation consist of?
"The next generation of home converters will have more memory capacity. NDS has a technology called XTV, which is conversion software that exploits the memory storage capacity. The company is about to launch a new product in cooperation with Korean converter box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology. The product will have a 20-gigabyte hard disk capable of storing 20-30 hours of programs. You won`t need a VCR to record."
The added dimension of interactive TV programs. Peled: "You participate. For example, in a soccer game, you chose the photography angle you want to view. You can ask to follow a certain player all the time, watch a replay at any time, see the game highlights, and whatever statistics you want - for the team, for a player, a particular league, or all together."
An interactive channel like this is already being operated by Sky Sports in Britain. Peled says that half of the viewers are choosing it. It is considered a huge success.
Bringing the viewer the most popular Internet sites. Peled: "I don`t believe in bringing the Internet to television, but all sorts of Internet services of interest to TV viewers have been developed. The application we have developed does not bring the site to TV, but the relevant information from the site."
It sounds like you are not a great believer in the Internet.
"Television is not the proper place for Internet surfing. I`ll give you four reasons. First of all, a TV set has only between a fourth and an eighth of the resolution presented by a PC screen. A PC has 1.8 resolution, while a TV has 0.5. A digital converter does not alter the situation. Digital TV networks utilizing HDTV technology will change this, but this is expensive and still very far in the future.
"The second reason is that you sit 3-4 meters from the TV screen, so the text has to be enlarged in order to be seen. The quantity of information you can present is therefore about one sixteenth of what can be shown on a PC screen. In order to view one computer screen with the WebTV service, following automatic translation, you have to scroll almost ten pages.
"The third reason is that the PC`s computing power and storage capacity will always be larger than with a TV. With an advanced digital converter, you can store eight gigabytes, and a Pentium 3 has ten times the computing capacity.
"The fourth reason is sociological. I`m no expert, but the Internet is an individual experience, more suitable for a PC. Television is simply something else."
How does the interactive TV market look now?
"WebTV came out in 1997 in the US with an Internet surfing device over TV. Then News Corporation asked me if it was worthwhile to buy the company for $400 million, and I said no. They give me a good mark for that. Microsoft bought the company for $400 million. Today there are 400,000 devices. Microsoft changed the strategy from surfing to offering relevant information. America Online has now come out with AOLTV. Walt Mossberg of "The Wall Street Journal" wrote, "It`s not for prime time". He said it was good for chat forums."
Liberate Technologies recently acquired Israeli company MoreCom in order to provide interactive television. Was that a mistake?
"They`re going with it. My position on this is fairly extreme. I believe that Internet standards will reach TV. The information and services will make it, but it won`t be another device for Internet surfing."
How do you handle broadband content?
"Our new product, Sinamedia, downloads various content packets simultaneously to servers at the broadcast station by satellite at 8-16 Mbps. Several channels can be downloaded simultaneously. The station`s main server has a product that packages the content from various sources, including video and Internet content. We distribute simultaneously on a very wide bandwidth to all. Local content providers can transmit on broadband to a central server."
Are you talking about a system that already works?
"No. It`s just beginning. We are now conducting trials on the system."
Is Rupert Murdoch involved in the company`s routine business?
"He is general manager of News Corporation and regards NDS as a strategic asset. I am also on the News Corporation 16-person advisory panel, which is the company`s senior management."
You have announced a reorganization.
"We are uniting all Murdoch`s satellite platforms into one company. NDS will be in this group."
What is your vision?
"The field is still in diapers. The number of digital TV viewers is expected to rise from 26 million to 260 million in another five years. We are the world leaders; we have a lot more to accomplish."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 14, 2000
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.Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications Features
Who Will Buy Bezeq?
By Efi Landau
At a press conference two weeks ago on the occasion of the signing of the regulations opening the communications market to competition, Minister of Communications Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in effect set in motion the auction for the sale of the immensely powerful inland communications monopoly Bezeq.
When the Minister`s signature is combined with the Knesset Finance Committee`s decision approving the Ministerial Committee for Privatization`s proposal to sell a 51% controlling interest in Bezeq and the understanding reached with the company employees concerning privatization, it is easy to see that Bezeq`s privatization process has reached its most advanced stage to date.
If this were not Israel, with its unstable politics, its fragile coalition, and the constant threat of new elections, it could be unequivocally stated that the process is already irreversible, that we have reached the point of no return. Too many points of no return, however, have led to subsequent hasty about-faces, leading anyone concerned with Bezeq`s privatization to be extremely cautious.
A telecommunications company is no longer a great bargain
The general consensus is that the State and Bezeq have missed the most convenient time for privatizing Bezeq. Everything happening now could have already taken place a year or two ago, if so much time had not been wasted "flirting" with the process.
Bezeq general manager Ilan Biran`s determination - some claim the aggressive pressure he brought to bear - is responsible for pushing things forward over the past six months. Biran did not stop there, and during the heat of the privatization struggle brought Bezeq its greatest achievement during his less than one-year term - the State`s agreement to grant Bezeq "privatization relief" on issues, such as the tender requirement, salaries, and investments, before the company is sold.
Despite the advantage gained from the government decision, however, the Bezeq of today appears much less attractive to an investor. It appears that the great days of the old telecommunications companies are practically a thing of the past. It seems that the big investors are looking for new communications companies to compete with the old ones.
The entry requirements leave almost everyone out
Which companies and concerns, local and foreign, are interested in acquiring a controlling interest in Bezeq? It appears that a process of elimination will help us here, since the limitations contained in the privatization decision, approved by the Knesset Finance Committee, disqualify many potential competitors.
We will begin with foreign companies. The privatization decision stipulates that any company competing to acquire Bezeq must be incorporated and registered in Israel, with a minimum of 20% Israeli ownership. Control of the company must not be in the hands of any nation, nor can a foreign government corporation be a party at interest in the company in control of Bezeq.
This condition already disqualifies all the large telecommunications companies, mostly European, still controlled by foreign governments.
Other limitations were dictated by the defense establishment, owing to Bezeq`s status as the chief communications provider for defense and its consequent significant role in emergencies or war. Residents of or corporations registered in countries hostile to Israel cannot be parties at interest in Bezeq. In addition, parties at interest in Bezeq are not allowed to hold a controlling interest, either directly or indirectly, in a corporation registered in a hostile country, and cannot hold more than an as yet undetermined rate of holdings in a corporation controlled by a hostile country.
What is a hostile country? According to the definition in the decision, any country without diplomatic relations with Israel, or any country classified as such by the Minister of Defense. Will the Minister of Defense be willing to entrust control of Bezeq to an Egyptian or Jordanian company, or to a company with significant holdings and interests in these countries, even though both of them have diplomatic relations with Israel and are ostensibly not hostile countries?
They saw what happened to those who invested in the cable companies
In addition to those foreign countries disqualified from acquiring control of Bezeq, there are those uninterested in it, and they are more numerous than in the past. Market opinions claim that the lengthy pre-privatization process has led concerns seriously considering Bezeq in the past to lose patience, and it is unclear whether these concerns still retain their enthusiasm.
Deutsche Telekom, for example, which conducted serious examinations in the past, today sounds less and less eager, not to mention the fact that it is a government corporation. Gossip is that British Telecom, which has a traumatic time here in the international calls tender, has decided it has no interest in the Israeli market.
Other names mentioned include Telefonica of Spain, Hutchison of Hong Kong, which controls Partner, and Singapore Telecom, as well as US companies. The bottom line, however, is that the list is not as long as it could be, and ought to be.
A senior source in one of the groups seeking to compete for the purchase of Bezeq`s controlling interest said, "What concerns foreign companies is a timetable, which the document approved by the Knesset Finance Committee lacks. They understand the Israeli economy and they are watching the Barak government, but they don`t know what will happen next." They are therefore being very careful before they jump at a bargain.
Former Ministry of Communications director-general Shlomo Wachs, now responsible for communications in the Gad Zeevi group, puts the problem more sharply. "Israel has a bad reputation for regulation," he says. "What was done to the cable companies is affecting Israel`s good name."
Israeli groups without a conflict of interest - are there any?
The need to avoid a conflict of interest has left an extremely limited list of possible competitors, including Yitzhak Tshuva, Gad Zeevi, the Israel Corporation, and…that`s about it. There are also groups with a conflict of interest, but which are willing to commit themselves to selling their other holdings, in the event they win the tender. These include Dankner Investments, Discount Investments, and perhaps also Poalim Investments, to cite a few examples.
It initially appears we can expect a tender with few competitors - no more than two or three. The Bezeq of today differs from that of five years ago. At that time, the share was traded at NIS 6, and its profits were high. Today profits are lower, and the share price is over NIS 24 and climbing.
Players likely to compete for a controlling interest fear that the share will reach levels that will make the acquisition uneconomical. From this standpoint, Bezeq is an anomaly in today`s global communications market; its success is liable to stand in its way. Investors know that they will not be able to acquire the company for less than the market price, which is today already estimated at $4.8 billion.
Another point against Bezeq is its relative lack of "content", compared with corresponding companies in the global communications market. It has no Internet access, and it holds 50% of a money-losing cellular company (Pele-Phone), which is only the second largest in Israel. Pele-Phone`s cellular Internet activity, which is forecast to provide the lion`s share of cellular revenues in the coming years, is concentrated in Go Next, in which Suny.com is an equal partner. Bezeq`s Internet company, Bezeq International, serves a total of only 160,000 narrow band customers, and has no large scale accompanying strategic activities.
For the potential investor, the more attractive side of Bezeq`s coin is its status as an extremely powerful monopoly, whose competitors will find it difficult to take away chunks of its market share. The competition rules outlined by the regulation authorities are in Bezeq`s favor, and present new competitors with very high entry barriers.
The most recent achievement - the State commitment to relax limitations on Bezeq`s activity before privatization - raises these barriers even further. In contrast to other monopoly operators around the world, Bezeq has not been saddled with an unbundling requirement allowing its competitors to use its infrastructures. This fact will dictate larger investments by competing companies in deployment of independent infrastructures, and extend the time required for penetration.
Even if we assume the regulator eventually requires Bezeq to allow the competition use of its infrastructures, it will still be hard to stop Bezeq. The company has the most modern technology, currently provides good service to its customers, and benefits from a very positive image, which its competitors will find hard to undermine.
The Zeevi group - only feelers for now
One player with no need to prove the seriousness of its intentions regarding Bezeq is Gad Zeevi, who holds 20% of Bezeq, which he acquired in October 1999 from Cable and Wireless for $630 million in cash at NIS 17. 6 per share.
The group`s communications activity is being handled by Shlomo Wachs, who does not hesitate when asked about the groups intentions regarding Bezeq. "Of course we will bid for control," says Wachs.
"Globes": Alone?
Wachs: "A foreign company is needed. We will hear the conditions and get organized."
Are you negotiating?
"We have begun negotiations with several concerns, but we are still exploring. Israel has a bad reputation for regulation."
Are you saying this because of things you have heard in your negotiations?
"That`s what I`m telling you."
As part of his demand to appoint a director to represent him, several weeks ago Gad Zeevi prevented the selection of external directors for Bezeq, following which the company was paralyzed in several sectors. The board of directors` supervisory committee is not functioning. Compensation for directors and managers and the new chairman`s salary have not been approved, and the company controller`s reports are not being discussed.
"If they play ball with us in selecting external directors, the problem will be solved," says Wachs. "In places where the minority shareholder in Bezeq can have an effect, the owners of the controlling interest should talk to them, and if they do so, an appropriate solution will probably be found. A party holding 20% of the company should have a say."
What else bothers you about the opening of the market to competition?
"Primarily two things. First, there is no guarantee that the benefits of competition will reach outlying areas. How will Shlomi, Ma`alot, Shderot, and Mitzpe Ramon be affected by the results of competition? Second of all, the policy on Bezeq`s rates is unclear. Will Bezeq need the approval of the Knesset Finance Committee for every change in rates after privatization and the beginning of competition?"
Apparently it will, as long as it is a monopoly.
"If Bezeq cannot react quickly, I don`t understand what kind of competition it will be."
Do you want Bezeq to operate as a monopoly without limitations?
"I didn`t say give it a free hand, but you have to define more clearly what is and isn`t allowed regarding rates. You have to allow a certain degree of freedom. I agree that it should not be allowed to reduce prices to nothing, but Bezeq should not be forced to keep its prices high. Bezeq`s prices today are among the lowest in the world, and any competitor with eyes to see will not be able to bring them much lower."
The Israel Corporation - "We haven`t made our mind up"
The Israel Corporation is one of the candidates for purchasing the controlling interest in Bezeq, and is in contact with a number of European operators, at least one of which, Telefonica of Spain, has already been mentioned in the press.
Israel Corporation communications manager Gilad Shavit is unwilling to be interviewed. General manager Yossi Rosen, however, is willing to talk about the company`s plans. "We are not yet dealing with the acquisition of a controlling interest in Bezeq," he says. "Privatization has not yet been announced. We intend to study the matter and consider competing, but we haven`t made our mind up yet. We won`t do it at all costs."
What about a foreign partner?
Rosen: "We will of course come in only with a strategic partner, and we are in touch with international concerns. There are several interested candidates, but I know of no international company that has announced it will definitely join. If more than 50% is offered for sale, I assume several foreign companies will be encouraged to enter. If there are limitations, however, international companies will stay out."
What is the reason for your decision in principle to enter communications operation?
"As a strong company, we have examined various interesting fields that guarantee an appropriate return. The growth we see today in communications made us want to operate in the field, so we are going for it."
Why did you sever your relations with Koor?
"Koor decided to focus more on technology, rather than on communications. We have an understanding, however, that we will offer them the chance to join any new project we decide on. It is not a contractual right, but an understanding."
Yitzhak Tshuva: "We also have not yet decided
One of the names mentioned as a potential buyer is Yitzhak Tshuva, who controls extensive construction business and the Delek concern, as well as owning the Green Investments high tech holding company. The "Minister of Communications" in his group is Yitzhak Kaul, who is also a former Bezeq general manager, and to this day sounds like someone who greatly longs for the company. "I follow Bezeq constantly, with a lot of love and joy," Kaul said in an interview with "Globes" two weeks ago.
Tshuva, however, even with Kaul, is careful to sound indecisive.
"Globes": Why do you keep near you the man who knows Bezeq better than anyone else?
Tshuva: "That doesn`t mean that I am going to invest so much money. We don`t know; we haven`t yet decided."
Shmuel Dankner: "I want Bezeq"
Compared with Tshuva, Shmuel Dankner sounds very serious about Bezeq. First of all, he is willing to discuss the matter for the record. "It is serious - definitely on our agenda," Dankner says. "My priority is to win Bezeq. If not, I will compete with Bezeq, but I want Bezeq. If I win the tender, I will have to deal with a conflict of interest."
Dankner has at least two such conflicts of interest: his control of cable company Matav and his holding, through Matav, in Partner and Barak, which competes with Bezeq subsidiaries Pele-Phone and Bezeq International.
Dankner is willing for the first time to confirm his link with Hutchison, controlling shareholder in Partner, in order to compete for Bezeq. "A little less than a year ago, when Bezeq`s privatization was spoken of, we decided that the group would consist of Hutchison, which would have control, ourselves, and another concern. I assume that it will also be like that this time," he says.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 13, 2000
.Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications Features
Who Will Buy Bezeq?
By Efi Landau
At a press conference two weeks ago on the occasion of the signing of the regulations opening the communications market to competition, Minister of Communications Binyamin Ben-Eliezer in effect set in motion the auction for the sale of the immensely powerful inland communications monopoly Bezeq.
When the Minister`s signature is combined with the Knesset Finance Committee`s decision approving the Ministerial Committee for Privatization`s proposal to sell a 51% controlling interest in Bezeq and the understanding reached with the company employees concerning privatization, it is easy to see that Bezeq`s privatization process has reached its most advanced stage to date.
If this were not Israel, with its unstable politics, its fragile coalition, and the constant threat of new elections, it could be unequivocally stated that the process is already irreversible, that we have reached the point of no return. Too many points of no return, however, have led to subsequent hasty about-faces, leading anyone concerned with Bezeq`s privatization to be extremely cautious.
A telecommunications company is no longer a great bargain
The general consensus is that the State and Bezeq have missed the most convenient time for privatizing Bezeq. Everything happening now could have already taken place a year or two ago, if so much time had not been wasted "flirting" with the process.
Bezeq general manager Ilan Biran`s determination - some claim the aggressive pressure he brought to bear - is responsible for pushing things forward over the past six months. Biran did not stop there, and during the heat of the privatization struggle brought Bezeq its greatest achievement during his less than one-year term - the State`s agreement to grant Bezeq "privatization relief" on issues, such as the tender requirement, salaries, and investments, before the company is sold.
Despite the advantage gained from the government decision, however, the Bezeq of today appears much less attractive to an investor. It appears that the great days of the old telecommunications companies are practically a thing of the past. It seems that the big investors are looking for new communications companies to compete with the old ones.
The entry requirements leave almost everyone out
Which companies and concerns, local and foreign, are interested in acquiring a controlling interest in Bezeq? It appears that a process of elimination will help us here, since the limitations contained in the privatization decision, approved by the Knesset Finance Committee, disqualify many potential competitors.
We will begin with foreign companies. The privatization decision stipulates that any company competing to acquire Bezeq must be incorporated and registered in Israel, with a minimum of 20% Israeli ownership. Control of the company must not be in the hands of any nation, nor can a foreign government corporation be a party at interest in the company in control of Bezeq.
This condition already disqualifies all the large telecommunications companies, mostly European, still controlled by foreign governments.
Other limitations were dictated by the defense establishment, owing to Bezeq`s status as the chief communications provider for defense and its consequent significant role in emergencies or war. Residents of or corporations registered in countries hostile to Israel cannot be parties at interest in Bezeq. In addition, parties at interest in Bezeq are not allowed to hold a controlling interest, either directly or indirectly, in a corporation registered in a hostile country, and cannot hold more than an as yet undetermined rate of holdings in a corporation controlled by a hostile country.
What is a hostile country? According to the definition in the decision, any country without diplomatic relations with Israel, or any country classified as such by the Minister of Defense. Will the Minister of Defense be willing to entrust control of Bezeq to an Egyptian or Jordanian company, or to a company with significant holdings and interests in these countries, even though both of them have diplomatic relations with Israel and are ostensibly not hostile countries?
They saw what happened to those who invested in the cable companies
In addition to those foreign countries disqualified from acquiring control of Bezeq, there are those uninterested in it, and they are more numerous than in the past. Market opinions claim that the lengthy pre-privatization process has led concerns seriously considering Bezeq in the past to lose patience, and it is unclear whether these concerns still retain their enthusiasm.
Deutsche Telekom, for example, which conducted serious examinations in the past, today sounds less and less eager, not to mention the fact that it is a government corporation. Gossip is that British Telecom, which has a traumatic time here in the international calls tender, has decided it has no interest in the Israeli market.
Other names mentioned include Telefonica of Spain, Hutchison of Hong Kong, which controls Partner, and Singapore Telecom, as well as US companies. The bottom line, however, is that the list is not as long as it could be, and ought to be.
A senior source in one of the groups seeking to compete for the purchase of Bezeq`s controlling interest said, "What concerns foreign companies is a timetable, which the document approved by the Knesset Finance Committee lacks. They understand the Israeli economy and they are watching the Barak government, but they don`t know what will happen next." They are therefore being very careful before they jump at a bargain.
Former Ministry of Communications director-general Shlomo Wachs, now responsible for communications in the Gad Zeevi group, puts the problem more sharply. "Israel has a bad reputation for regulation," he says. "What was done to the cable companies is affecting Israel`s good name."
Israeli groups without a conflict of interest - are there any?
The need to avoid a conflict of interest has left an extremely limited list of possible competitors, including Yitzhak Tshuva, Gad Zeevi, the Israel Corporation, and…that`s about it. There are also groups with a conflict of interest, but which are willing to commit themselves to selling their other holdings, in the event they win the tender. These include Dankner Investments, Discount Investments, and perhaps also Poalim Investments, to cite a few examples.
It initially appears we can expect a tender with few competitors - no more than two or three. The Bezeq of today differs from that of five years ago. At that time, the share was traded at NIS 6, and its profits were high. Today profits are lower, and the share price is over NIS 24 and climbing.
Players likely to compete for a controlling interest fear that the share will reach levels that will make the acquisition uneconomical. From this standpoint, Bezeq is an anomaly in today`s global communications market; its success is liable to stand in its way. Investors know that they will not be able to acquire the company for less than the market price, which is today already estimated at $4.8 billion.
Another point against Bezeq is its relative lack of "content", compared with corresponding companies in the global communications market. It has no Internet access, and it holds 50% of a money-losing cellular company (Pele-Phone), which is only the second largest in Israel. Pele-Phone`s cellular Internet activity, which is forecast to provide the lion`s share of cellular revenues in the coming years, is concentrated in Go Next, in which Suny.com is an equal partner. Bezeq`s Internet company, Bezeq International, serves a total of only 160,000 narrow band customers, and has no large scale accompanying strategic activities.
For the potential investor, the more attractive side of Bezeq`s coin is its status as an extremely powerful monopoly, whose competitors will find it difficult to take away chunks of its market share. The competition rules outlined by the regulation authorities are in Bezeq`s favor, and present new competitors with very high entry barriers.
The most recent achievement - the State commitment to relax limitations on Bezeq`s activity before privatization - raises these barriers even further. In contrast to other monopoly operators around the world, Bezeq has not been saddled with an unbundling requirement allowing its competitors to use its infrastructures. This fact will dictate larger investments by competing companies in deployment of independent infrastructures, and extend the time required for penetration.
Even if we assume the regulator eventually requires Bezeq to allow the competition use of its infrastructures, it will still be hard to stop Bezeq. The company has the most modern technology, currently provides good service to its customers, and benefits from a very positive image, which its competitors will find hard to undermine.
The Zeevi group - only feelers for now
One player with no need to prove the seriousness of its intentions regarding Bezeq is Gad Zeevi, who holds 20% of Bezeq, which he acquired in October 1999 from Cable and Wireless for $630 million in cash at NIS 17. 6 per share.
The group`s communications activity is being handled by Shlomo Wachs, who does not hesitate when asked about the groups intentions regarding Bezeq. "Of course we will bid for control," says Wachs.
"Globes": Alone?
Wachs: "A foreign company is needed. We will hear the conditions and get organized."
Are you negotiating?
"We have begun negotiations with several concerns, but we are still exploring. Israel has a bad reputation for regulation."
Are you saying this because of things you have heard in your negotiations?
"That`s what I`m telling you."
As part of his demand to appoint a director to represent him, several weeks ago Gad Zeevi prevented the selection of external directors for Bezeq, following which the company was paralyzed in several sectors. The board of directors` supervisory committee is not functioning. Compensation for directors and managers and the new chairman`s salary have not been approved, and the company controller`s reports are not being discussed.
"If they play ball with us in selecting external directors, the problem will be solved," says Wachs. "In places where the minority shareholder in Bezeq can have an effect, the owners of the controlling interest should talk to them, and if they do so, an appropriate solution will probably be found. A party holding 20% of the company should have a say."
What else bothers you about the opening of the market to competition?
"Primarily two things. First, there is no guarantee that the benefits of competition will reach outlying areas. How will Shlomi, Ma`alot, Shderot, and Mitzpe Ramon be affected by the results of competition? Second of all, the policy on Bezeq`s rates is unclear. Will Bezeq need the approval of the Knesset Finance Committee for every change in rates after privatization and the beginning of competition?"
Apparently it will, as long as it is a monopoly.
"If Bezeq cannot react quickly, I don`t understand what kind of competition it will be."
Do you want Bezeq to operate as a monopoly without limitations?
"I didn`t say give it a free hand, but you have to define more clearly what is and isn`t allowed regarding rates. You have to allow a certain degree of freedom. I agree that it should not be allowed to reduce prices to nothing, but Bezeq should not be forced to keep its prices high. Bezeq`s prices today are among the lowest in the world, and any competitor with eyes to see will not be able to bring them much lower."
The Israel Corporation - "We haven`t made our mind up"
The Israel Corporation is one of the candidates for purchasing the controlling interest in Bezeq, and is in contact with a number of European operators, at least one of which, Telefonica of Spain, has already been mentioned in the press.
Israel Corporation communications manager Gilad Shavit is unwilling to be interviewed. General manager Yossi Rosen, however, is willing to talk about the company`s plans. "We are not yet dealing with the acquisition of a controlling interest in Bezeq," he says. "Privatization has not yet been announced. We intend to study the matter and consider competing, but we haven`t made our mind up yet. We won`t do it at all costs."
What about a foreign partner?
Rosen: "We will of course come in only with a strategic partner, and we are in touch with international concerns. There are several interested candidates, but I know of no international company that has announced it will definitely join. If more than 50% is offered for sale, I assume several foreign companies will be encouraged to enter. If there are limitations, however, international companies will stay out."
What is the reason for your decision in principle to enter communications operation?
"As a strong company, we have examined various interesting fields that guarantee an appropriate return. The growth we see today in communications made us want to operate in the field, so we are going for it."
Why did you sever your relations with Koor?
"Koor decided to focus more on technology, rather than on communications. We have an understanding, however, that we will offer them the chance to join any new project we decide on. It is not a contractual right, but an understanding."
Yitzhak Tshuva: "We also have not yet decided
One of the names mentioned as a potential buyer is Yitzhak Tshuva, who controls extensive construction business and the Delek concern, as well as owning the Green Investments high tech holding company. The "Minister of Communications" in his group is Yitzhak Kaul, who is also a former Bezeq general manager, and to this day sounds like someone who greatly longs for the company. "I follow Bezeq constantly, with a lot of love and joy," Kaul said in an interview with "Globes" two weeks ago.
Tshuva, however, even with Kaul, is careful to sound indecisive.
"Globes": Why do you keep near you the man who knows Bezeq better than anyone else?
Tshuva: "That doesn`t mean that I am going to invest so much money. We don`t know; we haven`t yet decided."
Shmuel Dankner: "I want Bezeq"
Compared with Tshuva, Shmuel Dankner sounds very serious about Bezeq. First of all, he is willing to discuss the matter for the record. "It is serious - definitely on our agenda," Dankner says. "My priority is to win Bezeq. If not, I will compete with Bezeq, but I want Bezeq. If I win the tender, I will have to deal with a conflict of interest."
Dankner has at least two such conflicts of interest: his control of cable company Matav and his holding, through Matav, in Partner and Barak, which competes with Bezeq subsidiaries Pele-Phone and Bezeq International.
Dankner is willing for the first time to confirm his link with Hutchison, controlling shareholder in Partner, in order to compete for Bezeq. "A little less than a year ago, when Bezeq`s privatization was spoken of, we decided that the group would consist of Hutchison, which would have control, ourselves, and another concern. I assume that it will also be like that this time," he says.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 13, 2000
hier die vollständigen Artikel von gestern bezüglich der highspeed Internet Konzession. Man beachte, dass die Frage binnen 1 woche geklärt werden soll.
Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Barak Favors High-Speed Internet License for Cable Companies Pending Concession Expiration
By Aviva Krull
Prime Minister Ehud Barak supports granting the cable companies a short-term inland operator license and a high-speed Internet license, pending the expiration of their concession. At the same time, Barak is demanding that the approval of the Communications Law amendment be speeded up, and that an assessor be appointed to estimate the consideration cable companies will pay for the license, following expiration of their current license.
Barak instructed Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein to present within one week an opinion on the cable concessionaires` obligation to abolish exclusivity and allowing free access to high-speed Internet services. Rubinstein is also to draw up an opinion on awarding a short-term license to the cable companies.
Deputy Attorney General Adv. Davida Lahman-Messer firmly opposed the proposal to give a short-term license, arguing that the Communications Law amendment can be pushed through in six months.
The Ministry of Communications and Anti-Trust Authority director-general David Tadmor are demanding that the short-term license will include a demand for unbundling cable and Bezeq infrastructures, so that third parties may use them.
This was decided at today`s meeting on opening the communications market to competition, attended by Barak, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Minster of Finance Avraham Shochat, Lahman-Messer, Tadmor, and Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Board chairwoman Dorit Inbar.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 17
September, 2000
Rubinstein Reservations over Granting Temporary High Speed Internet Permit to Cable Companies
By Globes` correspondent
Attorney General Eliakim Rubinstein has submitted an opinion to Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer regarding the Minister`s proposal to immediately grant a temporary permit to cable companies to provide high speed Internet services.
"Globes" has learned that in his opinion, Rubinstein warns that a temporary permit could turn into a permanent arrangement. Rubinstein writes that he is favor of speeding up the timetable for granting high speed Internet permits in other technologies, which will compete with the cable companies and Bezek, alongside the licenses to the latter.
Rubinstein added that granting a temporary permit raises questions regarding both "adapting permits to the existing legal situation, in the absence of legal arrangements likely to be anchored in law and the legal obligations required from the cable companies." Ben-Eliezer is expected to meet today with Prime Minister Ehud Barak to discuss granting short-term permits to cable companies to operate inland Internet and telephone communications. Ben-Eliezer`s stand calls for granting licenses to cable companies for the duration of their franchise, after which an arrangement is expected over the extension of their licenses in exchange for payment to the State.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 17 September, 2000
Sunday , Sep 17, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Barak Favors High-Speed Internet License for Cable Companies Pending Concession Expiration
By Aviva Krull
Prime Minister Ehud Barak supports granting the cable companies a short-term inland operator license and a high-speed Internet license, pending the expiration of their concession. At the same time, Barak is demanding that the approval of the Communications Law amendment be speeded up, and that an assessor be appointed to estimate the consideration cable companies will pay for the license, following expiration of their current license.
Barak instructed Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein to present within one week an opinion on the cable concessionaires` obligation to abolish exclusivity and allowing free access to high-speed Internet services. Rubinstein is also to draw up an opinion on awarding a short-term license to the cable companies.
Deputy Attorney General Adv. Davida Lahman-Messer firmly opposed the proposal to give a short-term license, arguing that the Communications Law amendment can be pushed through in six months.
The Ministry of Communications and Anti-Trust Authority director-general David Tadmor are demanding that the short-term license will include a demand for unbundling cable and Bezeq infrastructures, so that third parties may use them.
This was decided at today`s meeting on opening the communications market to competition, attended by Barak, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Minster of Finance Avraham Shochat, Lahman-Messer, Tadmor, and Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Board chairwoman Dorit Inbar.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 17
September, 2000
Rubinstein Reservations over Granting Temporary High Speed Internet Permit to Cable Companies
By Globes` correspondent
Attorney General Eliakim Rubinstein has submitted an opinion to Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer regarding the Minister`s proposal to immediately grant a temporary permit to cable companies to provide high speed Internet services.
"Globes" has learned that in his opinion, Rubinstein warns that a temporary permit could turn into a permanent arrangement. Rubinstein writes that he is favor of speeding up the timetable for granting high speed Internet permits in other technologies, which will compete with the cable companies and Bezek, alongside the licenses to the latter.
Rubinstein added that granting a temporary permit raises questions regarding both "adapting permits to the existing legal situation, in the absence of legal arrangements likely to be anchored in law and the legal obligations required from the cable companies." Ben-Eliezer is expected to meet today with Prime Minister Ehud Barak to discuss granting short-term permits to cable companies to operate inland Internet and telephone communications. Ben-Eliezer`s stand calls for granting licenses to cable companies for the duration of their franchise, after which an arrangement is expected over the extension of their licenses in exchange for payment to the State.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 17 September, 2000
Kann mir jemand das erklären ...?
1. Im Sommer sollte der Auftraggeber aus Israel eine Marketingkampagne starten. Woran liegt die Verzögerung. Spätestens nach dem Beginn deser Marketingkampagne sollte der Kunde genannt werden. Wenn’s an Met@box selbst liegt, sollte eine AdHoc kommen. Liegt es am Kunden, wird es Zeit den Namen zu nennen, weil die Versprechung seitens des Kunden nicht eingehalten wurde.
2. Wozu sollte die Marketingkampagne gut sein, wenn es um reine Installation geht und laut SD “die Kunden gibt es alle schon innerhalb des konsortiums.”?
3. Die Boxen werden laut SD nicht einfach geliefert, sondern von Technikern begleitet und installiert. Wie viele Techniker sollten den 500.000 Boxen installieren? Die Firma hat insgesamt ca. 200 Mitarbeiter. Realistisch gesehen könnten 20 Mitarbeiter nach Israel fahren und täglich insgesamt 500 Stück installieren. Dann dauert es 3 Jahre bis alles fertig ist.
Was meint Ihr?
1. Im Sommer sollte der Auftraggeber aus Israel eine Marketingkampagne starten. Woran liegt die Verzögerung. Spätestens nach dem Beginn deser Marketingkampagne sollte der Kunde genannt werden. Wenn’s an Met@box selbst liegt, sollte eine AdHoc kommen. Liegt es am Kunden, wird es Zeit den Namen zu nennen, weil die Versprechung seitens des Kunden nicht eingehalten wurde.
2. Wozu sollte die Marketingkampagne gut sein, wenn es um reine Installation geht und laut SD “die Kunden gibt es alle schon innerhalb des konsortiums.”?
3. Die Boxen werden laut SD nicht einfach geliefert, sondern von Technikern begleitet und installiert. Wie viele Techniker sollten den 500.000 Boxen installieren? Die Firma hat insgesamt ca. 200 Mitarbeiter. Realistisch gesehen könnten 20 Mitarbeiter nach Israel fahren und täglich insgesamt 500 Stück installieren. Dann dauert es 3 Jahre bis alles fertig ist.
Was meint Ihr?
Hallo,
nur zu Punkt 3: installiert wurde Basistechnologie wie Server usw. Die Boxen selber müssen nicht installiert werden.
suke
nur zu Punkt 3: installiert wurde Basistechnologie wie Server usw. Die Boxen selber müssen nicht installiert werden.
suke
Hallo,
nur zu Punkt 3: installiert wurde Basistechnologie wie Server usw. Die Boxen selber müssen nicht installiert werden.
suke
nur zu Punkt 3: installiert wurde Basistechnologie wie Server usw. Die Boxen selber müssen nicht installiert werden.
suke
@vjo
Vermutlich liegt die Verzögerung daran, daß der gesamte Telekommunikations- und Fernsehbereich in Israel ein Politikum aller ersten Ranges ist, wie man auch aus dem nachfolgenden Artikel aus der Jerusalem Post von heute erkennen kann. Hintergrund ist die bevorstehende Deregulierung und Öffnung dieser Märkte, die bisher ganz von der staatlichen Bezek (die Telekom Israels) und im TV-Bereich von den drei Cable Companies monopolisiert wurden. Man muß bedenken, daß Israel kein staatliches Fernsehen hat und die drei Kabelunternehmen auch für den Content (das Fernsehprogramm) zuständig sind!
Monday, September 18 2000 15:29
Barak gives A-G a week to prepare for cable Internet license
By Gwen Ackerman
Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday gave Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein a week to find a way around existing regulations and pave the way for the Communications Ministry to grant the three cable companies a temporary license to provide domestic telephony services, including high-speed Internet.
Barak`s instructions, issued at a high-level meeting in his office, are likely to bring an end to months of bickering over the cable licenses, and lead to the launching of fast Internet in Israel.
"We must open the telecommunications market within the next few weeks," Barak said at the meeting. "We are in the middle of a worldwide battle for markets, and the competition is not easy.
"I would like, within a week, an answer from the attorney-general on how a short-term domestic telephony license for the cables, granted until the end of their existing agreement, can be made possible," Barak added, according to a Communications Ministry press release.
Barak said the license should be given only on the condition that the cable companies agreed to open access (allowing competitors to use their infrastructure) and to pay the sum eventually decided on for a permanent telephony license.
"Israel is the only country in the world that is preventing itself from using an already developed cable infrastructure," Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said. "This has already caused a grave delay in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure and in the introduction of competition into the telecommunications market."
Last Thursday, Rubinstein asked Ben-Eliezer to help him by defining six points: the period and the type of services the cable companies would provide under the proposed license, the status of the Bezeq law amendment, the obligation of the cable companies to pay for a telephony license once their existing franchise runs out, the implementation of new arrangements ensuring competition in the telecommunications market, and the possibility of eliminating the present monopoly on cable television held by the three existing companies.
Under the terms of the short-term license, Ben-Eliezer answered, cables would provide infrastructure and transmission services, data communications, and telephony only in the areas in which they already operate. The period of extended concessions would depend on the time left on each company`s existing agreement, meaning that for some it would last until 2003, and for others until 2005.
The license only would be granted, Ben-Eliezer said, on condition that the cables agree that it does not exempt them from any future obligations to the state, and only if they drop demands for exclusivity in the multi-channel television market.
As for competition in the telephony market, a source said it would be assured by imposing open access and unbundling on both the cable companies and on Bezeq, ensuring that they would be obligated to allow competitors to use their infrastructure.
****
So wird gerungen, wenn Monopole und Kartelle im Interesse einer Marktöffnung aufgebrochen werden.
Das entscheidende Bindeglied zu Metabox dürfte der High-Speed-Internetzugang sein, um den es hier u.a. geht. Der ist nämlich in das Interactive TV-Konzept mit eingeplant.
Man muß sich einfach noch ein wenig gedulden.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Vermutlich liegt die Verzögerung daran, daß der gesamte Telekommunikations- und Fernsehbereich in Israel ein Politikum aller ersten Ranges ist, wie man auch aus dem nachfolgenden Artikel aus der Jerusalem Post von heute erkennen kann. Hintergrund ist die bevorstehende Deregulierung und Öffnung dieser Märkte, die bisher ganz von der staatlichen Bezek (die Telekom Israels) und im TV-Bereich von den drei Cable Companies monopolisiert wurden. Man muß bedenken, daß Israel kein staatliches Fernsehen hat und die drei Kabelunternehmen auch für den Content (das Fernsehprogramm) zuständig sind!
Monday, September 18 2000 15:29
Barak gives A-G a week to prepare for cable Internet license
By Gwen Ackerman
Prime Minister Ehud Barak yesterday gave Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein a week to find a way around existing regulations and pave the way for the Communications Ministry to grant the three cable companies a temporary license to provide domestic telephony services, including high-speed Internet.
Barak`s instructions, issued at a high-level meeting in his office, are likely to bring an end to months of bickering over the cable licenses, and lead to the launching of fast Internet in Israel.
"We must open the telecommunications market within the next few weeks," Barak said at the meeting. "We are in the middle of a worldwide battle for markets, and the competition is not easy.
"I would like, within a week, an answer from the attorney-general on how a short-term domestic telephony license for the cables, granted until the end of their existing agreement, can be made possible," Barak added, according to a Communications Ministry press release.
Barak said the license should be given only on the condition that the cable companies agreed to open access (allowing competitors to use their infrastructure) and to pay the sum eventually decided on for a permanent telephony license.
"Israel is the only country in the world that is preventing itself from using an already developed cable infrastructure," Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said. "This has already caused a grave delay in the development of the telecommunications infrastructure and in the introduction of competition into the telecommunications market."
Last Thursday, Rubinstein asked Ben-Eliezer to help him by defining six points: the period and the type of services the cable companies would provide under the proposed license, the status of the Bezeq law amendment, the obligation of the cable companies to pay for a telephony license once their existing franchise runs out, the implementation of new arrangements ensuring competition in the telecommunications market, and the possibility of eliminating the present monopoly on cable television held by the three existing companies.
Under the terms of the short-term license, Ben-Eliezer answered, cables would provide infrastructure and transmission services, data communications, and telephony only in the areas in which they already operate. The period of extended concessions would depend on the time left on each company`s existing agreement, meaning that for some it would last until 2003, and for others until 2005.
The license only would be granted, Ben-Eliezer said, on condition that the cables agree that it does not exempt them from any future obligations to the state, and only if they drop demands for exclusivity in the multi-channel television market.
As for competition in the telephony market, a source said it would be assured by imposing open access and unbundling on both the cable companies and on Bezeq, ensuring that they would be obligated to allow competitors to use their infrastructure.
****
So wird gerungen, wenn Monopole und Kartelle im Interesse einer Marktöffnung aufgebrochen werden.
Das entscheidende Bindeglied zu Metabox dürfte der High-Speed-Internetzugang sein, um den es hier u.a. geht. Der ist nämlich in das Interactive TV-Konzept mit eingeplant.
Man muß sich einfach noch ein wenig gedulden.
Gruß, Jan Philip
hier noch ein anderer artikel zum thema :
:High Tech Features
"I Don`t Believe in Internet on TV"
By Efi Landau
While sitting over coffee with me, NDS president Abe Peled complained that his company`s foreign status has caused a lack of coverage of its share in Israel, even though the company has 300 development personnel on Har Hotzvin in Jerusalem, and he himself is an Israeli citizen dividing his time between here and there (there being Britain and the US). NDS is part of Australian communications tycoon Rupert Murdoch`s powerful News Corporation group.
It seemed as if Peled was addressing his gripe not just to me, but also to his public relations personnel, and that is the origin of the NDS publicity epidemic. The conversation with Peled will therefore deal not with the past, and very little with the present. What interests me is the company`s future and the future market combining communications with interactive TV and the Internet. Here, in this triangle, the world`s largest field, Abe Peled has some surprising things to say.
NDS is defined as a leading company. Unlike most high tech companies, however, its leadership is not an empty expression in its press releases. NDS`s record speaks for itself.
"Globes": What do you lead in?
Peled: "Leadership is determined by the digital market. At the end of the Murdoch group`s third quarter on March 31, there were 16.8 NDS user-subscribers. At the end of June we had 18 million, which is 47% of the global digital market. There were 26 million digital subscribers in the world at the end of 1999, of which 23 million subscribed to satellite and three million to cable."
Are you mostly on satellite?
"Most of our subscribers are on satellite, but we have begun working with cable, too."
Define what you do in a single sentence.
"We distribute information and content for TV and computers on both a digital and a broadband Internet basis."
Broadband is a popular, almost fashionable concept.
"I believe that the combination of digital broadcasting with Internet on demand is the right solution. We have launched a new product called Sinamedia, which is designed to base TV and broadband Internet on an ADSL and cable modems, for either computers or TV."
That, however, is not all. The future lies in the company`s second business focus - interactive TV applications. Peled lists three main reasons for digital TV:
A larger, more convenient user selection, mostly in the number of channels. Peled: "Selection is the ABC of digital TV."
What will the next generation consist of?
"The next generation of home converters will have more memory capacity. NDS has a technology called XTV, which is conversion software that exploits the memory storage capacity. The company is about to launch a new product in cooperation with Korean converter box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology. The product will have a 20-gigabyte hard disk capable of storing 20-30 hours of programs. You won`t need a VCR to record."
The added dimension of interactive TV programs. Peled: "You participate. For example, in a soccer game, you chose the photography angle you want to view. You can ask to follow a certain player all the time, watch a replay at any time, see the game highlights, and whatever statistics you want - for the team, for a player, a particular league, or all together."
An interactive channel like this is already being operated by Sky Sports in Britain. Peled says that half of the viewers are choosing it. It is considered a huge success.
Bringing the viewer the most popular Internet sites. Peled: "I don`t believe in bringing the Internet to television, but all sorts of Internet services of interest to TV viewers have been developed. The application we have developed does not bring the site to TV, but the relevant information from the site."
It sounds like you are not a great believer in the Internet.
"Television is not the proper place for Internet surfing. I`ll give you four reasons. First of all, a TV set has only between a fourth and an eighth of the resolution presented by a PC screen. A PC has 1.8 resolution, while a TV has 0.5. A digital converter does not alter the situation. Digital TV networks utilizing HDTV technology will change this, but this is expensive and still very far in the future.
"The second reason is that you sit 3-4 meters from the TV screen, so the text has to be enlarged in order to be seen. The quantity of information you can present is therefore about one sixteenth of what can be shown on a PC screen. In order to view one computer screen with the WebTV service, following automatic translation, you have to scroll almost ten pages.
"The third reason is that the PC`s computing power and storage capacity will always be larger than with a TV. With an advanced digital converter, you can store eight gigabytes, and a Pentium 3 has ten times the computing capacity.
"The fourth reason is sociological. I`m no expert, but the Internet is an individual experience, more suitable for a PC. Television is simply something else."
How does the interactive TV market look now?
"WebTV came out in 1997 in the US with an Internet surfing device over TV. Then News Corporation asked me if it was worthwhile to buy the company for $400 million, and I said no. They give me a good mark for that. Microsoft bought the company for $400 million. Today there are 400,000 devices. Microsoft changed the strategy from surfing to offering relevant information. America Online has now come out with AOLTV. Walt Mossberg of "The Wall Street Journal" wrote, "It`s not for prime time". He said it was good for chat forums."
Liberate Technologies recently acquired Israeli company MoreCom in order to provide interactive television. Was that a mistake?
"They`re going with it. My position on this is fairly extreme. I believe that Internet standards will reach TV. The information and services will make it, but it won`t be another device for Internet surfing."
How do you handle broadband content?
"Our new product, Sinamedia, downloads various content packets simultaneously to servers at the broadcast station by satellite at 8-16 Mbps. Several channels can be downloaded simultaneously. The station`s main server has a product that packages the content from various sources, including video and Internet content. We distribute simultaneously on a very wide bandwidth to all. Local content providers can transmit on broadband to a central server."
Are you talking about a system that already works?
"No. It`s just beginning. We are now conducting trials on the system."
Is Rupert Murdoch involved in the company`s routine business?
"He is general manager of News Corporation and regards NDS as a strategic asset. I am also on the News Corporation 16-person advisory panel, which is the company`s senior management."
You have announced a reorganization.
"We are uniting all Murdoch`s satellite platforms into one company. NDS will be in this group."
What is your vision?
"The field is still in diapers. The number of digital TV viewers is expected to rise from 26 million to 260 million in another five years. We are the world leaders; we have a lot more to accomplish."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 14, 2000
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"I Don`t Believe in Internet on TV"
By Efi Landau
While sitting over coffee with me, NDS president Abe Peled complained that his company`s foreign status has caused a lack of coverage of its share in Israel, even though the company has 300 development personnel on Har Hotzvin in Jerusalem, and he himself is an Israeli citizen dividing his time between here and there (there being Britain and the US). NDS is part of Australian communications tycoon Rupert Murdoch`s powerful News Corporation group.
It seemed as if Peled was addressing his gripe not just to me, but also to his public relations personnel, and that is the origin of the NDS publicity epidemic. The conversation with Peled will therefore deal not with the past, and very little with the present. What interests me is the company`s future and the future market combining communications with interactive TV and the Internet. Here, in this triangle, the world`s largest field, Abe Peled has some surprising things to say.
NDS is defined as a leading company. Unlike most high tech companies, however, its leadership is not an empty expression in its press releases. NDS`s record speaks for itself.
"Globes": What do you lead in?
Peled: "Leadership is determined by the digital market. At the end of the Murdoch group`s third quarter on March 31, there were 16.8 NDS user-subscribers. At the end of June we had 18 million, which is 47% of the global digital market. There were 26 million digital subscribers in the world at the end of 1999, of which 23 million subscribed to satellite and three million to cable."
Are you mostly on satellite?
"Most of our subscribers are on satellite, but we have begun working with cable, too."
Define what you do in a single sentence.
"We distribute information and content for TV and computers on both a digital and a broadband Internet basis."
Broadband is a popular, almost fashionable concept.
"I believe that the combination of digital broadcasting with Internet on demand is the right solution. We have launched a new product called Sinamedia, which is designed to base TV and broadband Internet on an ADSL and cable modems, for either computers or TV."
That, however, is not all. The future lies in the company`s second business focus - interactive TV applications. Peled lists three main reasons for digital TV:
A larger, more convenient user selection, mostly in the number of channels. Peled: "Selection is the ABC of digital TV."
What will the next generation consist of?
"The next generation of home converters will have more memory capacity. NDS has a technology called XTV, which is conversion software that exploits the memory storage capacity. The company is about to launch a new product in cooperation with Korean converter box manufacturer Pace Micro Technology. The product will have a 20-gigabyte hard disk capable of storing 20-30 hours of programs. You won`t need a VCR to record."
The added dimension of interactive TV programs. Peled: "You participate. For example, in a soccer game, you chose the photography angle you want to view. You can ask to follow a certain player all the time, watch a replay at any time, see the game highlights, and whatever statistics you want - for the team, for a player, a particular league, or all together."
An interactive channel like this is already being operated by Sky Sports in Britain. Peled says that half of the viewers are choosing it. It is considered a huge success.
Bringing the viewer the most popular Internet sites. Peled: "I don`t believe in bringing the Internet to television, but all sorts of Internet services of interest to TV viewers have been developed. The application we have developed does not bring the site to TV, but the relevant information from the site."
It sounds like you are not a great believer in the Internet.
"Television is not the proper place for Internet surfing. I`ll give you four reasons. First of all, a TV set has only between a fourth and an eighth of the resolution presented by a PC screen. A PC has 1.8 resolution, while a TV has 0.5. A digital converter does not alter the situation. Digital TV networks utilizing HDTV technology will change this, but this is expensive and still very far in the future.
"The second reason is that you sit 3-4 meters from the TV screen, so the text has to be enlarged in order to be seen. The quantity of information you can present is therefore about one sixteenth of what can be shown on a PC screen. In order to view one computer screen with the WebTV service, following automatic translation, you have to scroll almost ten pages.
"The third reason is that the PC`s computing power and storage capacity will always be larger than with a TV. With an advanced digital converter, you can store eight gigabytes, and a Pentium 3 has ten times the computing capacity.
"The fourth reason is sociological. I`m no expert, but the Internet is an individual experience, more suitable for a PC. Television is simply something else."
How does the interactive TV market look now?
"WebTV came out in 1997 in the US with an Internet surfing device over TV. Then News Corporation asked me if it was worthwhile to buy the company for $400 million, and I said no. They give me a good mark for that. Microsoft bought the company for $400 million. Today there are 400,000 devices. Microsoft changed the strategy from surfing to offering relevant information. America Online has now come out with AOLTV. Walt Mossberg of "The Wall Street Journal" wrote, "It`s not for prime time". He said it was good for chat forums."
Liberate Technologies recently acquired Israeli company MoreCom in order to provide interactive television. Was that a mistake?
"They`re going with it. My position on this is fairly extreme. I believe that Internet standards will reach TV. The information and services will make it, but it won`t be another device for Internet surfing."
How do you handle broadband content?
"Our new product, Sinamedia, downloads various content packets simultaneously to servers at the broadcast station by satellite at 8-16 Mbps. Several channels can be downloaded simultaneously. The station`s main server has a product that packages the content from various sources, including video and Internet content. We distribute simultaneously on a very wide bandwidth to all. Local content providers can transmit on broadband to a central server."
Are you talking about a system that already works?
"No. It`s just beginning. We are now conducting trials on the system."
Is Rupert Murdoch involved in the company`s routine business?
"He is general manager of News Corporation and regards NDS as a strategic asset. I am also on the News Corporation 16-person advisory panel, which is the company`s senior management."
You have announced a reorganization.
"We are uniting all Murdoch`s satellite platforms into one company. NDS will be in this group."
What is your vision?
"The field is still in diapers. The number of digital TV viewers is expected to rise from 26 million to 260 million in another five years. We are the world leaders; we have a lot more to accomplish."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 14, 2000
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Bezeq demands permit for multi-channel broadcasting
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 19) - Bezeq, concerned that the cable companies are being granted a head start in the telecommunications market, demanded yesterday that the government ensure symmetry by moving faster to implement its privatization, and by granting it a multi-channel broadcasting permit.
Bezeq, which had expected to be a private company before the market was opened to competition, is afraid existing government regulations on the company`s activity will be a penalty in the race against cables for telecommunication clients.
After Prime Minister Ehud Barak intervened Sunday in the debate over when and how to grant cable companies a short-term domestic telephony license, Bezeq called on the government to move quickly to privatize the company. In the meantime, the telecommunications giant asked that existing restrictions be eased or lifted altogether to strengthen its position in the market place.
"Bezeq thinks that [the government] has no legal or moral right to allow the cables monopoly - that has the exclusive right for terrestrial multi-channel television - to operate as a provider of fast Internet and telephony without creating full symmetry with Bezeq," a company statement said.
Symmetry could be created, the statement added, by simultaneously licensing the cables for telephony and fast Internet and Bezeq as a provider of multi-channel television, which it could theoretically offer on its ADSL broadband technology.
At the same time, company CEO Ilan Biran asked that the company be immediately allowed to start providing its ADSL-based fast Internet service.
Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who seeks to create as competitive a telecommunications market as possible, has said that he is reluctant to allow Bezeq to enter the high speed Internet market before the cables are given
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 19) - Bezeq, concerned that the cable companies are being granted a head start in the telecommunications market, demanded yesterday that the government ensure symmetry by moving faster to implement its privatization, and by granting it a multi-channel broadcasting permit.
Bezeq, which had expected to be a private company before the market was opened to competition, is afraid existing government regulations on the company`s activity will be a penalty in the race against cables for telecommunication clients.
After Prime Minister Ehud Barak intervened Sunday in the debate over when and how to grant cable companies a short-term domestic telephony license, Bezeq called on the government to move quickly to privatize the company. In the meantime, the telecommunications giant asked that existing restrictions be eased or lifted altogether to strengthen its position in the market place.
"Bezeq thinks that [the government] has no legal or moral right to allow the cables monopoly - that has the exclusive right for terrestrial multi-channel television - to operate as a provider of fast Internet and telephony without creating full symmetry with Bezeq," a company statement said.
Symmetry could be created, the statement added, by simultaneously licensing the cables for telephony and fast Internet and Bezeq as a provider of multi-channel television, which it could theoretically offer on its ADSL broadband technology.
At the same time, company CEO Ilan Biran asked that the company be immediately allowed to start providing its ADSL-based fast Internet service.
Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, who seeks to create as competitive a telecommunications market as possible, has said that he is reluctant to allow Bezeq to enter the high speed Internet market before the cables are given
Heute hat Oliver die Nase vorn.
Wie ich gestern schon sagte - über die Lizenzen für den High-Speed-Internetzugang für die Cablecompanies wird auf höchster politischer Ebene gestritten. Jetzt entwickelt Bezeq - der mächtige staatliche Telekommunikationsgigant, der privatisiert werden soll - Begehrlichkeiten und sagt, es geht nicht an, daß die Cable Cos eine Internet- und Telefonlizenz bekommen, ohne daß wir im Gegenzug eine Lizenz für Multi-Channel-Broadcasting bekommen. Waffengleichheit im Wettbewerb. Full Symmetry bitte schön.
Der Kommunikationsminister sagt, Bezeq bekommt keine Lizenz für ADSL bevor die Cable Cos nicht auch eine haben.
Und der General Attorney Rubinstein, der von Barak gestern verdonnert wurde, binnen einer Woche einen vernünftigen rechtlichen Vorschlag zu machen, wie das Lizenzproblem gelöst werden kann, ist ein Intimfeind des Premierministers...
Spannende Geschichte - aber letztendlich setzt sich auch in Israel die Vernunft meistens durch, und die Entscheidungen fallen zugunsten der Marktöffnung und des wirtschaftlichen Fortschritts. Auf jeden Fall ist es gut für die Cable Companies (und für MBX), Prime Minister Barak auf ihrer Seite zu haben.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Wie ich gestern schon sagte - über die Lizenzen für den High-Speed-Internetzugang für die Cablecompanies wird auf höchster politischer Ebene gestritten. Jetzt entwickelt Bezeq - der mächtige staatliche Telekommunikationsgigant, der privatisiert werden soll - Begehrlichkeiten und sagt, es geht nicht an, daß die Cable Cos eine Internet- und Telefonlizenz bekommen, ohne daß wir im Gegenzug eine Lizenz für Multi-Channel-Broadcasting bekommen. Waffengleichheit im Wettbewerb. Full Symmetry bitte schön.
Der Kommunikationsminister sagt, Bezeq bekommt keine Lizenz für ADSL bevor die Cable Cos nicht auch eine haben.
Und der General Attorney Rubinstein, der von Barak gestern verdonnert wurde, binnen einer Woche einen vernünftigen rechtlichen Vorschlag zu machen, wie das Lizenzproblem gelöst werden kann, ist ein Intimfeind des Premierministers...
Spannende Geschichte - aber letztendlich setzt sich auch in Israel die Vernunft meistens durch, und die Entscheidungen fallen zugunsten der Marktöffnung und des wirtschaftlichen Fortschritts. Auf jeden Fall ist es gut für die Cable Companies (und für MBX), Prime Minister Barak auf ihrer Seite zu haben.
Gruß, Jan Philip
von :Janphil 17.09 14:49
...offer an electronic TV guide, a rental-movie service and package deals when the satellite company`s exclusive rights expire. Tevel says it will start broadcasting digitally in September. The company has purchased 100,000 state-of-the-art converters for this purpose, slated to arrive by the end of the year.
von : Financial Times Deutschland 18.09
...Nach einem Gespräch mit Metabox-Vorstand Domeyer sieht Analyst Achim Fehrenbacher von der Investmentbank M.M. Warburg nach wie vor keinen Grund, an den Ankündigungen von Metabox zu zweifeln. Er hat das Metabox-Papier weiterhin auf "Halten" eingestuft. "Bislang ist nur ein Auftrag von Metabox wirklich bestätigt worden", sagt Fehrenbacher. Dabei handelt es sich um ein unbekanntes israelisches Unternehmen, dem Metabox bis zum Jahresende die erste Charge von
100 000 Geräten liefern will.
verdächtig !?? ...oder nicht ?
...offer an electronic TV guide, a rental-movie service and package deals when the satellite company`s exclusive rights expire. Tevel says it will start broadcasting digitally in September. The company has purchased 100,000 state-of-the-art converters for this purpose, slated to arrive by the end of the year.
von : Financial Times Deutschland 18.09
...Nach einem Gespräch mit Metabox-Vorstand Domeyer sieht Analyst Achim Fehrenbacher von der Investmentbank M.M. Warburg nach wie vor keinen Grund, an den Ankündigungen von Metabox zu zweifeln. Er hat das Metabox-Papier weiterhin auf "Halten" eingestuft. "Bislang ist nur ein Auftrag von Metabox wirklich bestätigt worden", sagt Fehrenbacher. Dabei handelt es sich um ein unbekanntes israelisches Unternehmen, dem Metabox bis zum Jahresende die erste Charge von
100 000 Geräten liefern will.
verdächtig !?? ...oder nicht ?
Verdächtig ? Schuldig !
Marianne ist intelligent, spielt Bingo und schlägt das Geld.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Gruß, Jan Philip
jau Janphil !
Nur das Problem: Das Ganze kann natürlich auch zu weiteren Verzögerungen führen. Hoffen wir es nicht ....
Nur das Problem: Das Ganze kann natürlich auch zu weiteren Verzögerungen führen. Hoffen wir es nicht ....
@ Oliver
Hab Dir vorhin unter Deiner Mailadresse aus dem Userinfo eine Mail geschickt. Sollte die Adresse nicht mehr richtig sein, schick mir doch bitte ans Postfach die aktuelle.
Gruß, JP
Hab Dir vorhin unter Deiner Mailadresse aus dem Userinfo eine Mail geschickt. Sollte die Adresse nicht mehr richtig sein, schick mir doch bitte ans Postfach die aktuelle.
Gruß, JP
Tuesday , Sep 19, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
National Semiconductor Israel Launches Chips for Information Appliances Market
By Yanay Alfassy
National Semiconductor unveiled today three chips for three key market segments in the information appliance market: Internet Personal Access Devices "WebPAD"; digital converters "Set-Top-Box"; and network terminals "Thin Client". A senior executive stated that the chips will cost $50 each in 10,000 unit packages.
According to research by IDC, the market for information appliances is expected to amount to $17.8 billion in 2004. IDC expects that in 2002, equipment orders for information appliances in the US will exceed orders for PCs.
National Semiconductor markets chips to various computer and communications sectors. Its customers include Philips, AOL, IBM, Sony and Compaq. Its main offices are in Santa Clara, California and its research center is in Herzliya.
The company`s "Geode" microprocessor was developed in Israel and is a key component in the WebPAD and digital converters products. Company turnover was $2.2 billion in 1999. National Semiconductor employs 10,500 people worldwide, including 200 in Israel.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 19 September 2000
Headlines
National Semiconductor Israel Launches Chips for Information Appliances Market
By Yanay Alfassy
National Semiconductor unveiled today three chips for three key market segments in the information appliance market: Internet Personal Access Devices "WebPAD"; digital converters "Set-Top-Box"; and network terminals "Thin Client". A senior executive stated that the chips will cost $50 each in 10,000 unit packages.
According to research by IDC, the market for information appliances is expected to amount to $17.8 billion in 2004. IDC expects that in 2002, equipment orders for information appliances in the US will exceed orders for PCs.
National Semiconductor markets chips to various computer and communications sectors. Its customers include Philips, AOL, IBM, Sony and Compaq. Its main offices are in Santa Clara, California and its research center is in Herzliya.
The company`s "Geode" microprocessor was developed in Israel and is a key component in the WebPAD and digital converters products. Company turnover was $2.2 billion in 1999. National Semiconductor employs 10,500 people worldwide, including 200 in Israel.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 19 September 2000
, September 20, 2000
Barak, Cellcom, Ofek plan joint offensive
Companies meet to form a lobby over the granting of high speed Internet licenses
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
Three companies intending to compete in the high speed Internet sector are combining forces to persuade the government to grant them the necessary licenses.
Next Thursday, representatives of Cellcom, Barak International Telephone Communications and Ofek will meet in Cellcom`s offices in Herzliya to plan their campaign to exert pressure on the Prime Minister and the Attorney General`s Office.
The three companies were impressed by a public campaign run by the cable companies which bore fruit last week when Prime Minister Ehud Barak instructed the attorney general, Elyakim Rubinstein to check, as quickly as possible, the necessary legal processes granting the cable companies the licenses to operate high speed Internet.
Ofek and Cellcom have already sent a letter to the Communications Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, strongly criticizing the injustice of the decision to grant high speed Internet licenses "within weeks" to the cable companies and Bezeq.
The Communications Minister informed the attorney general that granting these licenses would not set a precedent for others seeking similar licenses.
President of Cellcom, Jacob Perry, said in his letter to the communications minister last weekend that the decision to grant Bezeq and the cable companies the high speed Internet licenses would not stand up in court.
The three companies do not have the infrastructure in place to provide high speed Internet to all homes (though Cellcom has a national broadcasting network), unlike the cable companies and Bezeq, but the companies insist that the communications minister allow them to use Bezeq`s infrastructure until they establish their own.
The three companies, Barak ITC, Cellcom and Ofek, also intend to cooperate for the tender for the wireless frequencies that the government will run early next year.
The new frequencies will allow the companies to access their subscribers both by telephone and through broadband Internet by the end of 2001.
Barak, Cellcom, Ofek plan joint offensive
Companies meet to form a lobby over the granting of high speed Internet licenses
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
Three companies intending to compete in the high speed Internet sector are combining forces to persuade the government to grant them the necessary licenses.
Next Thursday, representatives of Cellcom, Barak International Telephone Communications and Ofek will meet in Cellcom`s offices in Herzliya to plan their campaign to exert pressure on the Prime Minister and the Attorney General`s Office.
The three companies were impressed by a public campaign run by the cable companies which bore fruit last week when Prime Minister Ehud Barak instructed the attorney general, Elyakim Rubinstein to check, as quickly as possible, the necessary legal processes granting the cable companies the licenses to operate high speed Internet.
Ofek and Cellcom have already sent a letter to the Communications Minister, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, strongly criticizing the injustice of the decision to grant high speed Internet licenses "within weeks" to the cable companies and Bezeq.
The Communications Minister informed the attorney general that granting these licenses would not set a precedent for others seeking similar licenses.
President of Cellcom, Jacob Perry, said in his letter to the communications minister last weekend that the decision to grant Bezeq and the cable companies the high speed Internet licenses would not stand up in court.
The three companies do not have the infrastructure in place to provide high speed Internet to all homes (though Cellcom has a national broadcasting network), unlike the cable companies and Bezeq, but the companies insist that the communications minister allow them to use Bezeq`s infrastructure until they establish their own.
The three companies, Barak ITC, Cellcom and Ofek, also intend to cooperate for the tender for the wireless frequencies that the government will run early next year.
The new frequencies will allow the companies to access their subscribers both by telephone and through broadband Internet by the end of 2001.
Wednesday, September 20, 2000
Railways get A-G`s conditional nod to rent out fiber optics
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has given a conditional green light for the Israel Railways Authority to rent the excess capacity on its fiber optic network. The network is used for the railroad`s control system, but the excess capacity could be used to provide domestic telecommunications services.
A number of companies - especially those seeking to compete with Bezeq in this market - are interested in making use of this fiber optic infrastructure. The railroad`s fiber optic lines, from Be`er Sheva to Haifa, could potentially be used to provide broadband service to most of Israel`s business centers and high-tech industries.
The Communications Ministry granted the Railways Authority a permit to rent this fiber-optic capacity, saying it would provide an impetus for competition against Bezeq`s monopoly on domestic telecommunications. Officials at the Finance and Justice ministries, however, contended that their Communications Ministry colleagues are not authorized to issue this permit. The treasury also argued that it was unfair for the publicly funded railway authority to compete in the open market against private enterprises.
The attorney general expressed concern that the permit issued by the Communications Ministry would enable the railway authority to become an operator of telecommunications services. He emphasized that the permit should be limited to allow the Israel Railways Authority to lease out its fiber optic capacity to communications companies without allowing the railroad to actually enter this market itself. The attorney general will append a directive to this effect to the original permit.
Under the revised permit, companies that wish to lease the fiber optic capacity from Israel Railways will need to install the equipment necessary to adapt the network for telecommunications. The permit will also require the railroad`s management to establish a subsidiary to handle the leasing of its fiber optic lines.
The Communications Ministry was unhappy with the attorney general`s ruling. "The Communications Ministry is authorized to grant one type of infrastructure license and not different types of licenses depending on the owner of the infrastructure," the ministry responded.
The spokesman for the Israel Railways Authority said that the railroad`s management would like to carry out its plan to lease its infrastructure as soon as possible under the revised permit, but would also challenge and seek to overturn the limitations the attorney general added to the original permit. The spokesman noted that Rubinstein said in his ruling that he would be willing to review his decision with the railways authority if requested.
Railways get A-G`s conditional nod to rent out fiber optics
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has given a conditional green light for the Israel Railways Authority to rent the excess capacity on its fiber optic network. The network is used for the railroad`s control system, but the excess capacity could be used to provide domestic telecommunications services.
A number of companies - especially those seeking to compete with Bezeq in this market - are interested in making use of this fiber optic infrastructure. The railroad`s fiber optic lines, from Be`er Sheva to Haifa, could potentially be used to provide broadband service to most of Israel`s business centers and high-tech industries.
The Communications Ministry granted the Railways Authority a permit to rent this fiber-optic capacity, saying it would provide an impetus for competition against Bezeq`s monopoly on domestic telecommunications. Officials at the Finance and Justice ministries, however, contended that their Communications Ministry colleagues are not authorized to issue this permit. The treasury also argued that it was unfair for the publicly funded railway authority to compete in the open market against private enterprises.
The attorney general expressed concern that the permit issued by the Communications Ministry would enable the railway authority to become an operator of telecommunications services. He emphasized that the permit should be limited to allow the Israel Railways Authority to lease out its fiber optic capacity to communications companies without allowing the railroad to actually enter this market itself. The attorney general will append a directive to this effect to the original permit.
Under the revised permit, companies that wish to lease the fiber optic capacity from Israel Railways will need to install the equipment necessary to adapt the network for telecommunications. The permit will also require the railroad`s management to establish a subsidiary to handle the leasing of its fiber optic lines.
The Communications Ministry was unhappy with the attorney general`s ruling. "The Communications Ministry is authorized to grant one type of infrastructure license and not different types of licenses depending on the owner of the infrastructure," the ministry responded.
The spokesman for the Israel Railways Authority said that the railroad`s management would like to carry out its plan to lease its infrastructure as soon as possible under the revised permit, but would also challenge and seek to overturn the limitations the attorney general added to the original permit. The spokesman noted that Rubinstein said in his ruling that he would be willing to review his decision with the railways authority if requested.
Elbit Drops $2 Million In |starkey|NET
By InternetNews.com Staff
August 31, 2000
Israel News Archives
[Tel Aviv, ISRAEL] Elbit Ltd. this week poured $2 million into Israeli start-up StarkeyNET Ltd. with an eye towards using its wireless applications.
The deal follows an options grant that gave Elbit (ELBTF) 40 percent shareholding in |starkey|NET. Elbit expects to use the natural language platform for its Web-based B2C and mobile ventures, according to company president and CEO Yigal Baruchi.
The technology uses natural language and 3-D animated personal assistants for software use with users of cellular phones, handheld organizers and interactive televisions. The system activates operations through text and speech presented between the user and the virtual assistant.
Elbit is a startup incubator and Net VC player, and is also a 12.3 percent shareholder in Partner Communications, a GSM cellular operator in Israel.
By InternetNews.com Staff
August 31, 2000
Israel News Archives
[Tel Aviv, ISRAEL] Elbit Ltd. this week poured $2 million into Israeli start-up StarkeyNET Ltd. with an eye towards using its wireless applications.
The deal follows an options grant that gave Elbit (ELBTF) 40 percent shareholding in |starkey|NET. Elbit expects to use the natural language platform for its Web-based B2C and mobile ventures, according to company president and CEO Yigal Baruchi.
The technology uses natural language and 3-D animated personal assistants for software use with users of cellular phones, handheld organizers and interactive televisions. The system activates operations through text and speech presented between the user and the virtual assistant.
Elbit is a startup incubator and Net VC player, and is also a 12.3 percent shareholder in Partner Communications, a GSM cellular operator in Israel.
Hallo,
ich habe eine Aktie für euch, die Spekulativ ist, aber bis ende des Jahres sichere 500-1000 % Gewinn bringt, dies ist 885921, dies soll kein Push Versuch sein, oder jemanden zum Kauf Verleiten. Es ist eine US Pharma Firma, die momentan für 0,22 € zu haben ist, billiger bekommt man sie nie mehr. Ich habe sie auch gekauft, und schon meinen Depotwert gut gemacht. Aber jetzt bei 0,22 also mein Einstiegskurs ist sie echt billig! Bei dem Kurs könnt ihr nichts falsch machen, sie heißt VisonAmerica, bei Interesse neues Board eröffnen. Es ist nur ein Anlage Tipp.
Mfg
Letssell.de
ich habe eine Aktie für euch, die Spekulativ ist, aber bis ende des Jahres sichere 500-1000 % Gewinn bringt, dies ist 885921, dies soll kein Push Versuch sein, oder jemanden zum Kauf Verleiten. Es ist eine US Pharma Firma, die momentan für 0,22 € zu haben ist, billiger bekommt man sie nie mehr. Ich habe sie auch gekauft, und schon meinen Depotwert gut gemacht. Aber jetzt bei 0,22 also mein Einstiegskurs ist sie echt billig! Bei dem Kurs könnt ihr nichts falsch machen, sie heißt VisonAmerica, bei Interesse neues Board eröffnen. Es ist nur ein Anlage Tipp.
Mfg
Letssell.de
@ junkstro
Glückwunsch, geniale Vernebelungstaktik. Schauen wir einfach mal, was es da außerdem noch so alles gibt.
Gruß, JP
Glückwunsch, geniale Vernebelungstaktik. Schauen wir einfach mal, was es da außerdem noch so alles gibt.
Gruß, JP
ein neuer player in Konkurrenz zu den cables im Kampf um high speed Internet. Die Mobilfunkanbieter wollen auch ins Boot !!
Ofek Demanding Temporary Communications License Similar to Cable Companies
By Efi Landau
Ofek, owned by the Eurocom group, is demanding from Prime Minister and Ehud Barak, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein to be included in the granting of temporary licenses about to be issued to the cable companies.
Ofek general manager Reuven Sagan-Cohen wrote a letter, sent yesterday to the above three concerns, stating, "If the cable companies receive a license to provide Internet services for a short period, on condition that they meet the requirements in a future arrangement to be determined, Ofek demands to be similarly given a license in the same manner, until the permanent steps are determined.
"Ofek agrees to an agreed upon arbitrator to decide the frequency prices as an alternative to the tender (as was the case with the cable companies). Alternatively, Ofek will commit to stop using the frequencies on the announcement of the winner, in the event that it does not win the frequency tender."
Sagan-Cohen added that such action would only partially compensate for the inequality existing among companies forecast to compete in inland communications.
He accused the addressees, due to single-minded pursuit of bringing immediate high-speed Internet to the public, of neglecting in their overall judgement a most important consideration: the extent of the contribution to competition the move would lead to. He said this consideration represents the public good more than the need for immediate high-speed Internet.
At the same time, Ofek`s attorneys sent a letter to the same addressees detailing all the legally questionable aspects, in their opinion, in the decision to provide cable companies with a temporary communications license and allow Bezeq high-speed Internet. The attorneys demand that Ofek be given the same right to a hearing on these issues before the relevant authorities.
"Globes" has learned that the company is preparing to petition the courts to issue an injunction against the granting of a communications license to the cable companies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September, 2000
Eurocom, Cellcom Examining Joint Competition for Inland Communications Market
By Efie Landau
"Globes" has learned that Eurocom and Cellcom petitioned Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor to unofficially examine whether they can jointly compete for the inland communications market.
Eurocom has established Ofek for this purpose. Eurocom and Cellcom want to compete for this market using LMDS wireless technology.
According to "Globes" reports, Eurocom is holding advanced negotiations with BellSouth - which owns 33% of Cellcom - for a partnership in Ofek. The partnership would include cooperation between Ofek and Cellcom.
The negotiations are currently in the final stages, and involve a equal partnership between BellSouth and Eurocom in Ofek. In the negotiations, Eurocom is being represented by its general manager Shaul Alovitz and its partner Arison Investments general manager Shlomo Nechama. BellSouth is represented by its manger for Europe and Israel Phil Wallace, who is also a director of Cellcom.
Cellcom owns valuable assets which will help in the competition for the inland communications market: operational experience, 1,000 antennae across the country, over 2 million subscribers, a customer service system, etc.
Cellcom and Ofek have refused to respond to the report.
Cellcom president Jacob Perry, Barak chairman Meir Laiser and Ofek general manager Reuven Sagan-Cohen will meet tomorrow at the offices of Cellcom president, in order to formulate actions in response to the government`s plans to open the communications market to competition to Bezeq and the cable companies only, and to prevent other competitors from entering on equal terms.
Among the steps that will be considered at the meeting is to petition the High Court of Justice against issuing temporary communications licenses to the cable companies without passing the amendments to the law. An appeal will also be submitted if the cable companies and Bezeq are issued licenses to provide high speed Internet, without being obligated to enable competing companies to use their infrastructures in order to compete with them.
A joint legal battle will require Tadmor`s permission. The meeting itself does not require his approval.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September 2000
Ofek Demanding Temporary Communications License Similar to Cable Companies
By Efi Landau
Ofek, owned by the Eurocom group, is demanding from Prime Minister and Ehud Barak, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein to be included in the granting of temporary licenses about to be issued to the cable companies.
Ofek general manager Reuven Sagan-Cohen wrote a letter, sent yesterday to the above three concerns, stating, "If the cable companies receive a license to provide Internet services for a short period, on condition that they meet the requirements in a future arrangement to be determined, Ofek demands to be similarly given a license in the same manner, until the permanent steps are determined.
"Ofek agrees to an agreed upon arbitrator to decide the frequency prices as an alternative to the tender (as was the case with the cable companies). Alternatively, Ofek will commit to stop using the frequencies on the announcement of the winner, in the event that it does not win the frequency tender."
Sagan-Cohen added that such action would only partially compensate for the inequality existing among companies forecast to compete in inland communications.
He accused the addressees, due to single-minded pursuit of bringing immediate high-speed Internet to the public, of neglecting in their overall judgement a most important consideration: the extent of the contribution to competition the move would lead to. He said this consideration represents the public good more than the need for immediate high-speed Internet.
At the same time, Ofek`s attorneys sent a letter to the same addressees detailing all the legally questionable aspects, in their opinion, in the decision to provide cable companies with a temporary communications license and allow Bezeq high-speed Internet. The attorneys demand that Ofek be given the same right to a hearing on these issues before the relevant authorities.
"Globes" has learned that the company is preparing to petition the courts to issue an injunction against the granting of a communications license to the cable companies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September, 2000
Eurocom, Cellcom Examining Joint Competition for Inland Communications Market
By Efie Landau
"Globes" has learned that Eurocom and Cellcom petitioned Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor to unofficially examine whether they can jointly compete for the inland communications market.
Eurocom has established Ofek for this purpose. Eurocom and Cellcom want to compete for this market using LMDS wireless technology.
According to "Globes" reports, Eurocom is holding advanced negotiations with BellSouth - which owns 33% of Cellcom - for a partnership in Ofek. The partnership would include cooperation between Ofek and Cellcom.
The negotiations are currently in the final stages, and involve a equal partnership between BellSouth and Eurocom in Ofek. In the negotiations, Eurocom is being represented by its general manager Shaul Alovitz and its partner Arison Investments general manager Shlomo Nechama. BellSouth is represented by its manger for Europe and Israel Phil Wallace, who is also a director of Cellcom.
Cellcom owns valuable assets which will help in the competition for the inland communications market: operational experience, 1,000 antennae across the country, over 2 million subscribers, a customer service system, etc.
Cellcom and Ofek have refused to respond to the report.
Cellcom president Jacob Perry, Barak chairman Meir Laiser and Ofek general manager Reuven Sagan-Cohen will meet tomorrow at the offices of Cellcom president, in order to formulate actions in response to the government`s plans to open the communications market to competition to Bezeq and the cable companies only, and to prevent other competitors from entering on equal terms.
Among the steps that will be considered at the meeting is to petition the High Court of Justice against issuing temporary communications licenses to the cable companies without passing the amendments to the law. An appeal will also be submitted if the cable companies and Bezeq are issued licenses to provide high speed Internet, without being obligated to enable competing companies to use their infrastructures in order to compete with them.
A joint legal battle will require Tadmor`s permission. The meeting itself does not require his approval.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September 2000
und hier etwas, was MBX wahrscheinlich nur peripher tangiert - vielleicht aber ELSA:
Orckit Won`t Meet Bezeq Commitment for ADSL Modems
By Efi Landau
ADSL modem manufacturer Orckit informed Bezeq that will be not be able to meet its commitment to supply modems in 2001, as set in the tender it jointly won with French company Alcatel.
Bezeq is now considering two options: transferring the contract to Alcatel, or else using ECI Telecom as an additional supplier .
To date, Orckit has supplied 3,000 modems and Alcatel has supplied 5,000 modems to Bezeq, for a total of 8,000. Orckit committed to supplying 10,000 modems this year, while Alcatel recently submitted a business plan to supply 20,000 modems by the end of the year. If Bezeq does get a license to provide high-speed Internet service using ADSL technology in the next few days, and demand exceed projections, it seems reasonable that the company will not be able to meet the demand.
"Globes" has also learned that Alcatel and Israeli company Bynet, which is installing the equipment on its behalf, informed Bezeq that if it decides to transfer all of its modem requirements to them, and not contract to another supplier instead of Orckit, Alcatel will increase its supply of modems. Alcatel currently has orders for 2 million modems throughout the world, and it is juggling customers.
A senior Orckit executive told "Globes" that the supply of chips in September has been regular and that there are no further delays in sales. He said that Orckit expects delivery problems to Bezeq only.
Bezeq deputy general manager for marketing Pnina Shinhav said in response that the company would make every effort to successfully meet the expected demand.
Orckit said in reply, "The company initiated the approach to Bezeq`s management, informing it that it will supply 10,000 lines by the end of the year, as per our commitment."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September 2000
Orckit Won`t Meet Bezeq Commitment for ADSL Modems
By Efi Landau
ADSL modem manufacturer Orckit informed Bezeq that will be not be able to meet its commitment to supply modems in 2001, as set in the tender it jointly won with French company Alcatel.
Bezeq is now considering two options: transferring the contract to Alcatel, or else using ECI Telecom as an additional supplier .
To date, Orckit has supplied 3,000 modems and Alcatel has supplied 5,000 modems to Bezeq, for a total of 8,000. Orckit committed to supplying 10,000 modems this year, while Alcatel recently submitted a business plan to supply 20,000 modems by the end of the year. If Bezeq does get a license to provide high-speed Internet service using ADSL technology in the next few days, and demand exceed projections, it seems reasonable that the company will not be able to meet the demand.
"Globes" has also learned that Alcatel and Israeli company Bynet, which is installing the equipment on its behalf, informed Bezeq that if it decides to transfer all of its modem requirements to them, and not contract to another supplier instead of Orckit, Alcatel will increase its supply of modems. Alcatel currently has orders for 2 million modems throughout the world, and it is juggling customers.
A senior Orckit executive told "Globes" that the supply of chips in September has been regular and that there are no further delays in sales. He said that Orckit expects delivery problems to Bezeq only.
Bezeq deputy general manager for marketing Pnina Shinhav said in response that the company would make every effort to successfully meet the expected demand.
Orckit said in reply, "The company initiated the approach to Bezeq`s management, informing it that it will supply 10,000 lines by the end of the year, as per our commitment."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September 2000
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Ja, da wird schon heiß gerungen um die Lizenzen zum High-Speed-Internetzugang in Israel. Aber zwei von mehreren denkbaren Ausgängen dieses Ringens wird es nicht geben: keine Lizenz für niemand - denn das würde heißen, keinen High-Speed-Internetzugang in Israel. Da würden sich alle Beteiligten lächerlich machen und die Bevölkerung würde aufheulen.
Und ein zweiter denkbarer Ausgang ist auch völlig unwahrscheinlich: die Lizenz nur für den Telekommunikationsgiganten Bezeq. Denn dessen Monopolstellung soll ja gerade gebrochen werden. Also werden im Interesse der allseitigen Marktöffnung und Deregulierung eher mehr Lizenzen vergeben werden als weniger. Deswegen kommen ja jetzt auch alle aus ihren Löchern und melden ihre Interessen an.
Die Cable Companies werden ihre Internetlizenzen bekommen, da gehe ich jede Wette ein, aber vielleicht keine Telefonlizenzen. Möglicherweise verlieren sie ihre Exklusivität hinsichtlich des Broadcasting- bzw. TV-Monopols - aber das würde das uns interessierende Geschäft in keiner Weise tangieren. Überhaupt nichts von all dem würde dieses.
Man wird eine Lösung finden, die den technischen Fortschritt nicht behindert - also iTV wird eingeführt werden - und die den Wettbewerb fördert.
Gruß, JP
Und ein zweiter denkbarer Ausgang ist auch völlig unwahrscheinlich: die Lizenz nur für den Telekommunikationsgiganten Bezeq. Denn dessen Monopolstellung soll ja gerade gebrochen werden. Also werden im Interesse der allseitigen Marktöffnung und Deregulierung eher mehr Lizenzen vergeben werden als weniger. Deswegen kommen ja jetzt auch alle aus ihren Löchern und melden ihre Interessen an.
Die Cable Companies werden ihre Internetlizenzen bekommen, da gehe ich jede Wette ein, aber vielleicht keine Telefonlizenzen. Möglicherweise verlieren sie ihre Exklusivität hinsichtlich des Broadcasting- bzw. TV-Monopols - aber das würde das uns interessierende Geschäft in keiner Weise tangieren. Überhaupt nichts von all dem würde dieses.
Man wird eine Lösung finden, die den technischen Fortschritt nicht behindert - also iTV wird eingeführt werden - und die den Wettbewerb fördert.
Gruß, JP
Ja - der Meinung bin ich auch. Trotzdem darf man auch nicht verkennen, dass es iTV ohne Highspeed-Internet wohl schwer haben wird. Gerdae echtes video-on-demand ist undenkbar.
Verzögert sich die endgültige Zulassung, kann sich auch die Bekanntgabe des israelischen Kunden verzögern. Um so mehr Unternehmen querschiessen (und es werden täglich mehr) umso komplizierter und langsamer wird die Genehmigung.
Die gegenwärtige außenpolitisch angespannten Lage (ja - ich sehe die Verhandlungen mit den Palästinensern als außenpolitisch und betone das auch) macht die Sache nicht einfach.
Schon jetzt gibt es Beschwerden, dass Tevel mit Dingen wirbt (highSpeedInternet), die ihnen noch gar nicht genehmigt sind. Man sollte genau beobachten, was dort passiert.
Verzögert sich die endgültige Zulassung, kann sich auch die Bekanntgabe des israelischen Kunden verzögern. Um so mehr Unternehmen querschiessen (und es werden täglich mehr) umso komplizierter und langsamer wird die Genehmigung.
Die gegenwärtige außenpolitisch angespannten Lage (ja - ich sehe die Verhandlungen mit den Palästinensern als außenpolitisch und betone das auch) macht die Sache nicht einfach.
Schon jetzt gibt es Beschwerden, dass Tevel mit Dingen wirbt (highSpeedInternet), die ihnen noch gar nicht genehmigt sind. Man sollte genau beobachten, was dort passiert.
Thursday, September 21, 2000
High-speed Internet delay is `embarrassing` for Israel
By Ora Coren
Ha`aretz Industry Correspondent
The Chief Scientist of the Industry and Trade Ministry described the delay in operating high-speed Internet in Israel as an embarrassment, and damaging to local industry. Speaking yesterday at a conference of the Israeli Center for Management, Carmel Vernia suggested that since the delays were bureaucratic and technological, then the licenses for operating high-speed Internet should be granted immediately, and the government could worry over the problems of competition after the fact.
"It is most important to open up high-speed Internet, and the government could reserve the right to make policy decisions on regulation and competition later," he said. The lack of a local market in broadband users halts development in those companies that specialize in applications in the field, Vernia said.
"A strong local market always strengthens industrial development in those local markets," he explained. As an example, he noted that the strong local defense industry had led to advances in related technologies for consumer use. "The interaction with the customer leads to new applications and makes the business more dynamic and effective. The moment one ingredient is missing, then we have a big problem"
Next month a telecoms conference is to be held in Israel under the banner "Communications in the 21st century begin in Israel" Telling foreign investors that Israel is on the cutting edge is embarrassing if there is no local high-speed Internet, Vernia said.
While recognizing a need for regulation, Vernia points out that the government speaks of globalization, but fails to apply the message itself. "Over-regulation and the lack of suitable conditions in the high tech field force companies to flee overseas. Instead of encouraging local enterprise, the government encourages them to leave" The same applies to the changes needed in the Companies Law, regarding mergers and acquisitions and taxation, he added.
Vernia proposed that a monthly meeting be held at the Prime Minister`s Office with leading high tech companies to update the prime minister on the sector. The government, for its part, should concentrate on long term education, Vernia continued, pushing math and physics in high school. Only 10 percent of Israeli school leavers have graduated in these subjects, compared to the European average of 20 percent.
Among the changes in conditions applying to government R&D grants is the removal of the stipulation that the product must be manufactured in Israel. However, "if two identical companies apply for a state grant, preference will be given to the one that guarantees manufacture in Israel," Vernia said. Other changes to the R&D rules are currently in discussion between the chief scientist`s office, the Industry and Trade Ministry and the treasury
High-speed Internet delay is `embarrassing` for Israel
By Ora Coren
Ha`aretz Industry Correspondent
The Chief Scientist of the Industry and Trade Ministry described the delay in operating high-speed Internet in Israel as an embarrassment, and damaging to local industry. Speaking yesterday at a conference of the Israeli Center for Management, Carmel Vernia suggested that since the delays were bureaucratic and technological, then the licenses for operating high-speed Internet should be granted immediately, and the government could worry over the problems of competition after the fact.
"It is most important to open up high-speed Internet, and the government could reserve the right to make policy decisions on regulation and competition later," he said. The lack of a local market in broadband users halts development in those companies that specialize in applications in the field, Vernia said.
"A strong local market always strengthens industrial development in those local markets," he explained. As an example, he noted that the strong local defense industry had led to advances in related technologies for consumer use. "The interaction with the customer leads to new applications and makes the business more dynamic and effective. The moment one ingredient is missing, then we have a big problem"
Next month a telecoms conference is to be held in Israel under the banner "Communications in the 21st century begin in Israel" Telling foreign investors that Israel is on the cutting edge is embarrassing if there is no local high-speed Internet, Vernia said.
While recognizing a need for regulation, Vernia points out that the government speaks of globalization, but fails to apply the message itself. "Over-regulation and the lack of suitable conditions in the high tech field force companies to flee overseas. Instead of encouraging local enterprise, the government encourages them to leave" The same applies to the changes needed in the Companies Law, regarding mergers and acquisitions and taxation, he added.
Vernia proposed that a monthly meeting be held at the Prime Minister`s Office with leading high tech companies to update the prime minister on the sector. The government, for its part, should concentrate on long term education, Vernia continued, pushing math and physics in high school. Only 10 percent of Israeli school leavers have graduated in these subjects, compared to the European average of 20 percent.
Among the changes in conditions applying to government R&D grants is the removal of the stipulation that the product must be manufactured in Israel. However, "if two identical companies apply for a state grant, preference will be given to the one that guarantees manufacture in Israel," Vernia said. Other changes to the R&D rules are currently in discussion between the chief scientist`s office, the Industry and Trade Ministry and the treasury
"Ja, da wird schon heiß gerungen um die Lizenzen zum High-Speed-Internetzugang in Israel. Aber zwei von mehreren denkbaren Ausgängen dieses Ringens wird es nicht geben: keine Lizenz für niemand - denn das würde heißen, keinen High-Speed-Internetzugang in Israel. Da würden sich alle Beteiligten lächerlich machen und die Bevölkerung würde aufheulen." Das war meine Einschätzung gestern abend um elf.
Heute heult schon mal der Chief Scientist des Handels- und Industrieministeriums auf. Ha`aretz, die große israelische Tageszeitung, berichtet:
Thursday, September 21, 2000
High-speed Internet delay is `embarrassing` for Israel
By Ora Coren
Ha`aretz Industry Correspondent
The Chief Scientist of the Industry and Trade Ministry described the delay in operating high-speed Internet in Israel as an embarrassment, and damaging to local industry. Speaking yesterday at a conference of the Israeli Center for Management, Carmel Vernia suggested that since the delays were bureaucratic and technological, then the licenses for operating high-speed Internet should be granted immediately, and the government could worry over the problems of competition after the fact.
"It is most important to open up high-speed Internet, and the government could reserve the right to make policy decisions on regulation and competition later," he said. The lack of a local market in broadband users halts development in those companies that specialize in applications in the field, Vernia said.
"A strong local market always strengthens industrial development in those local markets," he explained. As an example, he noted that the strong local defense industry had led to advances in related technologies for consumer use. "The interaction with the customer leads to new applications and makes the business more dynamic and effective. The moment one ingredient is missing, then we have a big problem"
Next month a telecoms conference is to be held in Israel under the banner "Communications in the 21st century begin in Israel" Telling foreign investors that Israel is on the cutting edge is embarrassing if there is no local high-speed Internet, Vernia said.
While recognizing a need for regulation, Vernia points out that the government speaks of globalization, but fails to apply the message itself. "Over-regulation and the lack of suitable conditions in the high tech field force companies to flee overseas. Instead of encouraging local enterprise, the government encourages them to leave" The same applies to the changes needed in the Companies Law, regarding mergers and acquisitions and taxation, he added.
Vernia proposed that a monthly meeting be held at the Prime Minister`s Office with leading high tech companies to update the prime minister on the sector. ...
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Soweit der Chief Scientist. Eine einzige Blamage wäre es für Israel, sagt er, sich einerseits als führend im Bereich der Informationstechnologien darzustellen und andererseits aus Gründen von Überregulierung keinen High-Speed-Internetanschluß zuzulassen. Recht hat er. Bis zum Monatsende wird es die Zulassung geben und das Interactive TV kann wie von Tevel & Co geplant abheben. Da gehe ich jede Wette ein.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Heute heult schon mal der Chief Scientist des Handels- und Industrieministeriums auf. Ha`aretz, die große israelische Tageszeitung, berichtet:
Thursday, September 21, 2000
High-speed Internet delay is `embarrassing` for Israel
By Ora Coren
Ha`aretz Industry Correspondent
The Chief Scientist of the Industry and Trade Ministry described the delay in operating high-speed Internet in Israel as an embarrassment, and damaging to local industry. Speaking yesterday at a conference of the Israeli Center for Management, Carmel Vernia suggested that since the delays were bureaucratic and technological, then the licenses for operating high-speed Internet should be granted immediately, and the government could worry over the problems of competition after the fact.
"It is most important to open up high-speed Internet, and the government could reserve the right to make policy decisions on regulation and competition later," he said. The lack of a local market in broadband users halts development in those companies that specialize in applications in the field, Vernia said.
"A strong local market always strengthens industrial development in those local markets," he explained. As an example, he noted that the strong local defense industry had led to advances in related technologies for consumer use. "The interaction with the customer leads to new applications and makes the business more dynamic and effective. The moment one ingredient is missing, then we have a big problem"
Next month a telecoms conference is to be held in Israel under the banner "Communications in the 21st century begin in Israel" Telling foreign investors that Israel is on the cutting edge is embarrassing if there is no local high-speed Internet, Vernia said.
While recognizing a need for regulation, Vernia points out that the government speaks of globalization, but fails to apply the message itself. "Over-regulation and the lack of suitable conditions in the high tech field force companies to flee overseas. Instead of encouraging local enterprise, the government encourages them to leave" The same applies to the changes needed in the Companies Law, regarding mergers and acquisitions and taxation, he added.
Vernia proposed that a monthly meeting be held at the Prime Minister`s Office with leading high tech companies to update the prime minister on the sector. ...
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Soweit der Chief Scientist. Eine einzige Blamage wäre es für Israel, sagt er, sich einerseits als führend im Bereich der Informationstechnologien darzustellen und andererseits aus Gründen von Überregulierung keinen High-Speed-Internetanschluß zuzulassen. Recht hat er. Bis zum Monatsende wird es die Zulassung geben und das Interactive TV kann wie von Tevel & Co geplant abheben. Da gehe ich jede Wette ein.
Gruß, Jan Philip
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Nochmal der Chief Scientist - diesmal aus der Jerusalem Post:
Thursday, September 21 2000 18:33
Chief scientist: No future for hi-tech without regulation reform plan
By Gwen Ackerman
Hi-tech may be in for a dismal future if the government does not promote education, ease corporate tax laws, and create a stronger local market, Industry and Trade Ministry Chief Scientist Carmel Varnia said yesterday. (...)
"Let`s talk about high-speed Internet. We have one of the best cable infrastructures in the world. Bezeq`s network is also one of the best in the world and only because of regulatory issues is it not being utilized. It`s not even that the government isn`t encouraging its use, it`s delaying it."
Introduction of high-speed Internet has been held up for months, as the issue of expanding the cable companies` existing concessions to include Internet service gets kicked from the Communications Ministry to the Justice Ministry to the Finance Ministry and back again.
(...)
"We are losing out to other countries," Varnia concluded. "We can do things a lot better."
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Es wird jetzt Druck gemacht. Spätestens bis zur großen Messe (mit Kongreß) "Telecom Israel 2000" vom 6.-9. November soll alles laufen - nicht nur der Highspeed-Internetanschluß, auch das Interactive TV (mit Boxen, ohne geht`s ja nicht).
Link zur Messe:http://www.kenes.com/telecom/index.asp
Um diese Zeit kann`s in Israel noch richtig schön warm sein - wie siehts aus, bergsteiger, petronius etc. - kleinen Teil vom Gewinn - mit Abstecher zum Roten Meer...??
Gruß, Jan Philip
Thursday, September 21 2000 18:33
Chief scientist: No future for hi-tech without regulation reform plan
By Gwen Ackerman
Hi-tech may be in for a dismal future if the government does not promote education, ease corporate tax laws, and create a stronger local market, Industry and Trade Ministry Chief Scientist Carmel Varnia said yesterday. (...)
"Let`s talk about high-speed Internet. We have one of the best cable infrastructures in the world. Bezeq`s network is also one of the best in the world and only because of regulatory issues is it not being utilized. It`s not even that the government isn`t encouraging its use, it`s delaying it."
Introduction of high-speed Internet has been held up for months, as the issue of expanding the cable companies` existing concessions to include Internet service gets kicked from the Communications Ministry to the Justice Ministry to the Finance Ministry and back again.
(...)
"We are losing out to other countries," Varnia concluded. "We can do things a lot better."
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Es wird jetzt Druck gemacht. Spätestens bis zur großen Messe (mit Kongreß) "Telecom Israel 2000" vom 6.-9. November soll alles laufen - nicht nur der Highspeed-Internetanschluß, auch das Interactive TV (mit Boxen, ohne geht`s ja nicht).
Link zur Messe:http://www.kenes.com/telecom/index.asp
Um diese Zeit kann`s in Israel noch richtig schön warm sein - wie siehts aus, bergsteiger, petronius etc. - kleinen Teil vom Gewinn - mit Abstecher zum Roten Meer...??
Gruß, Jan Philip
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ok, ab nach israel. ich optioniere schon mal die flüge. das wird ein fest.
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ok, ab nach israel. ich optioniere schon mal die flüge. das wird ein fest.
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[/b]Die Jerusalem Post von heute:[/b]
Friday, September 22 2000 02:09
Ofek, Barak, Cellcom demand fast Internet license
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 22) - Ofek, Barak, and Cellcom joined forces yesterday to demand that the Communications Ministry grant them a license to provide fast Internet on terms equal to those of Bezeq and the cable companies.
Equality in what is intended to be a competitive market can only be achieved through a policy of unbundling, whereby existing cable and Bezeq infrastructures would be accessible to all telecommunication providers, the companies said in a joint statement. The unbundling refers to the wires (in the case of Bezeq) or cables that connect a client`s home to the telecommunications network.
All three independent companies said that if unbundling was the norm, they could provide fast Internet without delay. Cellcom, has been laying a fiber optic network throughout Israel, Barak is also an ISP (Internet Service Provider), and Ofek has been building its wireless infrastructure for more than two years.
"Only by insuring the independent telecommunications companies direct and equal approach to the client simultaneously with the opening of the market to competition will there be full and true competition in the fast Internet market," the joint statement said.
The demand came a day after the Industry and Trade Ministry`s Chief Scientist Carmel Vernia criticized the government for delaying the introduction of high speed Internet, and said he was embarrassed by advertising for a telecoms conference that is running under the slogan "Communications in the 21st century begins in Israel."
The issue of how to launch fast Internet has gotten tangled in regulatory issues such as how much the cables should pay to expand their existing operations. In the meantime, Bezeq`s infrastructure is ready to go, but its launch is being delayed until another competitor is ready to enter the market.
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Alle wollen sie jetzt die begehrten Lizenzen, auch die wireless-Anbieter - und ich denke, alle werden sie bekommen (die Lizenzen für fast Internet, nicht die für broadcasting). Deregulierung ist derzeit angesagt in Israel.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Friday, September 22 2000 02:09
Ofek, Barak, Cellcom demand fast Internet license
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 22) - Ofek, Barak, and Cellcom joined forces yesterday to demand that the Communications Ministry grant them a license to provide fast Internet on terms equal to those of Bezeq and the cable companies.
Equality in what is intended to be a competitive market can only be achieved through a policy of unbundling, whereby existing cable and Bezeq infrastructures would be accessible to all telecommunication providers, the companies said in a joint statement. The unbundling refers to the wires (in the case of Bezeq) or cables that connect a client`s home to the telecommunications network.
All three independent companies said that if unbundling was the norm, they could provide fast Internet without delay. Cellcom, has been laying a fiber optic network throughout Israel, Barak is also an ISP (Internet Service Provider), and Ofek has been building its wireless infrastructure for more than two years.
"Only by insuring the independent telecommunications companies direct and equal approach to the client simultaneously with the opening of the market to competition will there be full and true competition in the fast Internet market," the joint statement said.
The demand came a day after the Industry and Trade Ministry`s Chief Scientist Carmel Vernia criticized the government for delaying the introduction of high speed Internet, and said he was embarrassed by advertising for a telecoms conference that is running under the slogan "Communications in the 21st century begins in Israel."
The issue of how to launch fast Internet has gotten tangled in regulatory issues such as how much the cables should pay to expand their existing operations. In the meantime, Bezeq`s infrastructure is ready to go, but its launch is being delayed until another competitor is ready to enter the market.
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Alle wollen sie jetzt die begehrten Lizenzen, auch die wireless-Anbieter - und ich denke, alle werden sie bekommen (die Lizenzen für fast Internet, nicht die für broadcasting). Deregulierung ist derzeit angesagt in Israel.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Es hat übrigens nie jemand davon gesprochen, daß die mbx 1000 noch im 3. Quartal an Israel ausgeliefert wird. Mit der Auslieferung des Auftrags sollte begonnen werden. Vermutlich beinhaltet der z.B. auch mbx 500, vielleicht sogar noch mbx 50.
Wenn also die mbx 1000 erst im Oktober oder November geliefert werden würde, wäre das weiß Gott kein Drama. Die Israelis raufen ohnehin noch um die Lizenzen, wie Ihr wißt.
Es werden hier von der Basherbande Dinge hochgekocht, die in der High-Tech-Branche völlig normal sind. Verzögerungen sind nun mal an der Tagesordnung. Wegen den Verzögerungen bei Microsoft mußten in letzter Minute zwei riesige Geschäfte umgebaut werden (UPC und ATT) und Liberate sahnt sie ab. Aber trotzdem wird Microsoft kommen mit seiner Interactive-TV-Software, da sind sich alle einig. Genauso wie Metabox mit der met@box 1000.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Wenn also die mbx 1000 erst im Oktober oder November geliefert werden würde, wäre das weiß Gott kein Drama. Die Israelis raufen ohnehin noch um die Lizenzen, wie Ihr wißt.
Es werden hier von der Basherbande Dinge hochgekocht, die in der High-Tech-Branche völlig normal sind. Verzögerungen sind nun mal an der Tagesordnung. Wegen den Verzögerungen bei Microsoft mußten in letzter Minute zwei riesige Geschäfte umgebaut werden (UPC und ATT) und Liberate sahnt sie ab. Aber trotzdem wird Microsoft kommen mit seiner Interactive-TV-Software, da sind sich alle einig. Genauso wie Metabox mit der met@box 1000.
Gruß, Jan Philip
SALVE!
@janphil: Am Samstag bin ich zurueck aus Lissabon, melde mich dann!
Die Idee mit Israel klingt gut, aber MBX muss dann schon wieder gestartet sein !!!
Ich habe deinen alten Thread zu Worldsat gesehen, hast du nochmal etwas in Erfahrung gebracht ?
Petronius
@janphil: Am Samstag bin ich zurueck aus Lissabon, melde mich dann!
Die Idee mit Israel klingt gut, aber MBX muss dann schon wieder gestartet sein !!!
Ich habe deinen alten Thread zu Worldsat gesehen, hast du nochmal etwas in Erfahrung gebracht ?
Petronius
Ach was liest man doch soetwas gerne!!!!!
Es geht voran in Israel. Und wir mitten drin. I love it.
Gruß Top@s
Es geht voran in Israel. Und wir mitten drin. I love it.
Gruß Top@s
SHALOM, Jerusalem!
Die Verheißung wird Wirklichkeit.
Wenn alle beten!
FSTACHO
Die Verheißung wird Wirklichkeit.
Wenn alle beten!
FSTACHO
tja - scheint wohl so, dass es doch wieder Verzögerungen gibt. Auf jeden Fall konnten sich die Kabelunternehmen in Israel nicht mit der Regierung bezüglich der Zulassung für high speed Internet einigen.
Da es möglich ist, dass sich damit auch die geplante Werbekampagne für die Boxen verzögert (bis es abzusehen ist, ab wann die Genehmigung erfolgt), kann sich das eklatant auf die Bekanntgabe des Kunden seitens MBX auswirken !!
Ich würde nicht damit rechnen, bevor hier kein Beschluss gefasst wurde. Dieser rückt aber wieder einmal in die Ferne.
Sunday , Sep 24, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Prior to Attorney General Rubinstein Opinion: Dispute Among Cable Companies Over High Speed Internet
By Efi Landau
Cable companies Tevel, Golden Channels and Matav failed to reach an agreement over their answer to Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein`s questions regarding the granting of high speed Internet licenses, before the termination of their franchises.
The eight day period Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave the attorney general to determine whether the licenses can be granted will therefore end without a practical result.
The discussion among the heads of the cable companies over the weekend focused on the questions raised by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer to their attorney David Libai. The questions dealt with, among other things, the evaluation mechanism for fees the companies will have to pay for the extension of their franchises: unbundling debts (for the use of the cable company`s infrastructures by competitors); and the possible legislative separation of content and infrastructure.
At the same time, there have been signs that Bezeq and the cable companies oppose BellSouth`s investment in Eurocom-owned Ofek, and the merger between Ofek and Cellcom in the competitive inland communications market. A cable company senior executive said, "It is unacceptable that Cellcom and Eurocom cooperate to provide communications services using cellular infrastructure, without payment or tender."
The same executive stated that Eurocom, controlled by the Arison family, holds shares in Partner, a controlling interest in YES Satellite, Internet Gold, Bank Hapoalim, Housing and Construction real estate, the virtual mall P1000 and other companies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 24 September 2000
Da es möglich ist, dass sich damit auch die geplante Werbekampagne für die Boxen verzögert (bis es abzusehen ist, ab wann die Genehmigung erfolgt), kann sich das eklatant auf die Bekanntgabe des Kunden seitens MBX auswirken !!
Ich würde nicht damit rechnen, bevor hier kein Beschluss gefasst wurde. Dieser rückt aber wieder einmal in die Ferne.
Sunday , Sep 24, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Prior to Attorney General Rubinstein Opinion: Dispute Among Cable Companies Over High Speed Internet
By Efi Landau
Cable companies Tevel, Golden Channels and Matav failed to reach an agreement over their answer to Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein`s questions regarding the granting of high speed Internet licenses, before the termination of their franchises.
The eight day period Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave the attorney general to determine whether the licenses can be granted will therefore end without a practical result.
The discussion among the heads of the cable companies over the weekend focused on the questions raised by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer to their attorney David Libai. The questions dealt with, among other things, the evaluation mechanism for fees the companies will have to pay for the extension of their franchises: unbundling debts (for the use of the cable company`s infrastructures by competitors); and the possible legislative separation of content and infrastructure.
At the same time, there have been signs that Bezeq and the cable companies oppose BellSouth`s investment in Eurocom-owned Ofek, and the merger between Ofek and Cellcom in the competitive inland communications market. A cable company senior executive said, "It is unacceptable that Cellcom and Eurocom cooperate to provide communications services using cellular infrastructure, without payment or tender."
The same executive stated that Eurocom, controlled by the Arison family, holds shares in Partner, a controlling interest in YES Satellite, Internet Gold, Bank Hapoalim, Housing and Construction real estate, the virtual mall P1000 and other companies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 24 September 2000
@ alle Interessierten (auch aus Anlaß der Frage von Kimba1 in einem anderen thread)
Die Situation in Israel hinsichtlich der Lizenzvergabe für den Highspeed-Internetzugang (mit der aber auf der wettbewerbsrechtlichen und -politischen Ebene weitere gravierende Probleme verknüpft sind) ist derzeit gekennzeichnet durch massive Interessengegensätze und entsprechende Kämpfe der Beteiligten. Man muß sich klarmachen, daß mit den Lizenzvergaben die entscheidenden Weichenstellungen über die Marktpositionen der betroffenen Unternehmen fallen. Heute wird gemeldet, daß sich die Cable Companies noch nicht einmal untereinander auf eine gemeinsame Antwort an den Attorney General (der auf Anweisung von Ministerpräsident Barak eine rechtliche Lösung vorbereiten soll) einigen konnten.
Wie sich all das auf die Bekanntgabe des israelischen Vertragspartners von Metabox auswirkt, können natürlich weder Oliver noch ich letztlich beurteilen. Es könnte unserer Einschätzung nach aber eine Bekanntgabe verzögern. Das hätte seine Ursache dann allerdings in Entwicklungen, die sich dem Einflußbereich von Metabox nun weiß Gott entziehen.
Wer sich über all das aus erster Hand selbst informieren möchte, kann das jederzeit tun. Am umfangreichsten informiert Globes, "die" israelische Wirtschaftszeitung (unserem Handelsblatt vergleichbar). Die englischsprachige Internetausgabe erscheint meistens am Spätnachmittag. Hier der Link: http://www.globes.co.il/cgi-bin/Serve_Arena/level/English/1.….
Gruß, Jan Philip
Die Situation in Israel hinsichtlich der Lizenzvergabe für den Highspeed-Internetzugang (mit der aber auf der wettbewerbsrechtlichen und -politischen Ebene weitere gravierende Probleme verknüpft sind) ist derzeit gekennzeichnet durch massive Interessengegensätze und entsprechende Kämpfe der Beteiligten. Man muß sich klarmachen, daß mit den Lizenzvergaben die entscheidenden Weichenstellungen über die Marktpositionen der betroffenen Unternehmen fallen. Heute wird gemeldet, daß sich die Cable Companies noch nicht einmal untereinander auf eine gemeinsame Antwort an den Attorney General (der auf Anweisung von Ministerpräsident Barak eine rechtliche Lösung vorbereiten soll) einigen konnten.
Wie sich all das auf die Bekanntgabe des israelischen Vertragspartners von Metabox auswirkt, können natürlich weder Oliver noch ich letztlich beurteilen. Es könnte unserer Einschätzung nach aber eine Bekanntgabe verzögern. Das hätte seine Ursache dann allerdings in Entwicklungen, die sich dem Einflußbereich von Metabox nun weiß Gott entziehen.
Wer sich über all das aus erster Hand selbst informieren möchte, kann das jederzeit tun. Am umfangreichsten informiert Globes, "die" israelische Wirtschaftszeitung (unserem Handelsblatt vergleichbar). Die englischsprachige Internetausgabe erscheint meistens am Spätnachmittag. Hier der Link: http://www.globes.co.il/cgi-bin/Serve_Arena/level/English/1.….
Gruß, Jan Philip
Hallo Janphil und Oliver,
danke für die Infos.
Die Situation in Israel ist wirklich etwas unübersichtlich.
Es stellt sich jedoch die Frage, inwieweit die Lizenzvergabe für Highspeed Internetzugang etwas mit der Durchführung des Metabox Deals zu tun hat.
Begründung:
1. Der Vertrag wurde bereits im April 99 abgeschlossen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war noch viel weniger absehbar, wie sich die Lizenzverhandlungen gestalten.
2. Eine Marketingaktion kann man nicht einfach um x Wochen verschieben. Da müssen Anzeigen gebucht, Spots geschaltet und sonstige Aktivitäten geplant werden.
3. Die Installation der Boxen wurde geplant und die notwendigen Resourcen vorbereitet.
4. Selbst wenn sich nächste Woche die Parteien einigen, steht dann sofort die Infrastruktur zur Verfügung? Doch wohl kaum. Daher muß doch wohl geplant sein, die Boxen erst mal ohne Highspeed Zugang zu installieren.
5. Im Aktionärsbrief vom 10. April 99 steht
„Eine Schlüsselrolle für das Rundum Angebot werden dabei die von der Met@box AG lizensierten Technologien wie Abonnentenverwaltung, interaktive Portalelemente, Abrechnungsdienste, BOT-Studio sowie Content Management System einnehmen“
Dies läßt mich vermuten, dass man ohnehin geplant hat ohne Highspeed Internetzugang zu starten. Welche Elemente der Phoenix funktionieren nur mit Highspeed?
Die Situation zeigt m.E. jedoch recht deutlich, dass es erhebliche Kontroversen zwischen den Cable-Companies gibt. Das macht für mich den Wunsch des Kunden auf Verschwiegenheit sehr plausibel. Das man nicht alles vollkommen geheimhalten kann, dürfte jedem einleuchten. Hängt man es jedoch an die große Glocke, muss man sich vielen Fragen stellen und sicherlich mehr Details preisgeben.
Gruss
Oliver
danke für die Infos.
Die Situation in Israel ist wirklich etwas unübersichtlich.
Es stellt sich jedoch die Frage, inwieweit die Lizenzvergabe für Highspeed Internetzugang etwas mit der Durchführung des Metabox Deals zu tun hat.
Begründung:
1. Der Vertrag wurde bereits im April 99 abgeschlossen. Zu diesem Zeitpunkt war noch viel weniger absehbar, wie sich die Lizenzverhandlungen gestalten.
2. Eine Marketingaktion kann man nicht einfach um x Wochen verschieben. Da müssen Anzeigen gebucht, Spots geschaltet und sonstige Aktivitäten geplant werden.
3. Die Installation der Boxen wurde geplant und die notwendigen Resourcen vorbereitet.
4. Selbst wenn sich nächste Woche die Parteien einigen, steht dann sofort die Infrastruktur zur Verfügung? Doch wohl kaum. Daher muß doch wohl geplant sein, die Boxen erst mal ohne Highspeed Zugang zu installieren.
5. Im Aktionärsbrief vom 10. April 99 steht
„Eine Schlüsselrolle für das Rundum Angebot werden dabei die von der Met@box AG lizensierten Technologien wie Abonnentenverwaltung, interaktive Portalelemente, Abrechnungsdienste, BOT-Studio sowie Content Management System einnehmen“
Dies läßt mich vermuten, dass man ohnehin geplant hat ohne Highspeed Internetzugang zu starten. Welche Elemente der Phoenix funktionieren nur mit Highspeed?
Die Situation zeigt m.E. jedoch recht deutlich, dass es erhebliche Kontroversen zwischen den Cable-Companies gibt. Das macht für mich den Wunsch des Kunden auf Verschwiegenheit sehr plausibel. Das man nicht alles vollkommen geheimhalten kann, dürfte jedem einleuchten. Hängt man es jedoch an die große Glocke, muss man sich vielen Fragen stellen und sicherlich mehr Details preisgeben.
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Da die derzeitige komplexe Situation in Israel offenbar doch bei Einigen auf Interesse stößt, hier ein weiterer Artikel aus der heutigen Ausgabe von Globes, der die Brisanz und Vielschichtigkeit der Angelegenheit nochmal deutlich unter Beweis stellt.
Sunday , Sep 24, 2000
Communications Features
Perry to PM Barak: See You in Court
By Efi Landau
This Thursday, a historic summit is scheduled to take place between Cellcom president Jacob Perry, Barak CEO Avi Patir and Ofek Reuven Sagan-Cohen to formulate strategy to fight the emerging alliance between the State and the two major monopolies, Bezeq and the cable companies, over the creation of an omnipotent duopoly in the country`s inland communications market. Cellcom, Barak und Ofek sind unabhängige - nicht zur Interessenssphäre von Bezeq und den Cable Companies gehörenden - Telekommunikationsunternehmen, vorwiegend im Mobilfunk-Bereich. Sie wollen nun eine gemeinsame Strategie formulieren, wie sie der angeblich entstehenden Allianz zwischen dem Staat und den zwei Hauptmonopolen im Kommunikationsmarkt - Telco Bezeq und den drei Kabelfernsehunternehmen - begegnen.
What Cellcom, Barak and Ofek have in common is the efforts they are making to compete in the inland communications market through LMDS wireless access infrastructure and the feeling that the State is abandoning them in favor of a market consisting of the two competitors. Such a market is very remote from a truly competitive one. Öffnung des Communication-Marktes für den Wettbewerb ist das immer wieder verkündete wesentliche Ziel - eigentlich auch der Regierung - aber mächtige Interessengruppen (vorwiegend die alten Monopole) versuchen natürlich ihre alten Claims zu erhalten und für die Zukunft weiter abzusichern.
The initiative in granting a temporary license to the cable companies came from the Minister of Communications, backed by Prime Minister Ehud Barak, at the beginning of the week, simultaneous to the granting of an ADSL license to Bezeq, which will lead to the start of high-speed Internet services in Israel. It would have been more welcome if it had been accompanied by a parallel speeding up of the entry process for additional competitors in the market.
However, the Ministry of Communications has avoided publishing a tender for the purchase of wireless frequencies by new competitors for over a year, effectively stymieing true competition.
"Globes" has received a copy of a letter Cellcom president Jacob Perry sent last Friday to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, prior to the meeting at the Prime Minister`s Office on Sunday, from which the news regarding the temporary license to cable companies emerged. Gemeint ist die vorletzte Woche. Einen Bericht über das Sonntagstreffen könnt Ihr weiter unten lesen. The message was delicately worded, yet clear: Perry, and apparently other companies Barak and Ofek will not permit the process to continue without it being put to the test in court. The State may have saved itself court action vis-a-vis the cable companies, but not the counter action. Hints emerging from the Ministry of Justice`s reservations about the State`s ability to defend the Bezeq directive, place the beginning of high-speed Internet services in the near future in great doubt.
Here is a full translation of the letter:
"Mr. Prime Minister,
Reports are recently increasing about government intentions to speed up provision of broadband communications service (high-speed Internet) while avoiding the full legislative measures of the proposed amendment to the Communications Law, which aimed to settle the matter in an orderly fashion.
Cellcom, the first to create a competitive communications market since it first started operating in 1994, regards itself as a partner in competition in the inland line communications field, including broadband technology and the provision of high-speed Internet. Any shortcuts granting an advantage to Cellcom`s future competitors in this market, the legality of which is questionable, is liable not to withstand legal scrutiny. Hier wirft Cellcom den Hut in den Ring und sagt, wir wollen in den Wettbewerb auch im "line communication field" einsteigen und uns nicht nur auf wireless beschränken. Wenn Du, Barak, unsere zukünftigen Wettbewerber in diesem Feld - die alten Monopole - bevorzugst, indem Du ihnen Lizenzen gibst, bevor saubere rechtliche Voraussetzungen dafür geschaffen wurden, dann sagen wir schon jetzt, daß wir dagegen vor Gericht ziehen werden. Diese Drohung hatte zur Folge, daß Barak den Generalanwalt Rubinstein beauftragte, binnen einer Woche Vorschläge zu erarbeiten, wie das Problem rechtlich einwandfrei gelöst werden könnte.
Cellcom only seeks to participate in the competition now opening up under equal terms to its giant competitors, Bezeq and the cable companies. Such terms can be brought about only if the move to grant licenses by a speeded-up process is simultaneously accompanied by complementary measures allowing additional potential competitors to participate in the market and to overcome regulatory and physical entry barriers. Such moves are known professionally as the "unbundling" of access networks and the "right to use" arrangement. Zu gut deutsch: Baut für uns neue Wettbewerber die durch regulatorische und "physikalische" Einschränkungen bestehenden Markteintrittsbarrieren ab und verschafft uns das Recht, die bestehenden Netze mit zu nutzen.
The transfer of property under equal terms die Forderung, das Eigentum, genauer wohl die Nutzungsrechte, an den bestehenden Netzen gleichberechtigt den neuen Wettbewerbern der alten Monopolunternehmen - die die Netze immerhin aufgebaut haben - zur Verfügung zu stellen is something the government ministries are familiar with and is accepted by all professional concerns as the essential ingredient, without which the market is not opened to competition. Solving the issue in this fashion is also supported by a majority of the Knesset and is the norm in most Western countries today (in fact, countries announcing the opening of the communications markets without dealing with unbundling issue were left with empty declarations, without real competition).Die wissen schon, mit welchen Argumenten man auch einen Ministerpräsidenten unter Druck setzen kann.
If a swift attempt is made to solve the Gordian knot als gordischer Knoten will es mir auch langsam erscheinen so that companies like Cellcom, seeking to enter the prestigious market and create healthy and genuine competition, are able take part, Cellcom can be counted on to cooperate. What is needed is a broad agreement, anchored in writing, by all those regarding themselves as competitors, to open the broadband service to competition, while at the same time removing the entry barriers to new competitors by creating the above-mentioned market conditions.
Any steps taken to grant broadband services which do not take into account other competitors, who have been waiting for such a long time at the starting line, is unreasonable and legally questionable. The result will be the irreversible creation of a duopolistic, pseudo-competitive market. The Israeli public will lose out, the country`s remote areas will remain unconnected to broadband, and the economy will triply lose out by paying a high price in the absence of competition.
I trust we`ll find you are a faithful partner in a genuine and comprehensive move for the benefit of Israeli society and its economy.
"Sincerely,
"Jacob Perry."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September, 2000
****
Ein starkes Schreiben. Argumente, denen man sich nicht so leicht verschließen kann. Die Kabelunternehmen konnten sich, wie hier berichtet, an diesem Wochenende nicht auf eine gemeinsame Position verständigen. Das klingt nicht gut und ist ein Zeichen von Schwäche.
Aber daraus kann man keine eindeutigen Konsequenzen ableiten hinsichtlich der Frage, welche Mitteilung Metabox am kommmenden Wochenende machen wird - oder noch unterlassen muß, weil der gordische Knoten in Israel sich noch im Stadium der weiteren Knüpfung, nicht aber Lösung befindet.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Sunday , Sep 24, 2000
Communications Features
Perry to PM Barak: See You in Court
By Efi Landau
This Thursday, a historic summit is scheduled to take place between Cellcom president Jacob Perry, Barak CEO Avi Patir and Ofek Reuven Sagan-Cohen to formulate strategy to fight the emerging alliance between the State and the two major monopolies, Bezeq and the cable companies, over the creation of an omnipotent duopoly in the country`s inland communications market. Cellcom, Barak und Ofek sind unabhängige - nicht zur Interessenssphäre von Bezeq und den Cable Companies gehörenden - Telekommunikationsunternehmen, vorwiegend im Mobilfunk-Bereich. Sie wollen nun eine gemeinsame Strategie formulieren, wie sie der angeblich entstehenden Allianz zwischen dem Staat und den zwei Hauptmonopolen im Kommunikationsmarkt - Telco Bezeq und den drei Kabelfernsehunternehmen - begegnen.
What Cellcom, Barak and Ofek have in common is the efforts they are making to compete in the inland communications market through LMDS wireless access infrastructure and the feeling that the State is abandoning them in favor of a market consisting of the two competitors. Such a market is very remote from a truly competitive one. Öffnung des Communication-Marktes für den Wettbewerb ist das immer wieder verkündete wesentliche Ziel - eigentlich auch der Regierung - aber mächtige Interessengruppen (vorwiegend die alten Monopole) versuchen natürlich ihre alten Claims zu erhalten und für die Zukunft weiter abzusichern.
The initiative in granting a temporary license to the cable companies came from the Minister of Communications, backed by Prime Minister Ehud Barak, at the beginning of the week, simultaneous to the granting of an ADSL license to Bezeq, which will lead to the start of high-speed Internet services in Israel. It would have been more welcome if it had been accompanied by a parallel speeding up of the entry process for additional competitors in the market.
However, the Ministry of Communications has avoided publishing a tender for the purchase of wireless frequencies by new competitors for over a year, effectively stymieing true competition.
"Globes" has received a copy of a letter Cellcom president Jacob Perry sent last Friday to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, prior to the meeting at the Prime Minister`s Office on Sunday, from which the news regarding the temporary license to cable companies emerged. Gemeint ist die vorletzte Woche. Einen Bericht über das Sonntagstreffen könnt Ihr weiter unten lesen. The message was delicately worded, yet clear: Perry, and apparently other companies Barak and Ofek will not permit the process to continue without it being put to the test in court. The State may have saved itself court action vis-a-vis the cable companies, but not the counter action. Hints emerging from the Ministry of Justice`s reservations about the State`s ability to defend the Bezeq directive, place the beginning of high-speed Internet services in the near future in great doubt.
Here is a full translation of the letter:
"Mr. Prime Minister,
Reports are recently increasing about government intentions to speed up provision of broadband communications service (high-speed Internet) while avoiding the full legislative measures of the proposed amendment to the Communications Law, which aimed to settle the matter in an orderly fashion.
Cellcom, the first to create a competitive communications market since it first started operating in 1994, regards itself as a partner in competition in the inland line communications field, including broadband technology and the provision of high-speed Internet. Any shortcuts granting an advantage to Cellcom`s future competitors in this market, the legality of which is questionable, is liable not to withstand legal scrutiny. Hier wirft Cellcom den Hut in den Ring und sagt, wir wollen in den Wettbewerb auch im "line communication field" einsteigen und uns nicht nur auf wireless beschränken. Wenn Du, Barak, unsere zukünftigen Wettbewerber in diesem Feld - die alten Monopole - bevorzugst, indem Du ihnen Lizenzen gibst, bevor saubere rechtliche Voraussetzungen dafür geschaffen wurden, dann sagen wir schon jetzt, daß wir dagegen vor Gericht ziehen werden. Diese Drohung hatte zur Folge, daß Barak den Generalanwalt Rubinstein beauftragte, binnen einer Woche Vorschläge zu erarbeiten, wie das Problem rechtlich einwandfrei gelöst werden könnte.
Cellcom only seeks to participate in the competition now opening up under equal terms to its giant competitors, Bezeq and the cable companies. Such terms can be brought about only if the move to grant licenses by a speeded-up process is simultaneously accompanied by complementary measures allowing additional potential competitors to participate in the market and to overcome regulatory and physical entry barriers. Such moves are known professionally as the "unbundling" of access networks and the "right to use" arrangement. Zu gut deutsch: Baut für uns neue Wettbewerber die durch regulatorische und "physikalische" Einschränkungen bestehenden Markteintrittsbarrieren ab und verschafft uns das Recht, die bestehenden Netze mit zu nutzen.
The transfer of property under equal terms die Forderung, das Eigentum, genauer wohl die Nutzungsrechte, an den bestehenden Netzen gleichberechtigt den neuen Wettbewerbern der alten Monopolunternehmen - die die Netze immerhin aufgebaut haben - zur Verfügung zu stellen is something the government ministries are familiar with and is accepted by all professional concerns as the essential ingredient, without which the market is not opened to competition. Solving the issue in this fashion is also supported by a majority of the Knesset and is the norm in most Western countries today (in fact, countries announcing the opening of the communications markets without dealing with unbundling issue were left with empty declarations, without real competition).Die wissen schon, mit welchen Argumenten man auch einen Ministerpräsidenten unter Druck setzen kann.
If a swift attempt is made to solve the Gordian knot als gordischer Knoten will es mir auch langsam erscheinen so that companies like Cellcom, seeking to enter the prestigious market and create healthy and genuine competition, are able take part, Cellcom can be counted on to cooperate. What is needed is a broad agreement, anchored in writing, by all those regarding themselves as competitors, to open the broadband service to competition, while at the same time removing the entry barriers to new competitors by creating the above-mentioned market conditions.
Any steps taken to grant broadband services which do not take into account other competitors, who have been waiting for such a long time at the starting line, is unreasonable and legally questionable. The result will be the irreversible creation of a duopolistic, pseudo-competitive market. The Israeli public will lose out, the country`s remote areas will remain unconnected to broadband, and the economy will triply lose out by paying a high price in the absence of competition.
I trust we`ll find you are a faithful partner in a genuine and comprehensive move for the benefit of Israeli society and its economy.
"Sincerely,
"Jacob Perry."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 September, 2000
****
Ein starkes Schreiben. Argumente, denen man sich nicht so leicht verschließen kann. Die Kabelunternehmen konnten sich, wie hier berichtet, an diesem Wochenende nicht auf eine gemeinsame Position verständigen. Das klingt nicht gut und ist ein Zeichen von Schwäche.
Aber daraus kann man keine eindeutigen Konsequenzen ableiten hinsichtlich der Frage, welche Mitteilung Metabox am kommmenden Wochenende machen wird - oder noch unterlassen muß, weil der gordische Knoten in Israel sich noch im Stadium der weiteren Knüpfung, nicht aber Lösung befindet.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Janphil
..wieso antwortest du nicht per mail...?...tali
..wieso antwortest du nicht per mail...?...tali
keine guten nachrichten aus israel:
:Sunday , Sep 24, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Prior to Attorney General Rubinstein Opinion: Dispute Among Cable Companies Over High Speed Internet
By Efi Landau
Cable companies Tevel, Golden Channels and Matav failed to reach an agreement over their answer to Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein`s questions regarding the granting of high speed Internet licenses, before the termination of their franchises.
The eight day period Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave the attorney general to determine whether the licenses can be granted will therefore end without a practical result.
The discussion among the heads of the cable companies over the weekend focused on the questions raised by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer to their attorney David Libai. The questions dealt with, among other things, the evaluation mechanism for fees the companies will have to pay for the extension of their franchises: unbundling debts (for the use of the cable company`s infrastructures by competitors); and the possible legislative separation of content and infrastructure.
At the same time, there have been signs that Bezeq and the cable companies oppose BellSouth`s investment in Eurocom-owned Ofek, and the merger between Ofek and Cellcom in the competitive inland communications market. A cable company senior executive said, "It is unacceptable that Cellcom and Eurocom cooperate to provide communications services using cellular infrastructure, without payment or tender."
The same executive stated that Eurocom, controlled by the Arison family, holds shares in Partner, a controlling interest in YES Satellite, Internet Gold, Bank Hapoalim, Housing and Construction real estate, the virtual mall P1000 and other companies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 24 September 2000
:Sunday , Sep 24, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Prior to Attorney General Rubinstein Opinion: Dispute Among Cable Companies Over High Speed Internet
By Efi Landau
Cable companies Tevel, Golden Channels and Matav failed to reach an agreement over their answer to Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein`s questions regarding the granting of high speed Internet licenses, before the termination of their franchises.
The eight day period Prime Minister Ehud Barak gave the attorney general to determine whether the licenses can be granted will therefore end without a practical result.
The discussion among the heads of the cable companies over the weekend focused on the questions raised by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer to their attorney David Libai. The questions dealt with, among other things, the evaluation mechanism for fees the companies will have to pay for the extension of their franchises: unbundling debts (for the use of the cable company`s infrastructures by competitors); and the possible legislative separation of content and infrastructure.
At the same time, there have been signs that Bezeq and the cable companies oppose BellSouth`s investment in Eurocom-owned Ofek, and the merger between Ofek and Cellcom in the competitive inland communications market. A cable company senior executive said, "It is unacceptable that Cellcom and Eurocom cooperate to provide communications services using cellular infrastructure, without payment or tender."
The same executive stated that Eurocom, controlled by the Arison family, holds shares in Partner, a controlling interest in YES Satellite, Internet Gold, Bank Hapoalim, Housing and Construction real estate, the virtual mall P1000 and other companies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 24 September 2000
sag mal Junkstro - so nur als Frage: liest Du eigentlich auch, was schon gepostet wurde, bevor Du hier postest ?
Ist schon das 2. mal, dass Du doppelt postest.
Ist der Übersichtlichkeit nicht gerade dienlich.
Danke trotzdem !!
Ist schon das 2. mal, dass Du doppelt postest.
Ist der Übersichtlichkeit nicht gerade dienlich.
Danke trotzdem !!
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Rubinstein to Recommend: High Speed Internet for Cable Cos - Only if They Meet Government Demands
By Efi Landau
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein is expected to recommend to Prime Minister Ehud Barak to accept the demand of Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to offer the cable companies high speed Internet short-term licenses until the end of their franchises only on the condition that they agree to sign commitments, which they until now opposed.
According to Rubinstein, granting licenses without such commitments is liable to raise serious legal problems that will not pass the scrutiny of the High Court of Justice. Senior officials believe that the cable companies will find it difficult to meet these obligations.
The cable companies have not replied to questions posed by the Ministry of Justice regarding the contradiction between receiving temporary licenses and the fact that permanent legislation has yet to be passed by the Knesset. In addition, they have not agreed to accept unbundling obligations - the use of their infrastructures by competitors.
The attorneys for Cellcom, Ofek and Barak are submitting a joint petition to the High Court of Justice to issue a restraining order against granting licenses to the cable companies. Yesterday, the attorneys of the three companies held their first meeting, where it was decided to work together to prepare the appeal.
It was also decided that Cellcom`s legal advisor Michal Bleich will represent the independent communications companies forum, consisting of the three companies, at the meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday to discuss the competition rates in the inland communications market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 September 2000
Rubinstein to Recommend: High Speed Internet for Cable Cos - Only if They Meet Government Demands
By Efi Landau
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein is expected to recommend to Prime Minister Ehud Barak to accept the demand of Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to offer the cable companies high speed Internet short-term licenses until the end of their franchises only on the condition that they agree to sign commitments, which they until now opposed.
According to Rubinstein, granting licenses without such commitments is liable to raise serious legal problems that will not pass the scrutiny of the High Court of Justice. Senior officials believe that the cable companies will find it difficult to meet these obligations.
The cable companies have not replied to questions posed by the Ministry of Justice regarding the contradiction between receiving temporary licenses and the fact that permanent legislation has yet to be passed by the Knesset. In addition, they have not agreed to accept unbundling obligations - the use of their infrastructures by competitors.
The attorneys for Cellcom, Ofek and Barak are submitting a joint petition to the High Court of Justice to issue a restraining order against granting licenses to the cable companies. Yesterday, the attorneys of the three companies held their first meeting, where it was decided to work together to prepare the appeal.
It was also decided that Cellcom`s legal advisor Michal Bleich will represent the independent communications companies forum, consisting of the three companies, at the meeting of the Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday to discuss the competition rates in the inland communications market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 September 2000
und hier der Kommentar:
Commentary: Rubinstein, Stick to Your Guns
By Efi Landau
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has notified Prime Minister Ehud Barak that the cable companies had not replied to the queries made by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer. For this reason, Rubinstein added, he could not meet the deadline set by Barak, namely, provide an opinion within eight days on awarding a temporary high-speed Internet license.
Two scenarios are now possible. Under the first, the cable companies will meet today or tomorrow and furnish Rubinstein with the required answers. They will probably either answer "No" to the key question of whether they would be prepared to place their infrastructures at the disposal of competitors, or say "Yes", and make their consent conditional on a two-year period of grace.
Under the second scenario, the cable companies will not come up with any answers, in which case the Attorney General will issue an unequivocal recommendation against providing them with a license.
One thing is certain: We are not going to get any high-speed Internet out of this. The cable companies are not going to get a license, nor will Bezeq (if it gets one, the cable companies will petition the HCJ), and both monopolies will see to it that the amendment will not go through either.
So who is to blame for all this? Are the jurists - Elyakim Rubinstein and Davida Lahman-Messer - the real culprits? Accusations that they are motivated by populist considerations are none other than populist.
As things now stand, cable company leaders are not prompted by concern for the interests of the State, but for their own business interests. They are fully entitled to do so, and this, rather than any other reason, is holding up competition. High-speed Internet is delayed because Bezeq is fighting competition, as are the cable companies, and because the Ministry of Communication is not doing enough to promote the cause of competition. All Rubinstein is doing is seeking legal ways for encouraging competition. That is why we say: stick to your guns, Rubinstein.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 September, 2000
Commentary: Rubinstein, Stick to Your Guns
By Efi Landau
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has notified Prime Minister Ehud Barak that the cable companies had not replied to the queries made by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer. For this reason, Rubinstein added, he could not meet the deadline set by Barak, namely, provide an opinion within eight days on awarding a temporary high-speed Internet license.
Two scenarios are now possible. Under the first, the cable companies will meet today or tomorrow and furnish Rubinstein with the required answers. They will probably either answer "No" to the key question of whether they would be prepared to place their infrastructures at the disposal of competitors, or say "Yes", and make their consent conditional on a two-year period of grace.
Under the second scenario, the cable companies will not come up with any answers, in which case the Attorney General will issue an unequivocal recommendation against providing them with a license.
One thing is certain: We are not going to get any high-speed Internet out of this. The cable companies are not going to get a license, nor will Bezeq (if it gets one, the cable companies will petition the HCJ), and both monopolies will see to it that the amendment will not go through either.
So who is to blame for all this? Are the jurists - Elyakim Rubinstein and Davida Lahman-Messer - the real culprits? Accusations that they are motivated by populist considerations are none other than populist.
As things now stand, cable company leaders are not prompted by concern for the interests of the State, but for their own business interests. They are fully entitled to do so, and this, rather than any other reason, is holding up competition. High-speed Internet is delayed because Bezeq is fighting competition, as are the cable companies, and because the Ministry of Communication is not doing enough to promote the cause of competition. All Rubinstein is doing is seeking legal ways for encouraging competition. That is why we say: stick to your guns, Rubinstein.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 September, 2000
und hier der Kommentar:
Commentary: Rubinstein, Stick to Your Guns
By Efi Landau
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has notified Prime Minister Ehud Barak that the cable companies had not replied to the queries made by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer. For this reason, Rubinstein added, he could not meet the deadline set by Barak, namely, provide an opinion within eight days on awarding a temporary high-speed Internet license.
Two scenarios are now possible. Under the first, the cable companies will meet today or tomorrow and furnish Rubinstein with the required answers. They will probably either answer "No" to the key question of whether they would be prepared to place their infrastructures at the disposal of competitors, or say "Yes", and make their consent conditional on a two-year period of grace.
Under the second scenario, the cable companies will not come up with any answers, in which case the Attorney General will issue an unequivocal recommendation against providing them with a license.
One thing is certain: We are not going to get any high-speed Internet out of this. The cable companies are not going to get a license, nor will Bezeq (if it gets one, the cable companies will petition the HCJ), and both monopolies will see to it that the amendment will not go through either.
So who is to blame for all this? Are the jurists - Elyakim Rubinstein and Davida Lahman-Messer - the real culprits? Accusations that they are motivated by populist considerations are none other than populist.
As things now stand, cable company leaders are not prompted by concern for the interests of the State, but for their own business interests. They are fully entitled to do so, and this, rather than any other reason, is holding up competition. High-speed Internet is delayed because Bezeq is fighting competition, as are the cable companies, and because the Ministry of Communication is not doing enough to promote the cause of competition. All Rubinstein is doing is seeking legal ways for encouraging competition. That is why we say: stick to your guns, Rubinstein.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 September, 2000
Commentary: Rubinstein, Stick to Your Guns
By Efi Landau
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has notified Prime Minister Ehud Barak that the cable companies had not replied to the queries made by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer. For this reason, Rubinstein added, he could not meet the deadline set by Barak, namely, provide an opinion within eight days on awarding a temporary high-speed Internet license.
Two scenarios are now possible. Under the first, the cable companies will meet today or tomorrow and furnish Rubinstein with the required answers. They will probably either answer "No" to the key question of whether they would be prepared to place their infrastructures at the disposal of competitors, or say "Yes", and make their consent conditional on a two-year period of grace.
Under the second scenario, the cable companies will not come up with any answers, in which case the Attorney General will issue an unequivocal recommendation against providing them with a license.
One thing is certain: We are not going to get any high-speed Internet out of this. The cable companies are not going to get a license, nor will Bezeq (if it gets one, the cable companies will petition the HCJ), and both monopolies will see to it that the amendment will not go through either.
So who is to blame for all this? Are the jurists - Elyakim Rubinstein and Davida Lahman-Messer - the real culprits? Accusations that they are motivated by populist considerations are none other than populist.
As things now stand, cable company leaders are not prompted by concern for the interests of the State, but for their own business interests. They are fully entitled to do so, and this, rather than any other reason, is holding up competition. High-speed Internet is delayed because Bezeq is fighting competition, as are the cable companies, and because the Ministry of Communication is not doing enough to promote the cause of competition. All Rubinstein is doing is seeking legal ways for encouraging competition. That is why we say: stick to your guns, Rubinstein.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 September, 2000
Dann also auch wieder eine kurze kommentierte Zusammenfassung von mir auf deutsch - denn die Angelegenheit spitzt sich nun in interessanter Weise zu.
Es wird also erwartet, so sagt der Artikel, daß Generalanwalt Rubinstein, der dem Premierminister juristisch wasserdichte Lösungen vorschlagen soll, folgende Empfehlung aussprechen wird:
Die Cable Companies sollen zeitlich befristete Lizenzen für Highspeed-Internetbetrieb erhalten (gültig für zwei Jahre, denn 2002 laufen ohnehin sämtliche Lizenzen aus und müssen neu verhandelt werden), aber nur unter der Bedingung, daß die Kabelunternehmen bereit sind, sich zu verpflichten, ihren neuen Wettbewerbern (Cellcom, Barak, Ofek etc.- s.u.) die Nutzung der von den Cable Companies aufgebauten Infrastrukturen zu gestatten - also im wesentlichen der Netze und was sonst noch so dazugehört - das sog. "unbundling", das weltweit immer mehr gefordert und praktiziert wird, im Interesse des offenen Wettbewerbs. Natürlich sollen die neuen Wettbewerber die Infrastruktur der Kabelunternehmen nicht kostenlos nutzen dürfen, der Preis wäre auszuhandeln - würde aber wohl im wesentlichen von der mächtigen Regulierungsbehörde festgelegt werden, dem Cable and Satellite TV Council mit der (gutaussehenden - na ja, gehört hier eigentlich nicht her) Frau Inbar an der Spitze, die sehr genau weiß, was sie will.
Das wollen die Kabelunternehmen nun überhaupt nicht. Sie wollen nämlich sogar zusätzlich zu den Highspeed-Internetlizenzen am liebsten noch eine Telefonlizenz und gleich noch die Zusicherung, das ganze Paket dann 2002 verlängert zu bekommen, ohne daß sie dafür erneut an den Staat Lizenzgebühren zahlen müssen. Da schreit aber der Generalanwalt auf und sagt, die Regierung sorgt nicht genügend für die Staatseinnahmen, wenn sie das gestattet (wie der Kommunikationsminister eigentlich favorisieren würde, und der hatte Barak eigentlich schon hinter sich).
Der Generalanwalt sagt ganz klar, wenn die Kabelunternehmen zu der geforderten Verpflichtung nicht bereit sind, würde eine Lizenzvergabe vom Obersten Gericht gnadenlos kassiert werden.
Die Cable Cos sind sich zu allem Unglück uneins, wie sie nun reagieren sollen. In dieser Situation haben die neuen Wettbewerber Cellcom, Ofek und Barak (letztere Firma nicht verwandt oder verschwägert mit dem Premierminister) schon mal prophylaktisch eine gemeinsame Eingabe an das Oberste Gericht eingereicht, welches die Lizenzvergabe an die Kabelunternehmen verhindern soll. Die Wettbewerber sind sich da nämlich ganz einig.
Nun soll das Ganze zunächst vor dem Finanzausschuß der Knesset verhandelt und beraten werden.
Bis hierher erstmal - später noch eine Fortsetzung mit meiner Prognose, wie die Geschichte ausgehen wird. (Wie Ihr merkt, liebe ich derartige Verwicklungen - und deren Lösung.)
Gruß, Jan Philip
Es wird also erwartet, so sagt der Artikel, daß Generalanwalt Rubinstein, der dem Premierminister juristisch wasserdichte Lösungen vorschlagen soll, folgende Empfehlung aussprechen wird:
Die Cable Companies sollen zeitlich befristete Lizenzen für Highspeed-Internetbetrieb erhalten (gültig für zwei Jahre, denn 2002 laufen ohnehin sämtliche Lizenzen aus und müssen neu verhandelt werden), aber nur unter der Bedingung, daß die Kabelunternehmen bereit sind, sich zu verpflichten, ihren neuen Wettbewerbern (Cellcom, Barak, Ofek etc.- s.u.) die Nutzung der von den Cable Companies aufgebauten Infrastrukturen zu gestatten - also im wesentlichen der Netze und was sonst noch so dazugehört - das sog. "unbundling", das weltweit immer mehr gefordert und praktiziert wird, im Interesse des offenen Wettbewerbs. Natürlich sollen die neuen Wettbewerber die Infrastruktur der Kabelunternehmen nicht kostenlos nutzen dürfen, der Preis wäre auszuhandeln - würde aber wohl im wesentlichen von der mächtigen Regulierungsbehörde festgelegt werden, dem Cable and Satellite TV Council mit der (gutaussehenden - na ja, gehört hier eigentlich nicht her) Frau Inbar an der Spitze, die sehr genau weiß, was sie will.
Das wollen die Kabelunternehmen nun überhaupt nicht. Sie wollen nämlich sogar zusätzlich zu den Highspeed-Internetlizenzen am liebsten noch eine Telefonlizenz und gleich noch die Zusicherung, das ganze Paket dann 2002 verlängert zu bekommen, ohne daß sie dafür erneut an den Staat Lizenzgebühren zahlen müssen. Da schreit aber der Generalanwalt auf und sagt, die Regierung sorgt nicht genügend für die Staatseinnahmen, wenn sie das gestattet (wie der Kommunikationsminister eigentlich favorisieren würde, und der hatte Barak eigentlich schon hinter sich).
Der Generalanwalt sagt ganz klar, wenn die Kabelunternehmen zu der geforderten Verpflichtung nicht bereit sind, würde eine Lizenzvergabe vom Obersten Gericht gnadenlos kassiert werden.
Die Cable Cos sind sich zu allem Unglück uneins, wie sie nun reagieren sollen. In dieser Situation haben die neuen Wettbewerber Cellcom, Ofek und Barak (letztere Firma nicht verwandt oder verschwägert mit dem Premierminister) schon mal prophylaktisch eine gemeinsame Eingabe an das Oberste Gericht eingereicht, welches die Lizenzvergabe an die Kabelunternehmen verhindern soll. Die Wettbewerber sind sich da nämlich ganz einig.
Nun soll das Ganze zunächst vor dem Finanzausschuß der Knesset verhandelt und beraten werden.
Bis hierher erstmal - später noch eine Fortsetzung mit meiner Prognose, wie die Geschichte ausgehen wird. (Wie Ihr merkt, liebe ich derartige Verwicklungen - und deren Lösung.)
Gruß, Jan Philip
Den englischsprachigen Kommentar kannte ich nicht, als ich meinen Beitrag schrieb, und kann ihn im Moment auch nicht lesen.
JP
JP
Den englischsprachigen Kommentar kannte ich nicht, als ich meinen Beitrag schrieb, und kann ihn im Moment auch nicht lesen.
JP
JP
Also, ich gehe hier weiter einsam meinem Privathobby nach, diesen israelischen Wirtschaftskrimi weiter zu verfolgen (bin übrigens zweimal dort gewesen, einmal als junger Student 4 Wochen im Kibbuz, vielleicht deshalb die gewisse Affinität. Israel ist ein tolles, außerordentlich interessantes Land.)
Der Kommentator (der übrigens bei Globes das Thema langfristig gepachtet hat und journalistische Stimmungsmache gegen die alten Monopole betreibt) steht voll hinter Rubinstein und stachelt ihn an ("stick to your guns"). Die Presse und auch die Bevölkerung ist geschlossen für Marktöffnung und Wettbewerb. Die Kabelunternehmen haben in den vergangenen 10 Jahren offenbar ziemlich schamlos ihr TV-Monopol ausgenutzt - auf jeden Fall war die Bevölkerung mit dem gebotenen Preis-Leistungsverhältnis unzufrieden und lief in Scharen zum Satellitenfernsehen YES über, als das im Juli startete.
Während sich die Kabelunternehmen damals noch in einer guten Verhandlungsposition der Regierung gegenüber sahen(hinsichtlich ihrer Lizenzwünsche), weil sie schließlich nach langem Sträuben eingewilligt hatten, YES an dem von ihnen produzierten Content teilhaben zu lassen und nun eine Kompensation dafür beanspruchten (die ihnen Barak und der Kommunikationsminister auch geben wollten - in Form der kurzfristigen Lizenzen), hat sich nun das Blatt gewendet. Das ist immer die Gefahr - wer zuviel fordert und seine Machtposition überschätzt, steht am Ende ganz ohne da (bzw. wer zu spät kommt...)
Es hat sich nun jedenfalls eine neue Koalition formiert aus Generalanwalt, den 3 unabhängigen neuen Wettbewerbern (Cellcom, Barak, Ofek) und der Presse. Die Verhandlungsposition der Kabelunternehmen hat sich m.E. erheblich verschlechtert. Meine persönliche Einschätzung ist, daß sie im Interesse der von ihnen gewünschten Lizenzerweiterung dem unten beschriebenen "Unbundling" werden zustimmen müssen - d.h. zähneknirschend ihre Infrastruktur auch den Unabhängigen werden zur Verfügung stellen müssen. Die andere vom Globes-Kommentator angesprochene Alternative - keine Lizenzen für Highspeed-Internet für niemand - wird es nicht werden. Das wäre eine absolute Blamage für Israel, das doch neben den USA die führende High-Tech-Nation sein will. Diesen Ausgang wird man sicher verhindern.
Was heißt das alles für "unser" Boxengeschäft? Dieses war ja - so kann man leicht schließen - auf die Schiene gesetzt worden, damit die Cables der Bevölkerung neue, attraktive Angebote machen können - auch wegen der Konkurrenz von YES. An der Sinnhaftigkeit dieses Gedankens hat sich nichts, aber auch gar nichts geändert. Eher müssen die Cables wegen der neuen zusätzlichen Konkurrenz der Unabhängigen um so schneller in die Pantinen kommen und mit den neuen Angeboten - Interactive TV, E-Commerce-Angebote etc. jetzt rasch Nägel mit Köpfen machen - denn sie haben jetzt noch einen Zeitvorteil bei der Besetzung dieses Marktsegments.
Meine Prognose also: Hinsichtlich der Lizenzen wird man letztlich sagen, der Spatz in der Hand ist besser als die Taube auf dem Dach und wird die Kröte des Unbundling schlucken. Und dann wird es heißen, jetzt bloß schnell her mit den Boxen!! Wetten, daß...
Gruß, Jan Philip
Der Kommentator (der übrigens bei Globes das Thema langfristig gepachtet hat und journalistische Stimmungsmache gegen die alten Monopole betreibt) steht voll hinter Rubinstein und stachelt ihn an ("stick to your guns"). Die Presse und auch die Bevölkerung ist geschlossen für Marktöffnung und Wettbewerb. Die Kabelunternehmen haben in den vergangenen 10 Jahren offenbar ziemlich schamlos ihr TV-Monopol ausgenutzt - auf jeden Fall war die Bevölkerung mit dem gebotenen Preis-Leistungsverhältnis unzufrieden und lief in Scharen zum Satellitenfernsehen YES über, als das im Juli startete.
Während sich die Kabelunternehmen damals noch in einer guten Verhandlungsposition der Regierung gegenüber sahen(hinsichtlich ihrer Lizenzwünsche), weil sie schließlich nach langem Sträuben eingewilligt hatten, YES an dem von ihnen produzierten Content teilhaben zu lassen und nun eine Kompensation dafür beanspruchten (die ihnen Barak und der Kommunikationsminister auch geben wollten - in Form der kurzfristigen Lizenzen), hat sich nun das Blatt gewendet. Das ist immer die Gefahr - wer zuviel fordert und seine Machtposition überschätzt, steht am Ende ganz ohne da (bzw. wer zu spät kommt...)
Es hat sich nun jedenfalls eine neue Koalition formiert aus Generalanwalt, den 3 unabhängigen neuen Wettbewerbern (Cellcom, Barak, Ofek) und der Presse. Die Verhandlungsposition der Kabelunternehmen hat sich m.E. erheblich verschlechtert. Meine persönliche Einschätzung ist, daß sie im Interesse der von ihnen gewünschten Lizenzerweiterung dem unten beschriebenen "Unbundling" werden zustimmen müssen - d.h. zähneknirschend ihre Infrastruktur auch den Unabhängigen werden zur Verfügung stellen müssen. Die andere vom Globes-Kommentator angesprochene Alternative - keine Lizenzen für Highspeed-Internet für niemand - wird es nicht werden. Das wäre eine absolute Blamage für Israel, das doch neben den USA die führende High-Tech-Nation sein will. Diesen Ausgang wird man sicher verhindern.
Was heißt das alles für "unser" Boxengeschäft? Dieses war ja - so kann man leicht schließen - auf die Schiene gesetzt worden, damit die Cables der Bevölkerung neue, attraktive Angebote machen können - auch wegen der Konkurrenz von YES. An der Sinnhaftigkeit dieses Gedankens hat sich nichts, aber auch gar nichts geändert. Eher müssen die Cables wegen der neuen zusätzlichen Konkurrenz der Unabhängigen um so schneller in die Pantinen kommen und mit den neuen Angeboten - Interactive TV, E-Commerce-Angebote etc. jetzt rasch Nägel mit Köpfen machen - denn sie haben jetzt noch einen Zeitvorteil bei der Besetzung dieses Marktsegments.
Meine Prognose also: Hinsichtlich der Lizenzen wird man letztlich sagen, der Spatz in der Hand ist besser als die Taube auf dem Dach und wird die Kröte des Unbundling schlucken. Und dann wird es heißen, jetzt bloß schnell her mit den Boxen!! Wetten, daß...
Gruß, Jan Philip
Man sollte sich vielleicht an dieser Stelle noch einmal die nachstehende Kurzstudie von Merck Finck & Co (Oliver Graf Wrangel) anschauen, die kurz nach der entsprechenden Metabox-Adhoc Mitte April veröffentlicht wurde, und sie mit der heutigen Situation vergleichen. Merck Finck ist als Emissionsbank traditionell sehr gut über MBX informiert, und Wrangel ist ein außerordentlich kundiger und bedachtsamer Analyst. Wie erscheint diese Studie in heutigem Licht?
Met@box - outperformer
WKN: 692120 MET(A)BOX AG Merck Finck & Co 18.04.2000
Die Analysten von Merck Finck & Co stufen die Aktien von Met@box als outperformer ein.
Blockbuster Deal Opens up New Perspectives
DM500m block buster deal
The blockbuster deal announced on April 10 doubles the company`s own revenue projections for the current year. The deal increases our expectations for 2000 revenues by more than 130% to EUR99m. We increase our EPS estimates by 246% to EUR2.7for 2000.
Deal will be filled and completed by July 2001
The deal comprises the delivery of 500,000 interactive multimedia Set-Top-boxes with a total value of DM500m. The boxes will be the new generation of Set-Top-boxes, Phoenix, which were introduced at CeBit in Hannover, this year. Delivery will start in August 2000 and end approximately July 2001.
No risk of retreat by the still unknown buyer
The contract is a fixed order, not a basic agreement, taking away any opportunity for the buyer to cancel any portion of the order, at any time after taking the first delivery. The company, which wants to remain unnamed for the time being, due to competition reasons, has set up the financing of this deal and will distribute the Set-Top-boxes for free, to private households in one country. In the price for the Set-Top-box, included is the BOT technology (Broadcast on Television), a smart card reader, and a module allowing broadcast of signals over a TV film, without interrupting the film. The buyer has built up an e-Commerce platform with various co-operation partners, who will profit from increased activity by private households through the use Phoenix Set-Top-boxes.
Outsourcing of production and assembly
The company has out-sourced the production of the Set-Top-boxes to Asian companies in the Far-East, who are used to handling large volume orders, thus avoiding the risk of execution. Metabox will make quality checks in Asia, and deliver the boxes directly from there, in contrast to the previous generation of boxes (Metabox 50 or Metabox 500), which were assembled in Germany.
Fair value of earnings approximately EUR140
Our two-phase earnings discount model gives us a fair value of EUR140, assuming a growth rate of 15% for the years 2003-2009, and no growth for the following years. The P/E ratio of 27 for 2000 and 14 for 2001 look relatively low compared to the strong earnings growth for the years to come. We therefore, upgrade the stock from Marketperform to Outperform.
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Vergleichen wir also das Ganze mit der heutigen Situation. Zunächst lesen wir, daß es die neue MBX 1000 ist, um die es bei diesem Auftrag geht. Es bringt nichts, von falschen Voraussetzungen auszugehen. Die Lieferung von MBX 50 oder 500 ist offenbar nicht Vertragsbestandteil.
Dann heißt es, die Lieferung beginnt im August 2000. Nun scheint sie tatsächlich Ende September zu beginnen, vermutlich noch in kleinen Stückzahlen, um dann im 4. Quartal in Großserienstückzahlen ausgeliefert zu werden und wahrscheinlich noch in diesem Jahr die 100.000 Stück zu erreichen.
Na und, kann man da nur sagen. Wir haben also eine Verzögerung von einem Monat. Das ist im Ergebnis so wichtig wie der berühmte Sack Reis, der in China umfällt. Denn angesichts der hier zur Genüge beschriebenen Querelen in Israel und bisher nicht erfolgten Zulassungen / Lizenzvergaben wurden die Boxen dort ohnehin bisher offenbar nicht benötigt. So what?
Dann heißt es klipp und klar, es handele sich um eine fixed order, not a basic agreement, taking away any opportunity for the buyer to cancel any portion of the order, at any time after taking the first delivery.
Daß das Unternehmen aus Wettbewerbsgründen bisher geheimgehalten werden will, kann sich ja wohl jeder nach der Lektüre dieses Threads vorstellen. Aber daß das gesamte Geschäfts schon damals durchfinanziert war, ist wichtig zu wissen.
So, und nun das Entscheidende: Auf der Basis nur dieses einen Auftrags ermittelte Merck Finck`s Wrangel einen fairen Wert von 140 EUR, das sind nach dem neuen Kurs also 28 EUR.
Aber es sind seitdem 5 Monate vergangen - die Entwicklung der met@box 1000 ist erheblich weiter fortgeschritten bzw. fertiggestellt; das Unternehmen wurde in vieler Hinsicht weiter aufgebaut; weitere Aufträge (in unterschiedlichen Stadien) kamen hinzu, der Ausbau der Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen, Graetz, Polen. Alles ist vorangegangen. Also müßte der faire Unternehmenswert weiter gestiegen sein.
Aber, wie man leider andererseits weiß, wird an der Börse eben eher selten der faire Wert einer Aktie gehandelt.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Met@box - outperformer
WKN: 692120 MET(A)BOX AG Merck Finck & Co 18.04.2000
Die Analysten von Merck Finck & Co stufen die Aktien von Met@box als outperformer ein.
Blockbuster Deal Opens up New Perspectives
DM500m block buster deal
The blockbuster deal announced on April 10 doubles the company`s own revenue projections for the current year. The deal increases our expectations for 2000 revenues by more than 130% to EUR99m. We increase our EPS estimates by 246% to EUR2.7for 2000.
Deal will be filled and completed by July 2001
The deal comprises the delivery of 500,000 interactive multimedia Set-Top-boxes with a total value of DM500m. The boxes will be the new generation of Set-Top-boxes, Phoenix, which were introduced at CeBit in Hannover, this year. Delivery will start in August 2000 and end approximately July 2001.
No risk of retreat by the still unknown buyer
The contract is a fixed order, not a basic agreement, taking away any opportunity for the buyer to cancel any portion of the order, at any time after taking the first delivery. The company, which wants to remain unnamed for the time being, due to competition reasons, has set up the financing of this deal and will distribute the Set-Top-boxes for free, to private households in one country. In the price for the Set-Top-box, included is the BOT technology (Broadcast on Television), a smart card reader, and a module allowing broadcast of signals over a TV film, without interrupting the film. The buyer has built up an e-Commerce platform with various co-operation partners, who will profit from increased activity by private households through the use Phoenix Set-Top-boxes.
Outsourcing of production and assembly
The company has out-sourced the production of the Set-Top-boxes to Asian companies in the Far-East, who are used to handling large volume orders, thus avoiding the risk of execution. Metabox will make quality checks in Asia, and deliver the boxes directly from there, in contrast to the previous generation of boxes (Metabox 50 or Metabox 500), which were assembled in Germany.
Fair value of earnings approximately EUR140
Our two-phase earnings discount model gives us a fair value of EUR140, assuming a growth rate of 15% for the years 2003-2009, and no growth for the following years. The P/E ratio of 27 for 2000 and 14 for 2001 look relatively low compared to the strong earnings growth for the years to come. We therefore, upgrade the stock from Marketperform to Outperform.
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Vergleichen wir also das Ganze mit der heutigen Situation. Zunächst lesen wir, daß es die neue MBX 1000 ist, um die es bei diesem Auftrag geht. Es bringt nichts, von falschen Voraussetzungen auszugehen. Die Lieferung von MBX 50 oder 500 ist offenbar nicht Vertragsbestandteil.
Dann heißt es, die Lieferung beginnt im August 2000. Nun scheint sie tatsächlich Ende September zu beginnen, vermutlich noch in kleinen Stückzahlen, um dann im 4. Quartal in Großserienstückzahlen ausgeliefert zu werden und wahrscheinlich noch in diesem Jahr die 100.000 Stück zu erreichen.
Na und, kann man da nur sagen. Wir haben also eine Verzögerung von einem Monat. Das ist im Ergebnis so wichtig wie der berühmte Sack Reis, der in China umfällt. Denn angesichts der hier zur Genüge beschriebenen Querelen in Israel und bisher nicht erfolgten Zulassungen / Lizenzvergaben wurden die Boxen dort ohnehin bisher offenbar nicht benötigt. So what?
Dann heißt es klipp und klar, es handele sich um eine fixed order, not a basic agreement, taking away any opportunity for the buyer to cancel any portion of the order, at any time after taking the first delivery.
Daß das Unternehmen aus Wettbewerbsgründen bisher geheimgehalten werden will, kann sich ja wohl jeder nach der Lektüre dieses Threads vorstellen. Aber daß das gesamte Geschäfts schon damals durchfinanziert war, ist wichtig zu wissen.
So, und nun das Entscheidende: Auf der Basis nur dieses einen Auftrags ermittelte Merck Finck`s Wrangel einen fairen Wert von 140 EUR, das sind nach dem neuen Kurs also 28 EUR.
Aber es sind seitdem 5 Monate vergangen - die Entwicklung der met@box 1000 ist erheblich weiter fortgeschritten bzw. fertiggestellt; das Unternehmen wurde in vieler Hinsicht weiter aufgebaut; weitere Aufträge (in unterschiedlichen Stadien) kamen hinzu, der Ausbau der Tochtergesellschaften und verbundenen Unternehmen, Graetz, Polen. Alles ist vorangegangen. Also müßte der faire Unternehmenswert weiter gestiegen sein.
Aber, wie man leider andererseits weiß, wird an der Börse eben eher selten der faire Wert einer Aktie gehandelt.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Hallo Janphil,
klasse Beträge. Vor allem Deine Interpretationen zu den politischen Querelen in Israel.
Du hälst Dich auffällig bedeckt beim Thema Aktienkurs. Was ist Deiner Meinung nach das Problem im Moment?
Gruss
Oliver
klasse Beträge. Vor allem Deine Interpretationen zu den politischen Querelen in Israel.
Du hälst Dich auffällig bedeckt beim Thema Aktienkurs. Was ist Deiner Meinung nach das Problem im Moment?
Gruss
Oliver
schön auch zur Verdeutlichung - ein artikel in der Jerusalem Post:#
Ofek, Barak, and Cellcom consider appeal on fast Internet
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 26) - Ofek, Barak, and Cellcom have started drafting an appeal to the Supreme Court to prevent the government from granting the cable companies a short-term license for providing fast Internet, a source close to the companies said yesterday.
The three independent telephony companies are demanding that the Communications Ministry open the high-speed Internet market to all players simultaneously, while establishing ideal conditions for competition by insisting on unbundling, which would make cables and Bezeq infrastructure available to all providers.
Granting a short-term Internet provider license to the cable companies would merely be another way of granting them a de facto permanent permit, restricting the market to newcomers, say Ofek, Barak and Cellcom, who last week joined forces to fight the pending cable licensing.
Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein, under pressure from the Communications Ministry to allow the cable companies to launch their fast Internet service in order to compete with Bezeq, whose infrastructure is also ready, is to rule on the short-term license soon.
In their appeal, the independent telephony group will note that if the government allows Bezeq and the cable companies to launch high-speed Internet services without licensing other companies as well, it will create a duopoly that will be almost impossible to compete with, the source said.
The companies will decide when to file the appeal depending on developments in coming days, the source added.
Ofek, Barak, and Cellcom consider appeal on fast Internet
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 26) - Ofek, Barak, and Cellcom have started drafting an appeal to the Supreme Court to prevent the government from granting the cable companies a short-term license for providing fast Internet, a source close to the companies said yesterday.
The three independent telephony companies are demanding that the Communications Ministry open the high-speed Internet market to all players simultaneously, while establishing ideal conditions for competition by insisting on unbundling, which would make cables and Bezeq infrastructure available to all providers.
Granting a short-term Internet provider license to the cable companies would merely be another way of granting them a de facto permanent permit, restricting the market to newcomers, say Ofek, Barak and Cellcom, who last week joined forces to fight the pending cable licensing.
Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein, under pressure from the Communications Ministry to allow the cable companies to launch their fast Internet service in order to compete with Bezeq, whose infrastructure is also ready, is to rule on the short-term license soon.
In their appeal, the independent telephony group will note that if the government allows Bezeq and the cable companies to launch high-speed Internet services without licensing other companies as well, it will create a duopoly that will be almost impossible to compete with, the source said.
The companies will decide when to file the appeal depending on developments in coming days, the source added.
Gute Arbeit, Oliver und Janphil. Danke.
Als kleines Dankeschön an Dodo werde ich den Artikel mal eben übersetzen:
"Ofek, Barak und Cellcom erwägen Klage wegen "fast Internet"
O., B. und C. bereiten eine Klage beim Obersten Gericht vor, um die Regierung daran zu hindern, den Kabelunternehmen eine vorläufige (kurzzeitige) Lizenz zu gewähren, Highspeed-Internet anzubieten, verlautete gestern aus einer unternehmensnahen Quelle.
Die drei unabhängigen Telekommunikationsunternehmen fordern, daß das Kommunikationsministerium den Highspeed-Internetmarkt allen Wettbewerbern gleichzeitig öffnet und ideale Wettbewerbsbedingungen dadurch schafft, daß es darauf besteht, die Infrastruktur der Kabelunternehmen und von Bezeq (Telekom Israels) allen Anbietern zu öffnen (sog. Unbundling).
Den Kabelunternehmen eine vorläufige Internetprovider-Lizenz zu gewähren wäre lediglich eine andere Form, ihnen de facto eine Dauererlaubnis zu erteilen und Neueinsteigern beim Markteinstieg zu behindern, argumentieren O., B. und C.,die letzte Woche ein gemeinsames Vorgehen gegen die anstehende Lizenzvergabe beschlossen.
Generalanwalt Rubinstein (eine Art oberster Rechtsberater der Regierung mit erheblicher Macht) ist beauftragt, die Bedingungen für die vorläufige Lizenz (an die Cables) bald festzulegen und steht unter dem Druck des Kommunikationsministeriums, den Kabelunternehmen ihr Fast-Internet-Angebot zu erlauben, um ihnen damit den Wettbewerb mit Bezeq zu ermöglichen.
In ihrer Klage wird die Gruppe der unabhängigen Telekommunikationsunternehmen darauf hinweisen, daß die Regierung ein Duopol schafft, mit dem Wettbewerb nahezu unmöglich ist, wenn es Bezeq und den Kabelunternehmen erlaubt, Highspeed-Internet anzubieten, ohne anderen Unternehmen diese Möglichkeit ebenfalls einzuräumen.
Die Unternehmen werden anhand der Entwicklungen der nächsten Tage entscheiden, ob und wann sie die Klage einreichen, fügte die unternehmensnahe Quelle hinzu."
JP
"Ofek, Barak und Cellcom erwägen Klage wegen "fast Internet"
O., B. und C. bereiten eine Klage beim Obersten Gericht vor, um die Regierung daran zu hindern, den Kabelunternehmen eine vorläufige (kurzzeitige) Lizenz zu gewähren, Highspeed-Internet anzubieten, verlautete gestern aus einer unternehmensnahen Quelle.
Die drei unabhängigen Telekommunikationsunternehmen fordern, daß das Kommunikationsministerium den Highspeed-Internetmarkt allen Wettbewerbern gleichzeitig öffnet und ideale Wettbewerbsbedingungen dadurch schafft, daß es darauf besteht, die Infrastruktur der Kabelunternehmen und von Bezeq (Telekom Israels) allen Anbietern zu öffnen (sog. Unbundling).
Den Kabelunternehmen eine vorläufige Internetprovider-Lizenz zu gewähren wäre lediglich eine andere Form, ihnen de facto eine Dauererlaubnis zu erteilen und Neueinsteigern beim Markteinstieg zu behindern, argumentieren O., B. und C.,die letzte Woche ein gemeinsames Vorgehen gegen die anstehende Lizenzvergabe beschlossen.
Generalanwalt Rubinstein (eine Art oberster Rechtsberater der Regierung mit erheblicher Macht) ist beauftragt, die Bedingungen für die vorläufige Lizenz (an die Cables) bald festzulegen und steht unter dem Druck des Kommunikationsministeriums, den Kabelunternehmen ihr Fast-Internet-Angebot zu erlauben, um ihnen damit den Wettbewerb mit Bezeq zu ermöglichen.
In ihrer Klage wird die Gruppe der unabhängigen Telekommunikationsunternehmen darauf hinweisen, daß die Regierung ein Duopol schafft, mit dem Wettbewerb nahezu unmöglich ist, wenn es Bezeq und den Kabelunternehmen erlaubt, Highspeed-Internet anzubieten, ohne anderen Unternehmen diese Möglichkeit ebenfalls einzuräumen.
Die Unternehmen werden anhand der Entwicklungen der nächsten Tage entscheiden, ob und wann sie die Klage einreichen, fügte die unternehmensnahe Quelle hinzu."
JP
Commerce One: B2B-Plattform für Israel
Der bekannte B2B-Anbieter Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC) wird die Technologie für den führenden israelischen Hightech-Marktplatz liefern. Der virtuelle B2B-Marktplatz wird von dem führenden israelischen Internet Provider Internet Gold, der Bank Hapoalim, Compaq Israel, The Israel Corp. und Ofek Newworld betrieben.
Die endgültige Vertragsunterzeichnung soll in den nächsten 30 Tagen stattfinden. Der Marktplatz wird auf Basis der Commerce One Plattform betrieben, wobei die angebundenen Unternehmen Zugang zu Commerce One´s B2B-Community Global Trading Web erhalten. Über finanzielle Details dieser umfassenden Allianz wurde bis dato noch nichts bekannt.
Commerce One notieren im frühen Nasdaq-Handel leicht im Minus bei 80 Dollar.
14:59 26.09 A. Mittermeier
Der bekannte B2B-Anbieter Commerce One (Nasdaq: CMRC) wird die Technologie für den führenden israelischen Hightech-Marktplatz liefern. Der virtuelle B2B-Marktplatz wird von dem führenden israelischen Internet Provider Internet Gold, der Bank Hapoalim, Compaq Israel, The Israel Corp. und Ofek Newworld betrieben.
Die endgültige Vertragsunterzeichnung soll in den nächsten 30 Tagen stattfinden. Der Marktplatz wird auf Basis der Commerce One Plattform betrieben, wobei die angebundenen Unternehmen Zugang zu Commerce One´s B2B-Community Global Trading Web erhalten. Über finanzielle Details dieser umfassenden Allianz wurde bis dato noch nichts bekannt.
Commerce One notieren im frühen Nasdaq-Handel leicht im Minus bei 80 Dollar.
14:59 26.09 A. Mittermeier
Das ist nicht etwa die Konkurrenz. Hier handelt es sich um einen B2B-Marktplatz, also für den Handel zwischen Unternehmen.
Das Projekt, in das MBX involviert ist, ist ein B2C-Projekt, also Business-to-Consumer.
JP
Das Projekt, in das MBX involviert ist, ist ein B2C-Projekt, also Business-to-Consumer.
JP
Aber in anderer Hinsicht ist die Meldung interessant:
Alle dort Beteiligten gehen offensichtlich davon aus, daß es sehr bald einen Highspeed-Internetzugang in Israel geben wird. Denn ohne einen solchen würde dieses Projekt wohl kaum Sinn machen.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Alle dort Beteiligten gehen offensichtlich davon aus, daß es sehr bald einen Highspeed-Internetzugang in Israel geben wird. Denn ohne einen solchen würde dieses Projekt wohl kaum Sinn machen.
Gruß, Jan Philip
hi jp
wie siehst du als israelexperte die gerüchte um sci, die ja auch in israel vertreten sind ?
MFG
JS
wie siehst du als israelexperte die gerüchte um sci, die ja auch in israel vertreten sind ?
MFG
JS
SCI könnte evtl. auch Teile der Fertigung der Boxen übernehmen. Somit hat MBX mehr als genug Produktionskapazitäten.
Mit dem Kunden in Israel hat das zunächst einmal wenig zu tun. Allerdings könnte das SCI Werk in Israel, sollte MBX tatsächlich neuerdings Kunde bei SCI sein, Boxen produzieren.
Das würde das Geschäft logistisch natürlich stark vereinfachen...
Mit dem Kunden in Israel hat das zunächst einmal wenig zu tun. Allerdings könnte das SCI Werk in Israel, sollte MBX tatsächlich neuerdings Kunde bei SCI sein, Boxen produzieren.
Das würde das Geschäft logistisch natürlich stark vereinfachen...
Ich sehe es wie Oliver. Es gibt Hinweise, daß u.a. SCI demnächst für MBX fertigt.
JP
JP
hallo oliver
weißt du etwas über einen neuen aktionärsbrief?
wann soll der kommen?
weißt du etwas über einen neuen aktionärsbrief?
wann soll der kommen?
nein - ich weiss nichts.
lt. Fr. Schumacher (Agentur Schumacher`S) arbeiten sie fieberhaft an einem Aktionärsbrief, der noch diese Woche rauskommen soll.
CU
CU
SALVE!
Habe auch mit Schumacher telefoniert, angeblich kommt der Aktionaersbrief am Freitag, vermutlich vormittags. Wenn nicht parallel auch eine Ad-hoc kommt, interessiert mich der Inhalt kaum, denn die Kurse werden fallen.
Petronius
Habe auch mit Schumacher telefoniert, angeblich kommt der Aktionaersbrief am Freitag, vermutlich vormittags. Wenn nicht parallel auch eine Ad-hoc kommt, interessiert mich der Inhalt kaum, denn die Kurse werden fallen.
Petronius
@Oliver H.
Bist Du online?
Würde gerne mal ein paar Sachen klarstellen!
obolus
Bist Du online?
Würde gerne mal ein paar Sachen klarstellen!
obolus
Würde es Euch sehr viel ausmachen, Eure Privatkonversationen nicht gerade im Israelthread abzuhalten?
Danke.
Gruß, JP
Danke.
Gruß, JP
@Janphil
Danke für den Dt. Posting, hört sich alles an wie damals als man unsere lieben Telekom das Monopol weggenommen hat.
@Petronius
Der Brief soll bis Freitag kommen, kann also auch morgen schon kommen.
DODO
Danke für den Dt. Posting, hört sich alles an wie damals als man unsere lieben Telekom das Monopol weggenommen hat.
@Petronius
Der Brief soll bis Freitag kommen, kann also auch morgen schon kommen.
DODO
Hallo zusammen,
bis jetzt hab ich eher auf Tevel getippt, wie aber passt folgendes?
Gruss
Oliver
Matav Receives Permit to Provide Pay Per View and Near Video on Demand
NETANYA, Israel, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, announced that on September 14, 2000, the Company received a permit from the Ministry of Communications, to provide Pay Per View and Near Video on Demand services.
These services will include up to 12 channels, adult movies and life events. The Company is preparing to start the provision of services within the next few weeks.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
(This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the Company`s business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Matav Cable only, and are subject to risk and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in technology and market requirements, decline in demand for the company`s products, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition, which could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risk and uncertainties affecting the company, reference is made to the Company`s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
/CONTACT: Alma Weich, Counsel of Matav Cable Systems, +972-9-860-2266; or Rachel Levine, Investor Relations of The Anne McBride Co., 212-983-1702, for Matav/
Quelle : http://www.nasdaq-amex.com/asp/quotes_news.asp?symbol=MATVY…
Und das kann man auf unter http://www.matav.co.il/htmls/indexes/infoIndex.htm lesen:
Matav is about to complete an upgrade of its CATV broadcast and transmission system, including technologically advanced head-ends and a broadband, hybrid optical fiber/coaxial cable CATV network (Microwaves links are used as well, for coverage of the major cities in the northern part of Israel).
Matav’s cable transmission network is capable of supporting both broadcast transmission and two-way data transmission, for telecommunications and computer networking. The return channel allows live broadcasting from the area, network status monitoring and interactive services such as internet access, home shopping etc.
As part of the company’s preparation towards becoming a Multi-Service-Operator for interactive TV, telephony and Data Over Cable services, the company has defined two network upgrade projects, Segmentation and Bandwidth expantion.
Oder vielleicht doch alle drei zusammen? Die technischen Vorbereitungen scheinen jedenfalls alle zu treffen.
bis jetzt hab ich eher auf Tevel getippt, wie aber passt folgendes?
Gruss
Oliver
Matav Receives Permit to Provide Pay Per View and Near Video on Demand
NETANYA, Israel, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, announced that on September 14, 2000, the Company received a permit from the Ministry of Communications, to provide Pay Per View and Near Video on Demand services.
These services will include up to 12 channels, adult movies and life events. The Company is preparing to start the provision of services within the next few weeks.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
(This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the Company`s business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Matav Cable only, and are subject to risk and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in technology and market requirements, decline in demand for the company`s products, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition, which could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risk and uncertainties affecting the company, reference is made to the Company`s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
/CONTACT: Alma Weich, Counsel of Matav Cable Systems, +972-9-860-2266; or Rachel Levine, Investor Relations of The Anne McBride Co., 212-983-1702, for Matav/
Quelle : http://www.nasdaq-amex.com/asp/quotes_news.asp?symbol=MATVY…
Und das kann man auf unter http://www.matav.co.il/htmls/indexes/infoIndex.htm lesen:
Matav is about to complete an upgrade of its CATV broadcast and transmission system, including technologically advanced head-ends and a broadband, hybrid optical fiber/coaxial cable CATV network (Microwaves links are used as well, for coverage of the major cities in the northern part of Israel).
Matav’s cable transmission network is capable of supporting both broadcast transmission and two-way data transmission, for telecommunications and computer networking. The return channel allows live broadcasting from the area, network status monitoring and interactive services such as internet access, home shopping etc.
As part of the company’s preparation towards becoming a Multi-Service-Operator for interactive TV, telephony and Data Over Cable services, the company has defined two network upgrade projects, Segmentation and Bandwidth expantion.
Oder vielleicht doch alle drei zusammen? Die technischen Vorbereitungen scheinen jedenfalls alle zu treffen.
Wer nicht nimmt zur rechten Zeit...
Nun ist es so gekommen, wie ich vorhergesagt habe: die Kabelunternehmen haben sich weitgehend den vom Generalanwalt gestellten Bedingungen unterworfen. Selbst das "unbundling" müssen sie akzeptieren, d.h., ihre Netze ihren Wettbewerbern zur Verfügung stellen (gegen Nutzungsentgelt natürlich).
Aber den Highspeed-Internetanschluß soll es nun erst Mitte 2001 geben - wenn alles gut geht, denn im Augenblick besteht zunächst nur die Hoffnung auf eine Lizenz. Aber lest selbst:
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Cable companies agree to most terms for broadband license
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
The cable companies announced yesterday that they accept most of the terms stipulated by Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein as a condition for addressing their application for a temporary permit to provide domestic communication services, according to a letter sent yesterday by the cable companies` legal adviser, David Libai, to the Communications Ministry.
Rubinstein`s conditions are free access to network service providers and unbundling (leasing parts of the cable infrastructure to other service providers); moreover, he said, the temporary license will not serve as grounds for demanding a permanent one or for barring a tender for cable infrastructure once the current TV broadcasting license has elapsed. The cable companies have also agreed to Rubinstein`s recommendation to appoint an arbitrator or outside expert after the temporary license expires, to assess the value of the permanent license.
The cable companies have not, however, responded to several demands presented by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer. Lahman-Messer required the cable companies to waive broadcasting exclusivity and concede some of these rights to Bezeq. In clarifications that the cable companies are to submit today, they are likely to claim that this requirement has already been met, since Bezeq holds 30 percent of Yes satellite broadcasting company.
The cable companies hope that the Attorney General will now soon license them to provide broadband and telephony services. These services will be available only once cable infrastructure upgrading is completed in mid-2001.
Rubinstein`s conditions were drafted at the request of Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who asked him to pave the way for a temporary telecom license for the cable companies, until the expiration of their TV broadcasting franchise.
The Attorney General`s position until now was that the cable companies were barred from providing network and telephone services as long as they do not have a permanent license for the cable infrastructure. The cable companies` current franchises are to expire between 2002 and 2004.
Nun ist es so gekommen, wie ich vorhergesagt habe: die Kabelunternehmen haben sich weitgehend den vom Generalanwalt gestellten Bedingungen unterworfen. Selbst das "unbundling" müssen sie akzeptieren, d.h., ihre Netze ihren Wettbewerbern zur Verfügung stellen (gegen Nutzungsentgelt natürlich).
Aber den Highspeed-Internetanschluß soll es nun erst Mitte 2001 geben - wenn alles gut geht, denn im Augenblick besteht zunächst nur die Hoffnung auf eine Lizenz. Aber lest selbst:
Wednesday, September 27, 2000
Cable companies agree to most terms for broadband license
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
The cable companies announced yesterday that they accept most of the terms stipulated by Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein as a condition for addressing their application for a temporary permit to provide domestic communication services, according to a letter sent yesterday by the cable companies` legal adviser, David Libai, to the Communications Ministry.
Rubinstein`s conditions are free access to network service providers and unbundling (leasing parts of the cable infrastructure to other service providers); moreover, he said, the temporary license will not serve as grounds for demanding a permanent one or for barring a tender for cable infrastructure once the current TV broadcasting license has elapsed. The cable companies have also agreed to Rubinstein`s recommendation to appoint an arbitrator or outside expert after the temporary license expires, to assess the value of the permanent license.
The cable companies have not, however, responded to several demands presented by Deputy Attorney General Davida Lahman-Messer. Lahman-Messer required the cable companies to waive broadcasting exclusivity and concede some of these rights to Bezeq. In clarifications that the cable companies are to submit today, they are likely to claim that this requirement has already been met, since Bezeq holds 30 percent of Yes satellite broadcasting company.
The cable companies hope that the Attorney General will now soon license them to provide broadband and telephony services. These services will be available only once cable infrastructure upgrading is completed in mid-2001.
Rubinstein`s conditions were drafted at the request of Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who asked him to pave the way for a temporary telecom license for the cable companies, until the expiration of their TV broadcasting franchise.
The Attorney General`s position until now was that the cable companies were barred from providing network and telephone services as long as they do not have a permanent license for the cable infrastructure. The cable companies` current franchises are to expire between 2002 and 2004.
JP,
was heißt das für den Israel-Deal? M.E. müßte das die Sache vereinfachen, wenn man zunächst mit den "normalen" Internet-Möglichkeiten arbeitet. Den High-Speed-Zugang, den es bei uns auch nach und nach geben wird (Callahan etc), wird man später auf der Phoenix-Plattform nutzen können. Nach meinem Erkenntnisstand hat Metabox in Israel schon technische Vorarbeiten für das Geschäft getätigt. Manche behaupten, es seien schon Boxen geliefert. Ich bin gespannt, ob der Aktionärsbrief dies bestätigt ohne vielleicht den Namen des Auftraggebers nennen zu können. Oder besagt die Meldung aus Israel, daß für die Geheimhaltung des Namens nun kein Anlaß mehr besteht. Dann könnte der Aktionärsbrief im Sinne der Erwartungshaltung ja auch positiv ausfallen.
FSTACHO
was heißt das für den Israel-Deal? M.E. müßte das die Sache vereinfachen, wenn man zunächst mit den "normalen" Internet-Möglichkeiten arbeitet. Den High-Speed-Zugang, den es bei uns auch nach und nach geben wird (Callahan etc), wird man später auf der Phoenix-Plattform nutzen können. Nach meinem Erkenntnisstand hat Metabox in Israel schon technische Vorarbeiten für das Geschäft getätigt. Manche behaupten, es seien schon Boxen geliefert. Ich bin gespannt, ob der Aktionärsbrief dies bestätigt ohne vielleicht den Namen des Auftraggebers nennen zu können. Oder besagt die Meldung aus Israel, daß für die Geheimhaltung des Namens nun kein Anlaß mehr besteht. Dann könnte der Aktionärsbrief im Sinne der Erwartungshaltung ja auch positiv ausfallen.
FSTACHO
@ FSTACHO
Das ist gar nicht so einfach zu beantworten. Man muß sich überlegen, welche Bedingungen notwendig sind, um die Angebote zu starten, die dem Israel-Deal zugrundeliegen, und welche entbehrlich sind. Sollte z.B. der israelische Vertragspartner bzw. das dortige Konsortium keine Internetlizenz haben (die Lizenzen werden in Israel ziemlich restriktiv vergeben), was soll er dann mit den Boxen? Nun könnte man sagen, BOT z.B. ist ja was anderes. Aber hat er dafür eine Lizenz?
Tatsache ist, daß die Kabelunternehmen vorhatten und -haben, Interaktives Fernsehen "mit allen Schikanen" in Israel einzuführen - also mit Highspeed-Internet, Digital TV etc.. Tevel z.B. hatte schon mit einer Werbekampagne dafür begonnen und wurde juristisch zurückgepfiffen, weil es für seine Angebote noch keine Lizenzen besaß (s. weiter unten im Thread).
Man kann sich auch auf den Standpunkt stellen, was schert es Metabox, ob die in Israel Lizenzen haben oder nicht - gekauft ist gekauft. Aber ganz wohl ist einem dabei nicht. Das Problem ist einfach, daß die Lage in Israel doch sehr unübersichtlich ist in ihren Auswirkungen auf den Deal. Wir kennen ja schließlich den Vertrag nicht.
Andererseits ist richtig, daß es nicht Metabox zu vertreten hat, wenn die israelischen Partner die dortigen Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz der Boxen nicht auf die Reihe bekommen. Und wenn es aus den dortigen Zusammenhängen heraus zu weiteren Verzögerungen in der Frage der Namensveröffentlichung kommt.
Ich persönlich bedaure es sehr, daß Metabox eine Situation hat entstehen lassen, die so gespannt ist, daß man den Eindruck hat, es darf nun nichts, aber auch gar nichts mehr schiefgehen. Es geht eben manchmal was schief (s. die Rangeleien um die Lizenzen in Israel mit der Folge von Verzögerungen dort). Ein Aktienkurs sollte nie am seidenen Faden hängen müssen.
Gruß, Jan Philip
PS. Freue mich jedes Mal, Deine Beiträge zu lesen, weil sie immer sachlich und durchdacht sind.
Das ist gar nicht so einfach zu beantworten. Man muß sich überlegen, welche Bedingungen notwendig sind, um die Angebote zu starten, die dem Israel-Deal zugrundeliegen, und welche entbehrlich sind. Sollte z.B. der israelische Vertragspartner bzw. das dortige Konsortium keine Internetlizenz haben (die Lizenzen werden in Israel ziemlich restriktiv vergeben), was soll er dann mit den Boxen? Nun könnte man sagen, BOT z.B. ist ja was anderes. Aber hat er dafür eine Lizenz?
Tatsache ist, daß die Kabelunternehmen vorhatten und -haben, Interaktives Fernsehen "mit allen Schikanen" in Israel einzuführen - also mit Highspeed-Internet, Digital TV etc.. Tevel z.B. hatte schon mit einer Werbekampagne dafür begonnen und wurde juristisch zurückgepfiffen, weil es für seine Angebote noch keine Lizenzen besaß (s. weiter unten im Thread).
Man kann sich auch auf den Standpunkt stellen, was schert es Metabox, ob die in Israel Lizenzen haben oder nicht - gekauft ist gekauft. Aber ganz wohl ist einem dabei nicht. Das Problem ist einfach, daß die Lage in Israel doch sehr unübersichtlich ist in ihren Auswirkungen auf den Deal. Wir kennen ja schließlich den Vertrag nicht.
Andererseits ist richtig, daß es nicht Metabox zu vertreten hat, wenn die israelischen Partner die dortigen Voraussetzungen für den Einsatz der Boxen nicht auf die Reihe bekommen. Und wenn es aus den dortigen Zusammenhängen heraus zu weiteren Verzögerungen in der Frage der Namensveröffentlichung kommt.
Ich persönlich bedaure es sehr, daß Metabox eine Situation hat entstehen lassen, die so gespannt ist, daß man den Eindruck hat, es darf nun nichts, aber auch gar nichts mehr schiefgehen. Es geht eben manchmal was schief (s. die Rangeleien um die Lizenzen in Israel mit der Folge von Verzögerungen dort). Ein Aktienkurs sollte nie am seidenen Faden hängen müssen.
Gruß, Jan Philip
PS. Freue mich jedes Mal, Deine Beiträge zu lesen, weil sie immer sachlich und durchdacht sind.
JanPhil,
Danke. Nach meiner Einschätzung, die durch eigene Recherche begründet ist, wird es mit MBX wieder aufwärts gehen. Ich hoffe, daß wir uns dann weiterhin vernünftig unterhalten können. Du machst Dir sehr viel Arbeit, von der ich bisher (wenn auch jertzt nicht mehr im Aktienkurs) profitiert habe. Inwiefern, teile ich Dir später mal mit. Die neuesten Israel-Meldungen stehen nun im MBX-Forum, wo sie meines Erachtens auch besser aufgehoben sind. Die letzten Vorfälle hier in wo -insbesondere die Falschmeldung über SD - lassen es einem mittlerweile nicht mehr ratsam erscheinen, wo zu benutzen.
FSTACHO
Danke. Nach meiner Einschätzung, die durch eigene Recherche begründet ist, wird es mit MBX wieder aufwärts gehen. Ich hoffe, daß wir uns dann weiterhin vernünftig unterhalten können. Du machst Dir sehr viel Arbeit, von der ich bisher (wenn auch jertzt nicht mehr im Aktienkurs) profitiert habe. Inwiefern, teile ich Dir später mal mit. Die neuesten Israel-Meldungen stehen nun im MBX-Forum, wo sie meines Erachtens auch besser aufgehoben sind. Die letzten Vorfälle hier in wo -insbesondere die Falschmeldung über SD - lassen es einem mittlerweile nicht mehr ratsam erscheinen, wo zu benutzen.
FSTACHO
up
Heute könnte der Kursverlauf im Vordergrund stehen:
Met@box reduziert Umsatz- und Gewinnprognose für das Jahr 2000
Eine Verzögerung bei der Konfiguration der neuen Generation von Set-Top-Boxen veranlasst die Met@box AG , ihre Umsatz- und Gewinnerwartungen für das laufende Geschäftsjahr zu reduzieren. Das Unternehmen erwartet jetzt einen Umsatz von 70 Mio D-Mark (gegenüber der erst im April des Jahres auf 198 Mio DM angehobenen Umsatzprognose) und einen Verlust von 15 Mio. Mark (gegenüber der auf 14 Mio. D-Mark angehobenen Gewinnerwartung). Der bereits für das laufende Geschäftsjahr geplante Lieferbeginn für einen auf zwei Jahre angelegten Auftrag über 500.000 met@boxen wird erst Anfang 2001 erfolgen. Grund der Verschiebung sind Engpässe in der Softwareentwicklung sowie Abstimmungs-schwierigkeiten mit dem Zulieferer der Entschlüsselungs-Software, die auf ausdrücklichen Kundenwunsch zu implementieren ist. Diese ermöglicht den Empfang verschlüsselter Pay-TV-Programme über die met@box. Die von Seiten des Zulieferers noch fehlenden Daten wird die Met@box AG nunmehr bis Ende Oktober erhalten. Aufgrund der inzwischen wesentlich vergrösserten Personalressourcen im Softwarebereich der Met@box AGwird die technische Abnahme des Gesamt- systems zeitnah erfolgen. Die Serienproduktion ist bereits vorbereitet und wird im Dezember, sofort nach der Abnahme, beginnen. Die Entscheidung über die Terminverschiebung wurde in enger Abstimmung mit dem Auftraggeber getroffen. Für das Jahr 2001 erwartet die Met@box AG deshalb unverändert einen Umsatz in Höhe von 600 Millionen D-Mark.
Für weitere Informationen: Stefan Domeyer, Vorstand, Met@box AG, Daimlerring 37, D-31135 Hildesheim,Tel. 05121-7533-0, Fax 05121- 7533-75, eMail: shareholder-info@metabox.de Investor Relations-Partner der Met@box AG: Schumacher`s AG für Finanzmarketing, Sckellstr. 3, D-81667 München, Tel: 089 - 4892720, Fax: 089 - 48927212, eMail: metabox@schumachers.net Ende der Mitteilung
info@dpa-AFX.de
PS: Dies ist seid langer Zeit mal wieder ein wirklich guter Thread zum Thema! Grosses Lob!
Met@box reduziert Umsatz- und Gewinnprognose für das Jahr 2000
Eine Verzögerung bei der Konfiguration der neuen Generation von Set-Top-Boxen veranlasst die Met@box AG , ihre Umsatz- und Gewinnerwartungen für das laufende Geschäftsjahr zu reduzieren. Das Unternehmen erwartet jetzt einen Umsatz von 70 Mio D-Mark (gegenüber der erst im April des Jahres auf 198 Mio DM angehobenen Umsatzprognose) und einen Verlust von 15 Mio. Mark (gegenüber der auf 14 Mio. D-Mark angehobenen Gewinnerwartung). Der bereits für das laufende Geschäftsjahr geplante Lieferbeginn für einen auf zwei Jahre angelegten Auftrag über 500.000 met@boxen wird erst Anfang 2001 erfolgen. Grund der Verschiebung sind Engpässe in der Softwareentwicklung sowie Abstimmungs-schwierigkeiten mit dem Zulieferer der Entschlüsselungs-Software, die auf ausdrücklichen Kundenwunsch zu implementieren ist. Diese ermöglicht den Empfang verschlüsselter Pay-TV-Programme über die met@box. Die von Seiten des Zulieferers noch fehlenden Daten wird die Met@box AG nunmehr bis Ende Oktober erhalten. Aufgrund der inzwischen wesentlich vergrösserten Personalressourcen im Softwarebereich der Met@box AGwird die technische Abnahme des Gesamt- systems zeitnah erfolgen. Die Serienproduktion ist bereits vorbereitet und wird im Dezember, sofort nach der Abnahme, beginnen. Die Entscheidung über die Terminverschiebung wurde in enger Abstimmung mit dem Auftraggeber getroffen. Für das Jahr 2001 erwartet die Met@box AG deshalb unverändert einen Umsatz in Höhe von 600 Millionen D-Mark.
Für weitere Informationen: Stefan Domeyer, Vorstand, Met@box AG, Daimlerring 37, D-31135 Hildesheim,Tel. 05121-7533-0, Fax 05121- 7533-75, eMail: shareholder-info@metabox.de Investor Relations-Partner der Met@box AG: Schumacher`s AG für Finanzmarketing, Sckellstr. 3, D-81667 München, Tel: 089 - 4892720, Fax: 089 - 48927212, eMail: metabox@schumachers.net Ende der Mitteilung
info@dpa-AFX.de
PS: Dies ist seid langer Zeit mal wieder ein wirklich guter Thread zum Thema! Grosses Lob!
Servus Investierte,
meine Ausführungen zu mbx haben vor einiger Zeit niemanden interessiert. Im Gegenteil: Sie wurden zerrissen! Die Art und Weise dieses damaligen Dialogs hatte überhaupt nichts mehr gemein mit dem üblichen Umgangston unter zivilisierten Menschen. Sei`s drum. Jetzt sind wir schlauer. Viele werden sagen: Leider!
Nach diesen Wochen möchte ich heute abermals meine Meinung zum Thema Israel (von der ich absolut überzeugt bin!!!) mitteilen: Es gibt keinen Deal mit Israel!
Über Internordic ist mir jedes Wort und jeder Gedanke zu schade.
Für die heutige PK rate ich folgende Fragen zu stellen:
1.
Wie steht es um das Londoner Listing?
2.
Ist SD bereit seine Lock-up-Frist freiwillig zu verlängern?
Für 1+2 gilt:
Ohne die Verwendung von Konjunkiven! Ohne die Verwendung rambulistischer, rethorischer sowie dialektischer Formulierungen!
Servus
Sepp Lederhose, ...der die Lust am Schreiben hier im Board weitestgehend verloren hat, aber derzeit wieder erste Gehversuche unternimmt, im unerschütterlichen Optimismus, dass irgendwann das Wort Niveau an Bedeutung gewinnt!
meine Ausführungen zu mbx haben vor einiger Zeit niemanden interessiert. Im Gegenteil: Sie wurden zerrissen! Die Art und Weise dieses damaligen Dialogs hatte überhaupt nichts mehr gemein mit dem üblichen Umgangston unter zivilisierten Menschen. Sei`s drum. Jetzt sind wir schlauer. Viele werden sagen: Leider!
Nach diesen Wochen möchte ich heute abermals meine Meinung zum Thema Israel (von der ich absolut überzeugt bin!!!) mitteilen: Es gibt keinen Deal mit Israel!
Über Internordic ist mir jedes Wort und jeder Gedanke zu schade.
Für die heutige PK rate ich folgende Fragen zu stellen:
1.
Wie steht es um das Londoner Listing?
2.
Ist SD bereit seine Lock-up-Frist freiwillig zu verlängern?
Für 1+2 gilt:
Ohne die Verwendung von Konjunkiven! Ohne die Verwendung rambulistischer, rethorischer sowie dialektischer Formulierungen!
Servus
Sepp Lederhose, ...der die Lust am Schreiben hier im Board weitestgehend verloren hat, aber derzeit wieder erste Gehversuche unternimmt, im unerschütterlichen Optimismus, dass irgendwann das Wort Niveau an Bedeutung gewinnt!
Unabhängig von den Tagesentwicklungen setze ich die Kommentierung des Israeldeals fort. Zur heutigen Adhoc-Mitteilung später. Hier zunächst der neuste Stand der Dinge in Israel selbst. Die Jerusalem Post:
Thursday, September 28 2000 03:01
Cable companies agree to lease infrastructure
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 28) - In a letter to Deputy Attorney-General Davida Messer-Lahman yesterday, the cable companies agreed to the Communication Ministry`s condition that they lease parts of their infrastructure to competitors - a process known as "unbundling" - in exchange for a short-term fast Internet license, but they sidestepped conditions set by the attorney-general.
David Libai, legal adviser to the cable companies, said in the letter that there was no legal reason not to allow Communication Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer to grant the cables a temporary permit to provide domestic telephony services, including high-speed Internet.
Therefore, wrote Libai, Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein must justify his intervention in the process before the cables respond to his demands.
Rubinstein seeks an obligation from the cable companies to pay for a permanent domestic communications license - the price of which will be set by an independent arbitrator - and to allow the Knesset to decide whether or not they can continue to claim ownership over both their infrastructure and their content.
Angry that the cables are to be granted telephony rights, Bezeq has demanded that it receive broadcasting rights in return.
The Justice Ministry confirmed that the cables` letter had been received, and that it was being discussed.
Ben-Eliezer has been pushing to circumvent existing restrictions in order to allow the cable companies and Bezeq to simultaneously launch their Internet services.
At the same time, Barak, Ofek, and Cellcom have been demanding that the minister open the market not just to the cables and Bezeq, but to all telecommunications companies.
A forum set up by the three companies warned the government yesterday against accepting the cables` agreement to unbundling, noting that it came with the condition that the free access be delayed for a period to be set by Ben-Eliezer.
"The opening of the fast Internet market must be done on the basis of equality," the group said in a statement. "We demand equal opportunity for all competitors, which means sharing the existing infrastructure of both the cables and Bezeq."
Bezeq is opposed to unbundling, saying that by agreeing to lease its infrastructure it would be surrendering one of its main advantages in the market.
Seventy-seven percent of the public, however, supports free market conditions in the Internet market, and wants Ben-Eliezer to grant a license to any company that wants one, according to a survey this week by the Smith Institute.
The survey, which asked 501 adults who they thought should get a license, has a margin of error of 4.5%.
"The Forum of Independent Telecommunications companies demands that the communications minister grant high speed Internet licenses simultaneously to all the competitors," the statement from Barak, Ofek, and Cellcom said.
Ben-Eliezer is in Sweden and could not be reached for comment.
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Nachdem die Kabelunternehmen zugestimmt haben, ihre Netzinfrastruktur Wettbewerbern im Wege des Leasing zur Verfügung zu stellen ("unbundling"), dürfte die Haupthürde für eine Lizenzerteilung beseitigt sein. Es geht jetzt im wesentlichen noch darum, ob nur die Kabelunternehmen sowie Telco Bezeq (das sich noch gegen ein unbundling seiner Netze sträubt) sofort eine Highspeed-Inernetlizenz erhalten (die Cables wollen außerdem auch eine Telefonlizenz, Bezeq eine Broadcasting-Lizenz), oder ob auch die unabhängigen Telcos Barak, Cellcom und Ofek eine Lizenz erhalten - wofür sich 77 % der israelischen Bevölkerung aussprechen, nach dem Motto: gleiches Recht für Alle.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Thursday, September 28 2000 03:01
Cable companies agree to lease infrastructure
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (September 28) - In a letter to Deputy Attorney-General Davida Messer-Lahman yesterday, the cable companies agreed to the Communication Ministry`s condition that they lease parts of their infrastructure to competitors - a process known as "unbundling" - in exchange for a short-term fast Internet license, but they sidestepped conditions set by the attorney-general.
David Libai, legal adviser to the cable companies, said in the letter that there was no legal reason not to allow Communication Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer to grant the cables a temporary permit to provide domestic telephony services, including high-speed Internet.
Therefore, wrote Libai, Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein must justify his intervention in the process before the cables respond to his demands.
Rubinstein seeks an obligation from the cable companies to pay for a permanent domestic communications license - the price of which will be set by an independent arbitrator - and to allow the Knesset to decide whether or not they can continue to claim ownership over both their infrastructure and their content.
Angry that the cables are to be granted telephony rights, Bezeq has demanded that it receive broadcasting rights in return.
The Justice Ministry confirmed that the cables` letter had been received, and that it was being discussed.
Ben-Eliezer has been pushing to circumvent existing restrictions in order to allow the cable companies and Bezeq to simultaneously launch their Internet services.
At the same time, Barak, Ofek, and Cellcom have been demanding that the minister open the market not just to the cables and Bezeq, but to all telecommunications companies.
A forum set up by the three companies warned the government yesterday against accepting the cables` agreement to unbundling, noting that it came with the condition that the free access be delayed for a period to be set by Ben-Eliezer.
"The opening of the fast Internet market must be done on the basis of equality," the group said in a statement. "We demand equal opportunity for all competitors, which means sharing the existing infrastructure of both the cables and Bezeq."
Bezeq is opposed to unbundling, saying that by agreeing to lease its infrastructure it would be surrendering one of its main advantages in the market.
Seventy-seven percent of the public, however, supports free market conditions in the Internet market, and wants Ben-Eliezer to grant a license to any company that wants one, according to a survey this week by the Smith Institute.
The survey, which asked 501 adults who they thought should get a license, has a margin of error of 4.5%.
"The Forum of Independent Telecommunications companies demands that the communications minister grant high speed Internet licenses simultaneously to all the competitors," the statement from Barak, Ofek, and Cellcom said.
Ben-Eliezer is in Sweden and could not be reached for comment.
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Nachdem die Kabelunternehmen zugestimmt haben, ihre Netzinfrastruktur Wettbewerbern im Wege des Leasing zur Verfügung zu stellen ("unbundling"), dürfte die Haupthürde für eine Lizenzerteilung beseitigt sein. Es geht jetzt im wesentlichen noch darum, ob nur die Kabelunternehmen sowie Telco Bezeq (das sich noch gegen ein unbundling seiner Netze sträubt) sofort eine Highspeed-Inernetlizenz erhalten (die Cables wollen außerdem auch eine Telefonlizenz, Bezeq eine Broadcasting-Lizenz), oder ob auch die unabhängigen Telcos Barak, Cellcom und Ofek eine Lizenz erhalten - wofür sich 77 % der israelischen Bevölkerung aussprechen, nach dem Motto: gleiches Recht für Alle.
Gruß, Jan Philip
Der folgende Kommentar unseres schon liebgewordenen Freundes Efi Landau (oder ist es eine Freundin?) ist heute bestimmt nur für Liebhaber wie mich interessant - aber er beschreibt das verzwickte Problem so treffend und köstlich, daß ich ihn nicht vorenthalten will.
Thursday , Sep 28, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications Features
Who Will Cut the Gordian Knot?
By Efi Landau
There is no doubt that the current communications mess in the State of Israel is unprecedented. Let us list the actors and describe who is lining up against whom in this game.
1)Bezeq against the cable companies. This is the most likely scenario. They are, after all, supposed to compete with each other.
2)Bezeq against Anti-Trust Authority director-general David Tadmor, who supports unbundling (use of a monopoly`s infrastructure by its competitors) for ADSL high-speed Internet services and granting a temporary communications license to the cable companies.
3)Bezeq against Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein and his deputy, Davida Lachman-Messer, who wish to promote competition before Bezeq`s privatization, thereby weakening the company.
4)Bezeq united with Rubinstein and Lachman-Messer in opposing a temporary communication license for the cable companies and requiring the cable companies to unbundle.
5)Bezeq against the Ministry of Communications, which wishes to make unbundling a condition for granting an ADSL license.
6)Bezeq against the expected merger of Cellcom and Ofek into a group in order to compete against Bezeq in the local market.
7)Bezeq against Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who wished to grant the cable companies a temporary communications license.
8)A united front of Bezeq and the cable companies opposing the merger of Cellcom and Ofek.
9)The cable companies against Bezeq (naturally!).
10)The cable companies against Tadmor in the struggle to extend the now-expired ICP arrangement.
11)The cable companies allied with Tadmor, who supports granting them a temporary communications license.
12)The cable companies against Rubinstein and Lachman-Messer.
13)The cable companies against the Ministry of Finance.
14)The cable companies against the Ministry of Communications, which wishes to impose unbundling.
15)Cellcom and Eurocom against the PM, the Ministry of Communications, and Tadmor, who all favor a temporary communications license for the cable companies.
16)Cellcom and Eurocom allied with the Ministry of Communications, which wishes to impose unbundling on Bezeq.
17)Cellcom and Eurocom against the Ministry of Communications, which is postponing the LMDS tender and creating a duopoly between Bezeq and the cable companies by delaying the entry of new competitors.
18)Bezeq against the "judiciary".
19)A press campaign against "judicial tyranny".
20)The Israel Bar Association, supporting the Attorney General.
Ist das nicht köstlich - aber ich fürchte, er hat recht!
For some reason, it does not appear that competition will emerge from all this. Will the High Court of Justice (HCJ) provide the best show in town? If so, which issue will it address? Will it hear the cable companies` demands for a temporary license, or those of Eurocom and Cellcom either opposing that license or demanding a similar temporary status? Or will the judicial issue be Bezeq`s ADSL license without unbundling?
Unlike larger-than-life TV series, where we are always told what will happen next week, the only thing that can be stated with certainty is that next week there will be a mess. Perhaps it will be a different mess than the current one, but still a mess. What we won`t get will be high-speed Internet.
Bezeq
You could say that Bezeq is longing to be forced to provide high-speed Internet, while permitting its competitors to use its infrastructure. The Ministry of Communications, however, justly opposes giving Bezeq exclusivity in high-speed Internet, even for a short period, citing the company`s supposed unwillingness to provide its competitors with access to its infrastructure.
Instead of consenting to unbundling, which will eventually be forced on it, thereby forcing the Ministry of Communications to make a decision, Bezeq is defending its last rickety rampart, which can be easily penetrated, giving the Ministry of Communications the ideal excuse for not approving the company`s high-speed Internet license.
Let there be no mistake. A reasonable assumption is that even if Bezeq accepts unbundling, it will not receive high-speed Internet approval; the Ministry of Communications, however, will then be forced to admit the truth - it cannot grant Bezeq high-speed Internet without the cable companies, and vice-versa. The great pressure applied on the Attorney General to approve a temporary communications license by the cable companies and the Ministry of Communications is aimed at appeasing both the cable companies` shareholders and Bezeq.
The cable companies
History repeats itself. Over the entire length of the regulatory dispute of recent years, the cable companies took blow after blow. Their situation worsened, among other reasons because when it was possible to reach agreements under better conditions, they rejected the offers, ultimately accepting compromises under worse conditions. Ich sagte es gestern in meinen Worten: Wer nicht nimmt zur rechten Zeit...
The same script is being read now. The offer of a temporary license until the expiration of their franchise, which will enable high-speed Internet services to be provided, is highly advantageous to the cable companies. As usual, however, they want it under their conditions, which they imagine they can dictate. When legal issues of principle are raised, which require solution before the license is granted, they attack the messenger - the Attorney General - who may be willing to allow them a concession in one area, but will not give them everything they want. The cable companies, like Bezeq, will ultimately have to accept the unbundling obligation. It is better for them to consent now, rather than be forced to do so at a later stage, at much higher prices.
Cellcom, Eurocom, and Barak
The chief barrier to a high-speed Internet arrangement lies in these companies; it is reasonable to assume that an initiative to halt such an arrangement will originate with them. The Ministry of Communications, the Anti-Trust Authority director-general, Minister of Communications Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak have decided that the dream of free competition will be realized in the Jewish state through provision of high-speed Internet services by Bezeq and the cable companies. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The fact that this attitude prevails among most communications market leaders is evidence that the monopolies, Bezeq and the cable companies, have succeeded in taking over the market even before competition has gotten started. All those striving today for high-speed Internet in a market of two monopolistic competitors, a duopoly, are subverting competition. A normal duopoly, in which the market is controlled by two companies, is sometimes worse than a monopoly.
Of all the previous and current mistakes on the road to opening the market to competition, the fact that the Ministry of Communications has not applied its full force towards the entry of new companies into the market by means of wireless access technologies is the biggest. As far as currently known, publication of the LMDS tenders is expected next week. Experience to date indicates that even if the Ministry of Communications commits itself to a timetable, it usually does not meet it.
If the tenders, which were originally to have been published over a year ago, are published next week, they must include a definite date for completion of the entire process and granting of the communications licenses to the new companies. Until that time, Ofek`s idea of a temporary license, similar to that of the cable companies, sounds reasonable. In that way, the high-speed Internet market may have a chance to become a truly competitive market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 28, 2000
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Was er nicht sagt: Das sind die Probleme eines überregulierten Marktes. Hätte man nicht so viele Regularien, Lizenzvoraussetzungen und Behörden, die über alles wachen, so hätte man diese ganzen Probleme nicht. Wenn Eltern sich einbilden, sie könnten per Eingriff und Kontrolle gerechte Verhältnisse im alltäglichen Umgang ihrer 5 Kinder miteinander schaffen - das muß scheitern. Das kann sich nur selbst regulieren.
Aber nun müssen sie da durch, die Israelis.
Gruß, Jan Philip
P.S. Ich bin nicht der Meinung, daß dieses alles für den Kurs der MBX-Aktie noch relevant ist. Wie gesagt, eine Liebhaberei.
Thursday , Sep 28, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications Features
Who Will Cut the Gordian Knot?
By Efi Landau
There is no doubt that the current communications mess in the State of Israel is unprecedented. Let us list the actors and describe who is lining up against whom in this game.
1)Bezeq against the cable companies. This is the most likely scenario. They are, after all, supposed to compete with each other.
2)Bezeq against Anti-Trust Authority director-general David Tadmor, who supports unbundling (use of a monopoly`s infrastructure by its competitors) for ADSL high-speed Internet services and granting a temporary communications license to the cable companies.
3)Bezeq against Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein and his deputy, Davida Lachman-Messer, who wish to promote competition before Bezeq`s privatization, thereby weakening the company.
4)Bezeq united with Rubinstein and Lachman-Messer in opposing a temporary communication license for the cable companies and requiring the cable companies to unbundle.
5)Bezeq against the Ministry of Communications, which wishes to make unbundling a condition for granting an ADSL license.
6)Bezeq against the expected merger of Cellcom and Ofek into a group in order to compete against Bezeq in the local market.
7)Bezeq against Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who wished to grant the cable companies a temporary communications license.
8)A united front of Bezeq and the cable companies opposing the merger of Cellcom and Ofek.
9)The cable companies against Bezeq (naturally!).
10)The cable companies against Tadmor in the struggle to extend the now-expired ICP arrangement.
11)The cable companies allied with Tadmor, who supports granting them a temporary communications license.
12)The cable companies against Rubinstein and Lachman-Messer.
13)The cable companies against the Ministry of Finance.
14)The cable companies against the Ministry of Communications, which wishes to impose unbundling.
15)Cellcom and Eurocom against the PM, the Ministry of Communications, and Tadmor, who all favor a temporary communications license for the cable companies.
16)Cellcom and Eurocom allied with the Ministry of Communications, which wishes to impose unbundling on Bezeq.
17)Cellcom and Eurocom against the Ministry of Communications, which is postponing the LMDS tender and creating a duopoly between Bezeq and the cable companies by delaying the entry of new competitors.
18)Bezeq against the "judiciary".
19)A press campaign against "judicial tyranny".
20)The Israel Bar Association, supporting the Attorney General.
Ist das nicht köstlich - aber ich fürchte, er hat recht!
For some reason, it does not appear that competition will emerge from all this. Will the High Court of Justice (HCJ) provide the best show in town? If so, which issue will it address? Will it hear the cable companies` demands for a temporary license, or those of Eurocom and Cellcom either opposing that license or demanding a similar temporary status? Or will the judicial issue be Bezeq`s ADSL license without unbundling?
Unlike larger-than-life TV series, where we are always told what will happen next week, the only thing that can be stated with certainty is that next week there will be a mess. Perhaps it will be a different mess than the current one, but still a mess. What we won`t get will be high-speed Internet.
Bezeq
You could say that Bezeq is longing to be forced to provide high-speed Internet, while permitting its competitors to use its infrastructure. The Ministry of Communications, however, justly opposes giving Bezeq exclusivity in high-speed Internet, even for a short period, citing the company`s supposed unwillingness to provide its competitors with access to its infrastructure.
Instead of consenting to unbundling, which will eventually be forced on it, thereby forcing the Ministry of Communications to make a decision, Bezeq is defending its last rickety rampart, which can be easily penetrated, giving the Ministry of Communications the ideal excuse for not approving the company`s high-speed Internet license.
Let there be no mistake. A reasonable assumption is that even if Bezeq accepts unbundling, it will not receive high-speed Internet approval; the Ministry of Communications, however, will then be forced to admit the truth - it cannot grant Bezeq high-speed Internet without the cable companies, and vice-versa. The great pressure applied on the Attorney General to approve a temporary communications license by the cable companies and the Ministry of Communications is aimed at appeasing both the cable companies` shareholders and Bezeq.
The cable companies
History repeats itself. Over the entire length of the regulatory dispute of recent years, the cable companies took blow after blow. Their situation worsened, among other reasons because when it was possible to reach agreements under better conditions, they rejected the offers, ultimately accepting compromises under worse conditions. Ich sagte es gestern in meinen Worten: Wer nicht nimmt zur rechten Zeit...
The same script is being read now. The offer of a temporary license until the expiration of their franchise, which will enable high-speed Internet services to be provided, is highly advantageous to the cable companies. As usual, however, they want it under their conditions, which they imagine they can dictate. When legal issues of principle are raised, which require solution before the license is granted, they attack the messenger - the Attorney General - who may be willing to allow them a concession in one area, but will not give them everything they want. The cable companies, like Bezeq, will ultimately have to accept the unbundling obligation. It is better for them to consent now, rather than be forced to do so at a later stage, at much higher prices.
Cellcom, Eurocom, and Barak
The chief barrier to a high-speed Internet arrangement lies in these companies; it is reasonable to assume that an initiative to halt such an arrangement will originate with them. The Ministry of Communications, the Anti-Trust Authority director-general, Minister of Communications Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, and Prime Minister Ehud Barak have decided that the dream of free competition will be realized in the Jewish state through provision of high-speed Internet services by Bezeq and the cable companies. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The fact that this attitude prevails among most communications market leaders is evidence that the monopolies, Bezeq and the cable companies, have succeeded in taking over the market even before competition has gotten started. All those striving today for high-speed Internet in a market of two monopolistic competitors, a duopoly, are subverting competition. A normal duopoly, in which the market is controlled by two companies, is sometimes worse than a monopoly.
Of all the previous and current mistakes on the road to opening the market to competition, the fact that the Ministry of Communications has not applied its full force towards the entry of new companies into the market by means of wireless access technologies is the biggest. As far as currently known, publication of the LMDS tenders is expected next week. Experience to date indicates that even if the Ministry of Communications commits itself to a timetable, it usually does not meet it.
If the tenders, which were originally to have been published over a year ago, are published next week, they must include a definite date for completion of the entire process and granting of the communications licenses to the new companies. Until that time, Ofek`s idea of a temporary license, similar to that of the cable companies, sounds reasonable. In that way, the high-speed Internet market may have a chance to become a truly competitive market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on September 28, 2000
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Was er nicht sagt: Das sind die Probleme eines überregulierten Marktes. Hätte man nicht so viele Regularien, Lizenzvoraussetzungen und Behörden, die über alles wachen, so hätte man diese ganzen Probleme nicht. Wenn Eltern sich einbilden, sie könnten per Eingriff und Kontrolle gerechte Verhältnisse im alltäglichen Umgang ihrer 5 Kinder miteinander schaffen - das muß scheitern. Das kann sich nur selbst regulieren.
Aber nun müssen sie da durch, die Israelis.
Gruß, Jan Philip
P.S. Ich bin nicht der Meinung, daß dieses alles für den Kurs der MBX-Aktie noch relevant ist. Wie gesagt, eine Liebhaberei.
In der Adhoc vom 28. September ist zu lesen
Grund der Verschiebung sind Engpässe in der Softwareentwicklung sowie Abstimmungsschwierigkeiten mit dem Zulieferer der Entschlüsselungs-Software, die auf ausdrücklichen Kundenwunsch zu implementieren ist. Diese ermöglicht den Empfang verschlüsselter Pay-TV-Programme über die met@boxen.
Entweder ist das totaler Quatsch oder es hat etwas mit dem Streit der beteiligten Parteien zu tun. Wer ist der Zulieferer der Entschlüsselungs-Software? Doch bestimmt keine kleine Softwareklitsche, die halt nicht mit MBX kooperieren will. Ich halte es für wahrscheinlicher, dass es ein Konkurrent ist, dessen Infrastruktur nicht umgangen werden kann. Möglicherweise wurden die Privaten so zum „unbundling“ gezwungen.
Der Kabelnetzbetreiber des Konsortiums ist demnach nicht im Besitz der Entschlüsselungs-Software. Sehr merkwürdig.
Gruss
Oliver
Grund der Verschiebung sind Engpässe in der Softwareentwicklung sowie Abstimmungsschwierigkeiten mit dem Zulieferer der Entschlüsselungs-Software, die auf ausdrücklichen Kundenwunsch zu implementieren ist. Diese ermöglicht den Empfang verschlüsselter Pay-TV-Programme über die met@boxen.
Entweder ist das totaler Quatsch oder es hat etwas mit dem Streit der beteiligten Parteien zu tun. Wer ist der Zulieferer der Entschlüsselungs-Software? Doch bestimmt keine kleine Softwareklitsche, die halt nicht mit MBX kooperieren will. Ich halte es für wahrscheinlicher, dass es ein Konkurrent ist, dessen Infrastruktur nicht umgangen werden kann. Möglicherweise wurden die Privaten so zum „unbundling“ gezwungen.
Der Kabelnetzbetreiber des Konsortiums ist demnach nicht im Besitz der Entschlüsselungs-Software. Sehr merkwürdig.
Gruss
Oliver
Oliver H.
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Obolus
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Obolus
Für die speziellen Liebhaber - der Fortgang der Diskussion:
Monday , Oct 2, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications Minister Candidate Poraz: If Cable Cos Don`t Bend They`ll Be Left Empty Handed
By Efi Landau
"As part of negotiations with [Prime Minister Ehud] Barak`s staff, we have requested the Ministry of Communications portfolio, the request has been accepted and we are a candidate," Member of Knesset Avraham Poraz confirmed today. However, Poraz added that he did not believe a narrow coalition will be established in the near future, as it cannot depend on the ten Arab members of Knesset after the past two days of riots in the Arab sector.
Poraz said he would support Bezeq and the cable companies` right to lease their infrastructures to competitors on the free market (unbundling), and the cable companies` right to separate their infrastructure from content.
"The cable companies received a license for a specific period of time, for content and infrastructure as one. The second stage must be separation. This doesn`t mean the cable companies can`t provide content, they may do so via subsidiaries. Of course, others may provide content over their infrastructure."
"The cable companies must understand that if they do not bend, they will lose this match, because after their licenses expire they may be left empty-handed," Poraz said.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on October 2, 2000.
Monday , Oct 2, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Communications Minister Candidate Poraz: If Cable Cos Don`t Bend They`ll Be Left Empty Handed
By Efi Landau
"As part of negotiations with [Prime Minister Ehud] Barak`s staff, we have requested the Ministry of Communications portfolio, the request has been accepted and we are a candidate," Member of Knesset Avraham Poraz confirmed today. However, Poraz added that he did not believe a narrow coalition will be established in the near future, as it cannot depend on the ten Arab members of Knesset after the past two days of riots in the Arab sector.
Poraz said he would support Bezeq and the cable companies` right to lease their infrastructures to competitors on the free market (unbundling), and the cable companies` right to separate their infrastructure from content.
"The cable companies received a license for a specific period of time, for content and infrastructure as one. The second stage must be separation. This doesn`t mean the cable companies can`t provide content, they may do so via subsidiaries. Of course, others may provide content over their infrastructure."
"The cable companies must understand that if they do not bend, they will lose this match, because after their licenses expire they may be left empty-handed," Poraz said.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on October 2, 2000.
Monday , Oct 2, 2000 Sun-Thu at 18:00 (GMT+3)
Headlines
Deutsche Bank to Examine Feasibility of Bezeq`s Right of First Refusal for Motorola`s Pele-Phone Share
By Efi Landau
Deutsche Bank, which is employed as a mergers and acquisitions consultant by Bezeq, will probably examine the feasibility of Bezeq realizing its right of first refusal to acquire Motorola`s share of Pele-Phone. Deutsche Bank will begin its evaluation after Motorola provides Bezeq with the details of the deal.
This week, an international deal between Spanish company Telefonica and Motorola`s subsidiary Propel to acquire Motorola`s holdings in seven cellular company worldwide, including Israel`s Pele-Phone, is scheduled to be concluded. Propel and Bezeq each owns 50% of Pele-Phone. According to reports, the holding in Pele-Phone is worth about $1.5 billion.
"Globes" has learned that in meetings held last week with Motorola representatives who visited Israel, Bezeq was asked to permit Telefonica to conduct due diligence concerning Pele-Phone`s viability for the purpose of the deal, and whether it intended to realize its right of first refusal, in accordance with the 1994 agreement that founded the company.
Bezeq refused permission to carry out the examination until Motorola provided it with full details of the deal. "Globes" has learned that Bezeq intends to give the details to Deutsche Bank, so that it can examine the economic feasibility of realizing its right of refusal. Bezeq sources said that the chance that Bezeq will want to realize its right are remote.
This afternoon, a meeting is scheduled at the Government Companies Authority on this issue, and its possible effect on Bezeq`s privatization, regardless whether Telefonica or Bezeq acquire Motorola`s share of Pele-Phone. In the event that Bezeq does realize its right of first refusal, it will require the permission of the ministerial committee for economics and privatization, as well as having to raise the necessary financing.
Bezeq has not responded to the reports.
Headlines
Deutsche Bank to Examine Feasibility of Bezeq`s Right of First Refusal for Motorola`s Pele-Phone Share
By Efi Landau
Deutsche Bank, which is employed as a mergers and acquisitions consultant by Bezeq, will probably examine the feasibility of Bezeq realizing its right of first refusal to acquire Motorola`s share of Pele-Phone. Deutsche Bank will begin its evaluation after Motorola provides Bezeq with the details of the deal.
This week, an international deal between Spanish company Telefonica and Motorola`s subsidiary Propel to acquire Motorola`s holdings in seven cellular company worldwide, including Israel`s Pele-Phone, is scheduled to be concluded. Propel and Bezeq each owns 50% of Pele-Phone. According to reports, the holding in Pele-Phone is worth about $1.5 billion.
"Globes" has learned that in meetings held last week with Motorola representatives who visited Israel, Bezeq was asked to permit Telefonica to conduct due diligence concerning Pele-Phone`s viability for the purpose of the deal, and whether it intended to realize its right of first refusal, in accordance with the 1994 agreement that founded the company.
Bezeq refused permission to carry out the examination until Motorola provided it with full details of the deal. "Globes" has learned that Bezeq intends to give the details to Deutsche Bank, so that it can examine the economic feasibility of realizing its right of refusal. Bezeq sources said that the chance that Bezeq will want to realize its right are remote.
This afternoon, a meeting is scheduled at the Government Companies Authority on this issue, and its possible effect on Bezeq`s privatization, regardless whether Telefonica or Bezeq acquire Motorola`s share of Pele-Phone. In the event that Bezeq does realize its right of first refusal, it will require the permission of the ministerial committee for economics and privatization, as well as having to raise the necessary financing.
Bezeq has not responded to the reports.
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Aus "Globes":
Dinosuar Hunting
Aaron Rosen
28.09.2000 14:02
...So there will be a place for rapid progress in the development of the Israeli free market economy. Why is this? Because in 5760 (1999-2000) Israeli citizens finally realized that that the government – any government – is a regulatory and bureaucratic dinosaur that has to be cut down to size because its sluggishness is trampling daily life itself. (...)
Why not broadband now?
5760 ended with a surge of criticism. The press is overflowing with articles about those holding up broadband communications. Mr. Israeli, while reading about this trivial matter, is liable to conclude that Franz Kafka has been resurrected. Bezeq general manager A obtained from (former Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu a promise that its privatization will not occur before Bezeq/the cable companies/satellite companies/ a strategic group or the devil-knows-who gets a license, while cable company managing direct or B flaunts a contradictory promise from the current Minister of Communications.
Why do we care? Why shouldn’t everyone get a license now, and settle accounts afterwards? Is something rotten in the State of Israel? Why does the unbundling (the right to use competitors’ infrastructures) of Bezeq have to be such a burning issue, in a company that is still a government corporation? Why not issue a simple ministerial order to allow competition on Bezeq’s network, like other people do?
Dinosuar Hunting
Aaron Rosen
28.09.2000 14:02
...So there will be a place for rapid progress in the development of the Israeli free market economy. Why is this? Because in 5760 (1999-2000) Israeli citizens finally realized that that the government – any government – is a regulatory and bureaucratic dinosaur that has to be cut down to size because its sluggishness is trampling daily life itself. (...)
Why not broadband now?
5760 ended with a surge of criticism. The press is overflowing with articles about those holding up broadband communications. Mr. Israeli, while reading about this trivial matter, is liable to conclude that Franz Kafka has been resurrected. Bezeq general manager A obtained from (former Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu a promise that its privatization will not occur before Bezeq/the cable companies/satellite companies/ a strategic group or the devil-knows-who gets a license, while cable company managing direct or B flaunts a contradictory promise from the current Minister of Communications.
Why do we care? Why shouldn’t everyone get a license now, and settle accounts afterwards? Is something rotten in the State of Israel? Why does the unbundling (the right to use competitors’ infrastructures) of Bezeq have to be such a burning issue, in a company that is still a government corporation? Why not issue a simple ministerial order to allow competition on Bezeq’s network, like other people do?
Zum Krieg:
Noch ist es keiner, sondern "nur" eine drastische Vergeltungsaktion wg. des Lynchens der beiden israelischen Soldaten in Ramallah. Auf derartige scharfe Vergeltungsaktionen war schon immer Verlaß in Israel ("Auge um Auge..."). Die derzeitigen Unruhen wurden "geschickt" ausgelöst durch den demonstrativen Besuch des alten Kriegstreibers Scharon in Gegenden in Ost-Jerusalem, um die er in der derzeitigen Situation besser einen großen Bogen gemacht hätte. Aber er wollte einen Verhandlungsfrieden zwischen Barak und Arafat um jeden Preis verhindern und wußte genau, welcher kleinen symbolischen Gesten es da nur bedurfte. Der Mann ist für jeden Palästinenser zurecht ein rotes Tuch. Nun wird sogar davon gesprochen, ihn in eine nationale Notstandsregierung aufzunehmen.
Man kann nur hoffen, daß die Friedensinitiativen (Annan etc.) in letzter Minute noch Erfolg haben.
Den Israel-Deal von MBX gefährdet das alles nicht, denn die Auslieferung der Boxen soll erst in 2 1/2 Monaten beginnen. Ein Krieg, wenn es dazu kommen sollte, wäre nur kurz. Israel ist absolut überlegen. Es wäre schrecklich - aber danach wäre wieder Business as usual.
JP
Noch ist es keiner, sondern "nur" eine drastische Vergeltungsaktion wg. des Lynchens der beiden israelischen Soldaten in Ramallah. Auf derartige scharfe Vergeltungsaktionen war schon immer Verlaß in Israel ("Auge um Auge..."). Die derzeitigen Unruhen wurden "geschickt" ausgelöst durch den demonstrativen Besuch des alten Kriegstreibers Scharon in Gegenden in Ost-Jerusalem, um die er in der derzeitigen Situation besser einen großen Bogen gemacht hätte. Aber er wollte einen Verhandlungsfrieden zwischen Barak und Arafat um jeden Preis verhindern und wußte genau, welcher kleinen symbolischen Gesten es da nur bedurfte. Der Mann ist für jeden Palästinenser zurecht ein rotes Tuch. Nun wird sogar davon gesprochen, ihn in eine nationale Notstandsregierung aufzunehmen.
Man kann nur hoffen, daß die Friedensinitiativen (Annan etc.) in letzter Minute noch Erfolg haben.
Den Israel-Deal von MBX gefährdet das alles nicht, denn die Auslieferung der Boxen soll erst in 2 1/2 Monaten beginnen. Ein Krieg, wenn es dazu kommen sollte, wäre nur kurz. Israel ist absolut überlegen. Es wäre schrecklich - aber danach wäre wieder Business as usual.
JP
Zum einen ist in Israel schon der Wahlkampf ausgebrochen - und da meint Scharon, solche Aktionen würden ihm helfen
(sein innerparteilicher Kontrahent Netanjahu liegt klar vor ihm),
zum anderen scheint auch Arafat zu pokern - und den scheren ein paar tote Landsleute genausowenig wie Scharon.
Arafat könnte auch darauf setzen, daß Clinton ein paar Wochen vor den US-Wahlen
(Krieg im Nahen Osten bringt Bush nach vorne) und vor seinem Ausscheiden aus dem Amt um jeden Preis einen Konflikt verhindern muß und darum geneigt sein könnte,
Israel unter Druck zu setzen.
Da hier auf beiden Seiten gepokert wird und der Mob genau so schnell wieder ruhig sein kann, ist ein Krieg unwahrscheinlich (und Leute wie fsch freuen sich bestimmt zu früh).
Mit Eskalationen seitens Fatah ist natürlich in den nächsten Tagen noch zu rechnen.
Aber diejenigen, die jetzt schon klammheimlich auf Krieg hoffen,
weil es dann der verhaßten Metabox an den Kragen gehen würde......., die sollen doch .....
(mir fällt gerade nichts Passendes ein)
Lark
(sein innerparteilicher Kontrahent Netanjahu liegt klar vor ihm),
zum anderen scheint auch Arafat zu pokern - und den scheren ein paar tote Landsleute genausowenig wie Scharon.
Arafat könnte auch darauf setzen, daß Clinton ein paar Wochen vor den US-Wahlen
(Krieg im Nahen Osten bringt Bush nach vorne) und vor seinem Ausscheiden aus dem Amt um jeden Preis einen Konflikt verhindern muß und darum geneigt sein könnte,
Israel unter Druck zu setzen.
Da hier auf beiden Seiten gepokert wird und der Mob genau so schnell wieder ruhig sein kann, ist ein Krieg unwahrscheinlich (und Leute wie fsch freuen sich bestimmt zu früh).
Mit Eskalationen seitens Fatah ist natürlich in den nächsten Tagen noch zu rechnen.
Aber diejenigen, die jetzt schon klammheimlich auf Krieg hoffen,
weil es dann der verhaßten Metabox an den Kragen gehen würde......., die sollen doch .....
(mir fällt gerade nichts Passendes ein)
Lark
UPC senior executive, Tevel shareholder: Israeli bureaucracy blocking opening local communications market
Yanay Alfassy
17.10.2000 14:07
”Israel is a paradoxical country. On the one hand, you see equipment from Israeli companies like ECI and Check Point all over the world. On the other hand, the bureaucracy makes competition difficult,” UPC executive responsible for handling regulation Michael Bryan-Brown told “Globes”. UPC operates communications services in eighteen countries around the world and holds 47% of Israeli cable company Tevel.
”We find the lack of regulatory freedom in Israel very frustrating,” Bryan-Brown stated in an interview. “We want to work more closely with Tevel, but bureaucracy is hampering us and blocking the opening of the Israeli communications market.”
Bryan-Brown said that UPC regards Tevel as a long-term investment; as of now the company would not sell its Tevel holdings because of bureaucratic delays.
According to Bryan-Brown, the reason why Israel does not adopt broadband models used in Europe is lower communications awareness and openness, in comparison with Europe. “Take the Netherlands, for example. There the rate of cable penetration into private homes is 99%. The political disputes may continue, but business in Israel has to go on,” he concludes.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on October 17, 2000
Yanay Alfassy
17.10.2000 14:07
”Israel is a paradoxical country. On the one hand, you see equipment from Israeli companies like ECI and Check Point all over the world. On the other hand, the bureaucracy makes competition difficult,” UPC executive responsible for handling regulation Michael Bryan-Brown told “Globes”. UPC operates communications services in eighteen countries around the world and holds 47% of Israeli cable company Tevel.
”We find the lack of regulatory freedom in Israel very frustrating,” Bryan-Brown stated in an interview. “We want to work more closely with Tevel, but bureaucracy is hampering us and blocking the opening of the Israeli communications market.”
Bryan-Brown said that UPC regards Tevel as a long-term investment; as of now the company would not sell its Tevel holdings because of bureaucratic delays.
According to Bryan-Brown, the reason why Israel does not adopt broadband models used in Europe is lower communications awareness and openness, in comparison with Europe. “Take the Netherlands, for example. There the rate of cable penetration into private homes is 99%. The political disputes may continue, but business in Israel has to go on,” he concludes.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on October 17, 2000
T-commerce on its way through digital TV
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (October 13) - If everything goes as the cable industry hopes and the Communication Ministry unleashes their digital technology, television viewers in Israel may soon switch on their set before leaving for work to check out the traffic situation, download e-mails and find out whether it`s going to rain.
Digital technology by NDS, a leader in software, security and interactive solutions for the control and distribution of digital content to television and home computers, will behind many of the new services that will only expand in time - almost as far as the imagination can stretch.
In fact, Israel is a little behind the times - according to NDS research, as of January 2000 the number of digital TV subscribers around the world was 33 million, and was projected to grow to 50 million by the end of the year, then grow on an average of 150 percent annually until 2005.
As the number of subscribers grows, so will the number of viewers with access to interactive TV, which will allow couch potatoes to play games on the television screen, download information, and most significantly, shop, and even bank through their sets.
TV-commerce, or what will become better known as t-commerce, is expected to reach up to $4.2 billion by 2005, according to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and DFC Intelligence, with more optimistic projections by Jupiter going as high as $7 billion that same year.
The whole idea is enhanced TV, says Michael Bick, VP of Digital Systems at NDS Technologies Israel. That could be watching a soccer game from any camera angle you please, downloading stats about the players as you go, or purchasing on impulse on a shopping channel by gaining access to an interactive catalogue
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (October 13) - If everything goes as the cable industry hopes and the Communication Ministry unleashes their digital technology, television viewers in Israel may soon switch on their set before leaving for work to check out the traffic situation, download e-mails and find out whether it`s going to rain.
Digital technology by NDS, a leader in software, security and interactive solutions for the control and distribution of digital content to television and home computers, will behind many of the new services that will only expand in time - almost as far as the imagination can stretch.
In fact, Israel is a little behind the times - according to NDS research, as of January 2000 the number of digital TV subscribers around the world was 33 million, and was projected to grow to 50 million by the end of the year, then grow on an average of 150 percent annually until 2005.
As the number of subscribers grows, so will the number of viewers with access to interactive TV, which will allow couch potatoes to play games on the television screen, download information, and most significantly, shop, and even bank through their sets.
TV-commerce, or what will become better known as t-commerce, is expected to reach up to $4.2 billion by 2005, according to Morgan Stanley Dean Witter and DFC Intelligence, with more optimistic projections by Jupiter going as high as $7 billion that same year.
The whole idea is enhanced TV, says Michael Bick, VP of Digital Systems at NDS Technologies Israel. That could be watching a soccer game from any camera angle you please, downloading stats about the players as you go, or purchasing on impulse on a shopping channel by gaining access to an interactive catalogue
Aus einer Pressemitteilung von OpenTV vom 26.10.2000:
"Golden Channels, the largest cable television network in Israel, selected OpenTV`s platform for the launch of interactive television services to its 460,000 subscribers beginning in Autumn 2000. OpenTV will provide its third generation operating system, EN2, to support Golden Channels` two-way broadband cable network."
Es geht voran im Staate Israel.
JP
"Golden Channels, the largest cable television network in Israel, selected OpenTV`s platform for the launch of interactive television services to its 460,000 subscribers beginning in Autumn 2000. OpenTV will provide its third generation operating system, EN2, to support Golden Channels` two-way broadband cable network."
Es geht voran im Staate Israel.
JP
ich mag euch alle !
Hatten wir das eigentlich schon mal? Nach Golden Channel und Matav - sozusagen als ausgleichende Gerechtigkeit.
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. - Company Profile
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. was established in 1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in Israel. The company initially held three exclusive franchises: the entire Tel Aviv - Givatayim metropolitan area; the Ashdod-Ashkelon area in the south; and the Nazareth-Jezreel Valley area in the north. Following the acquisition of Gvanim Cable Television Ltd. In 1998, two more regions were added; the Rishon Leziyon-Lod-Ramla-Modiin area in the center; and Krayot-Karmiel-Ma`alot area in the north. These franchises were granted in 1990 , some for a period of 12 and others for 14 years, with an option for an extra four years/ Tevel`s five areas have an overall potential of about 660,000 homes (40% of homes in Israel). Tevel has completed network construction all areas and has about 430,000 subscribers. The company will have by the end of the year 1,100 Km of fiber optic links and 4,170 Km of Coax. These links are used between Tevel`s five franchise areas, as well as to interconnect major towns inside the franchise areas.
"Home Cinema" - PPV
Tevel is the only cable operator in Israel with the technology offer Pay Per View (PPV) services to its subscribers. Over five PPV channels showing movies six months after screening in theaters. Home Cinema offers about 20 different titles around the clock, which can be ordered by impulse or by ARU/Telephone.
Technology
Tevel Operates world class fully addressable and scrambled two-way system designed in-house and built based on advanced technologies, enabling additional services such as Pay Per View (PPV), Broadband Internet and multimedia applications. Tevel is engaged in research and trials of fast internet and data transmission over cable for multimedia, and is implementing a significant improvement of its CATV network by introducing fiber backbone overlay, which will divide all service areas into independent cells ("Nodes") of about 2000 homes each. The company is also upgrading all cable TV services by adding digital transmission allowing the integration of many more CATV channels (100+), near-video on demand, electronic program guides and surfing on the internet through the TV screen. This upgrade will enable additional value added services such as fast internet, and will make the CATV system ready for the supply of telecommunications and telephone services when the telecom market is opened for competition. Tevel is moving toward the digital platform. Tja.
Diversified programming
All of Israel`s cable operators offer an "expanded basic" package of about 40 channels for a uniform monthly fee of about $32. 7 tape delivered channels` subtitled into Hebrew, are the most important programming core; Movies; Family-general entertainment; Children; Sports; and Science, Nature and Culture. The first two are produced by the jointly owned Israel Cable Programming Company Ltd. (ICP), of which Tevel holds 36%. The latter Five are produced and packaged exclusively for the cable operators by 4 independent subcontractors. In addition, there are 24 satellite channels, five Off air (including Israel` Jordan and Lebanon), and four information channels.
JP
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. - Company Profile
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. was established in 1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in Israel. The company initially held three exclusive franchises: the entire Tel Aviv - Givatayim metropolitan area; the Ashdod-Ashkelon area in the south; and the Nazareth-Jezreel Valley area in the north. Following the acquisition of Gvanim Cable Television Ltd. In 1998, two more regions were added; the Rishon Leziyon-Lod-Ramla-Modiin area in the center; and Krayot-Karmiel-Ma`alot area in the north. These franchises were granted in 1990 , some for a period of 12 and others for 14 years, with an option for an extra four years/ Tevel`s five areas have an overall potential of about 660,000 homes (40% of homes in Israel). Tevel has completed network construction all areas and has about 430,000 subscribers. The company will have by the end of the year 1,100 Km of fiber optic links and 4,170 Km of Coax. These links are used between Tevel`s five franchise areas, as well as to interconnect major towns inside the franchise areas.
"Home Cinema" - PPV
Tevel is the only cable operator in Israel with the technology offer Pay Per View (PPV) services to its subscribers. Over five PPV channels showing movies six months after screening in theaters. Home Cinema offers about 20 different titles around the clock, which can be ordered by impulse or by ARU/Telephone.
Technology
Tevel Operates world class fully addressable and scrambled two-way system designed in-house and built based on advanced technologies, enabling additional services such as Pay Per View (PPV), Broadband Internet and multimedia applications. Tevel is engaged in research and trials of fast internet and data transmission over cable for multimedia, and is implementing a significant improvement of its CATV network by introducing fiber backbone overlay, which will divide all service areas into independent cells ("Nodes") of about 2000 homes each. The company is also upgrading all cable TV services by adding digital transmission allowing the integration of many more CATV channels (100+), near-video on demand, electronic program guides and surfing on the internet through the TV screen. This upgrade will enable additional value added services such as fast internet, and will make the CATV system ready for the supply of telecommunications and telephone services when the telecom market is opened for competition. Tevel is moving toward the digital platform. Tja.
Diversified programming
All of Israel`s cable operators offer an "expanded basic" package of about 40 channels for a uniform monthly fee of about $32. 7 tape delivered channels` subtitled into Hebrew, are the most important programming core; Movies; Family-general entertainment; Children; Sports; and Science, Nature and Culture. The first two are produced by the jointly owned Israel Cable Programming Company Ltd. (ICP), of which Tevel holds 36%. The latter Five are produced and packaged exclusively for the cable operators by 4 independent subcontractors. In addition, there are 24 satellite channels, five Off air (including Israel` Jordan and Lebanon), and four information channels.
JP
Das wars dann,
der Thread ist im Aktie im Fokus Teil gelandet.
Ich werde sofort eine Mail an WO losschicken damit das wieder rueckgaengig gemacht wird.
Gruss Ropi
der Thread ist im Aktie im Fokus Teil gelandet.
Ich werde sofort eine Mail an WO losschicken damit das wieder rueckgaengig gemacht wird.
Gruss Ropi
Und wieder zurueck !
(an der Boerse wuerde ich sagen: hin und her macht Taschen leer)
Danke WO,
Ropi
(an der Boerse wuerde ich sagen: hin und her macht Taschen leer)
Danke WO,
Ropi
Die Einen dürfen ihre Verträge bekanngeben, die Anderen müssen daraus die Mosaiksteine zusammensetzen...
Wednesday August 16, 10:13 am Eastern Time - Press Release
Tevel Digital Chooses NDS as Its Digital Cable TV Technology Partner
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 16, 2000--
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/EASDAQ: NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS - news) company, and a leader in providing business solutions to content owners and TV channels through sophisticated interactive TV technology, has been chosen by Tevel - Israel International Communications Ltd -- a leading cable TV operator in Israel, to provide NDS Open VideoGuard(TM) digital conditional access, NDS StreamServer(TM) broadcast management systems and to be the system integrator for Tevel`s move from analog to digital broadcasting. NDS has also been awarded a service contract to ensure that Tevel`s digital service remains on-air and fault-free.
``I am pleased to be able to announce Tevel as NDS` latest digital cable contract win. As well as providing the TV industry`s most widely used conditional access system, Open VideoGuard, NDS has also provided the interactive software systems for many of the industry`s leading and most powerful interactive applications to date. This experience means that NDS is one of the few companies that has the knowledge and expertise to guide analog broadcasters and operators towards the profitable provision of secure new digital services,`` says Dr. Abe Peled, President and CEO of NDS Group plc.
``I believe that it is this digital leadership which led to Tevel choosing us as digital technology partners. I am equally sure that other analog cable operators will come to the same conclusion as they search for the right organization to assist their move to digital distribution,`` added Peled.
The Tevel digital service aims to be on-air by the end of August 2000 and will run in parallel with Tevel`s analog service. Da hat man offensichtlich die Rechnung ohne den Wirt gemacht. Die entsprechenden Genehmigungen liegen noch nicht vor. S. unsere Berichterstattung über den gordischen Knoten, der die Kommunikationsbranche derzeit lähmt im Staate Israel. Presently Tevel is a leading cable operator in Israel, with its services being received by 440,000 households.
``We know that by working with NDS we have a partner that has the right digital technologies, and has unrivalled experience and understanding of the TV business to ensure that our new digital service has the greatest chance of success,`` says Yossi Douer, Managing Director of Tevel. ``With NDS` help, we look forward to converting our analog customers to digital and winning new customers by offering our advanced innovative and easy to use new digital `Tomorrow`s World` interactive TV services.``
About Tevel
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. was established in 1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in Israel. Tevel`s five franchises, including the entire Tel Aviv-Givatayim metropolitan area, have an overall potential of about 660,000 homes (40% of Israel`s homes). Tevel has completed network construction in all five areas and has about 430,000 subscribers.
In November 1999, Tevel acquired 35% of Golden Channels, which has around 340,000 subscribers in the areas of Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Beer Sheva, Acco, and Nahariya. The acquisition is yet to be approved by the Antitrust Authority and the CATV Council.
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Wenn man bedenkt, daß Tevel und NDS sich offenbar erst Mitte August endgültig handelseinig wurden, und wenn man das in Beziehung setzt zur Pressekonferenz von MBX in Frankfurt Ende September - denn wundere ick mir über jar nischt mehr!
Schönes Wochenende, Jan Philip
P.S. Aber nu looft et ja...
Wednesday August 16, 10:13 am Eastern Time - Press Release
Tevel Digital Chooses NDS as Its Digital Cable TV Technology Partner
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--August 16, 2000--
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/EASDAQ: NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS - news) company, and a leader in providing business solutions to content owners and TV channels through sophisticated interactive TV technology, has been chosen by Tevel - Israel International Communications Ltd -- a leading cable TV operator in Israel, to provide NDS Open VideoGuard(TM) digital conditional access, NDS StreamServer(TM) broadcast management systems and to be the system integrator for Tevel`s move from analog to digital broadcasting. NDS has also been awarded a service contract to ensure that Tevel`s digital service remains on-air and fault-free.
``I am pleased to be able to announce Tevel as NDS` latest digital cable contract win. As well as providing the TV industry`s most widely used conditional access system, Open VideoGuard, NDS has also provided the interactive software systems for many of the industry`s leading and most powerful interactive applications to date. This experience means that NDS is one of the few companies that has the knowledge and expertise to guide analog broadcasters and operators towards the profitable provision of secure new digital services,`` says Dr. Abe Peled, President and CEO of NDS Group plc.
``I believe that it is this digital leadership which led to Tevel choosing us as digital technology partners. I am equally sure that other analog cable operators will come to the same conclusion as they search for the right organization to assist their move to digital distribution,`` added Peled.
The Tevel digital service aims to be on-air by the end of August 2000 and will run in parallel with Tevel`s analog service. Da hat man offensichtlich die Rechnung ohne den Wirt gemacht. Die entsprechenden Genehmigungen liegen noch nicht vor. S. unsere Berichterstattung über den gordischen Knoten, der die Kommunikationsbranche derzeit lähmt im Staate Israel. Presently Tevel is a leading cable operator in Israel, with its services being received by 440,000 households.
``We know that by working with NDS we have a partner that has the right digital technologies, and has unrivalled experience and understanding of the TV business to ensure that our new digital service has the greatest chance of success,`` says Yossi Douer, Managing Director of Tevel. ``With NDS` help, we look forward to converting our analog customers to digital and winning new customers by offering our advanced innovative and easy to use new digital `Tomorrow`s World` interactive TV services.``
About Tevel
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. was established in 1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in Israel. Tevel`s five franchises, including the entire Tel Aviv-Givatayim metropolitan area, have an overall potential of about 660,000 homes (40% of Israel`s homes). Tevel has completed network construction in all five areas and has about 430,000 subscribers.
In November 1999, Tevel acquired 35% of Golden Channels, which has around 340,000 subscribers in the areas of Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Beer Sheva, Acco, and Nahariya. The acquisition is yet to be approved by the Antitrust Authority and the CATV Council.
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Wenn man bedenkt, daß Tevel und NDS sich offenbar erst Mitte August endgültig handelseinig wurden, und wenn man das in Beziehung setzt zur Pressekonferenz von MBX in Frankfurt Ende September - denn wundere ick mir über jar nischt mehr!
Schönes Wochenende, Jan Philip
P.S. Aber nu looft et ja...
Der Kalauer zum Tage:
Kryptisch ist der Rede Sinn,
decodieren bringt Gewinn!
Oder wie findet Ihr den hier:
Wer den Zaunpfahl nicht ehrt,
ist die Dachlatte wert.
Nu is aber Schluß.
JP
Kryptisch ist der Rede Sinn,
decodieren bringt Gewinn!
Oder wie findet Ihr den hier:
Wer den Zaunpfahl nicht ehrt,
ist die Dachlatte wert.
Nu is aber Schluß.
JP
Janphil, weißt du, welche Boxen DigiTurk verwenden wird? Die Software kommt von OpenTV.
Auch dies könnte man noch hinzufügen:
von Kochtolany 29.10.00 23:14:59
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG
Folgendes wurde von der HV berichtet:
"Herr Reinhard Kahlen erkundigte sich nach den technischen Standards der Metaboxen, worauf Herr Domeyer betonte, dass die BOT-Technologie nicht an Wettbewerber wie AOL-TV lizenziert werde. Verwendete Technologien seien JAVA, bei der Verschlüsselung NDS und Nagravision und bei DVD eine Macrovision-Lizenz. Wichtigster Standard sei die Multimedia Home Plattform, wobei Designer dieses Standards bei Metabox beschäftigt seien."
Quelle: http://www.gsc-research.de/hvberichte/neuermarkt/artikel/200…
@ lark
Welche Boxen allerdings DigiTurk verwendet, weiß ich nicht.
Gruß, JP
von Kochtolany 29.10.00 23:14:59
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG
Folgendes wurde von der HV berichtet:
"Herr Reinhard Kahlen erkundigte sich nach den technischen Standards der Metaboxen, worauf Herr Domeyer betonte, dass die BOT-Technologie nicht an Wettbewerber wie AOL-TV lizenziert werde. Verwendete Technologien seien JAVA, bei der Verschlüsselung NDS und Nagravision und bei DVD eine Macrovision-Lizenz. Wichtigster Standard sei die Multimedia Home Plattform, wobei Designer dieses Standards bei Metabox beschäftigt seien."
Quelle: http://www.gsc-research.de/hvberichte/neuermarkt/artikel/200…
@ lark
Welche Boxen allerdings DigiTurk verwendet, weiß ich nicht.
Gruß, JP
betrifft die cables zwar nur am Rand:
Bezeq, Communications Ministry clear way for fast Internet
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (October 31) - Bezeq cleared the way for its fast Internet services yesterday by agreeing to rent out parts of its copper-wire infrastructure to other Internet providers in what is called unbundling. The Communications Ministry said that in a meeting with Bezeq last night, all the technical details necessary for granting a fast Internet license were worked out. The issue of unbundling had held up for months Bezeq`s license for its Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) broadband service that transmits digital information at high bandwidth. The last remaining issue to be finalized is how much Bezeq will charge for its ADSL service, which the company will determine today in a final meeting with Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. The Communications Ministry has no say in the price, but Ben-Eliezer said he wants to have the entire picture in mind before he approved the service. For months, Ben-Eliezer has said that he preferred to launch Bezeq`s ADSL service alongside a fast Internet service to be provided by the cable companies, for which he is seeking a temporary domestic telephony license. Yesterday, while stressing that the minister still hopes that the regulatory issues delaying the cable license can be resolved soon, the Communications Ministry said that Bezeq would have an ADSL license by the end of the week if today`s meeting goes well. Once Bezeq`s service is launched, subscribers will be able to choose Bezeq as their Internet Service Provider, in which case they would still pay separately for their phone and Internet service, or decide to receive fast Internet through any other ISP. Bezeq, which is already running a pilot ADSL service, has said that it would be able to offer its fast Internet service to 66 percent of homes almost immediately upon receiving the license. There was no immediate comment from the cable companies.
Interessant daran ist, dass Bezeq jetzt ein Argument weniger hat, gegen die fast-Internet Genehmigung der cables zu opponieren. Bezeqs bisheriges Argument war nämlich die Wettbewerbsverzerrung, die dadurch entstände, das bezeq ja noch nicht über die Möglichkieten für Fast-internet verfüge.
Zwar ist ADSL nicht direkt vergleichbar mit Kabelmodems - dennoch wird Bezeqs stimme weniger laut werden.
Der einzige Verzögerungsgrund sind jetzt wohl nur noch die Unruhen.
Bezeq, Communications Ministry clear way for fast Internet
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (October 31) - Bezeq cleared the way for its fast Internet services yesterday by agreeing to rent out parts of its copper-wire infrastructure to other Internet providers in what is called unbundling. The Communications Ministry said that in a meeting with Bezeq last night, all the technical details necessary for granting a fast Internet license were worked out. The issue of unbundling had held up for months Bezeq`s license for its Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) broadband service that transmits digital information at high bandwidth. The last remaining issue to be finalized is how much Bezeq will charge for its ADSL service, which the company will determine today in a final meeting with Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. The Communications Ministry has no say in the price, but Ben-Eliezer said he wants to have the entire picture in mind before he approved the service. For months, Ben-Eliezer has said that he preferred to launch Bezeq`s ADSL service alongside a fast Internet service to be provided by the cable companies, for which he is seeking a temporary domestic telephony license. Yesterday, while stressing that the minister still hopes that the regulatory issues delaying the cable license can be resolved soon, the Communications Ministry said that Bezeq would have an ADSL license by the end of the week if today`s meeting goes well. Once Bezeq`s service is launched, subscribers will be able to choose Bezeq as their Internet Service Provider, in which case they would still pay separately for their phone and Internet service, or decide to receive fast Internet through any other ISP. Bezeq, which is already running a pilot ADSL service, has said that it would be able to offer its fast Internet service to 66 percent of homes almost immediately upon receiving the license. There was no immediate comment from the cable companies.
Interessant daran ist, dass Bezeq jetzt ein Argument weniger hat, gegen die fast-Internet Genehmigung der cables zu opponieren. Bezeqs bisheriges Argument war nämlich die Wettbewerbsverzerrung, die dadurch entstände, das bezeq ja noch nicht über die Möglichkieten für Fast-internet verfüge.
Zwar ist ADSL nicht direkt vergleichbar mit Kabelmodems - dennoch wird Bezeqs stimme weniger laut werden.
Der einzige Verzögerungsgrund sind jetzt wohl nur noch die Unruhen.
wie gesagt - mit der prinzipiellen Zustimmung, Bezeq High speed Internet (via ADSL) zu ermöglichen ist eines der hauptargumente von bezeq gegen die entsprechende genehmigung für die cables "stumpf" geworden.
Es geht sogar noch weiter - jetzt benutzen die cables das Argument im umkehrschluss um auch für sich möglichst bald eine genehmigung "rauszuschlagen"
Cable cos: Communications Ministry surrendered to Bezeq over high-speed Internet
Aviva Krull
31.10.2000 16:00
Responding to the Ministry of Communications giving Bezeq a license to provide high-speed Internet, the cable companies charge that the Ministry of Communications has surrendered to pressure by Bezeq, which is exploiting the security and political situation to strike at and destroy the chances of future competition.
The cable companies assert that high-speed Internet must be open to competition from its opening day, and that Bezeq and they should have high-speed Internet licenses on that day. The cable companies also said that they reiterate their demand to receive temporary fixed-date licenses until the termination of their current licenses. They expressed regret that Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has not yet given his administrative decision on the matter.
Discount Investments deputy general manager Benjamin (Benny) Einhorn told “Globes” that the foot-dragging will be the death-blow to competition in the market. “Until now all the echelons – from the Ministry of Communications through the Anti-Trust Authority and the Prime Minister’s Office – were of the same opinion that in order to create competition in the market it is necessary to issue licenses to Bezeq and the cable companies at the same time. Discount Investments holds 48.5% of cable company Tevel and is a primary shareholder in Internet service provider Netvision.
“The opinion was that if the monopoly is given precedence, the ability to compete is forestalled.”
Einhorn said, “At a meeting with the Prime Minister two months ago, it was decided that [Attorney General] Rubinstein would give an opinion within a week regarding a fixed-date high-speed Internet license to the cable companies. The opinion has not yet been given. The Attorney General is the factor preventing the opening of the communications market to competition, by dragging-out his decision.”
Responding to a question regarding the series of demands on the cable companies by the Ministry of Justice, prior to the issuing of the decision, Einhorn said, “The Attorney General has not yet decided if the Minister of Communications has the authority to give temporary licenses, while we think he has the full authority to do so. The Minister of Communications finds himself trapped, and is unable to fulfill his mission of opening the market to competition.”
In response to a question on what he thought caused the Ministry of Communications to surrender to Bezeq’s pressure, Einhorn said, “The Minister of Communications stuck to his position that he would not act in a way that would harm the economy – but has done just that. I have no explanation. I don’t know why until yesterday, it was necessary to give licenses to both parties at the same time so that there would be competition, and why this has suddenly changed. I cannot explain it.”
According to Einhorn, the decision is problematical because Bezeq, which is a monopoly in all communications fields, is receiving a significant advantage in that it can offer a new service to the public, while alternatives are delayed.
“Only a few months ago, they advertised high-speed Internet at NIS 99 per month, which is reasonable, and immediately after yesterday’s announcement, they announced they want to charge NIS 150. No better proof is needed,” said Einhorn
Es geht sogar noch weiter - jetzt benutzen die cables das Argument im umkehrschluss um auch für sich möglichst bald eine genehmigung "rauszuschlagen"
Cable cos: Communications Ministry surrendered to Bezeq over high-speed Internet
Aviva Krull
31.10.2000 16:00
Responding to the Ministry of Communications giving Bezeq a license to provide high-speed Internet, the cable companies charge that the Ministry of Communications has surrendered to pressure by Bezeq, which is exploiting the security and political situation to strike at and destroy the chances of future competition.
The cable companies assert that high-speed Internet must be open to competition from its opening day, and that Bezeq and they should have high-speed Internet licenses on that day. The cable companies also said that they reiterate their demand to receive temporary fixed-date licenses until the termination of their current licenses. They expressed regret that Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has not yet given his administrative decision on the matter.
Discount Investments deputy general manager Benjamin (Benny) Einhorn told “Globes” that the foot-dragging will be the death-blow to competition in the market. “Until now all the echelons – from the Ministry of Communications through the Anti-Trust Authority and the Prime Minister’s Office – were of the same opinion that in order to create competition in the market it is necessary to issue licenses to Bezeq and the cable companies at the same time. Discount Investments holds 48.5% of cable company Tevel and is a primary shareholder in Internet service provider Netvision.
“The opinion was that if the monopoly is given precedence, the ability to compete is forestalled.”
Einhorn said, “At a meeting with the Prime Minister two months ago, it was decided that [Attorney General] Rubinstein would give an opinion within a week regarding a fixed-date high-speed Internet license to the cable companies. The opinion has not yet been given. The Attorney General is the factor preventing the opening of the communications market to competition, by dragging-out his decision.”
Responding to a question regarding the series of demands on the cable companies by the Ministry of Justice, prior to the issuing of the decision, Einhorn said, “The Attorney General has not yet decided if the Minister of Communications has the authority to give temporary licenses, while we think he has the full authority to do so. The Minister of Communications finds himself trapped, and is unable to fulfill his mission of opening the market to competition.”
In response to a question on what he thought caused the Ministry of Communications to surrender to Bezeq’s pressure, Einhorn said, “The Minister of Communications stuck to his position that he would not act in a way that would harm the economy – but has done just that. I have no explanation. I don’t know why until yesterday, it was necessary to give licenses to both parties at the same time so that there would be competition, and why this has suddenly changed. I cannot explain it.”
According to Einhorn, the decision is problematical because Bezeq, which is a monopoly in all communications fields, is receiving a significant advantage in that it can offer a new service to the public, while alternatives are delayed.
“Only a few months ago, they advertised high-speed Internet at NIS 99 per month, which is reasonable, and immediately after yesterday’s announcement, they announced they want to charge NIS 150. No better proof is needed,” said Einhorn
Es wird immer bunter! Aus einem Artikel der Jerusalem Post geht hervor, dass das Thema high speed Internet jetzt zum Wahlkampfthema werden könnte.
Angesichts des Scheiterns der von Barak propagierten Notstandsregierung unter Einbeziehung des Lekutblockes erscheinen vorgezogene Neuwahlen wieder wahrscheinlicher (obwohl das an den tatsächlichen Problemen Israels nicht viel ändern wird - nicht unter Barak (der zu politisch schwach ist) und schon gar nicht unter Netanjahu oder gar Shamir-die mit ihrer hardliner Haltung den Friedensprozess und fast 10 jahre arbeit zunichte gemacht haben). Wahrscheinlich gibt es gegenwärtig tatsächlich nur noch eine Lösung. Die Seperation. Für die Israelis hiesse das Aufgabe der Siedlungen tief in Palästina (was sie schon seit Jahren hätten tun sollen - was aber politisch nie durchsetzbar war - leider), für die Palästinenser wird das den wirtschaftlichen Ruin bedeuten, da sie im Hohen Masse von Israel wirtschaftlich abhängig sind und weder Ägypten, noch Jordanien, noch Syrien ein Interesse daran hat, sie "durchzufüttern".
Aber das ist nicht Thema dieses threads - ich schweife ab....
Cable companies decry Bezeq`s fast Internet license
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 1) - The cable companies yesterday accused Bezeq of exploiting the political and security situation to get the Communications Ministry to license its fast Internet service and destroy any possibility of a competitive market.
"Bezeq and the cable companies must receive their fast Internet license on the same day," a statement from the three companies said, a day after the Communications Ministry claimed it had resolved with Bezeq all the outstanding issues delaying the launch of its high speed Internet service.
"After many months during which the attorney-general prevented the Communications Ministry from granting the cable companies a temporary domestic telecom license, the Communications Ministry has surrendered to pressure from Bezeq - which is exploiting the political and security situation and will destroy the chances of competition in the future," the cable companies said.
Ram Belinkov, chairman of Golden Channels, said the cable companies suspected that Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer decided to allow the launching of Bezeq`s high-speed Internet service as a public diversion from the continuing conflict with the Palestinians and a possible way to gain points if early elections are called.
Ben-Eliezer, who has also been pushing for the temporary licensing of the cables, has repeatedly voiced his preference of launching the two services simultaneously to ensure competition. At the same time, the minister has voiced his frustration over the delay in the introduction of high-speed Internet to Israel.
Belinkov said that if Bezeq is granted the Internet license this week, the public could "forget about" competition, which would have insured, at least to some extent, fair prices and good service.
In a statement responding to the cables, Bezeq noted that it had been in close contact with the Communications Ministry over its ADSL service for months and that the progress made in recent days was a result of that long process.
"Bezeq`s board of directors sees no connection between the Communications Ministry`s decision on ADSL and the political situation," the statement added.
Bezeq and the Communications Ministry came to terms on Monday night on almost all the outstanding issues which have so far delayed the launch of Bezeq`s Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), specifically the issue of unbundling (in which Bezeq is to rent its copper-wire infrastructure to competitors).
Last night the two sides were to meet again to discuss the price Bezeq would charge for the service, and if all went well, Ben-Eliezer is to issue the telecommunications giant an Internet license by the end of the week.
Angesichts des Scheiterns der von Barak propagierten Notstandsregierung unter Einbeziehung des Lekutblockes erscheinen vorgezogene Neuwahlen wieder wahrscheinlicher (obwohl das an den tatsächlichen Problemen Israels nicht viel ändern wird - nicht unter Barak (der zu politisch schwach ist) und schon gar nicht unter Netanjahu oder gar Shamir-die mit ihrer hardliner Haltung den Friedensprozess und fast 10 jahre arbeit zunichte gemacht haben). Wahrscheinlich gibt es gegenwärtig tatsächlich nur noch eine Lösung. Die Seperation. Für die Israelis hiesse das Aufgabe der Siedlungen tief in Palästina (was sie schon seit Jahren hätten tun sollen - was aber politisch nie durchsetzbar war - leider), für die Palästinenser wird das den wirtschaftlichen Ruin bedeuten, da sie im Hohen Masse von Israel wirtschaftlich abhängig sind und weder Ägypten, noch Jordanien, noch Syrien ein Interesse daran hat, sie "durchzufüttern".
Aber das ist nicht Thema dieses threads - ich schweife ab....
Cable companies decry Bezeq`s fast Internet license
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 1) - The cable companies yesterday accused Bezeq of exploiting the political and security situation to get the Communications Ministry to license its fast Internet service and destroy any possibility of a competitive market.
"Bezeq and the cable companies must receive their fast Internet license on the same day," a statement from the three companies said, a day after the Communications Ministry claimed it had resolved with Bezeq all the outstanding issues delaying the launch of its high speed Internet service.
"After many months during which the attorney-general prevented the Communications Ministry from granting the cable companies a temporary domestic telecom license, the Communications Ministry has surrendered to pressure from Bezeq - which is exploiting the political and security situation and will destroy the chances of competition in the future," the cable companies said.
Ram Belinkov, chairman of Golden Channels, said the cable companies suspected that Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer decided to allow the launching of Bezeq`s high-speed Internet service as a public diversion from the continuing conflict with the Palestinians and a possible way to gain points if early elections are called.
Ben-Eliezer, who has also been pushing for the temporary licensing of the cables, has repeatedly voiced his preference of launching the two services simultaneously to ensure competition. At the same time, the minister has voiced his frustration over the delay in the introduction of high-speed Internet to Israel.
Belinkov said that if Bezeq is granted the Internet license this week, the public could "forget about" competition, which would have insured, at least to some extent, fair prices and good service.
In a statement responding to the cables, Bezeq noted that it had been in close contact with the Communications Ministry over its ADSL service for months and that the progress made in recent days was a result of that long process.
"Bezeq`s board of directors sees no connection between the Communications Ministry`s decision on ADSL and the political situation," the statement added.
Bezeq and the Communications Ministry came to terms on Monday night on almost all the outstanding issues which have so far delayed the launch of Bezeq`s Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), specifically the issue of unbundling (in which Bezeq is to rent its copper-wire infrastructure to competitors).
Last night the two sides were to meet again to discuss the price Bezeq would charge for the service, and if all went well, Ben-Eliezer is to issue the telecommunications giant an Internet license by the end of the week.
Communications Portfolio Candidate Poraz – Opposes Capitalist Monopolies
Zvi Lavie
26.09.2000 17:38
The Ministry of Communications portfolio is due to be transferred from Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to Shinui, if and when Prime Minister Ehud Barak decides to bring the party into the coalition. The natural candidate for the post would be MK Avraham Poraz, who is the current chairman of the Knesset Economics Committee. MK Poraz is also an experienced communications professional, who knows the ministry better than any other Shinui MK.
Poraz was an advisor to former Minister of Communications Amnon Rubinstein during the 1984-87 National Unity government, when he was responsible for setting up the cable broadcasting council, serving as its first chairman. He was also the initiator of cable broadcasting law and second broadcasting authority law.
Shinui chairman MK Tommy Lapid is also not a stranger to the field, as the former general director of the Israel Broadcasting Authority and chairman of the Cable TV Union. Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has given the opinion validating him for a ministerial post, rejecting concerns of conflict of interest arising from his previous duties.
At the moment, it appears that Lapid is a candidate for a very senior post (he has cast his eyes at the Ministry of Justice, but will probably receive the Ministry of Public Security), thus making the Ministry of Communications a secondary post that would go to Poraz. Shinui refuses to even respond to the scenario.
Judging by statements in recent months, Poraz has not envied Ben-Eliezer, who is stuck with the communications revolution with his hands tied by a weak coalition.
Poraz is a great believer in the market and free competition that will lower prices. On the other hand, he opposes private monopolies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 26 September 2000
Zvi Lavie
26.09.2000 17:38
The Ministry of Communications portfolio is due to be transferred from Benjamin Ben-Eliezer to Shinui, if and when Prime Minister Ehud Barak decides to bring the party into the coalition. The natural candidate for the post would be MK Avraham Poraz, who is the current chairman of the Knesset Economics Committee. MK Poraz is also an experienced communications professional, who knows the ministry better than any other Shinui MK.
Poraz was an advisor to former Minister of Communications Amnon Rubinstein during the 1984-87 National Unity government, when he was responsible for setting up the cable broadcasting council, serving as its first chairman. He was also the initiator of cable broadcasting law and second broadcasting authority law.
Shinui chairman MK Tommy Lapid is also not a stranger to the field, as the former general director of the Israel Broadcasting Authority and chairman of the Cable TV Union. Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein has given the opinion validating him for a ministerial post, rejecting concerns of conflict of interest arising from his previous duties.
At the moment, it appears that Lapid is a candidate for a very senior post (he has cast his eyes at the Ministry of Justice, but will probably receive the Ministry of Public Security), thus making the Ministry of Communications a secondary post that would go to Poraz. Shinui refuses to even respond to the scenario.
Judging by statements in recent months, Poraz has not envied Ben-Eliezer, who is stuck with the communications revolution with his hands tied by a weak coalition.
Poraz is a great believer in the market and free competition that will lower prices. On the other hand, he opposes private monopolies.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 26 September 2000
Cable cos demand high-speed Internet licenses from HCJ
Aviva Krull
01.11.2000 17:40
The cable companies are expected to appeal to the High Court of Justice to demand that they also receive licenses to provide high-speed Internet, following the expected issuing of a license to Bezeq. Cable company owners were meeting at the time of web-closing to decide on the matter.
Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer is prevented from issuing licenses to the cable companies until after Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein determines whether the matter falls under the Minister’s jurisdiction. At a discussion on the matter with Prime Minister Ehud Barak on September 17, it was decided that Rubinstein would give his opinion within a week. He has not yet done so.
The cable companies claim that the matter falls under the Minister’s jurisdiction, and is not a matter for the Attorney General. In the past, Ben-Eliezer also claimed that he had the authority to decide on the matter, and that Rubinstein is effectively delaying competition in the communications market.
Discussions between the Ministry of Communications and Bezeq regarding fees for Bezeq’s high-speed Internet service continued today, but have not been concluded. According to assessments by the sector, the Minister of Communications will sign the high-speed Internet license for Bezeq at the start of the Telecom 2000 exhibition, which opens next Monday.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 1 November 2000
Aviva Krull
01.11.2000 17:40
The cable companies are expected to appeal to the High Court of Justice to demand that they also receive licenses to provide high-speed Internet, following the expected issuing of a license to Bezeq. Cable company owners were meeting at the time of web-closing to decide on the matter.
Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer is prevented from issuing licenses to the cable companies until after Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein determines whether the matter falls under the Minister’s jurisdiction. At a discussion on the matter with Prime Minister Ehud Barak on September 17, it was decided that Rubinstein would give his opinion within a week. He has not yet done so.
The cable companies claim that the matter falls under the Minister’s jurisdiction, and is not a matter for the Attorney General. In the past, Ben-Eliezer also claimed that he had the authority to decide on the matter, and that Rubinstein is effectively delaying competition in the communications market.
Discussions between the Ministry of Communications and Bezeq regarding fees for Bezeq’s high-speed Internet service continued today, but have not been concluded. According to assessments by the sector, the Minister of Communications will sign the high-speed Internet license for Bezeq at the start of the Telecom 2000 exhibition, which opens next Monday.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 1 November 2000
Hallo sunseeker - zuvorgekommen - man sieht, es kommt Bewegung in die sache. Immerhin drohen die Cables jetzt schon vor den high court zu terten, wenn sie die Genehmigung nicht bekommen.
Elezier fishman, einer der wichtigsten israelischen investoren im Medienbereich ist aber skeptisch. er bemerkt richtig, dass die entsprechenden Minister bzw. der Oberstaatsanwaltschaft erst dann zustimmen werden, wenn sie ihr "point of flesh" bekommen haben.
Warten wir es ab.
Elezier fishman, einer der wichtigsten israelischen investoren im Medienbereich ist aber skeptisch. er bemerkt richtig, dass die entsprechenden Minister bzw. der Oberstaatsanwaltschaft erst dann zustimmen werden, wenn sie ihr "point of flesh" bekommen haben.
Warten wir es ab.
Fishman, Telecom Italia investing $1.5 billion in communications project
Shai Shalev
01.11.2000 17:27
Eliezer Fishman, active in the real estate, communications, and retail sectors, is acting on his threat to transfer most of his business overseas, following his disappointment at his treatment by Israel’s government institutions.
It has been learned that Fishman has set up an international communications company with Telecom Italia (his partner in Golden Lines). The new company is intended to serve as a holding company for communications business in Western countries. Fishman holds 30% of the joint company, while Telecom Italia holds the rest.
The joint company is already laying four fiber-optic undersea cables at an overall investment of about $1 billion. The joint company has also acquired partnerships in four ships providing $400 million in services for undersea communications projects. In addition to his activity with Telecom Italia, Fishman is negotiating to buy ownership of local cable television networks in Germany.
Fishman today declined to comment on his overseas investments. At the same time, he spoke about the decision to grant a high-speed Internet license to Bezeq before granting a similar license to the cable companies.
Fishman said that no arrangement was in the offing between the Ministry of Communications and the cable companies. “There is no chance for such an arrangement until Ministry of Finance officials and Adv. Davida Lehman-Messer get their pound of flesh. They won’t get it from me.”
Eliezer Fishman is one of the owners of “Globes”.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on November 1, 2000
Shai Shalev
01.11.2000 17:27
Eliezer Fishman, active in the real estate, communications, and retail sectors, is acting on his threat to transfer most of his business overseas, following his disappointment at his treatment by Israel’s government institutions.
It has been learned that Fishman has set up an international communications company with Telecom Italia (his partner in Golden Lines). The new company is intended to serve as a holding company for communications business in Western countries. Fishman holds 30% of the joint company, while Telecom Italia holds the rest.
The joint company is already laying four fiber-optic undersea cables at an overall investment of about $1 billion. The joint company has also acquired partnerships in four ships providing $400 million in services for undersea communications projects. In addition to his activity with Telecom Italia, Fishman is negotiating to buy ownership of local cable television networks in Germany.
Fishman today declined to comment on his overseas investments. At the same time, he spoke about the decision to grant a high-speed Internet license to Bezeq before granting a similar license to the cable companies.
Fishman said that no arrangement was in the offing between the Ministry of Communications and the cable companies. “There is no chance for such an arrangement until Ministry of Finance officials and Adv. Davida Lehman-Messer get their pound of flesh. They won’t get it from me.”
Eliezer Fishman is one of the owners of “Globes”.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on November 1, 2000
Hallo Oliver
Also ich blick da nicht durch. Entweder die halten die Cable cos zum Narren oder die Cable cos pokern mit der Regierung. Ich glaub die blicken selber nicht ganz durch. Das ganze darf dann noch jeder nach seinen Interessen kommentieren und am Schluss kommt hoffentlich eine brauchbare Lösung heraus.
Also ich blick da nicht durch. Entweder die halten die Cable cos zum Narren oder die Cable cos pokern mit der Regierung. Ich glaub die blicken selber nicht ganz durch. Das ganze darf dann noch jeder nach seinen Interessen kommentieren und am Schluss kommt hoffentlich eine brauchbare Lösung heraus.
ja - ich verstehe es auch nicht ganz - zuerst wollte man den cables die Konzession nicht erteilen, weil dann bezeq benachteiligt wäre (iTelefonie) und jetzt will man plötzlich Bezeq zuerst die Möglichkeit für high speed internet geben.
Ich denke in israel läuft ein ähnliches spiel ab, wie man es ja auch hier beobachten kann. Bezeq ist immer noch staatlich bzw. halbstaatlich.
Haben die cables die Fast-Internet Konzession, dann heizen sie Bezeq ziemlich ein (in bezug auf Internetdienste und Telefonie. ADSL ist dabei dem Kabel "unetrlegen".
ich denke man will Bezeq gut positionieren, bevor man die cables "ran" lässt.
Ich denke in israel läuft ein ähnliches spiel ab, wie man es ja auch hier beobachten kann. Bezeq ist immer noch staatlich bzw. halbstaatlich.
Haben die cables die Fast-Internet Konzession, dann heizen sie Bezeq ziemlich ein (in bezug auf Internetdienste und Telefonie. ADSL ist dabei dem Kabel "unetrlegen".
ich denke man will Bezeq gut positionieren, bevor man die cables "ran" lässt.
@ Oliver uns SunSeeker
Der böse Bube ist im Augenblick der Attorney General. Er hält eine Entscheidung über die Zuständigkeit in der Frage der Erteilung der Lizenzen an die Cable Cos zurück. Es geht darum, wer auf welcher rechtlichen Grundlage die Lizenzen erteilen darf. Der Kommunikationsminister würde schon gern, weiß aber nicht so recht, ob er darf. Bei rechtlichen Fragen schaut die gesamte Exekutive in Israel erstmal gebannt auf den Attorney General. (Irgendwie fühlt man sich an Moses und die Gesetzestafeln erinnert. In der jüdischen Religion spielen Gesetze und Gesetzesauslegung bekanntlich eine zentrale Rolle. Nun denn.)
Ich empfehle Liebhabern nochmal die Lektüre des Artikels von Efi Landau (Globes) über den gordischen Knoten im israelischen Kommunikationswesen (nun haben sie dafür schon eigens einen Minister...) und die 20 (zwanzig!) verschiedenen Interessengemeinschaften (wohl besser Kampfgruppen), die es in dieser Frage in Israel gibt.
Aber ich wette meine Socken, daß es letztlich Fast-Internet-Lizenzen für die Cables geben wird, wahrscheinlich schon nächsten Montag. Sonst überschattet dieser Streit nämlich den ganzen schönen und richtig großen Telekommunikationskongreß in Israel nächste Woche. Der Staat gibt sich in dieser (De-)Regulierungsfrage schon gerade genug der Lächerlichkeit preis, und nicht nur das: wie das Beispiel von Fishman zeigt, der mit seinem Geld außer Landes geht, wird`s jetzt richtig ernst. Marc Schneider, der UPC-Boß, hat auch schon ganz offen gedroht, das UPC-Investment (knapp 50 % an Tevel) zurückzuziehen.
Also macht hinne, Jungs.
Gruß, Jan Philip
P.S. Ich persönlich glaube übrigens nicht, daß UPC etwas gegen MBX hat. Nur meine persönliche Meinung. Und auch nur ganz am Rande.
Der böse Bube ist im Augenblick der Attorney General. Er hält eine Entscheidung über die Zuständigkeit in der Frage der Erteilung der Lizenzen an die Cable Cos zurück. Es geht darum, wer auf welcher rechtlichen Grundlage die Lizenzen erteilen darf. Der Kommunikationsminister würde schon gern, weiß aber nicht so recht, ob er darf. Bei rechtlichen Fragen schaut die gesamte Exekutive in Israel erstmal gebannt auf den Attorney General. (Irgendwie fühlt man sich an Moses und die Gesetzestafeln erinnert. In der jüdischen Religion spielen Gesetze und Gesetzesauslegung bekanntlich eine zentrale Rolle. Nun denn.)
Ich empfehle Liebhabern nochmal die Lektüre des Artikels von Efi Landau (Globes) über den gordischen Knoten im israelischen Kommunikationswesen (nun haben sie dafür schon eigens einen Minister...) und die 20 (zwanzig!) verschiedenen Interessengemeinschaften (wohl besser Kampfgruppen), die es in dieser Frage in Israel gibt.
Aber ich wette meine Socken, daß es letztlich Fast-Internet-Lizenzen für die Cables geben wird, wahrscheinlich schon nächsten Montag. Sonst überschattet dieser Streit nämlich den ganzen schönen und richtig großen Telekommunikationskongreß in Israel nächste Woche. Der Staat gibt sich in dieser (De-)Regulierungsfrage schon gerade genug der Lächerlichkeit preis, und nicht nur das: wie das Beispiel von Fishman zeigt, der mit seinem Geld außer Landes geht, wird`s jetzt richtig ernst. Marc Schneider, der UPC-Boß, hat auch schon ganz offen gedroht, das UPC-Investment (knapp 50 % an Tevel) zurückzuziehen.
Also macht hinne, Jungs.
Gruß, Jan Philip
P.S. Ich persönlich glaube übrigens nicht, daß UPC etwas gegen MBX hat. Nur meine persönliche Meinung. Und auch nur ganz am Rande.
Das Imperium schlägt zurück !!
Sehr interessante argumentation des Oberstaatsanwaltes. beruhigend, dass in anderen Ländern offensichtlich die Behörden noch schlimmer sind, als hier.
Rubinstein: No high-speed Internet for cable companies now
Hadas Magen
02.11.2000 17:41
”There are no solid legal grounds for investing the Minister of Communications with the authority to award a general inland operator license for the period until the expiry of the cable companies’ concessions, in the absence of explicit legislation allowing it,” Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein said today in an opinion on awarding a short-term inland operator license to the cable companies.
The legal opinion was drawn up at Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s request, after Rubinstein issued an opinion in April that general licenses for the cable companies should be arranged through legislation.
Rubinstein points out that the cable companies constitute a monopoly, because they are the only concerns entitled to offer television broadcast over the cable infrastructure. For this reason, expanding their rights to use the infrastructure, which they deployed under a franchise awarded by tender and involving long-term exclusivity, would provide them with a considerable benefit.
Not only have other concerns not been allowed to compete for this benefit, but as long as the cable television market has not been opened to competition, other concerns are unable to compete with the cable companies by using existing and new infrastructures.
Rubinstein considers that awarding a general short-term license to the cable companies at this point would result in a situation in which the cable companies will be the only ones entitled to offer their subscribers - and the general public – all communications services, including telephony and high-speed Internet, in addition to cable television.
Rubinstein says that, in the absence of appropriate legislation, it is inappropriate to settle the issue through the administrative procedure of granting a common license, even if it involves various commitments suggested by the cable companies.
Sehr interessante argumentation des Oberstaatsanwaltes. beruhigend, dass in anderen Ländern offensichtlich die Behörden noch schlimmer sind, als hier.
Rubinstein: No high-speed Internet for cable companies now
Hadas Magen
02.11.2000 17:41
”There are no solid legal grounds for investing the Minister of Communications with the authority to award a general inland operator license for the period until the expiry of the cable companies’ concessions, in the absence of explicit legislation allowing it,” Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein said today in an opinion on awarding a short-term inland operator license to the cable companies.
The legal opinion was drawn up at Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s request, after Rubinstein issued an opinion in April that general licenses for the cable companies should be arranged through legislation.
Rubinstein points out that the cable companies constitute a monopoly, because they are the only concerns entitled to offer television broadcast over the cable infrastructure. For this reason, expanding their rights to use the infrastructure, which they deployed under a franchise awarded by tender and involving long-term exclusivity, would provide them with a considerable benefit.
Not only have other concerns not been allowed to compete for this benefit, but as long as the cable television market has not been opened to competition, other concerns are unable to compete with the cable companies by using existing and new infrastructures.
Rubinstein considers that awarding a general short-term license to the cable companies at this point would result in a situation in which the cable companies will be the only ones entitled to offer their subscribers - and the general public – all communications services, including telephony and high-speed Internet, in addition to cable television.
Rubinstein says that, in the absence of appropriate legislation, it is inappropriate to settle the issue through the administrative procedure of granting a common license, even if it involves various commitments suggested by the cable companies.
Aber auch die Cable Cos fackeln nicht lange und ziehen noch am gleichen Tage gegen den Attorney General vor das höchste israelische Gericht.
Cable cos petition HCJ for immediate high-speed Internet license
Shmuel Dekalo and Aviva Krull
02.11.2000 17:42
Cable companies Tevel, Matav, and Golden Channels today petitioned the High Court of Justice (HCJ) against Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein and Minister of Communications Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. They asked the HCJ to order the respondents to grant them a license to operate high-speed Internet services.
The cable companies claim that Ben-Eliezer supports their request, but the section of the Communications Law prevents him from granting them the license. The cable companies, represented by Adv. David and Dafna Libai, are claiming that the license to be granted to Bezeq for operating high-speed Internet creates an economically harmful monopoly.
The petition quotes letters sent by Ben-Eliezer to Rubinstein, in which he stresses the importance of high-speed Internet services for promoting competition in the sector and expresses his desire to grant an immediate license to the cable companies. The petition attacks Rubinstein’s position, according to which the Minister of Communications is not authorized to grant the license to the cable companies before amendment of the Communications Law.
The petition further alleges that the regulation depriving the cable companies of their right a license is exceptionally unreasonable, violates the public welfare, is discriminatory, and deprives the cable companies of an equal and fair opportunity to participate in market competition. The companies claim that the regulation does not meet the test of the Basic Laws.
According to the cable companies, Ministry of Communications legal advisor Yizhar Tal, who is responsible for the Communications Law, believes that an immediate license can be granted to the cable companies. Anti-Trust Authority director-general David Tadmor holds the same position.
The cable companies allege that denying them the possibility of using their infrastructure to supply additional communications services and realize the enormous economic potential contained in the infrastructure constitutes a violation of their property rights. The cable group therefore believes that Rubinstein’s legal opinion is unconstitutional and improper, and should be nullified.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on November 2, 2000
Spannend. Wahrlich ein Wirtschaftskrimi. Für mich klingt die Argumentation der Cables sehr vernünftig - aber was natürlich der High Court of Justice dazu sagt...
Notfalls muß man eben zunächst mit "Low-Speed"-Internet und BOT vorlieb nehmen. Gut, daß BOT Vertragsbestandteil ist.
JP
Cable cos petition HCJ for immediate high-speed Internet license
Shmuel Dekalo and Aviva Krull
02.11.2000 17:42
Cable companies Tevel, Matav, and Golden Channels today petitioned the High Court of Justice (HCJ) against Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein and Minister of Communications Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. They asked the HCJ to order the respondents to grant them a license to operate high-speed Internet services.
The cable companies claim that Ben-Eliezer supports their request, but the section of the Communications Law prevents him from granting them the license. The cable companies, represented by Adv. David and Dafna Libai, are claiming that the license to be granted to Bezeq for operating high-speed Internet creates an economically harmful monopoly.
The petition quotes letters sent by Ben-Eliezer to Rubinstein, in which he stresses the importance of high-speed Internet services for promoting competition in the sector and expresses his desire to grant an immediate license to the cable companies. The petition attacks Rubinstein’s position, according to which the Minister of Communications is not authorized to grant the license to the cable companies before amendment of the Communications Law.
The petition further alleges that the regulation depriving the cable companies of their right a license is exceptionally unreasonable, violates the public welfare, is discriminatory, and deprives the cable companies of an equal and fair opportunity to participate in market competition. The companies claim that the regulation does not meet the test of the Basic Laws.
According to the cable companies, Ministry of Communications legal advisor Yizhar Tal, who is responsible for the Communications Law, believes that an immediate license can be granted to the cable companies. Anti-Trust Authority director-general David Tadmor holds the same position.
The cable companies allege that denying them the possibility of using their infrastructure to supply additional communications services and realize the enormous economic potential contained in the infrastructure constitutes a violation of their property rights. The cable group therefore believes that Rubinstein’s legal opinion is unconstitutional and improper, and should be nullified.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on November 2, 2000
Spannend. Wahrlich ein Wirtschaftskrimi. Für mich klingt die Argumentation der Cables sehr vernünftig - aber was natürlich der High Court of Justice dazu sagt...
Notfalls muß man eben zunächst mit "Low-Speed"-Internet und BOT vorlieb nehmen. Gut, daß BOT Vertragsbestandteil ist.
JP
Mal ein Dankeschön von mir an die Unermüdlichen hier
Gruss gg
Gruss gg
Oliver H, ich kopiere hier mal aus dem THread von 0815Investor hinein, da es Deinen Thread m.E. bereichert.
0815 Investor schreibt:
Golden Channels !!!!
Wie ich dazu komme?
siehe: http://www.opentv.com/customers/customers/
Das ist der einzige Israelische Kabelentzanbieter, der Open TV einsetzt.
Und wie sagte SD?
Die reden nicht mir uns, sondern nur mit den Kabelnetzbetreibern und Fernsehsendern (Armer SD, wird von denen wohl voll Ignoriert?) und deshalb dauert das so lange, sinngemäß soweit ich mich noch entsinne?
Meinungen?
Status natürlich noch nicht launched, wie denn auch wenn die 1000ér noch nicht funzt.
Wer kennt eigentlich: http://www.opentv.com/customers/customers/ schon?
vieleicht deshalb der Telekomstand????? oder doch NOKIA oder so????
Recht Invormatich auch: http://www.set-top-box.de/news/index.htm dort fällt mir sofort M-Technologies auf, mal schauen obn MBX auch verteten ist?
von tornam 04.11.00 20:09:34
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 2264257
Respekt, Respekt.
Frag mich schon eine ganze Zeit, warum noch keiner `drauf gekommen ist. Glückwunsch, 0815!!!!!
Gruß
tornam
von Aktienspitzel 04.11.00 20:16:00
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 2264284
Nicht schlecht, jetzt müsste man nur noch Israelisch sprechen können um herauszufinden wie die Situation momentan aussieht, ob der Deal schon geplatzt ist.
von 0815Investor 04.11.00 20:29:08
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 2264324
Und nun weiß ich auch wo die Probleme von SD im Detail liegen!
OpenTV will den Quellcode nicht preisgeben, erinnert mich irgendwie an windoof...
Quelle: http://www.set-top-box.de/opentv.htm
Ich stell den Text hier rien, der Einfachheit halber...
Open-TV
Das amerikanische Unternehmen OpenTV Inc., ein Joint-venture zwischen der französischen Firma
Thomson und dem Computerspezialisten Sun, ist derzeit Marktführer im Bereich der Systemsoftware für
digitale Set-Top-Boxen. Gerätehersteller wie Acer, Comstream, Daewoo, Humax, Galaxis, Hyundai,
Italtel, Matsushita, Nokia, Pace, Philips, RC&C, Sagem, Samsung, Sanyo, Thomson Multimedia, UEC
oder Visionetics setzen die Software zumindest auf einem Teil ihrer Set-Top-Boxen ein.
Die europäischen Sendeanstalten oder Kabelnetzbetreiber ARD, RTL, BSkyB, France Telecom Cable,
Lyonnaise Cable, MultiChoice Griechenland, Telia Informedia Television (Schweden), TeleDanmark
Kabel TV, TPS, Via Digital (Spanien) oder das ZDF strahlen ihre elektronischen Zusatzinformationen in
diesem Standard aus.
OpenTV vertreibt seine Software auf zwei Arten. Sendeanstalten, Kabelnetzbetreiber oder auch externe
Grafikdesigner können von OpenTV Entwicklerlizenzen ähnlich wie von einer PC-Programmiersprache je
Arbeitsplatz erwerben. Gerätehersteller erwerben von OpenTV das fertige "Runtime"-Programm, das sie
dann mit den Set-Top-Boxen ausliefern.
*****************************
Runtime und selbstgesticktes OS wird wohl nichts. SD wird das Betriebssystem noch nicht liefern können? (Annahme) und OpenTV will den Quellcode nicht Preisgeben. (siehe oben!)
-> solange das OS nicht zu 100% steht kann OpenTv gar kein Runtimepaket schreiben, ob die das überhaupt wollen und personell können ist eine andere Frage.
Und wenn Sie MBX den Quellcode nicht geben, dann steigt eventuell der Kunde auf einen anderen Lieferanten um, es gibt mittlerweile sehr sehr viele.
Na, was halten wir davon? Treffer?
0815 Investor schreibt:
Golden Channels !!!!
Wie ich dazu komme?
siehe: http://www.opentv.com/customers/customers/
Das ist der einzige Israelische Kabelentzanbieter, der Open TV einsetzt.
Und wie sagte SD?
Die reden nicht mir uns, sondern nur mit den Kabelnetzbetreibern und Fernsehsendern (Armer SD, wird von denen wohl voll Ignoriert?) und deshalb dauert das so lange, sinngemäß soweit ich mich noch entsinne?
Meinungen?
Status natürlich noch nicht launched, wie denn auch wenn die 1000ér noch nicht funzt.
Wer kennt eigentlich: http://www.opentv.com/customers/customers/ schon?
vieleicht deshalb der Telekomstand????? oder doch NOKIA oder so????
Recht Invormatich auch: http://www.set-top-box.de/news/index.htm dort fällt mir sofort M-Technologies auf, mal schauen obn MBX auch verteten ist?
von tornam 04.11.00 20:09:34
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 2264257
Respekt, Respekt.
Frag mich schon eine ganze Zeit, warum noch keiner `drauf gekommen ist. Glückwunsch, 0815!!!!!
Gruß
tornam
von Aktienspitzel 04.11.00 20:16:00
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 2264284
Nicht schlecht, jetzt müsste man nur noch Israelisch sprechen können um herauszufinden wie die Situation momentan aussieht, ob der Deal schon geplatzt ist.
von 0815Investor 04.11.00 20:29:08
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG 2264324
Und nun weiß ich auch wo die Probleme von SD im Detail liegen!
OpenTV will den Quellcode nicht preisgeben, erinnert mich irgendwie an windoof...
Quelle: http://www.set-top-box.de/opentv.htm
Ich stell den Text hier rien, der Einfachheit halber...
Open-TV
Das amerikanische Unternehmen OpenTV Inc., ein Joint-venture zwischen der französischen Firma
Thomson und dem Computerspezialisten Sun, ist derzeit Marktführer im Bereich der Systemsoftware für
digitale Set-Top-Boxen. Gerätehersteller wie Acer, Comstream, Daewoo, Humax, Galaxis, Hyundai,
Italtel, Matsushita, Nokia, Pace, Philips, RC&C, Sagem, Samsung, Sanyo, Thomson Multimedia, UEC
oder Visionetics setzen die Software zumindest auf einem Teil ihrer Set-Top-Boxen ein.
Die europäischen Sendeanstalten oder Kabelnetzbetreiber ARD, RTL, BSkyB, France Telecom Cable,
Lyonnaise Cable, MultiChoice Griechenland, Telia Informedia Television (Schweden), TeleDanmark
Kabel TV, TPS, Via Digital (Spanien) oder das ZDF strahlen ihre elektronischen Zusatzinformationen in
diesem Standard aus.
OpenTV vertreibt seine Software auf zwei Arten. Sendeanstalten, Kabelnetzbetreiber oder auch externe
Grafikdesigner können von OpenTV Entwicklerlizenzen ähnlich wie von einer PC-Programmiersprache je
Arbeitsplatz erwerben. Gerätehersteller erwerben von OpenTV das fertige "Runtime"-Programm, das sie
dann mit den Set-Top-Boxen ausliefern.
*****************************
Runtime und selbstgesticktes OS wird wohl nichts. SD wird das Betriebssystem noch nicht liefern können? (Annahme) und OpenTV will den Quellcode nicht Preisgeben. (siehe oben!)
-> solange das OS nicht zu 100% steht kann OpenTv gar kein Runtimepaket schreiben, ob die das überhaupt wollen und personell können ist eine andere Frage.
Und wenn Sie MBX den Quellcode nicht geben, dann steigt eventuell der Kunde auf einen anderen Lieferanten um, es gibt mittlerweile sehr sehr viele.
Na, was halten wir davon? Treffer?
"Bereichert" ???
Stimmt ein wenig "amusing" bereichert jeden thread. Was 0815 zusammengetragen hat, ist weder neu (vielmehr ausreichend diskutiert), noch besonders originell.
Die Interpretation ist ein wenig einfach gestrickt. Dazu einige Fakten:
1) OpenTV hat nichts mit encryption zu tun
2) OpenTV stellt Betriebssysteme für s.-t. boxen und middleware her.
3) OpenTV wird sich MHP anpassen (müssen).
4) OpenTV muss seinen quellcode nicht "rausrücken". Wenn MBX OpenTV für seine Boxen verwenden will, dann müssen sie die Software lizensieren, nicht umschreiben.
5) Wenn Golden Channels ankündigt mit OpenTv zusammenzuarbeiten, dann bedeutet das, dass sie auch openTV kompatible s.-t. boxen verwenden werden.
6) OpenTV redet direkt mit den s.-t. boxen Herstellern (sie wollen ja ihre software verkaufen) - die encryption Firmen "reden" meist nur mit ihren Endkunden (den cables). Und zwar aus Sicherheitsgründen.
7) GoldenChannels gehört mehrheitlich Matav (ca. 35%) und Tevel (>30%) - wenn die Israelische Monolpolaufsicht nicht mit Argusaugen darüber wachen würde, wäre Golden channels längst zwischen den beiden aufgeteilt.
etc., etc. alles bereits vor Wochen diskutiert.
Stimmt ein wenig "amusing" bereichert jeden thread. Was 0815 zusammengetragen hat, ist weder neu (vielmehr ausreichend diskutiert), noch besonders originell.
Die Interpretation ist ein wenig einfach gestrickt. Dazu einige Fakten:
1) OpenTV hat nichts mit encryption zu tun
2) OpenTV stellt Betriebssysteme für s.-t. boxen und middleware her.
3) OpenTV wird sich MHP anpassen (müssen).
4) OpenTV muss seinen quellcode nicht "rausrücken". Wenn MBX OpenTV für seine Boxen verwenden will, dann müssen sie die Software lizensieren, nicht umschreiben.
5) Wenn Golden Channels ankündigt mit OpenTv zusammenzuarbeiten, dann bedeutet das, dass sie auch openTV kompatible s.-t. boxen verwenden werden.
6) OpenTV redet direkt mit den s.-t. boxen Herstellern (sie wollen ja ihre software verkaufen) - die encryption Firmen "reden" meist nur mit ihren Endkunden (den cables). Und zwar aus Sicherheitsgründen.
7) GoldenChannels gehört mehrheitlich Matav (ca. 35%) und Tevel (>30%) - wenn die Israelische Monolpolaufsicht nicht mit Argusaugen darüber wachen würde, wäre Golden channels längst zwischen den beiden aufgeteilt.
etc., etc. alles bereits vor Wochen diskutiert.
Hier nochmal ein wenig klarer.
Cable firms petition High Court
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUDSALEM (November 3) - The cable companies yesterday petitioned the High Court of Justice against Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein, accusing them of discrimination in holding up a temporary domestic telecommunications license that would allow them to launch a fast Internet service.
At the same time, Rubinstein issued a ruling in which he refused to authorize Ben-Eliezer to license the cable companies as a telecommunications provider, saying that the temporary permit would only serve to turn what is already a multi-channel broadcasting monopoly into the only group in Israel licensed to provide both broadcasting and telephony services.
"This does not fall in line with the policy the government declared when it decided to open the communications market to competition," Rubinstein wrote.
According to Rubinstein, the law does not grant Ben-Eliezer the authority to expand the cables` existing license into telephony, even temporarily.
The attorney general added that before the cable companies could expand their services, the Bezeq Law must be amended. The amendment, which has already been drafted by the Communications Ministry, is currently awaiting Justice Ministry approval.
It is exactly such rulings by Rubinstein that the companies protested in their petition, which calls the regulation in the Bezeq Law that prevents them from receiving the temporary license unrealistic, discriminatory and not in the public interest.
By preventing Matav Digital, Tevel Digital and Golden Channels from launching their high-speed Internet service, which is ready to go, the government is eliminating any fair chance they would have of competing in the telecommunications market, the companies say in their petition.
"The attorney general is delaying, with no legal or practical justification, the progress of the telecommunications market in Israel," the petition said.
Cable firms petition High Court
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUDSALEM (November 3) - The cable companies yesterday petitioned the High Court of Justice against Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer and Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein, accusing them of discrimination in holding up a temporary domestic telecommunications license that would allow them to launch a fast Internet service.
At the same time, Rubinstein issued a ruling in which he refused to authorize Ben-Eliezer to license the cable companies as a telecommunications provider, saying that the temporary permit would only serve to turn what is already a multi-channel broadcasting monopoly into the only group in Israel licensed to provide both broadcasting and telephony services.
"This does not fall in line with the policy the government declared when it decided to open the communications market to competition," Rubinstein wrote.
According to Rubinstein, the law does not grant Ben-Eliezer the authority to expand the cables` existing license into telephony, even temporarily.
The attorney general added that before the cable companies could expand their services, the Bezeq Law must be amended. The amendment, which has already been drafted by the Communications Ministry, is currently awaiting Justice Ministry approval.
It is exactly such rulings by Rubinstein that the companies protested in their petition, which calls the regulation in the Bezeq Law that prevents them from receiving the temporary license unrealistic, discriminatory and not in the public interest.
By preventing Matav Digital, Tevel Digital and Golden Channels from launching their high-speed Internet service, which is ready to go, the government is eliminating any fair chance they would have of competing in the telecommunications market, the companies say in their petition.
"The attorney general is delaying, with no legal or practical justification, the progress of the telecommunications market in Israel," the petition said.
@Janphil
mail4u im wo-Postfach.
ciao ZO
mail4u im wo-Postfach.
ciao ZO
Bezeq high-speed Internet license expected today
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 6) - Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer is expected today to bring the country into the age of broadband by granting Bezeq a high-speed Internet license, a ministry source said.
The license will come after months of delay, during which Bezeq worked out kinks in its high-speed Internet technology and Ben-Eliezer searched for a way around regulatory restrictions that barred the cable television companies from the telephony industry and prevented them from launching an Internet service to compete with Bezeq`s. Last week, however, Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein, nixed the temporary telephony license that Ben-Eliezer wanted to grant the cable companies, insisting that the Bezeq Law be amended before the cable companies expand their existing services into telecommunications and Internet.
Bezeq, which will run its new service on asymmetric digital subscriber line technology that allows data to flow on a copper wires, has already prepared more than 50 of its 200 switchboards to provide fast Internet.
The company hopes to cover all of the country in less than a year.
The ADSL service, marketed by the company as "WOW," will be offered to the public at a flat rate, likely to be set higher than the existing NIS 99 for an Internet-designated line.
Once the license is issued, Bezeq will start selling subscriptions within days, with installation to follow shortly thereafter.
The cable companies have protested Ben-Eliezer`s decision to go ahead with the Bezeq license in a petition to the High Court of Justice, saying that the head start will likely kill the chances of any future competitor.
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 6) - Communications Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer is expected today to bring the country into the age of broadband by granting Bezeq a high-speed Internet license, a ministry source said.
The license will come after months of delay, during which Bezeq worked out kinks in its high-speed Internet technology and Ben-Eliezer searched for a way around regulatory restrictions that barred the cable television companies from the telephony industry and prevented them from launching an Internet service to compete with Bezeq`s. Last week, however, Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein, nixed the temporary telephony license that Ben-Eliezer wanted to grant the cable companies, insisting that the Bezeq Law be amended before the cable companies expand their existing services into telecommunications and Internet.
Bezeq, which will run its new service on asymmetric digital subscriber line technology that allows data to flow on a copper wires, has already prepared more than 50 of its 200 switchboards to provide fast Internet.
The company hopes to cover all of the country in less than a year.
The ADSL service, marketed by the company as "WOW," will be offered to the public at a flat rate, likely to be set higher than the existing NIS 99 for an Internet-designated line.
Once the license is issued, Bezeq will start selling subscriptions within days, with installation to follow shortly thereafter.
The cable companies have protested Ben-Eliezer`s decision to go ahead with the Bezeq license in a petition to the High Court of Justice, saying that the head start will likely kill the chances of any future competitor.
nun - bezeq hat sie jetzt - und wird wohl sofort anfangen, sein ADSL-Netz "an den Mann" zu bringen.
Bei den cables wird es wohl noch dauern.
Insgesamt kann man es aber auch von einer positiven Seite sehen. Zwar rücken VoD ohne diese Lizenz in weite Ferne.
Umso interessanter wird BOT(zur Datenversorgung des offline-portals) und das DVD gebundenen video-near-on-demand.
Bei den cables wird es wohl noch dauern.
Insgesamt kann man es aber auch von einer positiven Seite sehen. Zwar rücken VoD ohne diese Lizenz in weite Ferne.
Umso interessanter wird BOT(zur Datenversorgung des offline-portals) und das DVD gebundenen video-near-on-demand.
und es ist und bleibt ein Politikum:
Efi Landau
06.11.2000 16:46
At a press conference on the opening of the Telecom 2000 show, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said that the cable companies’ petition against him had not changed his opinion in favor of awarding the cable companies a high-speed Internet license. “I’ll recommend to the High Court of Justice (HCJ) that it uphold the cable companies’ petition against me, and approve a high-speed ADSL Internet license for them,” Ben-Eliezer said.
”I hope and pray that the HCJ will do the job for me,” Ben-Eliezer added. “I’m going to submit a brief to the HCJ, saying I innocently believed it would be possible to set up a team of professionals to determine accurately how much the cable companies should pay for switching from concession to a license, and I believed it possible to grant them a temporary license in this interim period.”
Ben-Eliezer said he regretted that, without his wishing this to happen, Bezeq was about to become an even stronger monopoly, expanding into the high-speed Internet market as well. “That’s not what I had in mind. I wanted to give high-speed Internet licenses to the cable companies and to others as well.”
Ben-Eliezer expressed reservations over Deputy Attorney General Davida Lachman-Messer’s statements, which implied that it was possible to amend the Communications Law within three months. “We’ve been talking to no end for three whole months just to set the cost of switching from franchise to license. I hope and pray that the HCJ will do the job for me. If it can give short-term licenses, so much the better,” the Minister said.
Efi Landau
06.11.2000 16:46
At a press conference on the opening of the Telecom 2000 show, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said that the cable companies’ petition against him had not changed his opinion in favor of awarding the cable companies a high-speed Internet license. “I’ll recommend to the High Court of Justice (HCJ) that it uphold the cable companies’ petition against me, and approve a high-speed ADSL Internet license for them,” Ben-Eliezer said.
”I hope and pray that the HCJ will do the job for me,” Ben-Eliezer added. “I’m going to submit a brief to the HCJ, saying I innocently believed it would be possible to set up a team of professionals to determine accurately how much the cable companies should pay for switching from concession to a license, and I believed it possible to grant them a temporary license in this interim period.”
Ben-Eliezer said he regretted that, without his wishing this to happen, Bezeq was about to become an even stronger monopoly, expanding into the high-speed Internet market as well. “That’s not what I had in mind. I wanted to give high-speed Internet licenses to the cable companies and to others as well.”
Ben-Eliezer expressed reservations over Deputy Attorney General Davida Lachman-Messer’s statements, which implied that it was possible to amend the Communications Law within three months. “We’ve been talking to no end for three whole months just to set the cost of switching from franchise to license. I hope and pray that the HCJ will do the job for me. If it can give short-term licenses, so much the better,” the Minister said.
Wenn man die Verhandlungsführung der Cables verfolgt hat, wie wir hier, und die letzten Sätze des Kommunikationsministers liest, so muß man allerdings auch kopfschüttelnd sagen, daß einfach zuviel geschachert* wurde. Selbstgemachte Pein.
JP
*schachern (hebr. sakar: Handel treiben): von Gewinnsucht, von kleinlichem, hartnäckigen Streben nach dem größtmöglichen Vorteil bestimmtes Aushandeln von Preisen und geschäftlichen Abmachungen
(Duden)
JP
*schachern (hebr. sakar: Handel treiben): von Gewinnsucht, von kleinlichem, hartnäckigen Streben nach dem größtmöglichen Vorteil bestimmtes Aushandeln von Preisen und geschäftlichen Abmachungen
(Duden)
Ben-Eliezer: Bezeq monopoly will be
hard to shake
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 7) - Communications
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer yesterday licensed
Bezeq as a fast Internet service provider, bringing Israel
into the broadband era and further strengthening the
telecommunications giant`s stronghold on the domestic
market.
Announcing the license at the opening of Telecom Israel
2000, Ben-Eliezer expressed regret at being blocked
from allowing the cable television companies to launch
their high speed Internet service, which, he said have
served a worthy competitor to Bezeq.
"This is not what I wanted," he said. "I was not given
the authority [to give the cable companies a temporary
domestic telephony license], so that, contrary to my
wishes, Bezeq is becoming a monopoly that will be hard
to shake."
The cable companies, which were hoping to receive a
temporary domestic telecommunications license that
would have allowed them to launch a competitive
service to Bezeq`s condemned the move.
"Bezeq`s monopolistic hold on the fast Internet market
will make the penetration of any competitor into the
domestic telephony market very difficult. Not only will
this destroy competition in the high speed Internet
market, but perhaps in the entire telecommunications
market as well," the companies said.
Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein has demanded
that the Bezeq Law be amended before the cable
companies` existing franchise agreement is extended, a
legal process that Ben-Eliezer said would take up to
three years.
Last week the cable companies petitioned the High
Court of Justice, claiming discrimination in the granting
of Bezeq fast Internet license, and Ben-Eliezer said he is
hopeful that the justices will view the appeal favorably.
"I hope a way will be found that will allow the cable
companies into the picture," he said. "I hope that the
High Court will do the job and allow me to give them a
temporary license, and in the interim, I hope we can
push through the law."
Ya`acov Perry, CEO of Cellcom, which is laying fiber
optic lines throughout the country and positioning itself
as a possible domestic telephony provider, said he was
disappointed that the fast Internet license was awarded
to Bezeq and not to possible competitors, naming, his
company, the cable companies, Ofek, and Barak.
Bezeq, which has announced that 32 out of its 165 local
exchanges are ready to provide their high speed
Internet service based on asymmetric digital subscriber
line technology, is to charge NIS 149 a month for an
always-on service, plus a one-time installation fee of
NIS 299.
The monthly charge will come on top of the regular
phone bill, and the user`s Internet service provider is
likely to raise its monthly fees as well, setting the price
according to the speed of the incoming data, which can
reach a maximum of 8 megabytes/second, more than
100 times the average surfing speed on a regular phone
line.
The service, marketed as "WOW" will be installed on
top of the subscriber`s existing phone line, and will allow
users to simultaneously surf and receive voice calls.
"The WOW service will shoot Bezeq and its customers
into an unlimited world of telecommunications and will
enable Internet surfers to enjoy the same exclusive
services as those enjoyed by Internet surfers in the most
advanced countries in the world," said Bezeq CEO Ilan
Biran.
Bezeq received the Internet license after agreeing to
unbundling, or licensing its infrastructure to competitors
on a bit stream access basis, which allows the
telecommunications company to retain control over the
section of infrastructure directly connected to the
subscriber`s home; what is called last mile access.
While the Communications Ministry says that this type
of access could prove the best in a competitive market,
Perry called it a "sleight of hand," and not true
unbundling, which Cellcom, along with Barak and Ofek
have called for.
hard to shake
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 7) - Communications
Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer yesterday licensed
Bezeq as a fast Internet service provider, bringing Israel
into the broadband era and further strengthening the
telecommunications giant`s stronghold on the domestic
market.
Announcing the license at the opening of Telecom Israel
2000, Ben-Eliezer expressed regret at being blocked
from allowing the cable television companies to launch
their high speed Internet service, which, he said have
served a worthy competitor to Bezeq.
"This is not what I wanted," he said. "I was not given
the authority [to give the cable companies a temporary
domestic telephony license], so that, contrary to my
wishes, Bezeq is becoming a monopoly that will be hard
to shake."
The cable companies, which were hoping to receive a
temporary domestic telecommunications license that
would have allowed them to launch a competitive
service to Bezeq`s condemned the move.
"Bezeq`s monopolistic hold on the fast Internet market
will make the penetration of any competitor into the
domestic telephony market very difficult. Not only will
this destroy competition in the high speed Internet
market, but perhaps in the entire telecommunications
market as well," the companies said.
Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein has demanded
that the Bezeq Law be amended before the cable
companies` existing franchise agreement is extended, a
legal process that Ben-Eliezer said would take up to
three years.
Last week the cable companies petitioned the High
Court of Justice, claiming discrimination in the granting
of Bezeq fast Internet license, and Ben-Eliezer said he is
hopeful that the justices will view the appeal favorably.
"I hope a way will be found that will allow the cable
companies into the picture," he said. "I hope that the
High Court will do the job and allow me to give them a
temporary license, and in the interim, I hope we can
push through the law."
Ya`acov Perry, CEO of Cellcom, which is laying fiber
optic lines throughout the country and positioning itself
as a possible domestic telephony provider, said he was
disappointed that the fast Internet license was awarded
to Bezeq and not to possible competitors, naming, his
company, the cable companies, Ofek, and Barak.
Bezeq, which has announced that 32 out of its 165 local
exchanges are ready to provide their high speed
Internet service based on asymmetric digital subscriber
line technology, is to charge NIS 149 a month for an
always-on service, plus a one-time installation fee of
NIS 299.
The monthly charge will come on top of the regular
phone bill, and the user`s Internet service provider is
likely to raise its monthly fees as well, setting the price
according to the speed of the incoming data, which can
reach a maximum of 8 megabytes/second, more than
100 times the average surfing speed on a regular phone
line.
The service, marketed as "WOW" will be installed on
top of the subscriber`s existing phone line, and will allow
users to simultaneously surf and receive voice calls.
"The WOW service will shoot Bezeq and its customers
into an unlimited world of telecommunications and will
enable Internet surfers to enjoy the same exclusive
services as those enjoyed by Internet surfers in the most
advanced countries in the world," said Bezeq CEO Ilan
Biran.
Bezeq received the Internet license after agreeing to
unbundling, or licensing its infrastructure to competitors
on a bit stream access basis, which allows the
telecommunications company to retain control over the
section of infrastructure directly connected to the
subscriber`s home; what is called last mile access.
While the Communications Ministry says that this type
of access could prove the best in a competitive market,
Perry called it a "sleight of hand," and not true
unbundling, which Cellcom, along with Barak and Ofek
have called for.
Hier kann man sehen, was für ein Politikum die Geschichte ist. Sofort wird das Thema für den Wahlkampf missbraucht. Das ausgerechnet der Likut das Thema jetzt aufgreift und zum Wahlkampfthema macht behagt mir gar nicht.
MK Eitan submits bill authorizing Communications Minister to grant cable
cos Internet license
Efi Landau
07.11.2000 17:17
Knesset member Michael Eitan (Likud) today submitted a private members bill authorizing the
Minister of Communications to grant temporary licenses for providing cable Internet services.
Eitan, who sits on the Knesset Internet and Information Technologies Committee, today said that
since Bezeq and the Ministry of Communications had reached agreement on ADSL high-speed
Internet services, the good of the economy required expediting competition in the high-speed Internet
field by allowing the cable companies to provide these services through LMDS wireless and satellite
technology.
Eitan said that his bill was designed to remove the legal obstacles presented by the Attorney General
preventing the Minister of Communications from granting the cable companies high-speed Internet
licenses.
MK Eitan submits bill authorizing Communications Minister to grant cable
cos Internet license
Efi Landau
07.11.2000 17:17
Knesset member Michael Eitan (Likud) today submitted a private members bill authorizing the
Minister of Communications to grant temporary licenses for providing cable Internet services.
Eitan, who sits on the Knesset Internet and Information Technologies Committee, today said that
since Bezeq and the Ministry of Communications had reached agreement on ADSL high-speed
Internet services, the good of the economy required expediting competition in the high-speed Internet
field by allowing the cable companies to provide these services through LMDS wireless and satellite
technology.
Eitan said that his bill was designed to remove the legal obstacles presented by the Attorney General
preventing the Minister of Communications from granting the cable companies high-speed Internet
licenses.
Oliver, hier muß ich Dir ausnahmsweise (!) mal widersprechen. Ich mag Likud auch nicht, aber was der Knessetabgeordnete Eitan sich da hat einfallen lassen, finde ich pfiffig.
Wenn Wettbewerb zwischen Bezeq und den Cables in Sachen Internet auf der bestehenden Gesetzesgrundlage nicht zu erreichen ist, weil der Generalanwalt Rubinstein mauert, muß man die Gesetze eben ändern. Das schlägt Eitan vor. Da Monopole in Israels Wirtschaft zunehmend unpopulär sind, hat er in dieser Frage vermutlich eine breite Mehrheit der Knesset hinter sich. Parteiübergreifend.
Ich finde es in diesem Fall sogar gut, daß es von der Opposition kommt, denn Barak und der Kommunikationsminister haben sich zugunsten der Cables schon weit aus dem Fenster gelehnt.
Gruß, JP
Wenn Wettbewerb zwischen Bezeq und den Cables in Sachen Internet auf der bestehenden Gesetzesgrundlage nicht zu erreichen ist, weil der Generalanwalt Rubinstein mauert, muß man die Gesetze eben ändern. Das schlägt Eitan vor. Da Monopole in Israels Wirtschaft zunehmend unpopulär sind, hat er in dieser Frage vermutlich eine breite Mehrheit der Knesset hinter sich. Parteiübergreifend.
Ich finde es in diesem Fall sogar gut, daß es von der Opposition kommt, denn Barak und der Kommunikationsminister haben sich zugunsten der Cables schon weit aus dem Fenster gelehnt.
Gruß, JP
Globes` correspondent
09.11.2000 17:34
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports that the cable companies are getting into the Internet market through the back door. Internet company Nonstop, set up by Matav, will start providing ADSL high-speed Internet services on Bezeq’s infrastructure, Nonstop CEO Eyal Yaniv announced yesterday.
At present, high-speed Internet services can be provided only over Bezeq’s infrastructure. Matav set up Nonstop to serve cable companies’ subscribers over the cable infrastructure in the future. Following Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein’s refusal to allow high-speed Internet over cable infrastructure, Nonstop will start operating as an Internet provider.
Yaniv yesterday said, “We’re ready to provide high-speed Internet over any available infrastructure.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 November, 2000
P.S.:auch die Phoenixplattform hat theoretisch die Option auf ADSL.
P.P.S: JanPhil - ja du hast recht. Dennoch fällt es mir schwer, irgendetwas, das vom Likutblock kommt "gut" zu finden. Soweit kann ich die politische Brille dann auch nicht absetzen. Erinnerst du dich, was ich über die einschaltung eines Dritten als "Provider" gesagt habe ?
P.P.P.S.: Ich bin nicht davon überzeugt, dass es sich bei dem kunden um MATAV handelt. Nur das das nicht missverstanden wird. aber das Beispiel könnte ja "Schule" machen.
09.11.2000 17:34
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports that the cable companies are getting into the Internet market through the back door. Internet company Nonstop, set up by Matav, will start providing ADSL high-speed Internet services on Bezeq’s infrastructure, Nonstop CEO Eyal Yaniv announced yesterday.
At present, high-speed Internet services can be provided only over Bezeq’s infrastructure. Matav set up Nonstop to serve cable companies’ subscribers over the cable infrastructure in the future. Following Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein’s refusal to allow high-speed Internet over cable infrastructure, Nonstop will start operating as an Internet provider.
Yaniv yesterday said, “We’re ready to provide high-speed Internet over any available infrastructure.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 November, 2000
P.S.:auch die Phoenixplattform hat theoretisch die Option auf ADSL.
P.P.S: JanPhil - ja du hast recht. Dennoch fällt es mir schwer, irgendetwas, das vom Likutblock kommt "gut" zu finden. Soweit kann ich die politische Brille dann auch nicht absetzen. Erinnerst du dich, was ich über die einschaltung eines Dritten als "Provider" gesagt habe ?
P.P.P.S.: Ich bin nicht davon überzeugt, dass es sich bei dem kunden um MATAV handelt. Nur das das nicht missverstanden wird. aber das Beispiel könnte ja "Schule" machen.
“Yediot Ahronot”: Cable companies decide not to wait; will provide high-speed Internet on Bezeq’s infrastructure
Globes` correspondent
09.11.2000 17:34
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports that the cable companies are getting into the Internet market through the back door. Internet company Nonstop, set up by Matav, will start providing ADSL high-speed Internet services on Bezeq’s infrastructure, Nonstop CEO Eyal Yaniv announced yesterday.
At present, high-speed Internet services can be provided only over Bezeq’s infrastructure. Matav set up Nonstop to serve cable companies’ subscribers over the cable infrastructure in the future. Following Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein’s refusal to allow high-speed Internet over cable infrastructure, Nonstop will start operating as an Internet provider.
Yaniv yesterday said, “We’re ready to provide high-speed Internet over any available infrastructure.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 November, 2000
Das bedeutet wohl die Phoenix-Box ist fertig.
In Madrid wird eine DSL-Variante bereits präsentiert.
sunseeker
Globes` correspondent
09.11.2000 17:34
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports that the cable companies are getting into the Internet market through the back door. Internet company Nonstop, set up by Matav, will start providing ADSL high-speed Internet services on Bezeq’s infrastructure, Nonstop CEO Eyal Yaniv announced yesterday.
At present, high-speed Internet services can be provided only over Bezeq’s infrastructure. Matav set up Nonstop to serve cable companies’ subscribers over the cable infrastructure in the future. Following Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein’s refusal to allow high-speed Internet over cable infrastructure, Nonstop will start operating as an Internet provider.
Yaniv yesterday said, “We’re ready to provide high-speed Internet over any available infrastructure.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 November, 2000
Das bedeutet wohl die Phoenix-Box ist fertig.
In Madrid wird eine DSL-Variante bereits präsentiert.
sunseeker
Kompliment ! Ein Thread wie ein Krimi.
@ Oliver H. wie du am 01.11.00 01:22:47 bemerktest kam „mit der prinzipiellen Zustimmung, an Bezeq High speed Internet ( via ADSL ) „ der Stein ins Rollen.
Dieser ist nun nicht mehr aufzuhalten. Alles andere sind Rückzugsgefechte, um Zeit zu gewinnen.
Angenehm zu wissen wer von Anfang an dabei sein wird.
Gruß pd
@ Oliver H. wie du am 01.11.00 01:22:47 bemerktest kam „mit der prinzipiellen Zustimmung, an Bezeq High speed Internet ( via ADSL ) „ der Stein ins Rollen.
Dieser ist nun nicht mehr aufzuhalten. Alles andere sind Rückzugsgefechte, um Zeit zu gewinnen.
Angenehm zu wissen wer von Anfang an dabei sein wird.
Gruß pd
Bub, da mich pd gebeten hat, doch einaml kurz die Zusammenhänge in Israel zusammenzufassen, möchte ich dem nachkommen.
1) Das Hauptproblem: liegt darin, dass Israel noch immer über einen stark regulierten Telekommunikationsmarkt verfügt. Einziger Anbieter von "domestic telecommunication", also dem, was man hier als "last mile" bezeichnet ist die halbstaatliche Bezeq. Im Prinzip also eine ähnliche Situation wie in Deutschland. Bezeq ist gerade auf dem weg der Privatisierung. Wie in Deutschland ist das aber ein langwieriger Prozess.
2) High Speed Internet via Kabel kann diesen Zustand aufweichen (Stichwort: IP-Telefonie). Aufgrund des Telekomunikationsgesetzes ist es nicht möglich den cables eine endgültige Lizenz für "domestic telecommunication" zu geben. Daher haben die cables sich um eine vorläufige Genehmigung bemüht, die den Zeitpunkt überbrückt, bis die entsprechenden gesetzlichen Grundlagen gegeben sind. Telekommunikationsminister Ben-Eliezer war auch im Prinzip bereit dazu. Barak wie sogar seinen Minister an, binnen einer Woche einen Lösungsvorschlag vorzulegen. Die cables wiederum mussten Zugeständnisse zusagen, die sich auf die Liberalisierung ihres Kabelnetzes bezogen.
3) Denn auch die cables ihrerseits verfügen über ein Monopol. Als vor ca. 10 Jahren das Kabelnetz "liberalisiert" wurde, wurde das Netz auf 3 Betreiberfirmen verteilt. Diese wiederum besitzen ihr Kabelnetz und haben alles getan um weitere Anbieter "auszuklammern". Ein schönes Beispiel dafür ist da ein Rechtsstreit zwischen Matav und dem SAT- Provider yes. Yes musste quasi gegen Matav einklagen, dass seine via SAT ausgestrahlten Programme teilweise über Matav Kabel (lastmile) gegen die Entrichtung einer Gebühr laufen dürfen.
4) Anders als in Deutschland verfügt Isreal um eine Art "Verfassungszwischeninstanz". Während hierzulande ein Gesetz verabschiedet wird und dann Verfassungsklage dagegen eingereicht wird, frägt man in Israel zunächst den Oberstaatsanwalt, ob eine Regelung verfassungs-/gesetzesgemäß ist. Dies erfolgte auch in bezug auf die vorläufige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz.
5) Oberstaatsanwalt Rubinstein wiederum ist der Meinung, dass eine vorläufige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz einer endgültigen Genehmigung gleichkommen würde. Da er in den Cables Monopolisten sieht ist er nicht gewillt, ihnen den Zugang zu Bezeqs Monopol zu gewähren. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass Bezeq selbst Hauptgesellschafter von yes ist ein wenig seltsam, aber nun gut. Solange das Telekommunikationsgesetz nicht geändert wird, kann nach seiner Meinung keine Lizenz an die cables vergeben werden.
6) Gleichzeitig hatte aber Bezeq die Lizenz für high speed Internet via ADSL Technik beantragt. Da Bezeq dafür keine "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz benötigt (die haben sie ja - als Monopolist), musste diese Lizenz gewährt werden, so dass Bezeq jetzt beginnen kann ADSL zu vermarkten.
7) Dies wiederum nahmen die cables als Anlass um eine Klage am obersten Gerichtshof einzureichen, da sie hierin eine unzulässige Bevorteilung von Bezeq und eine Ausweitung deren Monopolstellung sehen (eine Argumentation, der ich folgen kann).
8) Neuerdings gibt es Vorschläge seitens Knessetabgeordneter, die Gesetzeslage durch eine entsprechende "Schnellregelung" zu modifizieren, so dass es möglich ist, den cables doch eine vorläufige Lizenz zu gewähren. Gleichzeitig wird das Thema aber offensichtlich auch erneut zu einem Wahlkampfthema
Zusammenfassung:
1) keine "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz, kein highspeed Internet via Kabel.
2) Endgültige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz aufgrund der Gesetzeslage nicht möglich.
3) Vorläufige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz nach Interpretation von Oberstaatsanwalt Rubinstein auch nicht möglich,
4) Telekommunikationminister Ben-Eliezer ist gewillt eine vorläufige Lizenz auszustellen, ihm sind aber die Hände gebunden.
5) Bezeq verfügt über eine high speed Internet Lizenz via ADSL.
6) Mögliche Lösungen:
· Klage am obersten Gerichtshof geht durch à Rückzug der Lizenz für Bezeq (wahrscheinlicher), vorläufige Genehmigung für die cables (Zeithorizont: mehrere Monate)
· Kurzfristige Gesetzesänderung seitens der Knesset à vorläufige Lizenz für die cables (Zeitrahmen: mehrere Monate)
· Endgültige Änderung des Telekommunikationsgesetzes (Zeithorizont: bis zu 3 Jahre)
Fazit: es kann noch Monate, sogar Jahre dauern, bis die cables high speed internet via Kabel nutzen dürfen.
Was bedeutet das bezüglich iTV und Met@box ?
Zunächst einmal tangiert es Met@box nur äußerst peripher. Sicherlich rücken Anwendungen wie Video-on-demand in den Hintergrund. Anderseits müsste dafür eh erst einmal die nötige Infrastruktur geschaffen werden. Das hätte eh noch gedauert.
DVB dürfte die ganze Sache wenig tangieren, da hier ja primär ganz normale Programme übertragen werden.
Interessant dürfte sein, inwiefern BOT ebenfalls unter die "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz fällt. Da es sich hierbei um eine nicht interaktive Streamingtechnik handelt ist aber nicht damit zu rechnen. Gerade unter diesen Gesichtspunkten macht der Einsatz von BOT Sinn (eine sache die zuvor nicht ganz klar war). Über BOT kann das lokale iTV portal mit Daten versorgt werden, ohne dass ein direkter Internetzugang besteht. Dennoch wird für die Interaktivität mindestens eine Rückleitung benötigt. Diese könnte durch die "Einschaltung" eines "normalen" Internet-Providers geschehen.
Matav hat bereits angekündigt, sich der ADSL-Infrastruktur von Bezeq bedienen zu wollen. Die anderen cables werden nachziehen. Auch hier ist der Einsatz der Phoenixplattform interessant, da die Boxen ebenfalls gut für ADSL "gerüstet" sind.
hope I could help.
1) Das Hauptproblem: liegt darin, dass Israel noch immer über einen stark regulierten Telekommunikationsmarkt verfügt. Einziger Anbieter von "domestic telecommunication", also dem, was man hier als "last mile" bezeichnet ist die halbstaatliche Bezeq. Im Prinzip also eine ähnliche Situation wie in Deutschland. Bezeq ist gerade auf dem weg der Privatisierung. Wie in Deutschland ist das aber ein langwieriger Prozess.
2) High Speed Internet via Kabel kann diesen Zustand aufweichen (Stichwort: IP-Telefonie). Aufgrund des Telekomunikationsgesetzes ist es nicht möglich den cables eine endgültige Lizenz für "domestic telecommunication" zu geben. Daher haben die cables sich um eine vorläufige Genehmigung bemüht, die den Zeitpunkt überbrückt, bis die entsprechenden gesetzlichen Grundlagen gegeben sind. Telekommunikationsminister Ben-Eliezer war auch im Prinzip bereit dazu. Barak wie sogar seinen Minister an, binnen einer Woche einen Lösungsvorschlag vorzulegen. Die cables wiederum mussten Zugeständnisse zusagen, die sich auf die Liberalisierung ihres Kabelnetzes bezogen.
3) Denn auch die cables ihrerseits verfügen über ein Monopol. Als vor ca. 10 Jahren das Kabelnetz "liberalisiert" wurde, wurde das Netz auf 3 Betreiberfirmen verteilt. Diese wiederum besitzen ihr Kabelnetz und haben alles getan um weitere Anbieter "auszuklammern". Ein schönes Beispiel dafür ist da ein Rechtsstreit zwischen Matav und dem SAT- Provider yes. Yes musste quasi gegen Matav einklagen, dass seine via SAT ausgestrahlten Programme teilweise über Matav Kabel (lastmile) gegen die Entrichtung einer Gebühr laufen dürfen.
4) Anders als in Deutschland verfügt Isreal um eine Art "Verfassungszwischeninstanz". Während hierzulande ein Gesetz verabschiedet wird und dann Verfassungsklage dagegen eingereicht wird, frägt man in Israel zunächst den Oberstaatsanwalt, ob eine Regelung verfassungs-/gesetzesgemäß ist. Dies erfolgte auch in bezug auf die vorläufige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz.
5) Oberstaatsanwalt Rubinstein wiederum ist der Meinung, dass eine vorläufige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz einer endgültigen Genehmigung gleichkommen würde. Da er in den Cables Monopolisten sieht ist er nicht gewillt, ihnen den Zugang zu Bezeqs Monopol zu gewähren. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass Bezeq selbst Hauptgesellschafter von yes ist ein wenig seltsam, aber nun gut. Solange das Telekommunikationsgesetz nicht geändert wird, kann nach seiner Meinung keine Lizenz an die cables vergeben werden.
6) Gleichzeitig hatte aber Bezeq die Lizenz für high speed Internet via ADSL Technik beantragt. Da Bezeq dafür keine "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz benötigt (die haben sie ja - als Monopolist), musste diese Lizenz gewährt werden, so dass Bezeq jetzt beginnen kann ADSL zu vermarkten.
7) Dies wiederum nahmen die cables als Anlass um eine Klage am obersten Gerichtshof einzureichen, da sie hierin eine unzulässige Bevorteilung von Bezeq und eine Ausweitung deren Monopolstellung sehen (eine Argumentation, der ich folgen kann).
8) Neuerdings gibt es Vorschläge seitens Knessetabgeordneter, die Gesetzeslage durch eine entsprechende "Schnellregelung" zu modifizieren, so dass es möglich ist, den cables doch eine vorläufige Lizenz zu gewähren. Gleichzeitig wird das Thema aber offensichtlich auch erneut zu einem Wahlkampfthema
Zusammenfassung:
1) keine "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz, kein highspeed Internet via Kabel.
2) Endgültige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz aufgrund der Gesetzeslage nicht möglich.
3) Vorläufige "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz nach Interpretation von Oberstaatsanwalt Rubinstein auch nicht möglich,
4) Telekommunikationminister Ben-Eliezer ist gewillt eine vorläufige Lizenz auszustellen, ihm sind aber die Hände gebunden.
5) Bezeq verfügt über eine high speed Internet Lizenz via ADSL.
6) Mögliche Lösungen:
· Klage am obersten Gerichtshof geht durch à Rückzug der Lizenz für Bezeq (wahrscheinlicher), vorläufige Genehmigung für die cables (Zeithorizont: mehrere Monate)
· Kurzfristige Gesetzesänderung seitens der Knesset à vorläufige Lizenz für die cables (Zeitrahmen: mehrere Monate)
· Endgültige Änderung des Telekommunikationsgesetzes (Zeithorizont: bis zu 3 Jahre)
Fazit: es kann noch Monate, sogar Jahre dauern, bis die cables high speed internet via Kabel nutzen dürfen.
Was bedeutet das bezüglich iTV und Met@box ?
Zunächst einmal tangiert es Met@box nur äußerst peripher. Sicherlich rücken Anwendungen wie Video-on-demand in den Hintergrund. Anderseits müsste dafür eh erst einmal die nötige Infrastruktur geschaffen werden. Das hätte eh noch gedauert.
DVB dürfte die ganze Sache wenig tangieren, da hier ja primär ganz normale Programme übertragen werden.
Interessant dürfte sein, inwiefern BOT ebenfalls unter die "domestic telecommunication" Lizenz fällt. Da es sich hierbei um eine nicht interaktive Streamingtechnik handelt ist aber nicht damit zu rechnen. Gerade unter diesen Gesichtspunkten macht der Einsatz von BOT Sinn (eine sache die zuvor nicht ganz klar war). Über BOT kann das lokale iTV portal mit Daten versorgt werden, ohne dass ein direkter Internetzugang besteht. Dennoch wird für die Interaktivität mindestens eine Rückleitung benötigt. Diese könnte durch die "Einschaltung" eines "normalen" Internet-Providers geschehen.
Matav hat bereits angekündigt, sich der ADSL-Infrastruktur von Bezeq bedienen zu wollen. Die anderen cables werden nachziehen. Auch hier ist der Einsatz der Phoenixplattform interessant, da die Boxen ebenfalls gut für ADSL "gerüstet" sind.
hope I could help.
@Oliver H. + Janphil
Mein größtes Kompliment für dieses profunde Wissen und die super Recherche unter anderem in diesem Thread und vielen Dank, daß wir davon profitieren können.
Mein größtes Kompliment für dieses profunde Wissen und die super Recherche unter anderem in diesem Thread und vielen Dank, daß wir davon profitieren können.
Hallo Oliver H.,
danke für diese erstklassige Zusammenfassung.
Für mich stellen sich folgende Fragen:
1. Wie sicher sind die Cables von der Erteilung der Lizenz ausgegangen; ergeben sich finanzielle Probleme durch die Verzögerungen?
2. Wie kann man den Konflikt auflösen?
3. Was bedeutet das für den MBX Deal? Ich teile Deine Vermutung, dass BOT in diesem Zusammenhang wichtig sein könnte.
Gruss
Oliver
danke für diese erstklassige Zusammenfassung.
Für mich stellen sich folgende Fragen:
1. Wie sicher sind die Cables von der Erteilung der Lizenz ausgegangen; ergeben sich finanzielle Probleme durch die Verzögerungen?
2. Wie kann man den Konflikt auflösen?
3. Was bedeutet das für den MBX Deal? Ich teile Deine Vermutung, dass BOT in diesem Zusammenhang wichtig sein könnte.
Gruss
Oliver
mittlerweile gehe ich davon aus, dass die cables sehr wohl damit gerechnet haben.
Die Geschwindigkeit, in der Matav reagiert spricht dafür und auch die Tatsache, dass BOT ausdrücklich Teil des Israeldeals ist, könnte dafür sprechen.
Es ist fraglich und schwer zu bestimmen, inwiefern es einen Konflikt gibt. Im Endeffekt geht es hier auch um höhere Politik.
Bezeq fürchtet die Konkurrenz der cables auf der "last mile". im endeffekt ist es hier nicht anders.
Die Geschwindigkeit, in der Matav reagiert spricht dafür und auch die Tatsache, dass BOT ausdrücklich Teil des Israeldeals ist, könnte dafür sprechen.
Es ist fraglich und schwer zu bestimmen, inwiefern es einen Konflikt gibt. Im Endeffekt geht es hier auch um höhere Politik.
Bezeq fürchtet die Konkurrenz der cables auf der "last mile". im endeffekt ist es hier nicht anders.
Besten Dank für das briefing Oliver. Prägnant wie gewohnt.
Ein Wort noch zu deinem Enthusiasmus: Dem Mann, der die Geige baut, dankt allein der Klang... ( Fr. d. Gr. )
Gruß pd
Ein Wort noch zu deinem Enthusiasmus: Dem Mann, der die Geige baut, dankt allein der Klang... ( Fr. d. Gr. )
Gruß pd
Danke für die kurze aber dennoch informative Einschätzung.
Darf ich 2 Fragen an die Experten stellen, die sich für mich aus den Ausführungen ergeben?
1. Ist die BOT-Technik, wenn sich der derzeitige politische Status-quo nicht ändert, geeignet, um damit zumindest einige Restriktionen, die sich aus der fehlenden Lizenz für die Kabelbetreiber ergeben würden, doch noch zu vermeiden?
2. Gibt es noch andere technische Lösungsansätze, die die aus der fehlenden Lizenz resultierenden Beschränkungen aufheben oder ist BOT die einzige Möglicheit?
3. Wenn Metabox das Monopol für BOT besitzt und Frage 2 verneint wird, müßten dann nicht die zwei anderen Kabelnetzbetreiber auch auf Metabox zurückgreifen, wenn sie nicht gegenüber dem Dritten zurücfallen wollen?
Gruß DTK
Darf ich 2 Fragen an die Experten stellen, die sich für mich aus den Ausführungen ergeben?
1. Ist die BOT-Technik, wenn sich der derzeitige politische Status-quo nicht ändert, geeignet, um damit zumindest einige Restriktionen, die sich aus der fehlenden Lizenz für die Kabelbetreiber ergeben würden, doch noch zu vermeiden?
2. Gibt es noch andere technische Lösungsansätze, die die aus der fehlenden Lizenz resultierenden Beschränkungen aufheben oder ist BOT die einzige Möglicheit?
3. Wenn Metabox das Monopol für BOT besitzt und Frage 2 verneint wird, müßten dann nicht die zwei anderen Kabelnetzbetreiber auch auf Metabox zurückgreifen, wenn sie nicht gegenüber dem Dritten zurücfallen wollen?
Gruß DTK
Zwischenfrage:
„ Mögliche Lösungen:
· Klage am obersten Gerichtshof geht durch à Rückzug der ( ADSL- ? ) Lizenz für Bezeq (wahrscheinlicher )“
„Matav hat bereits angekündigt, sich der ADSL-Infrastruktur von Bezeq bedienen zu wollen“
Erliege ich einem Denkfehler oder vergiften die Cables mit der Klage den Brunnen ( ADSL ) den sie anboren ? Broadband liegt ja ohnehin in voerst unerreichbarer Ferne.
Gruß pd
„ Mögliche Lösungen:
· Klage am obersten Gerichtshof geht durch à Rückzug der ( ADSL- ? ) Lizenz für Bezeq (wahrscheinlicher )“
„Matav hat bereits angekündigt, sich der ADSL-Infrastruktur von Bezeq bedienen zu wollen“
Erliege ich einem Denkfehler oder vergiften die Cables mit der Klage den Brunnen ( ADSL ) den sie anboren ? Broadband liegt ja ohnehin in voerst unerreichbarer Ferne.
Gruß pd
Die Frage bleibt: Unterliegt BOT ebenfalls einer "domestic telecommunication license" oder nicht. Ich denke hier um da es sich hier um einen kontinuierlichen Datenstream handelt. Sollte BOT dieser Lizenz unterliegen, dann müsste eigentlich auch DVB - also das digitale Fernsehen dem unterliegen, da es sich ja auch hier um einen Datenstream handelt.
Via BOT können durchaus die für das iTV notwendigen Daten übertragen werden (enhancedEPG Daten, news, offline-shop Daten, readaktionelle Beiträge, ausgesuchte iTV fähige Special Interest Internetseiten). Real VoD ist allerdings nicht möglich.
Desweiteren bleibt das Problem der Interaktivität. Dafür benötigt man eine Rückleitung. Die kann aber auch per Modem und Normalprovider oder per ADSL geschaffen werden.
Letzteres ermöglich auch in einem gewissen Umfang iTV-Anwendungen wie VoD.
Um Anwendungen wie VoD nutzen zu können, benötigt man eh eine Infrastruktur mit Consumernahen Serversystemen, die kaum schon geschaffen wurde, da sie sehr kostenintensiv ist.
iTV content lässt sich allerdings auch in MPEG-4 ausgestrahlten digitalen Programmen "einarbeiten".
Es ist allerdings zu erwarten, dass die ausstarhlung in MBEG-4 frühestens in einigen Jahren tatsächlich in die Tat umgesetzt wird, da auch hierfür enorme Investitionen in die Sendetechnik notwendig sind.
Via BOT können durchaus die für das iTV notwendigen Daten übertragen werden (enhancedEPG Daten, news, offline-shop Daten, readaktionelle Beiträge, ausgesuchte iTV fähige Special Interest Internetseiten). Real VoD ist allerdings nicht möglich.
Desweiteren bleibt das Problem der Interaktivität. Dafür benötigt man eine Rückleitung. Die kann aber auch per Modem und Normalprovider oder per ADSL geschaffen werden.
Letzteres ermöglich auch in einem gewissen Umfang iTV-Anwendungen wie VoD.
Um Anwendungen wie VoD nutzen zu können, benötigt man eh eine Infrastruktur mit Consumernahen Serversystemen, die kaum schon geschaffen wurde, da sie sehr kostenintensiv ist.
iTV content lässt sich allerdings auch in MPEG-4 ausgestrahlten digitalen Programmen "einarbeiten".
Es ist allerdings zu erwarten, dass die ausstarhlung in MBEG-4 frühestens in einigen Jahren tatsächlich in die Tat umgesetzt wird, da auch hierfür enorme Investitionen in die Sendetechnik notwendig sind.
@ Oliver H.
Weißt Du, wann genau MBX seine israelischen Geschäftspartner bekannt geben will?
Bzw. wann genau geben die den Deal gemeinsam oder jeder für sich bekannt?
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Weißt Du, wann genau MBX seine israelischen Geschäftspartner bekannt geben will?
Bzw. wann genau geben die den Deal gemeinsam oder jeder für sich bekannt?
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Im Prinzip liegt es in der Hand des israelischen Konsortiums, wann der Name genannt wird.
Im Prinzip wollen und werden die Kunden erst in Erscheinung treten, wenn ihre Promotion für das Produkt beginnt.
Die Promotion beginnt normalerweise, wenn das Produkt bereits in ausreichenden Stückzahlen verfügbar ist.
Nichts ist kontraproduktiver als eine voll laufende Werbekampagne und ein in einem gewissen Rahmen nicht verfügbares Produkt.
Gerade kann man bei der DTAG sehen, wozu das führt. Nachdem mein im August beantragter und für Ende Oktober zugesicherter T-DSL Zugang auf Mitte März verschoben wurde,
bin ich stark versucht, den Antrag wieder zu kündigen und mir eine Alternative zu suchen.
ich denke, ich bin nicht der einzige.
D.h. Januar 2001, früherstens Ende Dezember 2000
Im Prinzip wollen und werden die Kunden erst in Erscheinung treten, wenn ihre Promotion für das Produkt beginnt.
Die Promotion beginnt normalerweise, wenn das Produkt bereits in ausreichenden Stückzahlen verfügbar ist.
Nichts ist kontraproduktiver als eine voll laufende Werbekampagne und ein in einem gewissen Rahmen nicht verfügbares Produkt.
Gerade kann man bei der DTAG sehen, wozu das führt. Nachdem mein im August beantragter und für Ende Oktober zugesicherter T-DSL Zugang auf Mitte März verschoben wurde,
bin ich stark versucht, den Antrag wieder zu kündigen und mir eine Alternative zu suchen.
ich denke, ich bin nicht der einzige.
D.h. Januar 2001, früherstens Ende Dezember 2000
aber glaub mir - wenn der Kunde nichts mehr gegen die Nennung hat, dann wird es sich MBX nicht nehmen lassen, das zu veröffentlichen - allerdings als Pressemeldung.
Und prompt geht es weiter.
Mittlerweile prüft man, inwiefern Bezeq die Kriterien für eine Monopolstellung erfüllt. Die ufert aber nicht in eine Vergabe einer temporären Lizenz an die cables, sondern allenfalls in staatlichen Preiskontrollen. Irgendwie kommt es mir bekannt vor....
Tadmor considers declaring Bezeq high-speed Internet monopoly
Efi Landau
12.11.2000 17:28
Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor has notified Bezeq general manager Ilan Biran he is looking into the possibility of declaring Bezeq a monopoly in high-speed Internet infrastructure.
Tadmor’s move was expected after the Ministry of Communications allowed Bezeq to provide broadband ADSL high-speed Internet access services, without giving such a license to any other concern. The Attorney General argues that the Minister of Communications is not authorized to give the cable companies a similar temporary license.
Bezeq has been requested to outline its position on the issue by the end of the month. Following this a decision, expected to be positive, is due to be taken. Declaring Bezeq a high-speed Internet monopoly will imposed various restrictions, especially price controls, on the company.
In response to Bezeq’s ADSL tariffs, published today, the cable companies said that high-speed Internet prices should be set through free competition, rather than unilaterally by Bezeq. “Once again we’ll witness how, instead of competing over consumers’ hearts and pockets, a government monopoly is going to squander millions of dollars on advertising campaigns, when consumers in fact have no choice,” the cable companies argue.
Bezeq did not comment on Tadmor’s announcement.
Mittlerweile prüft man, inwiefern Bezeq die Kriterien für eine Monopolstellung erfüllt. Die ufert aber nicht in eine Vergabe einer temporären Lizenz an die cables, sondern allenfalls in staatlichen Preiskontrollen. Irgendwie kommt es mir bekannt vor....
Tadmor considers declaring Bezeq high-speed Internet monopoly
Efi Landau
12.11.2000 17:28
Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor has notified Bezeq general manager Ilan Biran he is looking into the possibility of declaring Bezeq a monopoly in high-speed Internet infrastructure.
Tadmor’s move was expected after the Ministry of Communications allowed Bezeq to provide broadband ADSL high-speed Internet access services, without giving such a license to any other concern. The Attorney General argues that the Minister of Communications is not authorized to give the cable companies a similar temporary license.
Bezeq has been requested to outline its position on the issue by the end of the month. Following this a decision, expected to be positive, is due to be taken. Declaring Bezeq a high-speed Internet monopoly will imposed various restrictions, especially price controls, on the company.
In response to Bezeq’s ADSL tariffs, published today, the cable companies said that high-speed Internet prices should be set through free competition, rather than unilaterally by Bezeq. “Once again we’ll witness how, instead of competing over consumers’ hearts and pockets, a government monopoly is going to squander millions of dollars on advertising campaigns, when consumers in fact have no choice,” the cable companies argue.
Bezeq did not comment on Tadmor’s announcement.
The price of high-speed surfing
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 14) - Bezeq yesterday
defended the price it set for its fast Internet service,
apparently in response to the Antitrust Authority`s
announcement that it might declare the service a
monopoly to insure against market exploitation.
The monthly connection fee to Bezeq`s high-speed
asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) has been set
at NIS 149 ($37), and users still have to pay an
estimated NIS 150 for an Internet service provider,
putting high-speed Internet well out of the reach of most
people and creating a stir of criticism against the
company. "In the US and Europe, subscribers pay
$40-$50 and get the whole package," said Shani
Kogan, a telecommunications analyst at Nessuah
Zannex. "The NIS 300 or $75 would be expensive,
even if it were at the same level as in the US. But we
are not on par with the standard of living or the income
there, therefore the service itself is way more expensive
than it should be."
In its defense, Bezeq notes that it is offering a
downstream surfing speed of up to 8.2 megabits/second
(more than 150 times faster than an ordinary modem),
while US companies like Quest offer a package for $50
a month that restricts the speed to 256-640
kilobits/second.
"Forty dollars for access service with an unlimited
downstream speed is a totally reasonable price, even
cheap," said Yoni Sappir, head of data communications
at Bezeq.
Bezeq also noted that in the US, the overall price is
kept low because ADSL providers can offer Internet
services as a package with their connection.
Bezeq, which is blocked by regulation from offering
Internet services, could bring down the overall price for
the ADSL service if it is allowed to become an Internet
service provider, Sappir said.
The price of the equipment necessary to provide ADSL
is another factor in the price Bezeq set for the
connection and if the cost of the hardware goes down,
it is likely that the monthly fee will drop as well, Sappir
said.
He also noted that Internet-designated lines that today
run on regular modems cost a total of NIS 141 a
month, so that the ADSL line on which a subscriber can
both talk and surf simultaneously costs only NIS 9 more
a month.
"Moreover, for the subscribers to ISDN lines, that are a
major target market for the ADSL service, the monthly
price will even go down, even though service will be
improved substantially," Sappir said.
Of course, none of this helps the average surfer who
never considered getting an Internet designated line, or
even ISDN.
And amid all the talk about price, few are talking about
the absence of local content for the ADSL`s broadband
service.
What, indeed, are surfers going to download with their
speedy new Internet line? Nonstop, the ISP owned by
Matav, is producing local broadband content (music
and video), but the choices are still limited and once
people seek content abroad, whether they have a
ADSL connection at home will become irrelevant, said
Kogan.
"If I have ADSL and I am trying to see whatever
content there is in Israel, then it will be at high speed,
but if I am going to try and find or get content from the
US or anywhere else, then the content has to go
through different switchboards and not all of them can
support heavy volume traffic, therefore it will crumble at
the end of the day," he said.
This, of course, is a global problem, and one of the
reasons that broadband has yet to really catch on even
in the US, Kogan added.
Bezeq acknowledged the content problem and said it
has confidence that coming months will see acceleration
in the production of local broadband content. Bezeq
itself plans to offer a number of applications and
services for use on ADSL.
In any case, the company made a final pitch for the
service, which, it said had a highly successful pilot run.
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (November 14) - Bezeq yesterday
defended the price it set for its fast Internet service,
apparently in response to the Antitrust Authority`s
announcement that it might declare the service a
monopoly to insure against market exploitation.
The monthly connection fee to Bezeq`s high-speed
asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) has been set
at NIS 149 ($37), and users still have to pay an
estimated NIS 150 for an Internet service provider,
putting high-speed Internet well out of the reach of most
people and creating a stir of criticism against the
company. "In the US and Europe, subscribers pay
$40-$50 and get the whole package," said Shani
Kogan, a telecommunications analyst at Nessuah
Zannex. "The NIS 300 or $75 would be expensive,
even if it were at the same level as in the US. But we
are not on par with the standard of living or the income
there, therefore the service itself is way more expensive
than it should be."
In its defense, Bezeq notes that it is offering a
downstream surfing speed of up to 8.2 megabits/second
(more than 150 times faster than an ordinary modem),
while US companies like Quest offer a package for $50
a month that restricts the speed to 256-640
kilobits/second.
"Forty dollars for access service with an unlimited
downstream speed is a totally reasonable price, even
cheap," said Yoni Sappir, head of data communications
at Bezeq.
Bezeq also noted that in the US, the overall price is
kept low because ADSL providers can offer Internet
services as a package with their connection.
Bezeq, which is blocked by regulation from offering
Internet services, could bring down the overall price for
the ADSL service if it is allowed to become an Internet
service provider, Sappir said.
The price of the equipment necessary to provide ADSL
is another factor in the price Bezeq set for the
connection and if the cost of the hardware goes down,
it is likely that the monthly fee will drop as well, Sappir
said.
He also noted that Internet-designated lines that today
run on regular modems cost a total of NIS 141 a
month, so that the ADSL line on which a subscriber can
both talk and surf simultaneously costs only NIS 9 more
a month.
"Moreover, for the subscribers to ISDN lines, that are a
major target market for the ADSL service, the monthly
price will even go down, even though service will be
improved substantially," Sappir said.
Of course, none of this helps the average surfer who
never considered getting an Internet designated line, or
even ISDN.
And amid all the talk about price, few are talking about
the absence of local content for the ADSL`s broadband
service.
What, indeed, are surfers going to download with their
speedy new Internet line? Nonstop, the ISP owned by
Matav, is producing local broadband content (music
and video), but the choices are still limited and once
people seek content abroad, whether they have a
ADSL connection at home will become irrelevant, said
Kogan.
"If I have ADSL and I am trying to see whatever
content there is in Israel, then it will be at high speed,
but if I am going to try and find or get content from the
US or anywhere else, then the content has to go
through different switchboards and not all of them can
support heavy volume traffic, therefore it will crumble at
the end of the day," he said.
This, of course, is a global problem, and one of the
reasons that broadband has yet to really catch on even
in the US, Kogan added.
Bezeq acknowledged the content problem and said it
has confidence that coming months will see acceleration
in the production of local broadband content. Bezeq
itself plans to offer a number of applications and
services for use on ADSL.
In any case, the company made a final pitch for the
service, which, it said had a highly successful pilot run.
“Yediot Ahronot”: Government delaying bill awarding high-speed Internet license to cable companies
Globes` correspondent
14.11.2000 15:33
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports an assessment by communications sector sources that awarding a high-speed Internet license to the cable companies will be delayed by a year, following the ministerial committee on legislation’s decision yesterday. The committee, including Minister of Justice Yossi Beilin, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Haim Ramon and Minister of Health Roni Milo, yesterday decided on a compromise, in view of MK Michael Eitan’s bill, which would allow the Minister of Communications to give the cable companies an immediate temporary license for operating a high-speed Internet service.
The committee decided that the government would not oppose Eitan’s bill in its preliminary reading, but ask Eitan to postpone the first reading of his bill by three months. During this period the government will present the full text of its bill, whereby the extension of the cable companies’ licenses for a consideration payable to the government will include the awarding of licenses to compete in the telephony and high-speed Internet markets.
The committee agreed that if the government continues to drag its feet on presenting its bill for a first reading, Eitan would be able to ask for a first reading of his bill.
Globes` correspondent
14.11.2000 15:33
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports an assessment by communications sector sources that awarding a high-speed Internet license to the cable companies will be delayed by a year, following the ministerial committee on legislation’s decision yesterday. The committee, including Minister of Justice Yossi Beilin, Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Haim Ramon and Minister of Health Roni Milo, yesterday decided on a compromise, in view of MK Michael Eitan’s bill, which would allow the Minister of Communications to give the cable companies an immediate temporary license for operating a high-speed Internet service.
The committee decided that the government would not oppose Eitan’s bill in its preliminary reading, but ask Eitan to postpone the first reading of his bill by three months. During this period the government will present the full text of its bill, whereby the extension of the cable companies’ licenses for a consideration payable to the government will include the awarding of licenses to compete in the telephony and high-speed Internet markets.
The committee agreed that if the government continues to drag its feet on presenting its bill for a first reading, Eitan would be able to ask for a first reading of his bill.
Internet providers to be able to lease ADSL infrastructures from Bezeq at
NIS 80 a month per customer, leaving them almost no competitive margin
Efi Landau
15.11.2000 16:16
Bezeq will lease to Internet access companies the right to utilize its access infrastructure to provide
ADSL high-speed Internet services for an average NIS 80 a month, per subscriber. This emerges
from discussions held on the matter between Bezeq representatives and the Ministry of
Communications economic division.
The NIS 80 does not include the cost of VAT, a modem and communications from the Bezeq
exchange to the Internet provider. The ADSL line to the Internet provider will cost NIS 130 a month.
Bezeq will supply the customer with an ADSL line directly for NIS 149 a month (including VAT and
modem). Internet providers will have to offer a lower price, leaving them almost no competitive
margin.
In response, Bezeq marketing division computerization department manager Yoni Sapir told
“Globes”, “Bezeq has not ‘fixed’ anyone. Ministry of Communications economist examined all the
costs and there is a basis for the pricing. It’s true that there is very little competitive margin, which
prevents wild competition, but there is a basis to the pricing.” No response was received from the
Ministry of Communications by web-posting.
“Globes” has learned that next Sunday, Bezeq will start providing ADSL services against payment to
subscribers in areas in which five exchanges participating in the ADSL trials are deployed: Ramat
Aviv, Ra’anana, Petach Tikva, Ahuza in Haifa and Rehavia in Jerusalem. By March 2001, all Bezeq
exchanges will apparently be connected to the high-speed Internet service.
Nun - scheint so, als ob für die cables eine Art Hintertür offen bleibt. Für MBX im Prinzip kein Problem. Statt Kabelmodem jetzt eben ein Ethernetanschluss.
Fraglich ist aber, ob eine evtl. damit verbundene Umstellung der Produktionlinie zu weiteren Verzögerungen führen könnte.
Hier wird es spannend.
NIS 80 a month per customer, leaving them almost no competitive margin
Efi Landau
15.11.2000 16:16
Bezeq will lease to Internet access companies the right to utilize its access infrastructure to provide
ADSL high-speed Internet services for an average NIS 80 a month, per subscriber. This emerges
from discussions held on the matter between Bezeq representatives and the Ministry of
Communications economic division.
The NIS 80 does not include the cost of VAT, a modem and communications from the Bezeq
exchange to the Internet provider. The ADSL line to the Internet provider will cost NIS 130 a month.
Bezeq will supply the customer with an ADSL line directly for NIS 149 a month (including VAT and
modem). Internet providers will have to offer a lower price, leaving them almost no competitive
margin.
In response, Bezeq marketing division computerization department manager Yoni Sapir told
“Globes”, “Bezeq has not ‘fixed’ anyone. Ministry of Communications economist examined all the
costs and there is a basis for the pricing. It’s true that there is very little competitive margin, which
prevents wild competition, but there is a basis to the pricing.” No response was received from the
Ministry of Communications by web-posting.
“Globes” has learned that next Sunday, Bezeq will start providing ADSL services against payment to
subscribers in areas in which five exchanges participating in the ADSL trials are deployed: Ramat
Aviv, Ra’anana, Petach Tikva, Ahuza in Haifa and Rehavia in Jerusalem. By March 2001, all Bezeq
exchanges will apparently be connected to the high-speed Internet service.
Nun - scheint so, als ob für die cables eine Art Hintertür offen bleibt. Für MBX im Prinzip kein Problem. Statt Kabelmodem jetzt eben ein Ethernetanschluss.
Fraglich ist aber, ob eine evtl. damit verbundene Umstellung der Produktionlinie zu weiteren Verzögerungen führen könnte.
Hier wird es spannend.
Internet providers to be able to lease ADSL infrastructures from Bezeq at
NIS 80 a month per customer, leaving them almost no competitive margin
Efi Landau
15.11.2000 16:16
Bezeq will lease to Internet access companies the right to utilize its access infrastructure to provide
ADSL high-speed Internet services for an average NIS 80 a month, per subscriber. This emerges
from discussions held on the matter between Bezeq representatives and the Ministry of
Communications economic division.
The NIS 80 does not include the cost of VAT, a modem and communications from the Bezeq
exchange to the Internet provider. The ADSL line to the Internet provider will cost NIS 130 a month.
Bezeq will supply the customer with an ADSL line directly for NIS 149 a month (including VAT and
modem). Internet providers will have to offer a lower price, leaving them almost no competitive
margin.
In response, Bezeq marketing division computerization department manager Yoni Sapir told
“Globes”, “Bezeq has not ‘fixed’ anyone. Ministry of Communications economist examined all the
costs and there is a basis for the pricing. It’s true that there is very little competitive margin, which
prevents wild competition, but there is a basis to the pricing.” No response was received from the
Ministry of Communications by web-posting.
“Globes” has learned that next Sunday, Bezeq will start providing ADSL services against payment to
subscribers in areas in which five exchanges participating in the ADSL trials are deployed: Ramat
Aviv, Ra’anana, Petach Tikva, Ahuza in Haifa and Rehavia in Jerusalem. By March 2001, all Bezeq
exchanges will apparently be connected to the high-speed Internet service.
Nun - scheint so, als ob für die cables eine Art Hintertür offen bleibt. Für MBX im Prinzip kein Problem. Statt Kabelmodem jetzt eben ein Ethernetanschluss.
Fraglich ist aber, ob eine evtl. damit verbundene Umstellung der Produktionlinie zu weiteren Verzögerungen führen könnte.
Hier wird es spannend.
NIS 80 a month per customer, leaving them almost no competitive margin
Efi Landau
15.11.2000 16:16
Bezeq will lease to Internet access companies the right to utilize its access infrastructure to provide
ADSL high-speed Internet services for an average NIS 80 a month, per subscriber. This emerges
from discussions held on the matter between Bezeq representatives and the Ministry of
Communications economic division.
The NIS 80 does not include the cost of VAT, a modem and communications from the Bezeq
exchange to the Internet provider. The ADSL line to the Internet provider will cost NIS 130 a month.
Bezeq will supply the customer with an ADSL line directly for NIS 149 a month (including VAT and
modem). Internet providers will have to offer a lower price, leaving them almost no competitive
margin.
In response, Bezeq marketing division computerization department manager Yoni Sapir told
“Globes”, “Bezeq has not ‘fixed’ anyone. Ministry of Communications economist examined all the
costs and there is a basis for the pricing. It’s true that there is very little competitive margin, which
prevents wild competition, but there is a basis to the pricing.” No response was received from the
Ministry of Communications by web-posting.
“Globes” has learned that next Sunday, Bezeq will start providing ADSL services against payment to
subscribers in areas in which five exchanges participating in the ADSL trials are deployed: Ramat
Aviv, Ra’anana, Petach Tikva, Ahuza in Haifa and Rehavia in Jerusalem. By March 2001, all Bezeq
exchanges will apparently be connected to the high-speed Internet service.
Nun - scheint so, als ob für die cables eine Art Hintertür offen bleibt. Für MBX im Prinzip kein Problem. Statt Kabelmodem jetzt eben ein Ethernetanschluss.
Fraglich ist aber, ob eine evtl. damit verbundene Umstellung der Produktionlinie zu weiteren Verzögerungen führen könnte.
Hier wird es spannend.
Klingt alles andere, als wäre da schon das letzte Wort gesprochen. 
Wie gesagt Rückzugsgefechte
Gruß pd
Wie gesagt Rückzugsgefechte
Gruß pd
"Das letzte Wort" ist sicherlich noch nicht gesprochen. Dennoch ist absehbar, dass die cables so schnell keine Fast-Internet via cable Genehmigung bekommen. Ihre einzige Chance im Moment noch die Klage vor dem obersten Gerichtshof. Aber auch dass wird dauern....
Ich sehe folgende Möglichkeiten:
Szenario 1: die cables gewinnen vor dem obersten Gerichtshof, sie erhalten eine vorläufige Genehmigung aus Konkurrenzgründen in einigen Monaten. - halte ich eher für unwahrscheinlich.
Szenario 2: die cables gewinnen vor dem obersten Gerichtshof, die Regierung wird angewiesen die Gesetzeslage zu ändern - wahrscheinlicher. Da aber bereits eine solche Initiative gestartet wurde, bedeutet das keine Beschleunigung (s. szenario 3).
Szenario 3: die cables verlieren, dennoch wird das Gesetz dahingehend verändert, dass eine vorläufige Genehmigung erteilt werden kann. - auch wahrscheinlich ! D.h. aber, die cables bekommen die Genehmigung evtl. erst in 1 Jahr (s. Vorletzter Artikel)
Szenario 4: die Iniatiative scheitert, das Gesetz wird nicht dahingehend verändert, dass die cables eine vorläufige Genehmigung erhalten können - sie können High Speed Internet via Kabel erst anbieten, wenn das Telekommunikationsgesetz dahingehend verändert wurde, dass sie eine endgültige Genehmigung erhalten können. Da dies offenbar fest an die Privatisierung von Bezeq gekoppelt ist, kann dies bis zu 3 Jahre dauern.
In jedem Fall werden sich die cables darauf einstellen (Matav hat bereits reagiert) und werden diese Möglichkeiten auch bereits seit längerem "eingerechnet" haben.
Den Auftrag aus Israel sehe ich dabei nicht gefährdet.
Ich kann mir aber vorstellen, dass der israelische Kunde evtl. die Spezifikation "seiner" Phoenix-box noch einmal "nachbessert" und man statt einem Kabelmodem jetzt einen Ethernet-Anschluss (ADSL) im Modem haben will.
Ich denke und hoffe, dass sich MBX aufgrund der Modularität der Phoenixplattform schnell darauf "einstellen" kann.
Ich sehe folgende Möglichkeiten:
Szenario 1: die cables gewinnen vor dem obersten Gerichtshof, sie erhalten eine vorläufige Genehmigung aus Konkurrenzgründen in einigen Monaten. - halte ich eher für unwahrscheinlich.
Szenario 2: die cables gewinnen vor dem obersten Gerichtshof, die Regierung wird angewiesen die Gesetzeslage zu ändern - wahrscheinlicher. Da aber bereits eine solche Initiative gestartet wurde, bedeutet das keine Beschleunigung (s. szenario 3).
Szenario 3: die cables verlieren, dennoch wird das Gesetz dahingehend verändert, dass eine vorläufige Genehmigung erteilt werden kann. - auch wahrscheinlich ! D.h. aber, die cables bekommen die Genehmigung evtl. erst in 1 Jahr (s. Vorletzter Artikel)
Szenario 4: die Iniatiative scheitert, das Gesetz wird nicht dahingehend verändert, dass die cables eine vorläufige Genehmigung erhalten können - sie können High Speed Internet via Kabel erst anbieten, wenn das Telekommunikationsgesetz dahingehend verändert wurde, dass sie eine endgültige Genehmigung erhalten können. Da dies offenbar fest an die Privatisierung von Bezeq gekoppelt ist, kann dies bis zu 3 Jahre dauern.
In jedem Fall werden sich die cables darauf einstellen (Matav hat bereits reagiert) und werden diese Möglichkeiten auch bereits seit längerem "eingerechnet" haben.
Den Auftrag aus Israel sehe ich dabei nicht gefährdet.
Ich kann mir aber vorstellen, dass der israelische Kunde evtl. die Spezifikation "seiner" Phoenix-box noch einmal "nachbessert" und man statt einem Kabelmodem jetzt einen Ethernet-Anschluss (ADSL) im Modem haben will.
Ich denke und hoffe, dass sich MBX aufgrund der Modularität der Phoenixplattform schnell darauf "einstellen" kann.
@ Oliver Post im WO - Postfach
Wir wollen ja auf dem laufenden bleiben.
“Yediot Ahronot”: Criteria set for cable companies’ fee for indefinite extension of broadcasting licenses
Globes` correspondent
15.11.2000 15:17
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports that the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Justice have reached an understanding on the criteria for setting the fee the cable companies will pay the state for indefinite extension of their broadcasting licenses.
The fee will include the increase in the cable companies’ value, following reception of high-speed Internet and inland communications licenses. The consideration the cable companies would have received under the Communications Law for selling their infrastructure rights to another concessionaire will be deducted from the fee.
The final amount will be determined by an expert assessor to be appointed by Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer. The appointment requires approval by Minister of Finance Avraham Shochat.
The understanding paves the way for a bill enabling the cable companies to receive high-speed Internet and inland communications licenses. The cable companies are expected to pay less than the $1-1.5 billion originally demanded by the Ministry of Finance.
A bill, based on these understandings, for granting high-Internet license will soon be presented to the ministerial committee on legislation.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 15 November, 2000
****
Man hat sich also innerhalb der Regierung immerhin schon mal über die Kriterien geeinigt, die man der Berechnung der Gebühr für eine unbegrenzt gültige Broadcasting-Lizenz der Cable Companies zugrundelegen will - und zwar im Rahmen einer endgültigen gesetzlichen Regelung. Diese soll jetzt offenbar vorbereitet werden, um den gordischen Knoten - sagen wir mal - zu umgehen, der derzeit angesichts der unterschiedlichen Interessenlagen im israelischen Kommunikationswesen besteht. Gut nur, daß sie ihn nicht direkt aus dem Telefonkabel knüpfen - sie könnten schon längst nicht mehr telefonieren im Staate Israel.
Jedenfalls werden die Cables am Ende auch eine Internet- und Telefonlizenz haben - deshalb wird die Lizenzgebühr auch entsprechend höher ausfallen. Kosto hätte seine helle Freude und wüßte ein Dutzend Geschichten zu erzählen, wie es war, als der Blau den Grün traf...
Ich könnte mir vorstellen, daß unsere Boxen im Augenblick jedenfalls noch nicht so arg vermißt werden, zurückhaltend ausgedrückt.
Gruß, Jan Philip
P.S. Aber haben wollen sie sie, die Phönix. Für garantiert knotenfreie Interaktivität, auf welchem Kabel auch immer. Man wird eines finden, verlaßt Euch drauf.
“Yediot Ahronot”: Criteria set for cable companies’ fee for indefinite extension of broadcasting licenses
Globes` correspondent
15.11.2000 15:17
Daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot” reports that the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Justice have reached an understanding on the criteria for setting the fee the cable companies will pay the state for indefinite extension of their broadcasting licenses.
The fee will include the increase in the cable companies’ value, following reception of high-speed Internet and inland communications licenses. The consideration the cable companies would have received under the Communications Law for selling their infrastructure rights to another concessionaire will be deducted from the fee.
The final amount will be determined by an expert assessor to be appointed by Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer. The appointment requires approval by Minister of Finance Avraham Shochat.
The understanding paves the way for a bill enabling the cable companies to receive high-speed Internet and inland communications licenses. The cable companies are expected to pay less than the $1-1.5 billion originally demanded by the Ministry of Finance.
A bill, based on these understandings, for granting high-Internet license will soon be presented to the ministerial committee on legislation.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 15 November, 2000
****
Man hat sich also innerhalb der Regierung immerhin schon mal über die Kriterien geeinigt, die man der Berechnung der Gebühr für eine unbegrenzt gültige Broadcasting-Lizenz der Cable Companies zugrundelegen will - und zwar im Rahmen einer endgültigen gesetzlichen Regelung. Diese soll jetzt offenbar vorbereitet werden, um den gordischen Knoten - sagen wir mal - zu umgehen, der derzeit angesichts der unterschiedlichen Interessenlagen im israelischen Kommunikationswesen besteht. Gut nur, daß sie ihn nicht direkt aus dem Telefonkabel knüpfen - sie könnten schon längst nicht mehr telefonieren im Staate Israel.
Jedenfalls werden die Cables am Ende auch eine Internet- und Telefonlizenz haben - deshalb wird die Lizenzgebühr auch entsprechend höher ausfallen. Kosto hätte seine helle Freude und wüßte ein Dutzend Geschichten zu erzählen, wie es war, als der Blau den Grün traf...
Ich könnte mir vorstellen, daß unsere Boxen im Augenblick jedenfalls noch nicht so arg vermißt werden, zurückhaltend ausgedrückt.
Gruß, Jan Philip
P.S. Aber haben wollen sie sie, die Phönix. Für garantiert knotenfreie Interaktivität, auf welchem Kabel auch immer. Man wird eines finden, verlaßt Euch drauf.
JP,
how much is the company paying you for playing the bird of bad omen?
This is preventing a major desaster in conjunction with the Q3-figures.
Gösta
how much is the company paying you for playing the bird of bad omen?
This is preventing a major desaster in conjunction with the Q3-figures.
Gösta
Gösta - mußt Du eigentlich jeden thread zumüllen ?
@ OliverH.
Mit zwei Zeilen?
Mein Gott, ihr müsst verdammt unsicher sein!
Gösta
Mit zwei Zeilen?
Mein Gott, ihr müsst verdammt unsicher sein!
Gösta
@Gösta: Out, Out!! You Demons of stupidity!
@ Dela
Ja, herrlich, I like it!
Tu dir keinen Zwang an, manchmal der einzige Ausweg, einfach Leute beschimpfen, einfachen Gemütern mag es sogar helfen!
Therefore, don`t be shy.
Gösta
Ja, herrlich, I like it!
Tu dir keinen Zwang an, manchmal der einzige Ausweg, einfach Leute beschimpfen, einfachen Gemütern mag es sogar helfen!
Therefore, don`t be shy.
Gösta
Vielleicht kann ich Eure Gemüter wieder ein wenig aufhellen.
Eben fragte meine Frau, warum lachst Du so?
Ich hatte - entgegen meiner Gewohnheit - im Topas-Thread gelesen. Und das gefunden:
von stompi 17.11.00 18:30:32
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG
@Top@s
Ist doch wunderbar, der eine hat kein Kabel und der andere keine Box - das sieht mir nach dem Geschäft des Jahres aus.
stompi.
******
Köstlich. Galgenhumor? Nicht am Platz. Also Humor.
JP
Eben fragte meine Frau, warum lachst Du so?
Ich hatte - entgegen meiner Gewohnheit - im Topas-Thread gelesen. Und das gefunden:
von stompi 17.11.00 18:30:32
betrifft Aktie: MET(A)BOX AG
@Top@s
Ist doch wunderbar, der eine hat kein Kabel und der andere keine Box - das sieht mir nach dem Geschäft des Jahres aus.
stompi.
******
Köstlich. Galgenhumor? Nicht am Platz. Also Humor.
JP
Tadmor: Ministry of Justice demanding too much government intervention in high-speed Internet
Zvi Lavi
20.11.2000 16:24
Knesset Economics Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) refused today to approve for preliminary reading the private bill of MK Michael Eitan (Likud) authorizing the Minister of Communications to issue temporary high-speed Internet licenses to the cable companies. The bill passed its preliminary Knesset debate last week with the support of Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
Poraz is delaying the decision at least until his own private bill on the same matter is approved in a preliminary debate. His bill is based on a memorandum of the government’s bill. Poraz today pressured the Ministry of Justice to quickly arrange government support for his bill, in a similar manner to the support given to Eitan’s bill.
Poraz claims that delaying approval of the preliminary reading of Eitan’s bill is due to his need “to study the matter.” He emphasized that he opposed technical shortcuts and is desirous of legislation that will not be revoked by the High Court of Justice or be delayed in the Knesset on procedural grounds.
Eitan asked Poraz to show flexibility in order to avoid delays in the operation of high-speed Internet. He said that any principled debate on the bill’s content can be held following its preliminary reading.
Deputy Attorney general Davida Lachman-Messer opposed settling the matter in stages, in the manner of Eitan’s temporary solution, which she says ignores other investors’ rights to establish competing Internet infrastructures. Ministry of Finance representative Amir Levy also opposes passing Eitan’s bill prior to determining the fees for extending the cable companies’ franchises.
Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor was the sole government representative at the meeting who supported the rapid approval of Eitan’s bill. He called on the Committee, “not to lend a hand to unnecessary legislation,” and demanded that the legislation be limited to the matter of high-speed Internet. Tadmor attacked the expansionist trend of the Ministry of Justice, “based on its massive licensing requirements and demands for government intervention.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 November 2000
Zvi Lavi
20.11.2000 16:24
Knesset Economics Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) refused today to approve for preliminary reading the private bill of MK Michael Eitan (Likud) authorizing the Minister of Communications to issue temporary high-speed Internet licenses to the cable companies. The bill passed its preliminary Knesset debate last week with the support of Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
Poraz is delaying the decision at least until his own private bill on the same matter is approved in a preliminary debate. His bill is based on a memorandum of the government’s bill. Poraz today pressured the Ministry of Justice to quickly arrange government support for his bill, in a similar manner to the support given to Eitan’s bill.
Poraz claims that delaying approval of the preliminary reading of Eitan’s bill is due to his need “to study the matter.” He emphasized that he opposed technical shortcuts and is desirous of legislation that will not be revoked by the High Court of Justice or be delayed in the Knesset on procedural grounds.
Eitan asked Poraz to show flexibility in order to avoid delays in the operation of high-speed Internet. He said that any principled debate on the bill’s content can be held following its preliminary reading.
Deputy Attorney general Davida Lachman-Messer opposed settling the matter in stages, in the manner of Eitan’s temporary solution, which she says ignores other investors’ rights to establish competing Internet infrastructures. Ministry of Finance representative Amir Levy also opposes passing Eitan’s bill prior to determining the fees for extending the cable companies’ franchises.
Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor was the sole government representative at the meeting who supported the rapid approval of Eitan’s bill. He called on the Committee, “not to lend a hand to unnecessary legislation,” and demanded that the legislation be limited to the matter of high-speed Internet. Tadmor attacked the expansionist trend of the Ministry of Justice, “based on its massive licensing requirements and demands for government intervention.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 November 2000
Hallo Oliver,
wie wäre es wenn Du mal einen Thread "Der Israel Deal
Part 2" aufmachen würdest ? (Sind mir zu viele alte Postings
hier.
wie wäre es wenn Du mal einen Thread "Der Israel Deal
Part 2" aufmachen würdest ? (Sind mir zu viele alte Postings
hier.
Ich halte nicht viel von "Fortsetzungsthreads".
Ich finde 1 Thread zu einem Thema reicht doch.
Um sich auf den laufenden zu halten, kann man doch die letzten 20 postings anschauen.
Ich finde 1 Thread zu einem Thema reicht doch.
Um sich auf den laufenden zu halten, kann man doch die letzten 20 postings anschauen.
@ PT
Neeiiin - wir wollen die Geschichte in einem Stück.
(Wenn man sie hoffentlich irgendwann mal wieder lesen kann.)
Auf 300 Beiträge sollte man sich schon einstellen...
Gruß, JP
Neeiiin - wir wollen die Geschichte in einem Stück.
(Wenn man sie hoffentlich irgendwann mal wieder lesen kann.)
Auf 300 Beiträge sollte man sich schon einstellen...
Gruß, JP
Fast Internet to nowhere
On The Agenda By Buzzy Gordon
(November 24) - Imagine finding the following
promotional flyer in your mailbox:
"The Magix Premium Plan is the ideal choice for
connecting to the World Wide Web from your home or
office. The Premium plan uses a direct ADSL/ATM
connection to give you uninterrupted 512k access to the
Internet, FREE Video-on-Demand services, live video
feeds for news, entertainment, sports, educational
programs, and more. Magix also offers more flexibility,
because it allows you to make telephone calls or send
faxes even while you are on-line. Your subscription also
comes with a personal e-mail account, and access to all
standard Magix services, such as Global Roaming and
Bill Check functions.
"Choose from one of two economical plans:
"Plan 1: NIS 140 for 20 free hours per month.
"Plan 2: NIS 280 for 60 free hours per month.
"There is a one-time registration fee of NIS 70.
"Excess hours will be charged at 11 agorot per minute."
Alternatively, you might see this ad:
"MaxOnline via your cable modem will revolutionize the
way you use the Internet. With no phone lines needed,
a continuous connection to the Internet and unlimited
broadband access, it is the newest way to surf the
World Wide Web. All this without the hassle of dialing
up, busy signals, frequent disconnections, or time-based
phone charges.
All this for only NIS 129 a month, if you are already a
cable subscriber, or NIS 175 a month if you are not."
Naturally, there is no hope of seeing anything like this in
Israel in the foreseeable future - despite the fact that
many of the most important global Internet infrastructure
technologies are being developed in a neighborhood
near you, and Bezeq and the local cable companies are
all poised to provide you with these services.
But these exact services and choices are being offered
today, at the prices cited above, to residents of the tiny
republic of Singapore, halfway across the world from
here, while Israel is the embodiment of the old saying:
"The shoemaker goes barefoot."
The political machinery of successive Likud and One
Israel governments creaks so very slowly that it grinds
us consumers into the ground. Now the wrangling
between Bezeq and the cable companies has become
more complicated by the involvement of the minister of
communications, the attorney-general, the anti-trust
czar, and the courts.
As Yoram Oron, president of Vertex Management
Israel, a venture capital fund affiliated with Singapore
Technologies, observes, "While Singapore decided to
implement, Israel got caught up in a web of politicians
and interest groups." Oron reveals that Singapore will
soon be offering cable telephony, based on technology
originating in Israel (Telegate, a company that was sold
to Terayon).
How did Singapore do it? Quite simply, it called
together Singapore Telecom (SingTel, Singapore`s
equivalent of Bezeq) and Singapore Cable Vision
(SCV, akin to a combination of Tevel and Golden
Channels) and formed 1-Net, a consortium with
government agencies to "wire" the entire island with
fiber-optic cable.
1-Net proceeded to evolve into Singapore One, a joint
project with private sector companies, many of them
multi-national, who provide value-added services and
content for the country`s broadband initiative.
What has Israel done? Bezeq has some experimental
neighborhoods that can try the company`s high-speed
asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) and then sign
up as permanent users, for NIS 149 per month. Sounds
reasonable at first glance - but while SingTel`s plan is
all-inclusive, Israelis will still have to pay an estimated
NIS 150 for an Internet service provider, putting
high-speed Internet well out of the reach of most
people.
It is not as if Bezeq is not as advanced as any other
telecommunications provider in the world or unaware of
SingTel: the two companies have invested together in an
Israel-related start-up, Exent, in the area of
applications-on-demand.
It is more a case of how much Bezeq can still behave
like a monopoly before the government puts an end to
that anachronism - and how the government and the
communications sector are not inclined to join forces in
the pioneering spirit that built this country, in order to
help it succeed in transitioning from "old" to "new
economy" models, and teach our children how to use
the educational, social, and business tools of the future.
The architect of SingTel`s Internet strategy, Andrew
Buay, CEO of Multimedia for SingNet (SingTel`s
Internet service provider) and Magix, has been to Israel
many times, and was interviewed at length in this paper.
"SingTel is keen to get more of Israel`s best-of-breed
technologies, which can generate more revenues on
Singapore`s existing state-of-the-art infrastructure," says
Buay.
Israel`s cable companies want to get in on the game, but
they are preoccupied with competing with YES
(satellite-to-home television) and trying to convince the
government to expedite permission to engage in
telecommunications operations.
Which leaves innovative Israel not only way behind
Singapore - whether it be with regard to fast Internet,
or a fast, efficient, clean, modern, cashless public
transportation system that seamlessly integrates rail and
bus service - but also lagging behind significantly when it
comes to providing its citizens with
available-but-stymied streamlined access to information,
knowledge, and entertainment.
This does not bode well for this country`s ability to meet
the critical challenge of preparing Israel`s population,
and especially our next generation, for the paradigm
changes and shifts that will occur on our economic
fronts sooner than we might imagine.
On The Agenda By Buzzy Gordon
(November 24) - Imagine finding the following
promotional flyer in your mailbox:
"The Magix Premium Plan is the ideal choice for
connecting to the World Wide Web from your home or
office. The Premium plan uses a direct ADSL/ATM
connection to give you uninterrupted 512k access to the
Internet, FREE Video-on-Demand services, live video
feeds for news, entertainment, sports, educational
programs, and more. Magix also offers more flexibility,
because it allows you to make telephone calls or send
faxes even while you are on-line. Your subscription also
comes with a personal e-mail account, and access to all
standard Magix services, such as Global Roaming and
Bill Check functions.
"Choose from one of two economical plans:
"Plan 1: NIS 140 for 20 free hours per month.
"Plan 2: NIS 280 for 60 free hours per month.
"There is a one-time registration fee of NIS 70.
"Excess hours will be charged at 11 agorot per minute."
Alternatively, you might see this ad:
"MaxOnline via your cable modem will revolutionize the
way you use the Internet. With no phone lines needed,
a continuous connection to the Internet and unlimited
broadband access, it is the newest way to surf the
World Wide Web. All this without the hassle of dialing
up, busy signals, frequent disconnections, or time-based
phone charges.
All this for only NIS 129 a month, if you are already a
cable subscriber, or NIS 175 a month if you are not."
Naturally, there is no hope of seeing anything like this in
Israel in the foreseeable future - despite the fact that
many of the most important global Internet infrastructure
technologies are being developed in a neighborhood
near you, and Bezeq and the local cable companies are
all poised to provide you with these services.
But these exact services and choices are being offered
today, at the prices cited above, to residents of the tiny
republic of Singapore, halfway across the world from
here, while Israel is the embodiment of the old saying:
"The shoemaker goes barefoot."
The political machinery of successive Likud and One
Israel governments creaks so very slowly that it grinds
us consumers into the ground. Now the wrangling
between Bezeq and the cable companies has become
more complicated by the involvement of the minister of
communications, the attorney-general, the anti-trust
czar, and the courts.
As Yoram Oron, president of Vertex Management
Israel, a venture capital fund affiliated with Singapore
Technologies, observes, "While Singapore decided to
implement, Israel got caught up in a web of politicians
and interest groups." Oron reveals that Singapore will
soon be offering cable telephony, based on technology
originating in Israel (Telegate, a company that was sold
to Terayon).
How did Singapore do it? Quite simply, it called
together Singapore Telecom (SingTel, Singapore`s
equivalent of Bezeq) and Singapore Cable Vision
(SCV, akin to a combination of Tevel and Golden
Channels) and formed 1-Net, a consortium with
government agencies to "wire" the entire island with
fiber-optic cable.
1-Net proceeded to evolve into Singapore One, a joint
project with private sector companies, many of them
multi-national, who provide value-added services and
content for the country`s broadband initiative.
What has Israel done? Bezeq has some experimental
neighborhoods that can try the company`s high-speed
asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) and then sign
up as permanent users, for NIS 149 per month. Sounds
reasonable at first glance - but while SingTel`s plan is
all-inclusive, Israelis will still have to pay an estimated
NIS 150 for an Internet service provider, putting
high-speed Internet well out of the reach of most
people.
It is not as if Bezeq is not as advanced as any other
telecommunications provider in the world or unaware of
SingTel: the two companies have invested together in an
Israel-related start-up, Exent, in the area of
applications-on-demand.
It is more a case of how much Bezeq can still behave
like a monopoly before the government puts an end to
that anachronism - and how the government and the
communications sector are not inclined to join forces in
the pioneering spirit that built this country, in order to
help it succeed in transitioning from "old" to "new
economy" models, and teach our children how to use
the educational, social, and business tools of the future.
The architect of SingTel`s Internet strategy, Andrew
Buay, CEO of Multimedia for SingNet (SingTel`s
Internet service provider) and Magix, has been to Israel
many times, and was interviewed at length in this paper.
"SingTel is keen to get more of Israel`s best-of-breed
technologies, which can generate more revenues on
Singapore`s existing state-of-the-art infrastructure," says
Buay.
Israel`s cable companies want to get in on the game, but
they are preoccupied with competing with YES
(satellite-to-home television) and trying to convince the
government to expedite permission to engage in
telecommunications operations.
Which leaves innovative Israel not only way behind
Singapore - whether it be with regard to fast Internet,
or a fast, efficient, clean, modern, cashless public
transportation system that seamlessly integrates rail and
bus service - but also lagging behind significantly when it
comes to providing its citizens with
available-but-stymied streamlined access to information,
knowledge, and entertainment.
This does not bode well for this country`s ability to meet
the critical challenge of preparing Israel`s population,
and especially our next generation, for the paradigm
changes and shifts that will occur on our economic
fronts sooner than we might imagine.
Der Verfasser des Artikels bringt es auf den Punkt. Nicht nachzuvollziehen, was man sich dort leistet.
Vor einigen Tagen habe ich w:o den "Goldenen Handstock" verliehen für das wirksamste Stolpern über die eigenen Beine, dem ich seit langem begegnet bin. Das israelische Kommunikationswesen wäre der nächste heiße Kandidat. Man wüßte nur nicht, wem man ihn dort zustellen sollte.
Einen dritten halte ich virtuell schon mal bereit. Da würde man die Zustelladresse allerdings kennen. Verliehen für Hilflosigkeit im Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit bis hin zur akuten Lähmung, bei einem Bewußtseinszustand, der durch Uneinsichtigkeit und Indolenz gekennzeichnet ist.
Wenn ich an einige Telefonate am gestrigen Tage mit wütenden Mitunternehmern denke, so fühlt man sich allerdings weniger an einen Handstock als vielmehr an "Knüppel aus dem Sack" erinnert. Nur mal als Stimmungsbild.
JP
Vor einigen Tagen habe ich w:o den "Goldenen Handstock" verliehen für das wirksamste Stolpern über die eigenen Beine, dem ich seit langem begegnet bin. Das israelische Kommunikationswesen wäre der nächste heiße Kandidat. Man wüßte nur nicht, wem man ihn dort zustellen sollte.
Einen dritten halte ich virtuell schon mal bereit. Da würde man die Zustelladresse allerdings kennen. Verliehen für Hilflosigkeit im Bereich Öffentlichkeitsarbeit bis hin zur akuten Lähmung, bei einem Bewußtseinszustand, der durch Uneinsichtigkeit und Indolenz gekennzeichnet ist.
Wenn ich an einige Telefonate am gestrigen Tage mit wütenden Mitunternehmern denke, so fühlt man sich allerdings weniger an einen Handstock als vielmehr an "Knüppel aus dem Sack" erinnert. Nur mal als Stimmungsbild.
JP
Elyakim Rubinstein: Equality, public resources not inferior values to competition
Hadass Magen
26.11.2000 15:05
Commenting on his legal opinion that for the time being high-speed Internet licenses should not be accorded cable companies by means other than legislation, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein said, ”Equality and public resources are not inferior values to competition.”
Rubinstein was speaking at the weekend at a convention of the Justice and Society Forum, held at Ma’ale Hahamisha. He said that the interpretation of his opinion on the cable companies’ matter is not isolated from the wish to prevent a struggle between technocratic and ideological approaches.
Rubinstein said that his opinion was aimed at creating a just system for all, not a cold, alienated capitalistic one.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 26 November, 2000
Hadass Magen
26.11.2000 15:05
Commenting on his legal opinion that for the time being high-speed Internet licenses should not be accorded cable companies by means other than legislation, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein said, ”Equality and public resources are not inferior values to competition.”
Rubinstein was speaking at the weekend at a convention of the Justice and Society Forum, held at Ma’ale Hahamisha. He said that the interpretation of his opinion on the cable companies’ matter is not isolated from the wish to prevent a struggle between technocratic and ideological approaches.
Rubinstein said that his opinion was aimed at creating a just system for all, not a cold, alienated capitalistic one.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 26 November, 2000
@Oliver & die Israelkenner,
verzeih die etwas „tagespolitische“ Überlegung. Da mir aber Geographie, Flughafenanbindung, technische Infrastrukturzentren Israels’ usw. kaum geläufig sind, folgende Fragestellung:
Die 3 Cabelcos Tevel, Matav, Goldench. haben doch praktisch Israel “dreigeteilt”. Im Forum erwähnt Ceo Dom - in seiner bemerkenswert offenen Art - „Aufenthalts-„ evtl. Arbeits- und „Vertragsorte“:
Ist es möglich, dass es aufgrund der Politischen Verhältnisse in Israel im moment zu einer verzögerung der Abnahme der Boxen kommen kann ?
In der tat hatten einige meiner mitarbeiter bedenken, in den letzten wochen nach israel zu fahren. ich war mehrfach dort, und in tel aviv merkt man nicht viel von den unruhen. unsere techniker haben aber in west-jerusalem zu tun, daher habe ich keinen dort hingeschickt. die arbeit geht aber dennoch gut weiter, unsere freunde kommen vermehrt zu uns nach hildesheim. auf den geschäftsverlauf hat dies also keinen einfluss.
( Zitatende )
Natürlich sind es die beiden wichtigsten Städte Israels ( airports etc. ). Kann man nicht dennoch aus dieser Information, der bek. Cabelgebiete und den jeweiligen Firmensitzen entsprechende Rückschlüsse ziehen?
Thx & Gruß pd
verzeih die etwas „tagespolitische“ Überlegung. Da mir aber Geographie, Flughafenanbindung, technische Infrastrukturzentren Israels’ usw. kaum geläufig sind, folgende Fragestellung:
Die 3 Cabelcos Tevel, Matav, Goldench. haben doch praktisch Israel “dreigeteilt”. Im Forum erwähnt Ceo Dom - in seiner bemerkenswert offenen Art - „Aufenthalts-„ evtl. Arbeits- und „Vertragsorte“:
Ist es möglich, dass es aufgrund der Politischen Verhältnisse in Israel im moment zu einer verzögerung der Abnahme der Boxen kommen kann ?
In der tat hatten einige meiner mitarbeiter bedenken, in den letzten wochen nach israel zu fahren. ich war mehrfach dort, und in tel aviv merkt man nicht viel von den unruhen. unsere techniker haben aber in west-jerusalem zu tun, daher habe ich keinen dort hingeschickt. die arbeit geht aber dennoch gut weiter, unsere freunde kommen vermehrt zu uns nach hildesheim. auf den geschäftsverlauf hat dies also keinen einfluss.
( Zitatende )
Natürlich sind es die beiden wichtigsten Städte Israels ( airports etc. ). Kann man nicht dennoch aus dieser Information, der bek. Cabelgebiete und den jeweiligen Firmensitzen entsprechende Rückschlüsse ziehen
?Thx & Gruß pd
PS @ dieselben Adressaten,
wie sind die Neuwahlen in Bezug auf Lizenzen etc zu kommentieren?
Thx & Gruß pd
wie sind die Neuwahlen in Bezug auf Lizenzen etc zu kommentieren?
Thx & Gruß pd
Nein - Tel Aviv ist das wirtschaftliche Zentrum Israels. Es ist davon auszugehen, dass ein Grossteil der Firmensitze israelischer Firmen in Tel Aviv sitzen. Viele der High tech Parks liegen ebenfall in und um Tel Aviv. Selbst wenn der Firmensitz nicht in Tel Aviv liegt, wird man seinen Geschäftspartner meist dorthin "einladen". Tel Aviv bietet einfach auch so (Restaurants, Hotels, kulturelles Angebot) mehr. In Tagen wie diesen erst recht.
Somit kann hier wenig "rausgelesen" werden.
Jerusalem ist, auch rein geografisch (es liegt fast genau in der Mitte des Landes) als Knotenpunkt für die Kabelnetze wichtig. Aus der Tatsache, dass dort Servertechnik u.ä. installiert wird Kann man meiner meinung nach nicht auf den Kabelanbieter schliessen.
Zur Geografie - man sollte in Israel nie vergessen, dass es sich hierbei um ein kleines Land handelt. Israel ist etwa so lang wie Bayern, an der breitesten Stelle aber gerade mal halb so breit. Insgesamt schätze ich die Fläche auf die grösse von Hessen. Von Tel Aviv nach Israel fährt man mit dem Egged Bus ca. 60 Minuten.
Somit kann hier wenig "rausgelesen" werden.
Jerusalem ist, auch rein geografisch (es liegt fast genau in der Mitte des Landes) als Knotenpunkt für die Kabelnetze wichtig. Aus der Tatsache, dass dort Servertechnik u.ä. installiert wird Kann man meiner meinung nach nicht auf den Kabelanbieter schliessen.
Zur Geografie - man sollte in Israel nie vergessen, dass es sich hierbei um ein kleines Land handelt. Israel ist etwa so lang wie Bayern, an der breitesten Stelle aber gerade mal halb so breit. Insgesamt schätze ich die Fläche auf die grösse von Hessen. Von Tel Aviv nach Israel fährt man mit dem Egged Bus ca. 60 Minuten.
Dieser Artikel wäre uns fast entgangen. Zum Verfasser kopiere ich den Schlußsatz nach vorn:
"The writer is deputy general manager of Discount Investments, which holds a controlling interest in the Tevel cable TV company."
Er ist in Israel ein ziemlich populärer Unternehmer. Ein kluger, beherzter Mann, der weiß, was zu tun ist, wenn es mal eine Krise gibt. Einer, auf den man zählen und sich verlassen kann. Kein Unbeteiligter, und alles andere als ein Feind.
(Krame nochmal meinen Kalauer zum Sonntag von neulich hervor:
Kryptisch ist der Rede Sinn,
decodieren bringt Gewinn.)
He just didn`t get it
Benjamin (Benny) Einhorn
13.11.2000 15:22
”How are things with you,” he asked. “From the press and TV reports, it looks like war.”
”It’s all right,” I answered. “The situation is unpleasant, but we are continuing business as usual.”
”I’m glad to hear that. A lot of analysts are calling me and asking if I fear for my investments in the Israeli communications market. I calmed them, explained that Israel’s economy is stable and able to handle temporary difficulties. By the way, what is going on with opening the communications market to competition?”
”Bezeq got a license to provide high-speed Internet,” I replied.
Silence on the other end.
”But there’s good news, too,” I added. The Minister of Communications said at a press conference that he regrets that granting the license will make Bezeq a monopoly that is hard to compete with, and he supports giving a similar license to the cable companies.”
”So have you also received a license to provide high-speed Internet over cable?”
”No,” I answered.
”I don’t understand. Don’t they know that without competition a communications market in Israel won’t develop?
”Of course they understand,” I replied, highly insulted. “ The government announced it supports opening the inland communications market to competition.”
”I remember, I remember, but maybe you can explain to them that if they let you compete with Bezeq, Bezeq’s prices will fall.”
”They know. They remember that when the international calls market was opened to competition, Bezeq’s prices fell by 70% and the number of calls rose significantly. It’s not a luxury to call overseas anymore.”
”Don’t they understand that the same thing should be done for high-speed Internet?”
”Everyone here understands that competition with Bezeq should begin and that Bezeq shouldn’t be allowed to take over high-speed Internet.”
”So why did they give Bezeq an exclusive license?
”After we managed to persuade them that high-speed Internet is economically essential, they decided that they couldn’t wait until they gave us a license to compete with Bezeq, and meanwhile they only gave Bezeq a license.”
”But that’s absurd. Until now, Bezeq has not provided high-speed Internet at all. Bezeq is the only beneficiary from low-speed surfing. It collects for call units and sells ISDN lines to the business sector. Without the fear of competition, Bezeq has no interest in encouraging high-speed Internet penetration in Israel.”
”You’re right,” I answered. “But now that Bezeq is afraid that competition will begin, it will do anything to take over the market. Bezeq is about to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars on an advertising campaign to sell high-speed Internet.”
”Hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising, when the Israeli consumer has no alternative?”, he wondered. “And how is the high-speed Internet surfing price determined?”
”Bezeq fixes the rates, just as it used to for international calls.”
”Perhaps you can explain to them that you will invest another NIS 4 billion to compete with Bezeq and hire hundreds of new employees.”
”They know all that,” I whispered.
”Imagine,” he went on. “If they understand that a unique situation exists in Israel - cables pass by every house and only with your infrastructure can everyone get immediate access to high-speed Internet.”
”That’s fine,” I replied. “Everyone here understands that only the cable companies can begin to compete with Bezeq immediately. Everyone is also aware of the need to help a new player to compete with the existing competitors.”
”True,” he said. “I remember what great efforts your government made so that the satellite TV company would begin its broadcasts with an advantage versus the cable companies.”
”True, that’s correct. They told us that we had to refrain from improving the product, sell the channels we owned to the satellite company, and allow use of the infrastructure we had put up in order to foster competition. It was overdone, but the policy was clear: everything in order to help the new competitor.”
”But here everything is backwards. The decision to grant permission to Bezeq only is illogical and damaging to potential competitors. What is going on over there?”
”You’re right. The Prime Minister, the Minister of Communications, and the Anti-Trust Authority director-general understand that, and they wanted to allow the cable companies to offer the public high-speed Internet.”
”Nu, so why didn’t they do it?”
”The Attorney General claims that in order to allow us to compete, the Communications Law has to be amended.”
”If everyone is agreed on the importance of competition, why did so much time pass without the Law being amended?”, he asked.
”The Law is ready,” I answered. Because of disputes between the Attorney General and the Ministry of Communications, however, the Attorney General is delaying putting the Law on the government’s agenda.”
”Aha! So why don’t you ask for a temporary license until the Law is amended, while consenting that the temporary license not interfere with the subsequent legislative arrangement,” he tried once more.
”We did that, but the Attorney General claims that granting a temporary license to the cable companies without legislation is liable to harm future competition in the communications market.”
”But Bezeq’s exclusive license already means certain destruction to the chance of competition in the communications market. Anyway, who makes policy there: the government, or the Attorney General?”
At that point, I fell silent.
The writer is deputy general manager of Discount Investments, which holds a controlling interest in the Tevel cable TV company.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on November 13, 2000
*****
Ein kluger Mann, der Benny Einhorn. Schreiben kann er auch. Ein wahrhaft kluger, beherzter Mann.
Glücklich diejenigen, die ihn zum Freund haben...
JP
"The writer is deputy general manager of Discount Investments, which holds a controlling interest in the Tevel cable TV company."
Er ist in Israel ein ziemlich populärer Unternehmer. Ein kluger, beherzter Mann, der weiß, was zu tun ist, wenn es mal eine Krise gibt. Einer, auf den man zählen und sich verlassen kann. Kein Unbeteiligter, und alles andere als ein Feind.
(Krame nochmal meinen Kalauer zum Sonntag von neulich hervor:
Kryptisch ist der Rede Sinn,
decodieren bringt Gewinn.)
He just didn`t get it
Benjamin (Benny) Einhorn
13.11.2000 15:22
”How are things with you,” he asked. “From the press and TV reports, it looks like war.”
”It’s all right,” I answered. “The situation is unpleasant, but we are continuing business as usual.”
”I’m glad to hear that. A lot of analysts are calling me and asking if I fear for my investments in the Israeli communications market. I calmed them, explained that Israel’s economy is stable and able to handle temporary difficulties. By the way, what is going on with opening the communications market to competition?”
”Bezeq got a license to provide high-speed Internet,” I replied.
Silence on the other end.
”But there’s good news, too,” I added. The Minister of Communications said at a press conference that he regrets that granting the license will make Bezeq a monopoly that is hard to compete with, and he supports giving a similar license to the cable companies.”
”So have you also received a license to provide high-speed Internet over cable?”
”No,” I answered.
”I don’t understand. Don’t they know that without competition a communications market in Israel won’t develop?
”Of course they understand,” I replied, highly insulted. “ The government announced it supports opening the inland communications market to competition.”
”I remember, I remember, but maybe you can explain to them that if they let you compete with Bezeq, Bezeq’s prices will fall.”
”They know. They remember that when the international calls market was opened to competition, Bezeq’s prices fell by 70% and the number of calls rose significantly. It’s not a luxury to call overseas anymore.”
”Don’t they understand that the same thing should be done for high-speed Internet?”
”Everyone here understands that competition with Bezeq should begin and that Bezeq shouldn’t be allowed to take over high-speed Internet.”
”So why did they give Bezeq an exclusive license?
”After we managed to persuade them that high-speed Internet is economically essential, they decided that they couldn’t wait until they gave us a license to compete with Bezeq, and meanwhile they only gave Bezeq a license.”
”But that’s absurd. Until now, Bezeq has not provided high-speed Internet at all. Bezeq is the only beneficiary from low-speed surfing. It collects for call units and sells ISDN lines to the business sector. Without the fear of competition, Bezeq has no interest in encouraging high-speed Internet penetration in Israel.”
”You’re right,” I answered. “But now that Bezeq is afraid that competition will begin, it will do anything to take over the market. Bezeq is about to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars on an advertising campaign to sell high-speed Internet.”
”Hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising, when the Israeli consumer has no alternative?”, he wondered. “And how is the high-speed Internet surfing price determined?”
”Bezeq fixes the rates, just as it used to for international calls.”
”Perhaps you can explain to them that you will invest another NIS 4 billion to compete with Bezeq and hire hundreds of new employees.”
”They know all that,” I whispered.
”Imagine,” he went on. “If they understand that a unique situation exists in Israel - cables pass by every house and only with your infrastructure can everyone get immediate access to high-speed Internet.”
”That’s fine,” I replied. “Everyone here understands that only the cable companies can begin to compete with Bezeq immediately. Everyone is also aware of the need to help a new player to compete with the existing competitors.”
”True,” he said. “I remember what great efforts your government made so that the satellite TV company would begin its broadcasts with an advantage versus the cable companies.”
”True, that’s correct. They told us that we had to refrain from improving the product, sell the channels we owned to the satellite company, and allow use of the infrastructure we had put up in order to foster competition. It was overdone, but the policy was clear: everything in order to help the new competitor.”
”But here everything is backwards. The decision to grant permission to Bezeq only is illogical and damaging to potential competitors. What is going on over there?”
”You’re right. The Prime Minister, the Minister of Communications, and the Anti-Trust Authority director-general understand that, and they wanted to allow the cable companies to offer the public high-speed Internet.”
”Nu, so why didn’t they do it?”
”The Attorney General claims that in order to allow us to compete, the Communications Law has to be amended.”
”If everyone is agreed on the importance of competition, why did so much time pass without the Law being amended?”, he asked.
”The Law is ready,” I answered. Because of disputes between the Attorney General and the Ministry of Communications, however, the Attorney General is delaying putting the Law on the government’s agenda.”
”Aha! So why don’t you ask for a temporary license until the Law is amended, while consenting that the temporary license not interfere with the subsequent legislative arrangement,” he tried once more.
”We did that, but the Attorney General claims that granting a temporary license to the cable companies without legislation is liable to harm future competition in the communications market.”
”But Bezeq’s exclusive license already means certain destruction to the chance of competition in the communications market. Anyway, who makes policy there: the government, or the Attorney General?”
At that point, I fell silent.
The writer is deputy general manager of Discount Investments, which holds a controlling interest in the Tevel cable TV company.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on November 13, 2000
*****
Ein kluger Mann, der Benny Einhorn. Schreiben kann er auch. Ein wahrhaft kluger, beherzter Mann.
Glücklich diejenigen, die ihn zum Freund haben...
JP
Thx Oliver, was meint ihr zu den Wahlen ?
Schönes Fundstück JP, das liest sich ja wirklich spannend. Da ist alles drin, von Machiavelli bis zur Kitschsaga „The white unicorn“.
Geschickt gemacht: Raffiniert über Bande gespielt, aber mit Eng elsgesicht. Julius Diiden sein Andrer Sohn, hat ja schon in der Vergangenheit, mit seiner Firma Voltpa Ltd, weiße Investments getätigt.
Eigentlich wie in jeder Familie, zu Halloween darf freundlicherweise auch mal der Benjamin, den großen Burgritter spielen. So mit Lanze und allem, wie einst St. Georg. Trotzdem sind die Eltern gut beraten, stets ein wachsam Auge auf den Pennäler zu halten. Bei gar zu dollem Treiben, besteht immer die Gefahr der Selbstverletzung und ER kommt schneller nach Walhalla, als allen lieb ist. Und in der Pubertät hat er ohnehin nur noch andere Frauen im Kopf. Und wer vermag schon genaueres über deren MitGift vorherzusehen.
Damned. Knabbere übrigens schon wieder. Schon ein Dilemma mit peanuts, sie ersetzen kein Hauptgericht, aber machen unverweigerlich Appetit auf mehr. Ich zwing mich mal dazu, aufhören, sonst werde ich ja noch abhängig davon.
Aber genug aus dem Nähböxchen geplaudert für heute.
Freue mich auf II & III ( gar IV, V usw. ) der Interviewreihe.
Hui! Morgen ist ja schon Montag der 4.12. By the way, dein iTV Thread ist ein wenig verwaist.
Gruß pd
PS Meine tiefempfundene Hochachtung für jene, die ein solches – unhaltbares - Spießrutenlaufen ertragen. Woraus immer sie Kraft schöpfen, es muss groß sein...
Schönes Fundstück JP, das liest sich ja wirklich spannend. Da ist alles drin, von Machiavelli bis zur Kitschsaga „The white unicorn“.
Geschickt gemacht: Raffiniert über Bande gespielt, aber mit Eng elsgesicht. Julius Diiden sein Andrer Sohn, hat ja schon in der Vergangenheit, mit seiner Firma Voltpa Ltd, weiße Investments getätigt.
Eigentlich wie in jeder Familie, zu Halloween darf freundlicherweise auch mal der Benjamin, den großen Burgritter spielen. So mit Lanze und allem, wie einst St. Georg. Trotzdem sind die Eltern gut beraten, stets ein wachsam Auge auf den Pennäler zu halten. Bei gar zu dollem Treiben, besteht immer die Gefahr der Selbstverletzung und ER kommt schneller nach Walhalla, als allen lieb ist. Und in der Pubertät hat er ohnehin nur noch andere Frauen im Kopf. Und wer vermag schon genaueres über deren MitGift vorherzusehen.
Damned. Knabbere übrigens schon wieder. Schon ein Dilemma mit peanuts, sie ersetzen kein Hauptgericht, aber machen unverweigerlich Appetit auf mehr. Ich zwing mich mal dazu, aufhören, sonst werde ich ja noch abhängig davon.
Aber genug aus dem Nähböxchen geplaudert für heute.
Freue mich auf II & III ( gar IV, V usw. ) der Interviewreihe.
Hui! Morgen ist ja schon Montag der 4.12. By the way, dein iTV Thread ist ein wenig verwaist.
Gruß pd
PS Meine tiefempfundene Hochachtung für jene, die ein solches – unhaltbares - Spießrutenlaufen ertragen. Woraus immer sie Kraft schöpfen, es muss groß sein...
Barak rejects Ben-Eliezer, Shochat demand to grant temporary telecoms licenses to cable cos
Efi Landau
05.12.2000 12:46
Prime Minister Ehud Barak today rejected the demand of Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Minister
of Finance Avraham Shochat for the immediate granting of short-term nationwide communication operator licenses to the
cable companies. The proposed licenses would be valid for the period of the cable companies’ franchises, in order to
allow them to provide high-speed Internet and create competition with Bezeq’s high-speed Internet services.
Ben-Eliezer and Shochat, supported by Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor, proposed the appointment
of an arbitrator or mediating expert on the issue of the compensation to be paid by the cable companies to the State for
the licenses. The cable companies have undertaken to finance the cost of the arbitrator or mediating expert and to accept
his ruling, and have even provided guarantees.
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein opposes granting short-term licenses and the appointment of an arbitrator, calling for
continuation of the legislative process for amending the Communications Law in the Knesset and the appointment of an
assessor to determine compensation, as stipulated by the Law. Rubinstein’s position was published as a legal opinion.
”Globes” has learned that Ben-Eliezer’s main argument for overcoming Rubinstein’s opposition is that the upcoming
elections will almost certainly prevent the passing of Amendment #24 to the Communications Law allowing the granting of
nationwide communication operator licenses to the cable companies during the current Knesset term.
Barak accepted the objections of Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein, calling for legislation and appointment of an
assessor for the value of the licenses, according to the proposed amendment.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on December 5, 2000
Efi Landau
05.12.2000 12:46
Prime Minister Ehud Barak today rejected the demand of Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and Minister
of Finance Avraham Shochat for the immediate granting of short-term nationwide communication operator licenses to the
cable companies. The proposed licenses would be valid for the period of the cable companies’ franchises, in order to
allow them to provide high-speed Internet and create competition with Bezeq’s high-speed Internet services.
Ben-Eliezer and Shochat, supported by Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor, proposed the appointment
of an arbitrator or mediating expert on the issue of the compensation to be paid by the cable companies to the State for
the licenses. The cable companies have undertaken to finance the cost of the arbitrator or mediating expert and to accept
his ruling, and have even provided guarantees.
Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein opposes granting short-term licenses and the appointment of an arbitrator, calling for
continuation of the legislative process for amending the Communications Law in the Knesset and the appointment of an
assessor to determine compensation, as stipulated by the Law. Rubinstein’s position was published as a legal opinion.
”Globes” has learned that Ben-Eliezer’s main argument for overcoming Rubinstein’s opposition is that the upcoming
elections will almost certainly prevent the passing of Amendment #24 to the Communications Law allowing the granting of
nationwide communication operator licenses to the cable companies during the current Knesset term.
Barak accepted the objections of Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein, calling for legislation and appointment of an
assessor for the value of the licenses, according to the proposed amendment.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on December 5, 2000
Soweit mir mittlerweile bekannt ist, werden die Lizenzen für das, was man in Israel mit den Boxen vorhat, nicht gebraucht.
Man hat die Möglichkeit, hinsichtlich des Internets über DSL zu gehen. Für Enhanced TV hat man ohnehin BOT. Bei BOT handelt es sich definitiv um Broadcast, nicht um Internet.
Gruß, JP
Man hat die Möglichkeit, hinsichtlich des Internets über DSL zu gehen. Für Enhanced TV hat man ohnehin BOT. Bei BOT handelt es sich definitiv um Broadcast, nicht um Internet.
Gruß, JP
Guten Morgen
Und da soll findus nochmal schreiben BOT waere unbrauchbar. So wie es aussieht hat BOT die Tuer nach Israel erst aufgestossen. Die Partner werden die Probleme mit den Lizenzen sicherlich vorher einkalkuliert haben und einen b) und c) Plan mit 2 Hosentraegern + Guertel haben.
In diesem Sinne auf weitere gute Geschaefte und an dieser Stelle vielen Dank an Janphil, PD, Oliver und die vielen anderen die hier Ihre Zeit opfern um uns zu informieren.
Danke
Gruss Ropi
Und da soll findus nochmal schreiben BOT waere unbrauchbar. So wie es aussieht hat BOT die Tuer nach Israel erst aufgestossen. Die Partner werden die Probleme mit den Lizenzen sicherlich vorher einkalkuliert haben und einen b) und c) Plan mit 2 Hosentraegern + Guertel haben.
In diesem Sinne auf weitere gute Geschaefte und an dieser Stelle vielen Dank an Janphil, PD, Oliver und die vielen anderen die hier Ihre Zeit opfern um uns zu informieren.
Danke
Gruss Ropi
Ropi - gebe dir völlig recht. Gerade angesichts der Probleme mit der Lizenzvergebung macht der Einsatz von BOT Sinn.
Ich gehe auch davon aus, dass das cable unternehmen damit gerechgnet hat, dass die Internetlizenz nicht so schnell erfolgt. und sich gerade deshalb für MBX entschieden hat.
BOT gewährleistet nämlich die Datenversorgung für die enhancedTV Funktion.
Für die Interaktivität und auch für Funktionen wie Video-on-demand kann man zur Not auf ADSL (das wohl in israel nach Zeittakt abgerechnet wird) zurückgreifen - wie JanPhil bereits bemerkt hat.
Ich gehe auch davon aus, dass das cable unternehmen damit gerechgnet hat, dass die Internetlizenz nicht so schnell erfolgt. und sich gerade deshalb für MBX entschieden hat.
BOT gewährleistet nämlich die Datenversorgung für die enhancedTV Funktion.
Für die Interaktivität und auch für Funktionen wie Video-on-demand kann man zur Not auf ADSL (das wohl in israel nach Zeittakt abgerechnet wird) zurückgreifen - wie JanPhil bereits bemerkt hat.
es ist soweit:
As expected, Tadmor declares Bezeq high-speed Internet services as monopoly
Efi Landau
11.12.2000 16:03
Anti-trust Authority director-general David Tadmor today declared Bezeq a monopoly in the field of high-speed Internet services. The decision will facilitate close supervision of Bezeq in this area and allow the filing of claims against it by customer under anti-trust legislation.
Tadmor said that the declaration is a measure that makes the existing situation an official reality. Tadmor’s act was expected, after the Ministry of Communications permitted Bezeq to provide ADSL broadband access services for high-speed Internet, without giving any other entity a similar permit.
Tadmor gave Bezeq advanced notice of his intention to declare it a monopoly in the field, allowing the company until the end of November to submit its objections. Instead, on November 29 Bezeq sent a letter requesting clarifications, not objections. Tadmor addressed the matter in his decision: “If it had so desired, Bezeq could have presented its questions in time, not at the last minute allowed for its answer. The decision to send a list of questions at the last possible minute allowed for answering is regrettable. If Bezeq had honestly and sincerely wanted clarifications of my letter, it surely could have asked for it earlier than the last possible day allotted for its response.
”In addition, if Bezeq had considered the questions it raised in its letter to be relevant to my judgement, it could have addressed the matter in detail and made its arguments accordingly.
”Furthermore, if Bezeq were convinced that various factual questions could serve as a basis for his response, it could have responded to my letter in detail, while including differing factual alternative assumptions. For its own reasons, Bezeq refrained from expressing its position on the question presented to it, thereby forgoing the opportunity to contest matters in detail.”
No response from Bezeq had been received as of web posting.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on December 11, 2000
Im Gegensatz zu Deutschland/Europa, wo ein solches Monopol wahrscheinlich vom Kartellamt unterbunden würde, ist damit in Israel allerdings nicht zu rechnen.
Statt den cables eine vorläufige Lizenz zu erteilen und somit die Monopolsituation zu bereinigen, wird viel mehr der Staat Israel, die Preise von Bezeq diktieren.
Beruhigend, das es manchmal in anderen Ländern bezüglich der Verwaltung noch übler zugeht, als in Deutschland.
As expected, Tadmor declares Bezeq high-speed Internet services as monopoly
Efi Landau
11.12.2000 16:03
Anti-trust Authority director-general David Tadmor today declared Bezeq a monopoly in the field of high-speed Internet services. The decision will facilitate close supervision of Bezeq in this area and allow the filing of claims against it by customer under anti-trust legislation.
Tadmor said that the declaration is a measure that makes the existing situation an official reality. Tadmor’s act was expected, after the Ministry of Communications permitted Bezeq to provide ADSL broadband access services for high-speed Internet, without giving any other entity a similar permit.
Tadmor gave Bezeq advanced notice of his intention to declare it a monopoly in the field, allowing the company until the end of November to submit its objections. Instead, on November 29 Bezeq sent a letter requesting clarifications, not objections. Tadmor addressed the matter in his decision: “If it had so desired, Bezeq could have presented its questions in time, not at the last minute allowed for its answer. The decision to send a list of questions at the last possible minute allowed for answering is regrettable. If Bezeq had honestly and sincerely wanted clarifications of my letter, it surely could have asked for it earlier than the last possible day allotted for its response.
”In addition, if Bezeq had considered the questions it raised in its letter to be relevant to my judgement, it could have addressed the matter in detail and made its arguments accordingly.
”Furthermore, if Bezeq were convinced that various factual questions could serve as a basis for his response, it could have responded to my letter in detail, while including differing factual alternative assumptions. For its own reasons, Bezeq refrained from expressing its position on the question presented to it, thereby forgoing the opportunity to contest matters in detail.”
No response from Bezeq had been received as of web posting.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on December 11, 2000
Im Gegensatz zu Deutschland/Europa, wo ein solches Monopol wahrscheinlich vom Kartellamt unterbunden würde, ist damit in Israel allerdings nicht zu rechnen.
Statt den cables eine vorläufige Lizenz zu erteilen und somit die Monopolsituation zu bereinigen, wird viel mehr der Staat Israel, die Preise von Bezeq diktieren.
Beruhigend, das es manchmal in anderen Ländern bezüglich der Verwaltung noch übler zugeht, als in Deutschland.
Knesset to approve government bill on high-speed Internet over cable
Zvi Lavi
13.12.2000 16:52
The Knesset will tonight approve the first reading of the government bill for amending the Communications Law. The amendment is intended to regulate the inland communications market, as it is opened to competition and switches from cable companies’ franchises to a regime of long-term broadcasting and communications services licenses. The bill has been held for a long time due to a dispute among various ministries, and several minor corrections have been made in the original text.
The Knesset Economics Committee today approved for a first reading private member bills on the same issue submitted by Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) and MK Michael Eitan (Likud)
Poraz told “Globes” he intends to combine the government bill with the private member bills into a single version at the final phase of the legislation process.
The government bill differs from Poraz’s bill mainly on two issues: The appointment of an arbitrator to set the consideration payable by the cable companies for a general license following the expiration of their concession, and the degree of accessibility that content providers for television and Internet services should have to infrastructure owned by Bezeq and the cable companies.
The government wants to be the only authority appointing the arbitrator, whose powers will be restricted to setting the consideration. Poraz, on the other hand, wants the cable companies to participate in choosing an arbitrator.
Poraz also wants to allow greater discretion to the arbitrator.
To separate content and infrastructure, Poraz suggests that content providers will have total freedom of access, whereas the government wants to offer them only partial access.
Poraz hopes to complete preparing the bills for second and third readings during the Knesset’s election recess, which starts at the end of next week.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 13 December, 2000
Zvi Lavi
13.12.2000 16:52
The Knesset will tonight approve the first reading of the government bill for amending the Communications Law. The amendment is intended to regulate the inland communications market, as it is opened to competition and switches from cable companies’ franchises to a regime of long-term broadcasting and communications services licenses. The bill has been held for a long time due to a dispute among various ministries, and several minor corrections have been made in the original text.
The Knesset Economics Committee today approved for a first reading private member bills on the same issue submitted by Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) and MK Michael Eitan (Likud)
Poraz told “Globes” he intends to combine the government bill with the private member bills into a single version at the final phase of the legislation process.
The government bill differs from Poraz’s bill mainly on two issues: The appointment of an arbitrator to set the consideration payable by the cable companies for a general license following the expiration of their concession, and the degree of accessibility that content providers for television and Internet services should have to infrastructure owned by Bezeq and the cable companies.
The government wants to be the only authority appointing the arbitrator, whose powers will be restricted to setting the consideration. Poraz, on the other hand, wants the cable companies to participate in choosing an arbitrator.
Poraz also wants to allow greater discretion to the arbitrator.
To separate content and infrastructure, Poraz suggests that content providers will have total freedom of access, whereas the government wants to offer them only partial access.
Poraz hopes to complete preparing the bills for second and third readings during the Knesset’s election recess, which starts at the end of next week.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 13 December, 2000
Da schau her - habe ich doch glatt gestern vergessen globes zu lesen.
Danke SunSeeker !
Hier der dazugehörige Artikel in der Jerusalem Post.
Two steps forward toward a competitive telecom market
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (December 14) - In two developments that moved the nation closer to a competitive fast Internet market yesterday, the Knesset Economic Committee approved for a first reading in the plenum MK Avraham Poraz`s private bill based on the Communication Ministry`s amendment to the Bezeq law, and the plenum passed the original government amendment 15-0 in a first reading.
Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein has insisted that the amendment - which will lay down the guidelines for a competitive market - be approved before the Communications Ministry grants the cable companies a short-term domestic telecommunications license that would allow them to launch their high-speed Internet service and compete with Bezeq in the Internet arena.
Bezeq has already received a fast Internet license for its ADSL service - prompting the Antitrust Authority to declare them a monopoly earlier this week - and the cable companies are the only capable competitors on the national horizon.
The Communications Ministry`s proposal to amend the Bezeq law is consistently getting caught up in government red tape and in order to move the process along, Poraz, a Shinui lawmaker who also heads the economic committee, decided to propose a similar bill, based primarily on the government one.
Poraz`s bill has already passed its preliminary reading and, after being approved yesterday by the economic committee, will be brought to a plenum vote on its first reading by the end of December.
After his bill passes its first reading, Poraz intends to bring both his private bill and the Communications Ministry amendment to the economic committee for final deliberations before they both are brought before the plenum for a second and third reading.
As head of the committee, Poraz hopes to complete the legislative process before the next elections so that the present government will approve the Bezeq law amendment and introduce a competitive fast Internet market to Israel.
Once the Bezeq amendment is passed, it will also be easier for other potential telecom providers to enter the domestic market.
Scheint, als ob es doch schneller geht, als erwartet.
Danke SunSeeker !
Hier der dazugehörige Artikel in der Jerusalem Post.
Two steps forward toward a competitive telecom market
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (December 14) - In two developments that moved the nation closer to a competitive fast Internet market yesterday, the Knesset Economic Committee approved for a first reading in the plenum MK Avraham Poraz`s private bill based on the Communication Ministry`s amendment to the Bezeq law, and the plenum passed the original government amendment 15-0 in a first reading.
Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein has insisted that the amendment - which will lay down the guidelines for a competitive market - be approved before the Communications Ministry grants the cable companies a short-term domestic telecommunications license that would allow them to launch their high-speed Internet service and compete with Bezeq in the Internet arena.
Bezeq has already received a fast Internet license for its ADSL service - prompting the Antitrust Authority to declare them a monopoly earlier this week - and the cable companies are the only capable competitors on the national horizon.
The Communications Ministry`s proposal to amend the Bezeq law is consistently getting caught up in government red tape and in order to move the process along, Poraz, a Shinui lawmaker who also heads the economic committee, decided to propose a similar bill, based primarily on the government one.
Poraz`s bill has already passed its preliminary reading and, after being approved yesterday by the economic committee, will be brought to a plenum vote on its first reading by the end of December.
After his bill passes its first reading, Poraz intends to bring both his private bill and the Communications Ministry amendment to the economic committee for final deliberations before they both are brought before the plenum for a second and third reading.
As head of the committee, Poraz hopes to complete the legislative process before the next elections so that the present government will approve the Bezeq law amendment and introduce a competitive fast Internet market to Israel.
Once the Bezeq amendment is passed, it will also be easier for other potential telecom providers to enter the domestic market.
Scheint, als ob es doch schneller geht, als erwartet.
NDS bets on TV commerce
By Gwen Ackerman
(December 18) - The Jerusalem-based company is ideally positioned to benefit from the forecasted emergence of television shopping
The television and home computer can jab it out in the boxing ring of public attention for as long and as hard as they want - NDS Group plc has insured itself a place in the market no matter who comes out on top.
Starting out in 1988 as a provider of smart cards that assured satellite broadcasters that only their subscribers would see their broadcasts, today half of the world`s digital television broadcasters now employ NDS technology and 20 million homes require NDS to receive their daily transmissions.
Despite the fact that it`s knee-deep in the entertainment business, ultimately NDS is a security company.
"We want to protect the revenue streams of the broadcasters that chose to use our technology and that is a key element," says David Nabozny, vice president, digital systems. "We have a desire to see zero piracy within our customer environments."
This News Corporation company seeks the cutting edge, and has 550 people employed at its Jerusalem R&D center, making sure it stays sharp. Indeed, the technology being developed at the ever-growing campus at Har Hozvim would make the world`s greatest couch potato sit up and start playing - with his television set.
Starting with enhanced services built on NDS platforms that allow viewers to pick the angle from which a soccer game will be transmitted, ask for an instant replay, or check on player stats, moving into interactive news stations that allow the viewer to select a special report from a number of different video streams, or read news highlights as texts, and ending up with programs on channels like Discovery that allow the viewer to choose one of the personalities on the show, zero in and view their biography, NDS is now helping its customers - the broadcasters - enjoy a new revenue line: t-commerce.
"Once you have got people accustomed to using the remote control in a different way and have them doing interactive things, you can now step to the next stage and go into the fully interactive experience," says Nabozny.
IN THE world of t-commerce, which NDS clients are beginning to implement in the UK, you will be able to point your remote control at the TV screen and buy the CD with the song from that great video clip you just watched on the music channel.
Or, say you`re watching a soap opera and you just adore the outfit the heroine is wearing. Click on the interactive icon at the bottom of the screen with your remote control and head to Saks Fifth Avenue`s digital TV site to buy it.
And it doesn`t stop there. Interactive TV opens up a brave new world for television advertisers.
In the UK, where the digital TV of 4 million viewers is enabled by NDS technology, a popular pizza chain inserted an interactive icon onto their commercials that allowed viewers to order a pizza without leaving their living room couch; the application virtually drove the viewer to the nearest pizza parlor (NDS technology enables localization) and let him order it on the spot at a discount. Thirty minutes later the pizza delivery boy was at the door.
"This is instant gratification, the kind of thing that people like," notes Nabozny.
A different application draws the viewer into the commercial, eliminating the trip to the refrigerator.
Take a Smarties commercial in the UK, for example, and click on the interactive icon to guess how many of the candy-covered chocolates come in a 100-gram cylinder by choosing the red, green or blue button. Winners can get put in a pool out of which several are picked for the big prize, which could be a year`s supply of Smarties.
"It`s compelling, and keeps people there instead of going off to get a Coke in the kitchen," says Nabozny.
Personalized advertising services may also be eventually offered to subscribers, allowing NDS technology to slip into the commercial time slots, only the ads that interest a specific household, like BMWs, gardening or local pizza parlors.
REVENUE FOR broadcasters, of course, is the name of the game. It`s all about entertainment and commerce and how you bring it all together.
"If I am watching a TV channel already, I can take advantage of that viewing experience to drive a sale," says Nabozny. "My potential cost of acquiring a sub is much lower, the viewer is driven to the Marks and Spencer that offers the dress she just saw. The potential is much greater to entice you." But television shopping won`t replace the suburban mall.
"There is an element of the shopping experience you won`t get in the interactive experience, that you will get in the store. My daughters probably won`t buy a sweater, and I want to try on a suit. On the other hand, I hear a catchy song, boom, I buy it." With more TV sets in homes than PCs, and with a technology that`s much easier to use, Nabozny forsees t-commerce overtaking e-commerce in the future.
For one, the frustration of slow response times is eliminated on the television, since all the information exists on a constantly revolving carousel, a kind of disc drive spinning in outer space that reads off the requested info as it comes under the satellite head and is then beamed down to the customer.
This technology avoids the Internet bottlenecks created when millions of surfers simultaneously enter the same site to buy tickets for a big concert or download an important report.
"The problem with the Internet when you are shopping is that when you press the button for more information you have to go all the way back to the server, wherever it is, and it has to send the information all the way back to wherever you are.
"In the TV shopping experience the information is being constantly maintained on a carousel somewhere in the sky and is being sent down to earth over and over again. When you press the button to say `I want that` you simply have to wait until the next time the carousel goes around and it is cycled very rapidly, within seconds," says Nabozny.
Security issues are also less complicated on the TV since all communication is over the phone line, not over the Internet, and NDS technology secures each session, insuring that your phone speaks only to a secure device on the other side. There are no always-on connections, and information is encrypted to guarantee it isn`t tampered with.
"The NDS technology is technically an authentication server that provides security for back channels so it gives both the operator and the consumer the confidence to effect a transaction," says Nabozny.
NDS CONDITIONAL access technology also allows parents to limit t-commerce purchasing, or turn off the capability altogether.
"It gives you the peace of mind to say I don`t want to do this. On the Internet how do you insure that your children don`t surf across a site you don`t want them to see? You can`t. But I can impose a password into my set-top box and any movie that is above a certain rating is unavailable to anyone without that password," says Nabozny.
But NDS`s controlled access technology won`t remain a stranger to home PCs for long, at least if Yorai Feldman, VP Data Broadcasting, has his way.
Feldman is responsible for one of NDS`s newest products: MediaStorm, a comprehensive, broadband delivery system with the ability to distribute and protect multimedia content to a wide variety of receiver devices including PCs, PDAs and TVs.
It`s the satellite broadcaster`s gateway into the Internet world and it intends to make fast Internet even faster.
"Today the Internet is slow, there is no control over it, the delivery of content is poor, and the content is of poor quality because people are not willing to invest in it. We believe we can provide a fast, high-quality service on a broadband IP network," says Feldman.
"With MediaStorm a file that takes two hours to download on the phone line will be downloaded (datacast) to your PC within 10 seconds by MediaStorm."
With MediaStorm, satellite broadcasters working with ISPs or broadband providers working on ADSL and cable modem can offer scheduled datacast packages with the Web sites of their choice so that newspapers like The New York Times can be waiting on their subscribers` hard disk to read with their morning coffee, and then updated at set intervals throughout the day.
MediaStorm will also allow subscribers to stream into their PC a movie or TV series that they don`t want to miss while they carry on pressing correspondence.
It`s digital TV broadcasting on the Internet, and it establishes a walled garden of favorite sites and multimedia content beamed down on schedule from a carousel in the sky, but with a gate into the real Internet world.
WEB SITES outside a scheduled package can be called up on the subscriber`s browser and sent out to the ISP by the usual phone connection, cable modem or ADSL line. MediaStorm catches that request, picks the site off the Net, packages it, and pushes it to the hard disk in a matter of seconds, either over satellite if the subscriber has a slow 56 kbs Internet connection, or through the cable modem or ADSL.
The application both enhances and facilitates a broadband network. The added value for the subscriber stems not just from the convenience of having his information just a click away, but from the advantage of multicasting that allows broadband ISPs, or ISPs working with a satellite broadband, to multicast a popular report or concert to all their subscribers at once.
MediaStorm subscribers will get the next Madonna concert while the rest of the world clamors to get into the selected Web site, eventually bringing it down altogether.
The software can offer satellite broadcasters, which do not plan to become a broadband service provider any time soon, a foot into the Internet world.
The open question for MediaStorm is whether or not people will want to watch TV on their PCs.
"We don`t have the answer to that," admits Feldman. "We are gambling that the answer is yes."
"This is what we believe our customers will want to do. If you are already a digital TV satellite customer and already have the satellite dish on the roof, and you have a set-top box in your living room, and the satellite broadcaster offers you a second set top box for very, very cheap, wouldn`t you take a second set top box in your study on your PC so that you could watch news, listen to music, see movies? The kids could still be watching the TV and you could get all those data services."
Itzhak Elyakim, VP of engineering at Israel`s multichannel satellite broadcaster YES, declined to talk about any plans to incorporate MediaStorm into the company`s list of services.
"I don`t want to get into future plans," he said, "but we chose NDS because we saw the long term opportunity to develop with their technology." In the meantime, says Feldman, NDS has customers trialing MediaStorm; one is using it to distribute music clips to pubs in the UK, another is using the software as a platform for distance learning, a third is using it to provide fast Internet-like service in Asia.
MEDIASTORM has its competitors, acknowledges Feldman, but the NDS product stands out for its simple interface, one that NDS hopes to eventually integrate into cell phones and wireless devices as well.
"In one sentence, MediaStorm is bringing content to people," says Feldman.
With a burgeoning market to address - Deutsche Bank forecast in October that the broadband multimedia software market will grow from $2 billion in 2000 to some $15bn. in 2005 - NDS has a rosy future.
According to Deutsche Bank, NDS - which presently has a market capitalistaion on Nasdaq of $4b. - will have the ability to address 70% of the market by leveraging its key strength in security into enhanced TV and TV-commerce applications. In a report published in October, Deutsche Bank noted NDS`s strong R&D, which has led to the introduction of a wide range of new technologies.
"We are ideally placed," agrees Nabozny. "We are not just selling you the ability to do commerce or the ability to drive the business. We are building a whole infrastructure in a fashion that the consumer can relate to and in a secure fashion that gives everyone peace of mind.
"I don`t think anyone in our space really puts things together the way we do."
By Gwen Ackerman
(December 18) - The Jerusalem-based company is ideally positioned to benefit from the forecasted emergence of television shopping
The television and home computer can jab it out in the boxing ring of public attention for as long and as hard as they want - NDS Group plc has insured itself a place in the market no matter who comes out on top.
Starting out in 1988 as a provider of smart cards that assured satellite broadcasters that only their subscribers would see their broadcasts, today half of the world`s digital television broadcasters now employ NDS technology and 20 million homes require NDS to receive their daily transmissions.
Despite the fact that it`s knee-deep in the entertainment business, ultimately NDS is a security company.
"We want to protect the revenue streams of the broadcasters that chose to use our technology and that is a key element," says David Nabozny, vice president, digital systems. "We have a desire to see zero piracy within our customer environments."
This News Corporation company seeks the cutting edge, and has 550 people employed at its Jerusalem R&D center, making sure it stays sharp. Indeed, the technology being developed at the ever-growing campus at Har Hozvim would make the world`s greatest couch potato sit up and start playing - with his television set.
Starting with enhanced services built on NDS platforms that allow viewers to pick the angle from which a soccer game will be transmitted, ask for an instant replay, or check on player stats, moving into interactive news stations that allow the viewer to select a special report from a number of different video streams, or read news highlights as texts, and ending up with programs on channels like Discovery that allow the viewer to choose one of the personalities on the show, zero in and view their biography, NDS is now helping its customers - the broadcasters - enjoy a new revenue line: t-commerce.
"Once you have got people accustomed to using the remote control in a different way and have them doing interactive things, you can now step to the next stage and go into the fully interactive experience," says Nabozny.
IN THE world of t-commerce, which NDS clients are beginning to implement in the UK, you will be able to point your remote control at the TV screen and buy the CD with the song from that great video clip you just watched on the music channel.
Or, say you`re watching a soap opera and you just adore the outfit the heroine is wearing. Click on the interactive icon at the bottom of the screen with your remote control and head to Saks Fifth Avenue`s digital TV site to buy it.
And it doesn`t stop there. Interactive TV opens up a brave new world for television advertisers.
In the UK, where the digital TV of 4 million viewers is enabled by NDS technology, a popular pizza chain inserted an interactive icon onto their commercials that allowed viewers to order a pizza without leaving their living room couch; the application virtually drove the viewer to the nearest pizza parlor (NDS technology enables localization) and let him order it on the spot at a discount. Thirty minutes later the pizza delivery boy was at the door.
"This is instant gratification, the kind of thing that people like," notes Nabozny.
A different application draws the viewer into the commercial, eliminating the trip to the refrigerator.
Take a Smarties commercial in the UK, for example, and click on the interactive icon to guess how many of the candy-covered chocolates come in a 100-gram cylinder by choosing the red, green or blue button. Winners can get put in a pool out of which several are picked for the big prize, which could be a year`s supply of Smarties.
"It`s compelling, and keeps people there instead of going off to get a Coke in the kitchen," says Nabozny.
Personalized advertising services may also be eventually offered to subscribers, allowing NDS technology to slip into the commercial time slots, only the ads that interest a specific household, like BMWs, gardening or local pizza parlors.
REVENUE FOR broadcasters, of course, is the name of the game. It`s all about entertainment and commerce and how you bring it all together.
"If I am watching a TV channel already, I can take advantage of that viewing experience to drive a sale," says Nabozny. "My potential cost of acquiring a sub is much lower, the viewer is driven to the Marks and Spencer that offers the dress she just saw. The potential is much greater to entice you." But television shopping won`t replace the suburban mall.
"There is an element of the shopping experience you won`t get in the interactive experience, that you will get in the store. My daughters probably won`t buy a sweater, and I want to try on a suit. On the other hand, I hear a catchy song, boom, I buy it." With more TV sets in homes than PCs, and with a technology that`s much easier to use, Nabozny forsees t-commerce overtaking e-commerce in the future.
For one, the frustration of slow response times is eliminated on the television, since all the information exists on a constantly revolving carousel, a kind of disc drive spinning in outer space that reads off the requested info as it comes under the satellite head and is then beamed down to the customer.
This technology avoids the Internet bottlenecks created when millions of surfers simultaneously enter the same site to buy tickets for a big concert or download an important report.
"The problem with the Internet when you are shopping is that when you press the button for more information you have to go all the way back to the server, wherever it is, and it has to send the information all the way back to wherever you are.
"In the TV shopping experience the information is being constantly maintained on a carousel somewhere in the sky and is being sent down to earth over and over again. When you press the button to say `I want that` you simply have to wait until the next time the carousel goes around and it is cycled very rapidly, within seconds," says Nabozny.
Security issues are also less complicated on the TV since all communication is over the phone line, not over the Internet, and NDS technology secures each session, insuring that your phone speaks only to a secure device on the other side. There are no always-on connections, and information is encrypted to guarantee it isn`t tampered with.
"The NDS technology is technically an authentication server that provides security for back channels so it gives both the operator and the consumer the confidence to effect a transaction," says Nabozny.
NDS CONDITIONAL access technology also allows parents to limit t-commerce purchasing, or turn off the capability altogether.
"It gives you the peace of mind to say I don`t want to do this. On the Internet how do you insure that your children don`t surf across a site you don`t want them to see? You can`t. But I can impose a password into my set-top box and any movie that is above a certain rating is unavailable to anyone without that password," says Nabozny.
But NDS`s controlled access technology won`t remain a stranger to home PCs for long, at least if Yorai Feldman, VP Data Broadcasting, has his way.
Feldman is responsible for one of NDS`s newest products: MediaStorm, a comprehensive, broadband delivery system with the ability to distribute and protect multimedia content to a wide variety of receiver devices including PCs, PDAs and TVs.
It`s the satellite broadcaster`s gateway into the Internet world and it intends to make fast Internet even faster.
"Today the Internet is slow, there is no control over it, the delivery of content is poor, and the content is of poor quality because people are not willing to invest in it. We believe we can provide a fast, high-quality service on a broadband IP network," says Feldman.
"With MediaStorm a file that takes two hours to download on the phone line will be downloaded (datacast) to your PC within 10 seconds by MediaStorm."
With MediaStorm, satellite broadcasters working with ISPs or broadband providers working on ADSL and cable modem can offer scheduled datacast packages with the Web sites of their choice so that newspapers like The New York Times can be waiting on their subscribers` hard disk to read with their morning coffee, and then updated at set intervals throughout the day.
MediaStorm will also allow subscribers to stream into their PC a movie or TV series that they don`t want to miss while they carry on pressing correspondence.
It`s digital TV broadcasting on the Internet, and it establishes a walled garden of favorite sites and multimedia content beamed down on schedule from a carousel in the sky, but with a gate into the real Internet world.
WEB SITES outside a scheduled package can be called up on the subscriber`s browser and sent out to the ISP by the usual phone connection, cable modem or ADSL line. MediaStorm catches that request, picks the site off the Net, packages it, and pushes it to the hard disk in a matter of seconds, either over satellite if the subscriber has a slow 56 kbs Internet connection, or through the cable modem or ADSL.
The application both enhances and facilitates a broadband network. The added value for the subscriber stems not just from the convenience of having his information just a click away, but from the advantage of multicasting that allows broadband ISPs, or ISPs working with a satellite broadband, to multicast a popular report or concert to all their subscribers at once.
MediaStorm subscribers will get the next Madonna concert while the rest of the world clamors to get into the selected Web site, eventually bringing it down altogether.
The software can offer satellite broadcasters, which do not plan to become a broadband service provider any time soon, a foot into the Internet world.
The open question for MediaStorm is whether or not people will want to watch TV on their PCs.
"We don`t have the answer to that," admits Feldman. "We are gambling that the answer is yes."
"This is what we believe our customers will want to do. If you are already a digital TV satellite customer and already have the satellite dish on the roof, and you have a set-top box in your living room, and the satellite broadcaster offers you a second set top box for very, very cheap, wouldn`t you take a second set top box in your study on your PC so that you could watch news, listen to music, see movies? The kids could still be watching the TV and you could get all those data services."
Itzhak Elyakim, VP of engineering at Israel`s multichannel satellite broadcaster YES, declined to talk about any plans to incorporate MediaStorm into the company`s list of services.
"I don`t want to get into future plans," he said, "but we chose NDS because we saw the long term opportunity to develop with their technology." In the meantime, says Feldman, NDS has customers trialing MediaStorm; one is using it to distribute music clips to pubs in the UK, another is using the software as a platform for distance learning, a third is using it to provide fast Internet-like service in Asia.
MEDIASTORM has its competitors, acknowledges Feldman, but the NDS product stands out for its simple interface, one that NDS hopes to eventually integrate into cell phones and wireless devices as well.
"In one sentence, MediaStorm is bringing content to people," says Feldman.
With a burgeoning market to address - Deutsche Bank forecast in October that the broadband multimedia software market will grow from $2 billion in 2000 to some $15bn. in 2005 - NDS has a rosy future.
According to Deutsche Bank, NDS - which presently has a market capitalistaion on Nasdaq of $4b. - will have the ability to address 70% of the market by leveraging its key strength in security into enhanced TV and TV-commerce applications. In a report published in October, Deutsche Bank noted NDS`s strong R&D, which has led to the introduction of a wide range of new technologies.
"We are ideally placed," agrees Nabozny. "We are not just selling you the ability to do commerce or the ability to drive the business. We are building a whole infrastructure in a fashion that the consumer can relate to and in a secure fashion that gives everyone peace of mind.
"I don`t think anyone in our space really puts things together the way we do."
@SunSeeker
Der Artikel klingt ja sehr interessant.
Hier im Board macht man sich um Metabox Gedanken,
und schaut auf "Möchtegernanalysten".
Aber in Israel werden Tatsachen geschaffen, bzw.
Voraussetzungen für das iTV und Metabox ist startklar.
Leider kenne ich dazu die Analyse der Deutschen Bank nicht,
wäre aber sehr interessant. Gibt es dazu einen Link???
Bin sehr zuversichtlich.
MD
Der Artikel klingt ja sehr interessant.
Hier im Board macht man sich um Metabox Gedanken,
und schaut auf "Möchtegernanalysten".
Aber in Israel werden Tatsachen geschaffen, bzw.
Voraussetzungen für das iTV und Metabox ist startklar.
Leider kenne ich dazu die Analyse der Deutschen Bank nicht,
wäre aber sehr interessant. Gibt es dazu einen Link???
Bin sehr zuversichtlich.
MD
Aus w:o News:
Set-Top-Boxen greifen TV-Sender an
Persönliche Videorekorder können, in Set-Top-Boxen integriert, das Aus der TV-Sender einleiten. Das Fernsehen entwickelt sich in Richtung Verlagswesen. Der Kunde bestellt künftig aus einem Katalog die Sendungen seiner Wahl.
Persönliche Videorekorder (PVR) sind im Kern große Harddisks mit Kapazitäten jenseits der 30 Gbyte, auf denen in komprimierter Form Video- und Audiodaten gespeichert werden. Eine Stunde nach MPEG-2 komprimiertes Video benötigt etwa 1 Gbyte Speicherplatz. Gegenüber Bändern haben Harddisks den großen Vorteil eines wahlfreien Zugriffs. Der gewünschte Film oder der interessierende Ausschnitt ist in Sekundenbruchteilen verfügbar. Mit solchen Harddisk-basierten Rekordern kann man außerdem Life TV-Sendungen für den Gang zum Kühlschrank zwischenspeichern und die Wiedergabe danach passgenau an der Stelle fortsetzen, an der man das Sofa verlassen hat.
Durlacher prophezeit für 2005 eine Marktdurchdringung von 25% und für 2010 sogar von 75% der Haushalte in der EU. Die Hardware-Umsätze könnten 2010 ein Niveau von 75 Mrd. DM erreichen. Der Umsatz der damit verbundenen Dienste wird dann in einem Bereich zwischen 120 und 190 Mrd. DM erwartet.
Mit PVRs kann man große Mengen an TV-Sendungen zu Hause speichern. Wenn entsprechender Inhalt auf elektronischem Wege verfügbar ist, ist eines allemal sicher: Der Video-Verleih um die Ecke wird starke Konkurrenz bekommen. Und mit ihm werden die traditionellen Vertriebswege von Audio- und Video-Content, die auf physikalischen Datenträgern basieren, unter Druck kommen.
Hat dann etwa gar die DVD schon vor ihrem Durchbruch ihren Zenit überschritten? Oder werden Breitbandkabel-Netze überflüssig, weil ihre Fähigkeit, mehrere 100 Programme gleichzeitig life übertragen zu können, durch umfangreiche Speichermöglichkeiten beim Nutzer nicht mehr benötigt wird?
Die ersten PVR-Geräte sind heute verfügbar. Die gegenwärtige Installationsbasis von DVRs ist klein. 1999 waren es in den USA ungefähr 20.000 Geräte, in diesem Jahr sollen es eine halbe Mio. werden.
Im Jahre 2004 sollen in den USA allerdings schon 34 Mio. in Betrieb sein, so schätzt Forrester Research. In diesen Zahlen sind Set-Top Boxen mit Harddisks noch gar nicht enthalten. Deren Menge wird für das Jahr 2005 auf 70 Mio. geschätzt.
Hinter diesen Zahlen stehen Projektionen, welche die 6 Mio. digitalen Breitband-Anschlüsse in diesem Jahr für die USA auf 26 Milo. im Jahre 2003 hochrechnen. Daraus errechnet Kagan Associates ein Marktvolumen für Video-on-Demand (VoD) Server-Ausrüstung, das im Jahre 2004 2,8 Mrd. $ in Nordamerika umfassen soll. Der Gesamtmarkt für VoD-Hardware und -Dienste wird dabei auf 10 Mrd. $ geschätzt.
Wie muss man sich die mit der PVR-Technologie mögliche neue Form des VoD vorstellen? VoD gibt es ja seit den frühen 90er Jahren. Allerdings ging es nie über das Stadium von Feldversuchen in vorhandenen Breitbandnetzen hinaus. Ohne flexible Zwischenspeicherung beim Nutzer war die VoD-Infrastruktur einfach zu teuer.
Der PVR, bzw. die Set-Top Box steht mit einem Portal in Verbindung, das dem Benutzer per Katalog eine Auswahl an Sendungen anbietet. Der Nutzer wählt, was er sehen möchte. Daraufhin einigt sich der PVR mit dem Portal, wann welcher Inhalt abgerufen werden kann. Dazu kann auf verkehrsarme Zeiten des Netzwerks ausgewichen werden, wo Kapazitäten preiswert verfügbar sind. Überhaupt kommen Provider mit geringeren Investitionen aus. Real-Time Streaming ist teuer und verlangt große Übertragungsreserven, die lediglich zur Prime Time nötig sind.
Für den Download ist noch nicht einmal ein Breitbandkabel-Netz zwingend. Die Bandbreite einer DSL-Verbindung mit 2 MBit/Sekunde reicht im Mittel wohl gerade aus, um ein komprimiertes Videoprogramm in Echtzeit zu übermitteln. Ein noch langsamerer Zugang genügt, wenn Sendungen nicht zeitgleich zum Download live erlebt werden sollen.
Der lokale Massenspeicher macht Video-on-Demand kosteneffektiv und revolutioniert es, darüber sind sich viele Beobachter einig. Und so werden gegenwärtig Feldversuche durchgeführt: Comcast Cable nutzt bei Tests in Cherry Hill, N.J., DVRs von TiVo. AT&T. Broadband baut beim Probebetrieb in Denver and Boston auf Geräte von Replay TV, ebenso wie Time Warner.
Fest steht jetzt schon: Der PVR wird in die Set-Top Box, wie sie zum Beispiel Metabox liefert, integriert. Motorola, seit der Übernahme von General Instrument größter Anbieter von Set-Top Boxen in den USA, hat bereits Prototypen einer solchen integrierten Lösung. Bei der Entwicklung hat Replay TV geholfen. Die Auslieferung der Serie soll nächstes Jahr beginnen. Charter Communications soll die neuen Geräte als erster Kabelnetz-Betreiber einsetzen. Auch Erzrivale Scientific Atlanta testet zur Zeit die Replay TV Box. Mit einer Entscheidung, eine eigene Set-Top-Box mit Harddisk zu entwickeln, wird in Kürze gerechnet.
Fragen bleiben, allen voran danach, ob der typische Fernsehzuschauer seine Sehgewohnheiten ändern möchte und Video-on Demand im neuen Gewand annimmt. Dann müssen die Betreiber von Kabel- oder Satellitennetzen ihre Infrastruktur erweitern; schließlich muss der Content nun auf ihren Servern gespeichert werden. Und nicht zuletzt stellt sich die Frage nach dem Schutz vor unberechtigtem Kopieren oder missbräuchlichem Zugriff. An entsprechenden Verschlüsselungen z.B. auf der Harddisk selbst arbeitet z.B. Quantum bereits.
Egal, ob am Ende das herkömmliche Fernsehen zum Videoverlag mutiert - der Persönliche Videorekorder (PVR) wird die Medien-Landschaft vielfältig beeinflussen. Digitale Fernseher werden zur Freude der Harddisk-Hersteller wohl bald mit Harddisks ausgerüstet. PVR-basierte Ansätze halten in Set-Top Boxen für Breitbandnetze genauso Einzug, wie sie das auf herkömmlichem Weg zum Nutzer gelangende Internet als Transportschiene für Medien-Inhalte aufwerten.
Die Bedeutung der PVR-Technologie wird auch dadurch unterstrichen, dass America Online im Oktober die Absicht bekundet hat, bis zu 200 Mill. US-Dollar in TiVo investieren zu wollen .
Der in diesem Zusammenhang ebenfalls wichtigen Streaming-Thematik haben sich Cisco, Sun, Apple und Philips angenommen und vor einigen Tagen die Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) gegründet. Auf dem ersten Treffen im Februar 2001 will man sich auf das Kompressionsverfahren MPEG-4 als Grundlage der weiteren Arbeiten verständigen. Ziel ist die Schaffung offener Standards für das Versenden von Live Medieninhalten (Audio und Video) über Internet-Protokoll Netzwerke. Man darf gespannt sein, wie sich Realnetworks und Microsoft dazu stellen.
Autor: Klaus Singer, 11:53 18.12.00
Set-Top-Boxen greifen TV-Sender an
Persönliche Videorekorder können, in Set-Top-Boxen integriert, das Aus der TV-Sender einleiten. Das Fernsehen entwickelt sich in Richtung Verlagswesen. Der Kunde bestellt künftig aus einem Katalog die Sendungen seiner Wahl.
Persönliche Videorekorder (PVR) sind im Kern große Harddisks mit Kapazitäten jenseits der 30 Gbyte, auf denen in komprimierter Form Video- und Audiodaten gespeichert werden. Eine Stunde nach MPEG-2 komprimiertes Video benötigt etwa 1 Gbyte Speicherplatz. Gegenüber Bändern haben Harddisks den großen Vorteil eines wahlfreien Zugriffs. Der gewünschte Film oder der interessierende Ausschnitt ist in Sekundenbruchteilen verfügbar. Mit solchen Harddisk-basierten Rekordern kann man außerdem Life TV-Sendungen für den Gang zum Kühlschrank zwischenspeichern und die Wiedergabe danach passgenau an der Stelle fortsetzen, an der man das Sofa verlassen hat.
Durlacher prophezeit für 2005 eine Marktdurchdringung von 25% und für 2010 sogar von 75% der Haushalte in der EU. Die Hardware-Umsätze könnten 2010 ein Niveau von 75 Mrd. DM erreichen. Der Umsatz der damit verbundenen Dienste wird dann in einem Bereich zwischen 120 und 190 Mrd. DM erwartet.
Mit PVRs kann man große Mengen an TV-Sendungen zu Hause speichern. Wenn entsprechender Inhalt auf elektronischem Wege verfügbar ist, ist eines allemal sicher: Der Video-Verleih um die Ecke wird starke Konkurrenz bekommen. Und mit ihm werden die traditionellen Vertriebswege von Audio- und Video-Content, die auf physikalischen Datenträgern basieren, unter Druck kommen.
Hat dann etwa gar die DVD schon vor ihrem Durchbruch ihren Zenit überschritten? Oder werden Breitbandkabel-Netze überflüssig, weil ihre Fähigkeit, mehrere 100 Programme gleichzeitig life übertragen zu können, durch umfangreiche Speichermöglichkeiten beim Nutzer nicht mehr benötigt wird?
Die ersten PVR-Geräte sind heute verfügbar. Die gegenwärtige Installationsbasis von DVRs ist klein. 1999 waren es in den USA ungefähr 20.000 Geräte, in diesem Jahr sollen es eine halbe Mio. werden.
Im Jahre 2004 sollen in den USA allerdings schon 34 Mio. in Betrieb sein, so schätzt Forrester Research. In diesen Zahlen sind Set-Top Boxen mit Harddisks noch gar nicht enthalten. Deren Menge wird für das Jahr 2005 auf 70 Mio. geschätzt.
Hinter diesen Zahlen stehen Projektionen, welche die 6 Mio. digitalen Breitband-Anschlüsse in diesem Jahr für die USA auf 26 Milo. im Jahre 2003 hochrechnen. Daraus errechnet Kagan Associates ein Marktvolumen für Video-on-Demand (VoD) Server-Ausrüstung, das im Jahre 2004 2,8 Mrd. $ in Nordamerika umfassen soll. Der Gesamtmarkt für VoD-Hardware und -Dienste wird dabei auf 10 Mrd. $ geschätzt.
Wie muss man sich die mit der PVR-Technologie mögliche neue Form des VoD vorstellen? VoD gibt es ja seit den frühen 90er Jahren. Allerdings ging es nie über das Stadium von Feldversuchen in vorhandenen Breitbandnetzen hinaus. Ohne flexible Zwischenspeicherung beim Nutzer war die VoD-Infrastruktur einfach zu teuer.
Der PVR, bzw. die Set-Top Box steht mit einem Portal in Verbindung, das dem Benutzer per Katalog eine Auswahl an Sendungen anbietet. Der Nutzer wählt, was er sehen möchte. Daraufhin einigt sich der PVR mit dem Portal, wann welcher Inhalt abgerufen werden kann. Dazu kann auf verkehrsarme Zeiten des Netzwerks ausgewichen werden, wo Kapazitäten preiswert verfügbar sind. Überhaupt kommen Provider mit geringeren Investitionen aus. Real-Time Streaming ist teuer und verlangt große Übertragungsreserven, die lediglich zur Prime Time nötig sind.
Für den Download ist noch nicht einmal ein Breitbandkabel-Netz zwingend. Die Bandbreite einer DSL-Verbindung mit 2 MBit/Sekunde reicht im Mittel wohl gerade aus, um ein komprimiertes Videoprogramm in Echtzeit zu übermitteln. Ein noch langsamerer Zugang genügt, wenn Sendungen nicht zeitgleich zum Download live erlebt werden sollen.
Der lokale Massenspeicher macht Video-on-Demand kosteneffektiv und revolutioniert es, darüber sind sich viele Beobachter einig. Und so werden gegenwärtig Feldversuche durchgeführt: Comcast Cable nutzt bei Tests in Cherry Hill, N.J., DVRs von TiVo. AT&T. Broadband baut beim Probebetrieb in Denver and Boston auf Geräte von Replay TV, ebenso wie Time Warner.
Fest steht jetzt schon: Der PVR wird in die Set-Top Box, wie sie zum Beispiel Metabox liefert, integriert. Motorola, seit der Übernahme von General Instrument größter Anbieter von Set-Top Boxen in den USA, hat bereits Prototypen einer solchen integrierten Lösung. Bei der Entwicklung hat Replay TV geholfen. Die Auslieferung der Serie soll nächstes Jahr beginnen. Charter Communications soll die neuen Geräte als erster Kabelnetz-Betreiber einsetzen. Auch Erzrivale Scientific Atlanta testet zur Zeit die Replay TV Box. Mit einer Entscheidung, eine eigene Set-Top-Box mit Harddisk zu entwickeln, wird in Kürze gerechnet.
Fragen bleiben, allen voran danach, ob der typische Fernsehzuschauer seine Sehgewohnheiten ändern möchte und Video-on Demand im neuen Gewand annimmt. Dann müssen die Betreiber von Kabel- oder Satellitennetzen ihre Infrastruktur erweitern; schließlich muss der Content nun auf ihren Servern gespeichert werden. Und nicht zuletzt stellt sich die Frage nach dem Schutz vor unberechtigtem Kopieren oder missbräuchlichem Zugriff. An entsprechenden Verschlüsselungen z.B. auf der Harddisk selbst arbeitet z.B. Quantum bereits.
Egal, ob am Ende das herkömmliche Fernsehen zum Videoverlag mutiert - der Persönliche Videorekorder (PVR) wird die Medien-Landschaft vielfältig beeinflussen. Digitale Fernseher werden zur Freude der Harddisk-Hersteller wohl bald mit Harddisks ausgerüstet. PVR-basierte Ansätze halten in Set-Top Boxen für Breitbandnetze genauso Einzug, wie sie das auf herkömmlichem Weg zum Nutzer gelangende Internet als Transportschiene für Medien-Inhalte aufwerten.
Die Bedeutung der PVR-Technologie wird auch dadurch unterstrichen, dass America Online im Oktober die Absicht bekundet hat, bis zu 200 Mill. US-Dollar in TiVo investieren zu wollen .
Der in diesem Zusammenhang ebenfalls wichtigen Streaming-Thematik haben sich Cisco, Sun, Apple und Philips angenommen und vor einigen Tagen die Internet Streaming Media Alliance (ISMA) gegründet. Auf dem ersten Treffen im Februar 2001 will man sich auf das Kompressionsverfahren MPEG-4 als Grundlage der weiteren Arbeiten verständigen. Ziel ist die Schaffung offener Standards für das Versenden von Live Medieninhalten (Audio und Video) über Internet-Protokoll Netzwerke. Man darf gespannt sein, wie sich Realnetworks und Microsoft dazu stellen.
Autor: Klaus Singer, 11:53 18.12.00
Was hat dieser Beitrag, so interessant er auch ist, mit Isreal zu tun ?
Bitte, bitte - dies ist ein hoch spezieller thread - bleibt beim Thema !
Bitte, bitte - dies ist ein hoch spezieller thread - bleibt beim Thema !
@MD_XIII
Leider kenne ich die Studie der Deutschen Bank auch nicht.
Die haben ihr Research im passwortgeschützten Bereich.
Allerdings gibt es zu iTV und Broadband eine Unzahl von
Studien renommierter Institute vgl. Thread: Interactive TV - Markt und Wettbewerb
Ansonsten kann ich mich nur Oliver H. anschliesen. Ein
bisschen Ordnung sollte sein. Der Artikel würde wunderbar
in den oben genannnten Thread passen.
gruß
sunseeker
Leider kenne ich die Studie der Deutschen Bank auch nicht.
Die haben ihr Research im passwortgeschützten Bereich.
Allerdings gibt es zu iTV und Broadband eine Unzahl von
Studien renommierter Institute vgl. Thread: Interactive TV - Markt und Wettbewerb
Ansonsten kann ich mich nur Oliver H. anschliesen. Ein
bisschen Ordnung sollte sein. Der Artikel würde wunderbar
in den oben genannnten Thread passen.
gruß
sunseeker
Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council likely to become semi-independent
Zvi Lavi
25.12.2000 17:28
The Knesset Economics Committee is about to grant in the Bezeq Law semi-independent status to the Ministry of
Communications Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting, similar to the status of the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Anti-Trust Authority. The Council’s status would be an authorized unit, under the Minister of Communications, with
separate authority and budget outside the minister’s control.
Economics Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) made the decision today as part of the amendment to the
Bezeq Law that is arranging the opening of the inland communications market to competition and changing the
broadcasting regime.
Poraz said that he felt that the council was not operating properly, due to a lack of resources. This is in the sensitive area
of supervision of cable franchises, which is the focus of its work. Poraz said that in light of the opening of the market to
competition and the consequent workload, the council should have independence and more resources so it will be able to
fulfill its tasks arising from the new law.
On Tuesday, Poraz will add the article referring to the change in the council’s status to his private bill, which is almost
identical to the government’s bill, in advance of its approval for first reading. Poraz intends to submit the bill for first
reading at the beginning of next week, before the Knesset leaves for the election recess.
Zvi Lavi
25.12.2000 17:28
The Knesset Economics Committee is about to grant in the Bezeq Law semi-independent status to the Ministry of
Communications Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting, similar to the status of the Ministry of Industry and Trade
Anti-Trust Authority. The Council’s status would be an authorized unit, under the Minister of Communications, with
separate authority and budget outside the minister’s control.
Economics Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) made the decision today as part of the amendment to the
Bezeq Law that is arranging the opening of the inland communications market to competition and changing the
broadcasting regime.
Poraz said that he felt that the council was not operating properly, due to a lack of resources. This is in the sensitive area
of supervision of cable franchises, which is the focus of its work. Poraz said that in light of the opening of the market to
competition and the consequent workload, the council should have independence and more resources so it will be able to
fulfill its tasks arising from the new law.
On Tuesday, Poraz will add the article referring to the change in the council’s status to his private bill, which is almost
identical to the government’s bill, in advance of its approval for first reading. Poraz intends to submit the bill for first
reading at the beginning of next week, before the Knesset leaves for the election recess.
Bezeq deliberately holds up progress
On The Agenda By Gal Agassi
(December 29) - In Israel, unlike in other Western countries, we are still held back by an all-powerful monopoly doing everything in its power to prevent competitors from entering the playing field it has controlled for so long.
No matter how Israelis see broadband Internet, it has been identified as a huge profit opportunity and made a priority. In a perfect world, this should have been enough of a reason to release the technology into a free market.
But despite what it says, the government does not totally support a free and competitive market.
First, as the owner of Bezeq, the government does not want to see the company fail, and as long as Bezeq remains a public company and is restricted by the binding rules of the regulator and the Antitrust Commissioner, it will not be able to position itself against competition.
However, the favorable conditions for the government company may change with the upcoming elections, especially if the Right is victorious, as it favors privatization and free market conditions - exactly what Bezeq is trying to prevent by putting pressure in all the right places.
The fact that Bezeq is doing all it can to prevent competition should alarm us, the consumers, as it abolishes our right to choose and our right to quality service at a competitive price.
The issue is no longer Bezeq`s ability, or lack thereof, to deliver high bandwidth services such as ADSL, but the principle of doing business in an open market economy.
In other parts of the world, DSL is being challenged by cable modem technology.
Bezeq is avoiding this challenge by finding ways to keep the cable companies out of the market - by dragging out the process with Antitrust Commissioner David Tadmor, who has declared the company a monopoly in the fast Internet arena.
Since Bezeq has yet to deliver an adequate customer end-to-end infrastructure to the public, it most likely will try to buy time by appealing that decision, stretching out a process that could lead to the cable companies` winning a temporary teleco license.
There is another factor in Bezeq`s reluctance to move forward quickly into the era of fast Internet despite the million potential customers: simple economics; Bezeq makes money from voice, not the Internet. Today we connect to our ISPS through low-quality analog connections - a time-consuming business, and thus a major revenue generator for Bezeq.
So why should Bezeq deliver fast Internet, when it knows it will not be fast because the infrastructure is not up to par?
And if it is not going to be so fast, what does it fear? It is afraid that other technologies, and even competing infrastructures like that of the cable companies, will provide better and faster connectivity at a fixed cost - which may allow them to capture a chunk of Bezeq`s voice business.
What Bezeq fears most is losing on its wire-line business. So it stalls.
But Bezeq will not be able to hold out against competition for long, since the establishment of other competitive providers such as Ofek and Med-1 is on the way.
So instead of grasping the opportunity in a market wide open to ADSL, Bezeq wastes resources delaying the inevitable.
The telecom monopoly lacks the vision to seize the evolving opportunities, and despite the warning signs advising against their stalling strategy, it continues to avoid over-investing in its DSL infrastructure and is opting out of offering free DSL service to consumers to gain a large market share before the cables, and others, enter the fray.
(The writer is vice president of business development and market analyst at Logtel Telecommunications, an international telecommunications consulting firm.)
On The Agenda By Gal Agassi
(December 29) - In Israel, unlike in other Western countries, we are still held back by an all-powerful monopoly doing everything in its power to prevent competitors from entering the playing field it has controlled for so long.
No matter how Israelis see broadband Internet, it has been identified as a huge profit opportunity and made a priority. In a perfect world, this should have been enough of a reason to release the technology into a free market.
But despite what it says, the government does not totally support a free and competitive market.
First, as the owner of Bezeq, the government does not want to see the company fail, and as long as Bezeq remains a public company and is restricted by the binding rules of the regulator and the Antitrust Commissioner, it will not be able to position itself against competition.
However, the favorable conditions for the government company may change with the upcoming elections, especially if the Right is victorious, as it favors privatization and free market conditions - exactly what Bezeq is trying to prevent by putting pressure in all the right places.
The fact that Bezeq is doing all it can to prevent competition should alarm us, the consumers, as it abolishes our right to choose and our right to quality service at a competitive price.
The issue is no longer Bezeq`s ability, or lack thereof, to deliver high bandwidth services such as ADSL, but the principle of doing business in an open market economy.
In other parts of the world, DSL is being challenged by cable modem technology.
Bezeq is avoiding this challenge by finding ways to keep the cable companies out of the market - by dragging out the process with Antitrust Commissioner David Tadmor, who has declared the company a monopoly in the fast Internet arena.
Since Bezeq has yet to deliver an adequate customer end-to-end infrastructure to the public, it most likely will try to buy time by appealing that decision, stretching out a process that could lead to the cable companies` winning a temporary teleco license.
There is another factor in Bezeq`s reluctance to move forward quickly into the era of fast Internet despite the million potential customers: simple economics; Bezeq makes money from voice, not the Internet. Today we connect to our ISPS through low-quality analog connections - a time-consuming business, and thus a major revenue generator for Bezeq.
So why should Bezeq deliver fast Internet, when it knows it will not be fast because the infrastructure is not up to par?
And if it is not going to be so fast, what does it fear? It is afraid that other technologies, and even competing infrastructures like that of the cable companies, will provide better and faster connectivity at a fixed cost - which may allow them to capture a chunk of Bezeq`s voice business.
What Bezeq fears most is losing on its wire-line business. So it stalls.
But Bezeq will not be able to hold out against competition for long, since the establishment of other competitive providers such as Ofek and Med-1 is on the way.
So instead of grasping the opportunity in a market wide open to ADSL, Bezeq wastes resources delaying the inevitable.
The telecom monopoly lacks the vision to seize the evolving opportunities, and despite the warning signs advising against their stalling strategy, it continues to avoid over-investing in its DSL infrastructure and is opting out of offering free DSL service to consumers to gain a large market share before the cables, and others, enter the fray.
(The writer is vice president of business development and market analyst at Logtel Telecommunications, an international telecommunications consulting firm.)
Golden Lines, Barak to claim tens of millions of shekels from
Bezeq, Bezeq International over subscriber affiliation
procedure
Efi Landau
04.01.2001 16:22
International call operators Golden Lines and Barak are about to file substantial
claims against Bezeq and Bezeq International for damage allegedly caused them in
the course of the subscriber affiliation procedure by the two respondents. “Globes”
has learnt that each of the claims amounts to tens of millions of shekels.
The claims will be based on the findings of a Ministry of Communications survey,
which revealed that 16% of the customers claimed by Bezeq International as its
subscribers, who therefore did not participate in the affiliation procedure, were not
Bezeq International subscribers, and should have participated in the procedure. The
figure of 16% is a statistical finding based on a sample of 3,000 subscribers
surveyed by the Ministry of Communications.
The survey implies that 525,000 customers were left out of the subscriber affiliation
procedure by Bezeq, although there is no proof they were already affiliated. The
same would apply to 110,000 customers whom Bezeq International described as its
subscribers.
Golden Lines and Barak will argue they have proof that Bezeq improperly handed
Bezeq International information on Barak and Golden Lines subscribers, so as to
enable Bezeq International to carry out marketing activities among these subscribers.
Bezeq International’s spokeswoman said in response “There is no reason to
comment on a claim that has not been filed yet. Bezeq International is confident that
the information it presented the Ministry of Communications is reliable and valid, and
that all subscribers have been affiliated in accordance with their wishes.” Bezeq’s
spokeswoman said that when the claims are filed, an appropriate reaction will be
issued.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 4 January, 2001
Bezeq, Bezeq International over subscriber affiliation
procedure
Efi Landau
04.01.2001 16:22
International call operators Golden Lines and Barak are about to file substantial
claims against Bezeq and Bezeq International for damage allegedly caused them in
the course of the subscriber affiliation procedure by the two respondents. “Globes”
has learnt that each of the claims amounts to tens of millions of shekels.
The claims will be based on the findings of a Ministry of Communications survey,
which revealed that 16% of the customers claimed by Bezeq International as its
subscribers, who therefore did not participate in the affiliation procedure, were not
Bezeq International subscribers, and should have participated in the procedure. The
figure of 16% is a statistical finding based on a sample of 3,000 subscribers
surveyed by the Ministry of Communications.
The survey implies that 525,000 customers were left out of the subscriber affiliation
procedure by Bezeq, although there is no proof they were already affiliated. The
same would apply to 110,000 customers whom Bezeq International described as its
subscribers.
Golden Lines and Barak will argue they have proof that Bezeq improperly handed
Bezeq International information on Barak and Golden Lines subscribers, so as to
enable Bezeq International to carry out marketing activities among these subscribers.
Bezeq International’s spokeswoman said in response “There is no reason to
comment on a claim that has not been filed yet. Bezeq International is confident that
the information it presented the Ministry of Communications is reliable and valid, and
that all subscribers have been affiliated in accordance with their wishes.” Bezeq’s
spokeswoman said that when the claims are filed, an appropriate reaction will be
issued.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 4 January, 2001
Ministry of Communications to conduct additional survey to
determine international operator for 635,000 customers
Efi Landau
01.01.2001 17:54
The Ministry of Communications intends to conduct another subscription survey for
an international calls operator for 635,000 customers, who did not participate in the
previous survey a year ago, due to a misleading report or mistakes by Bezeq and
Bezeq International.
Bezeq International, Golden Lines, and Barak will shortly be summoned to a hearing
in the Ministry of Communications to help decide whether to conduct a partial for
635,000 subscribers or a general survey. The first alternative will apparently be
preferred. Another possibility is to conduct a detailed examination for the 635,000
subscribers and a survey only for those whose subscription was in error. In any
event, the Ministry intends to charge Bezeq and Bezeq International for the costs of
the survey.
Minstry of Communications director-general Daniel Rosenne confirmed that the
Ministry intends to conduct another survey for customer not subscribed before the
previous survey, although reported as being subscribers. Concerning the
subscription survey itself, he stressed that no improprieties were found and the
results were valid.
Bezeq’s spokeswoman responded, “Bezeq believes that there were no faults in the
subscription process and the company acted in complete good faith and with total
transparency towards the operators, while continually updating the data and
subscription file. Every citizen was able to subscribe to whatever international
company he chose. At the same time, all the international operators knew who their
subscribers were.” According to Bezeq, ways of improving the reliability of the data
and subscriptions were suggested to the Ministry of Communications, which did not
employ them.
Bezeq International’s spokeswoman responded, “In our opinion, there are a number
of inaccuracies in the Ministry of Communications report. Bezeq Internation is
awaiting the Ministry of Communications amended report and a meeting with the
Minister on the matter.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on January 1, 2001
determine international operator for 635,000 customers
Efi Landau
01.01.2001 17:54
The Ministry of Communications intends to conduct another subscription survey for
an international calls operator for 635,000 customers, who did not participate in the
previous survey a year ago, due to a misleading report or mistakes by Bezeq and
Bezeq International.
Bezeq International, Golden Lines, and Barak will shortly be summoned to a hearing
in the Ministry of Communications to help decide whether to conduct a partial for
635,000 subscribers or a general survey. The first alternative will apparently be
preferred. Another possibility is to conduct a detailed examination for the 635,000
subscribers and a survey only for those whose subscription was in error. In any
event, the Ministry intends to charge Bezeq and Bezeq International for the costs of
the survey.
Minstry of Communications director-general Daniel Rosenne confirmed that the
Ministry intends to conduct another survey for customer not subscribed before the
previous survey, although reported as being subscribers. Concerning the
subscription survey itself, he stressed that no improprieties were found and the
results were valid.
Bezeq’s spokeswoman responded, “Bezeq believes that there were no faults in the
subscription process and the company acted in complete good faith and with total
transparency towards the operators, while continually updating the data and
subscription file. Every citizen was able to subscribe to whatever international
company he chose. At the same time, all the international operators knew who their
subscribers were.” According to Bezeq, ways of improving the reliability of the data
and subscriptions were suggested to the Ministry of Communications, which did not
employ them.
Bezeq International’s spokeswoman responded, “In our opinion, there are a number
of inaccuracies in the Ministry of Communications report. Bezeq Internation is
awaiting the Ministry of Communications amended report and a meeting with the
Minister on the matter.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on January 1, 2001
Communications Ministry delaying approval for larger Bezeq
stake in YES
Efi Landau and Yanay Alfassy
02.01.2001 17:59
The Ministry of Communications is not granting Bezeq approval to increase its stake
in YES to 50%, despite its agreement and the agreement of the Government
Companies Authority. The Ministry is delaying its approval at the request of
Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor to re-examine the problem
created by the Bezeq-Eurocom partnership in YES, given the possibility of
competition between them in the inland communications market.
“Globes” has learned that the possibility of making the approval conditional on the
dismantling of the partnership in the event that the two companies begin competing
against each other in the domestic market, was raised in conversations between the
Ministry and Tadmor. Another possibility being examined is to make the inland
communications license of Eurocom subsidiary Ofek conditional on the dismantling
of its partnership with Bezeq in YES.
Ministry of Communications director general Daniel Rosenne told “Globes” that the
Ministry is tending to approve Bezeq’s request, but confirmed that Tadmor
reconsidered the matter at the last moment, and that the Ministry agreed to hold off
giving its approval.
“There is a problem,” said Rosenne, “We thought that it was possible to wait on the
matter until later, but Tadmor convinced otherwise.”
“Globes” has learned that YES CEO Shlomo Liran said at a closed meeting of the
company’s divisions two day ago that Bezeq will continue supporting YES despite
the company’s heavy losses, because YES serves an important Bezeq strategic
goal. He said that the goal is to divert the focus of the cable companies that are
competing for the domestic telephony market into competing in the multi-channel
television market and YES.
In response, YES stated that it declines to comment on the company’s
shareholders’ business strategy.
Bezeq said in response that its desire was and remains being the dominant
shareholder in YES and will not accept a minority position.
The cable companies said today in response to Bezeq’s intention of increasing its
stake in the satellite broadcasting company that this is another move by Bezeq to
prevent competition in the communications market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 2 January 2001
stake in YES
Efi Landau and Yanay Alfassy
02.01.2001 17:59
The Ministry of Communications is not granting Bezeq approval to increase its stake
in YES to 50%, despite its agreement and the agreement of the Government
Companies Authority. The Ministry is delaying its approval at the request of
Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor to re-examine the problem
created by the Bezeq-Eurocom partnership in YES, given the possibility of
competition between them in the inland communications market.
“Globes” has learned that the possibility of making the approval conditional on the
dismantling of the partnership in the event that the two companies begin competing
against each other in the domestic market, was raised in conversations between the
Ministry and Tadmor. Another possibility being examined is to make the inland
communications license of Eurocom subsidiary Ofek conditional on the dismantling
of its partnership with Bezeq in YES.
Ministry of Communications director general Daniel Rosenne told “Globes” that the
Ministry is tending to approve Bezeq’s request, but confirmed that Tadmor
reconsidered the matter at the last moment, and that the Ministry agreed to hold off
giving its approval.
“There is a problem,” said Rosenne, “We thought that it was possible to wait on the
matter until later, but Tadmor convinced otherwise.”
“Globes” has learned that YES CEO Shlomo Liran said at a closed meeting of the
company’s divisions two day ago that Bezeq will continue supporting YES despite
the company’s heavy losses, because YES serves an important Bezeq strategic
goal. He said that the goal is to divert the focus of the cable companies that are
competing for the domestic telephony market into competing in the multi-channel
television market and YES.
In response, YES stated that it declines to comment on the company’s
shareholders’ business strategy.
Bezeq said in response that its desire was and remains being the dominant
shareholder in YES and will not accept a minority position.
The cable companies said today in response to Bezeq’s intention of increasing its
stake in the satellite broadcasting company that this is another move by Bezeq to
prevent competition in the communications market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 2 January 2001
Tender for sale of Bezeq controlling interest postponed until
after elections
Efi Landau
03.01.2001 17:05
The tender for the sale of the controlling interest in Bezeq, which was scheduled to
be published at the end of December 2000, has been postponed until after the
February 6 elections, Government Companies Authority director Yaron Jacobs told
“Globes”
Senior communications sector sources assess that the tender will be postponed until
the security-political situation stabilizes. The Government Companies Authority is
waiting for the conclusions of the examination now being conducted by US
investment bank Merrill Lynch, the consultants for the tender, which are due in
mid-January.
Jacobs told “Globes” that Merrill Lynch is examining the effect of the
political-security situation. “Personally, I think that the timing is not right to publish a
tender, before elections,” said Jacobs. He said that he does not see a problem in
publishing the tender against the background of the regional political-security
situation.
“Globes” has also learned that an agreement has apparently been reached on the
dispute between Bezeq and the State over company owned land. The agreement
has been sent to the Attorney General for approval.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 3 January 2001
after elections
Efi Landau
03.01.2001 17:05
The tender for the sale of the controlling interest in Bezeq, which was scheduled to
be published at the end of December 2000, has been postponed until after the
February 6 elections, Government Companies Authority director Yaron Jacobs told
“Globes”
Senior communications sector sources assess that the tender will be postponed until
the security-political situation stabilizes. The Government Companies Authority is
waiting for the conclusions of the examination now being conducted by US
investment bank Merrill Lynch, the consultants for the tender, which are due in
mid-January.
Jacobs told “Globes” that Merrill Lynch is examining the effect of the
political-security situation. “Personally, I think that the timing is not right to publish a
tender, before elections,” said Jacobs. He said that he does not see a problem in
publishing the tender against the background of the regional political-security
situation.
“Globes” has also learned that an agreement has apparently been reached on the
dispute between Bezeq and the State over company owned land. The agreement
has been sent to the Attorney General for approval.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 3 January 2001
Danke GG für Urlaubsvertretung !!
“Yediot Ahronot”: Cable companies’ entry into high-speed Internet to be delayed by at least six months
Globes’ correspondent
28.12.2000 23:26
“Yediot Ahronot” reports a significant delay in opening the high-speed Internet market to competition between Bezeq and the cable companies, because political instability is expected to hold up the relevant legislation. Statements to this effect have been made by communications market sources involved in modifying the existing legislation.
The amendment to the law, required by the Attorney General’s, will allow the cable companies to enter additional markets, including inland telephony and high-speed Internet.
The legislation is being held up by the Knesset recession ahead of the prime ministerial elections, and the absence of Knesset Economic Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz, who is going abroad.
Ministry of Communications director general Daniel Rosenne this week assessed that the legislation had no chance of going through before the elections. Rosenne added that a high-speed Internet license will therefore not be awarded the cable companies in the coming months.
Cable companies sources said that “the government has succeeded in disrupting the entire system. Nothing will be clinched within a month or two. It’ll take a long time. In the meantime, Bezeq will continue benefiting from its monopoly status. There are limits to the damage you can do an industry.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 28 December, 2000
“Yediot Ahronot”: Cable companies’ entry into high-speed Internet to be delayed by at least six months
Globes’ correspondent
28.12.2000 23:26
“Yediot Ahronot” reports a significant delay in opening the high-speed Internet market to competition between Bezeq and the cable companies, because political instability is expected to hold up the relevant legislation. Statements to this effect have been made by communications market sources involved in modifying the existing legislation.
The amendment to the law, required by the Attorney General’s, will allow the cable companies to enter additional markets, including inland telephony and high-speed Internet.
The legislation is being held up by the Knesset recession ahead of the prime ministerial elections, and the absence of Knesset Economic Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz, who is going abroad.
Ministry of Communications director general Daniel Rosenne this week assessed that the legislation had no chance of going through before the elections. Rosenne added that a high-speed Internet license will therefore not be awarded the cable companies in the coming months.
Cable companies sources said that “the government has succeeded in disrupting the entire system. Nothing will be clinched within a month or two. It’ll take a long time. In the meantime, Bezeq will continue benefiting from its monopoly status. There are limits to the damage you can do an industry.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 28 December, 2000
@Oliver H. Gern geschehen!
Matav Board Approves MOU to Acquire Options in Tech Investment Company
NETANYA, Israel, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that its audit committee and board of directors approved a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU") between the Company, Dankner Investments Ltd. ("Dankner"), other shareholders of Matav, and a new company, Rinkar Ltd. ("Rinkar"), which was established by Dankner and other Matav shareholders in order to invest in the fields of Internet, cable TV and data communications (applications, content, infrastructure and IP telephony).
Through the MOU, Matav has been granted an option to acquire 50 percent of Rinkar`s equity by transferring all of Matav`s holdings, rights and obligations in certain technological investments made in 2000 to Rinkar. This transaction is subject to the approval of Matav`s shareholders at the Company`s general meeting. Dankner holds 48.7 percent of Matav`s share capital and other shareholders of Rinkar also serve as board members of Matav.
Rinkar`s shareholders will finance its operations in proportions equal to their respective holdings in the share capital of Rinkar and up to a total sum of US$15 million by way of equity investment, shareholder loans, or guarantees.
In addition, the shareholders of Rinkar have decided to change the company`s name to Nonstop Ventures Ltd., pending approval of the Israeli Companies Registrar.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
NETANYA, Israel, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that its audit committee and board of directors approved a Memorandum of Understanding (the "MOU") between the Company, Dankner Investments Ltd. ("Dankner"), other shareholders of Matav, and a new company, Rinkar Ltd. ("Rinkar"), which was established by Dankner and other Matav shareholders in order to invest in the fields of Internet, cable TV and data communications (applications, content, infrastructure and IP telephony).
Through the MOU, Matav has been granted an option to acquire 50 percent of Rinkar`s equity by transferring all of Matav`s holdings, rights and obligations in certain technological investments made in 2000 to Rinkar. This transaction is subject to the approval of Matav`s shareholders at the Company`s general meeting. Dankner holds 48.7 percent of Matav`s share capital and other shareholders of Rinkar also serve as board members of Matav.
Rinkar`s shareholders will finance its operations in proportions equal to their respective holdings in the share capital of Rinkar and up to a total sum of US$15 million by way of equity investment, shareholder loans, or guarantees.
In addition, the shareholders of Rinkar have decided to change the company`s name to Nonstop Ventures Ltd., pending approval of the Israeli Companies Registrar.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
Quelle http://www.365broadcast.com/
Israel allows DTV over cable
3 January 20001>Israel`s cable companies may soon be able
to offer digital programming following regulatory approval
from the country`s Council for Cable and Satellite
Broadcasting.
The cable digital broadcasts are expected to win final approval from
the Communications Ministry in coming weeks. The change means
that the Yes satellite company, which already offers digital
broadcasts, will lose one of its main competitive advantages over
the cable companies.
The cable companies only began investing in digital systems a
year ago, when Yes began operating in Israel. Many consumers
who switched from cable companies to Yes said they were
primarily motivated to do so by the prospect of receiving digital
broadcasts through the satellite company.
Yes still maintains a competitive advantage by allowing consumers
to choose the channels they wish to receive on an a la carte basis.
The cable companies, which currently offer a fixed package, plan to
begin offering the same kind of pick-and-choose service in April.
In a separate development, the cable companies yesterday issued
a statement condemning the government`s decision to allow
telecommunications giant Bezeq to increase its stake in Yes by
approving its acquisition of 6.5 percent of the satellite company.
"This represents a further step by Bezeq to increase its control
over the telecommunications market," the statement said.
Israel allows DTV over cable
3 January 20001>Israel`s cable companies may soon be able
to offer digital programming following regulatory approval
from the country`s Council for Cable and Satellite
Broadcasting.
The cable digital broadcasts are expected to win final approval from
the Communications Ministry in coming weeks. The change means
that the Yes satellite company, which already offers digital
broadcasts, will lose one of its main competitive advantages over
the cable companies.
The cable companies only began investing in digital systems a
year ago, when Yes began operating in Israel. Many consumers
who switched from cable companies to Yes said they were
primarily motivated to do so by the prospect of receiving digital
broadcasts through the satellite company.
Yes still maintains a competitive advantage by allowing consumers
to choose the channels they wish to receive on an a la carte basis.
The cable companies, which currently offer a fixed package, plan to
begin offering the same kind of pick-and-choose service in April.
In a separate development, the cable companies yesterday issued
a statement condemning the government`s decision to allow
telecommunications giant Bezeq to increase its stake in Yes by
approving its acquisition of 6.5 percent of the satellite company.
"This represents a further step by Bezeq to increase its control
over the telecommunications market," the statement said.
hmmm - sehr interessant. Das wusste ich auch noch nicht.
Das dürfte natürlich ein weiterer Faktor sein, von dem die Produkteinführung der s.-t. boxen in Israel abhängen könnte.
Das dürfte natürlich ein weiterer Faktor sein, von dem die Produkteinführung der s.-t. boxen in Israel abhängen könnte.
Matav leads TASE higher
By Bloomberg
TEL AVIV (January 18) - Stocks rose for a second
straight day yesterday, led by Matav Cable Systems
Media Ltd., after the cable television company received
permission from the government to provide digital
television broadcasts.
The Maof index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange`s 25
largest companies climbed 1.4 percent to 491.77, after
rising 0.5% Tuesday. Seventeen stocks rose and seven
declined.
Matav jumped 9.4% to NIS 69.9. The permission
makes its services more competitive with rival satellite
TV company Yes Ltd., analysts said.
Nice Systems Ltd. jumped 5.9% to 89.5 after surging
11% Tuesday. The maker of digital recording systems
for customer call switchboards is in talks to be taken
over by competitor Comverse Infosys Ltd., according to
reports. A spokesman for Nice declined to comment.
Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. rose 2.1% to 9.84.
The maker of crop-protection chemicals said it
purchased the rights to sell two products with combined
sales last year of 23 million euros from Aventis SA.
Formula Systems Ltd. gained 3.5% to 151.3. The
software maker has climbed for seven consecutive
sessions amid speculation of a hostile takeover. On
Monday, Formula said minority shareholders are being
approached by buyers interested in acquiring a stake in
the company, though it was unaware of a takeover
attempt.
By Bloomberg
TEL AVIV (January 18) - Stocks rose for a second
straight day yesterday, led by Matav Cable Systems
Media Ltd., after the cable television company received
permission from the government to provide digital
television broadcasts.
The Maof index of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange`s 25
largest companies climbed 1.4 percent to 491.77, after
rising 0.5% Tuesday. Seventeen stocks rose and seven
declined.
Matav jumped 9.4% to NIS 69.9. The permission
makes its services more competitive with rival satellite
TV company Yes Ltd., analysts said.
Nice Systems Ltd. jumped 5.9% to 89.5 after surging
11% Tuesday. The maker of digital recording systems
for customer call switchboards is in talks to be taken
over by competitor Comverse Infosys Ltd., according to
reports. A spokesman for Nice declined to comment.
Makhteshim-Agan Industries Ltd. rose 2.1% to 9.84.
The maker of crop-protection chemicals said it
purchased the rights to sell two products with combined
sales last year of 23 million euros from Aventis SA.
Formula Systems Ltd. gained 3.5% to 151.3. The
software maker has climbed for seven consecutive
sessions amid speculation of a hostile takeover. On
Monday, Formula said minority shareholders are being
approached by buyers interested in acquiring a stake in
the company, though it was unaware of a takeover
attempt.
Matav Cable Wins Approval to Provide Digital Broadcasting Services On Its Digital Platform
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2001 11:23 AM
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, Jan 16, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that it has received the right to provide digital broadcasting services from Israel`s Council for Cable TV and Satellite Broadcasting. Matav also received operational approval from the Israeli Ministry of Communication (the "MOC") to commence the service.
Amit Levin, Matav`s general manager, said the approval is applicable to Matav`s "extended basic" analog channels and its pay-per-view channels.
Mr. Levin said Matav would soon begin marketing these services, including an electronic program guide.
Daniel Jacoby, Matav`s president and CEO said, "We are very pleased to attain approval to offer this value-added service. We have made substantial investments to upgrade our network and look forward to reaping the benefits."
The Company informed the MOC that it would provide digital STB`s (set top boxes) to its subscribers according to actual demand as follows: up to 100,000 STB`s in 2001, 70,000 in 2002, and 60,000 in 2003, respectively. The remainder would be provided during the year 2004. The Company has already ordered approximately 100,000 set top boxes.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
(This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the Company`s business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Matav Cable only, and are subject to risk and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in technology and market requirements, decline in demand for the company`s products, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition, which could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risk and uncertainties affecting the company, reference is made to the Company`s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
SOURCE Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd.
TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2001 11:23 AM
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, Jan 16, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that it has received the right to provide digital broadcasting services from Israel`s Council for Cable TV and Satellite Broadcasting. Matav also received operational approval from the Israeli Ministry of Communication (the "MOC") to commence the service.
Amit Levin, Matav`s general manager, said the approval is applicable to Matav`s "extended basic" analog channels and its pay-per-view channels.
Mr. Levin said Matav would soon begin marketing these services, including an electronic program guide.
Daniel Jacoby, Matav`s president and CEO said, "We are very pleased to attain approval to offer this value-added service. We have made substantial investments to upgrade our network and look forward to reaping the benefits."
The Company informed the MOC that it would provide digital STB`s (set top boxes) to its subscribers according to actual demand as follows: up to 100,000 STB`s in 2001, 70,000 in 2002, and 60,000 in 2003, respectively. The remainder would be provided during the year 2004. The Company has already ordered approximately 100,000 set top boxes.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
(This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the Company`s business, financial condition and results of operations. These forward-looking statements are based on the current expectations of the management of Matav Cable only, and are subject to risk and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in technology and market requirements, decline in demand for the company`s products, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, products and applications, loss of market share and pressure on pricing resulting from competition, which could cause the actual results or performance of the Company to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. For a more detailed description of the risk and uncertainties affecting the company, reference is made to the Company`s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.)
SOURCE Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd.
Danke, alles sehr interessant.
Mal `ne (dumme?) Frage: die 100.000 sind aber nicht die Boxen von den 500.000 STBs des Israel Deals, oder?
ciao ZO
Mal `ne (dumme?) Frage: die 100.000 sind aber nicht die Boxen von den 500.000 STBs des Israel Deals, oder?
ciao ZO
sollte wirklich matav der kunde sein und diese zahlen stimmen, wird die nächste umsatz/gewinnwarnung fällig, bis jetzt war nur von einer teilweisen verschiebung nach hinten (bis 2002) bedingt durch den verspäteten produktionsbeginn in 2000 die rede.
bin schon gespannt was wir von seiten der firma im februar zu hören bekommen werden.
mfg
js
bin schon gespannt was wir von seiten der firma im februar zu hören bekommen werden.
mfg
js
hallo junkstro,
selbst wenn matav der kunde sein sollte... was ich nicht glaube, so wären die 100.000 stb´s in 2001 und die 100.000 stb´s nach gb immer noch grund genug, dass mbx auf diesem niveau völlig unterbewertet wäre.
alle aktionäre wollen 600mio. dm umsatz in 2001 sehen -bewerten die ag jedoch lediglich wie eine kurz vor dem kollaps stehende internet-klitsche.. das ist absurd.
das ist schon beinahe vergleichbar mit leuten, die sich für 289 dm einen fernseher kaufen und sich nun ständig darüber beschweren, dass er keine 80ér bildröhre, kein vt, keinen eingebauten dvd-player besitzt und nach 4 jahren den geist aufgibt.
im augenblicklichen kurs ist nicht EIN auftrag eingepreist.. nicht einmal der england-auftrag ist in diesen kursen enthalten..
die 5 euro/aktie sagen momentan folgendes aus:
"alle aufträge sind fakes. mbx wird maximal 100mio dm in 2001 umsetzen können. die mbx-technologie ist keinen pfifferling wert. mbx wird nicht einmal 1/10000 weltmarktanteil für sich beanspruchen können"
gruß - sali.
selbst wenn matav der kunde sein sollte... was ich nicht glaube, so wären die 100.000 stb´s in 2001 und die 100.000 stb´s nach gb immer noch grund genug, dass mbx auf diesem niveau völlig unterbewertet wäre.
alle aktionäre wollen 600mio. dm umsatz in 2001 sehen -bewerten die ag jedoch lediglich wie eine kurz vor dem kollaps stehende internet-klitsche.. das ist absurd.
das ist schon beinahe vergleichbar mit leuten, die sich für 289 dm einen fernseher kaufen und sich nun ständig darüber beschweren, dass er keine 80ér bildröhre, kein vt, keinen eingebauten dvd-player besitzt und nach 4 jahren den geist aufgibt.
im augenblicklichen kurs ist nicht EIN auftrag eingepreist.. nicht einmal der england-auftrag ist in diesen kursen enthalten..
die 5 euro/aktie sagen momentan folgendes aus:
"alle aufträge sind fakes. mbx wird maximal 100mio dm in 2001 umsetzen können. die mbx-technologie ist keinen pfifferling wert. mbx wird nicht einmal 1/10000 weltmarktanteil für sich beanspruchen können"
gruß - sali.
nochmal aus obigem Artikel:
TEL AVIV (January 18) - Stocks rose for a second
straight day yesterday, led by Matav Cable Systems
Media Ltd., after the cable television company received
permission from the government to provide digital
television broadcasts.
Wahrscheinlich dürften die beiden anderen Kabelgesellschaften
diese Genehmigung auch in den nächsten Tagen erhalten.
Vielleicht ist Matav nicht der Partner von MBX. Dann würde
man mit der Bekanntgabe so lange warten bis die Erlaubnis
erteilt wurde (vielleicht deswegen die Ruhe um MBX derzeit)
TEL AVIV (January 18) - Stocks rose for a second
straight day yesterday, led by Matav Cable Systems
Media Ltd., after the cable television company received
permission from the government to provide digital
television broadcasts.
Wahrscheinlich dürften die beiden anderen Kabelgesellschaften
diese Genehmigung auch in den nächsten Tagen erhalten.
Vielleicht ist Matav nicht der Partner von MBX. Dann würde
man mit der Bekanntgabe so lange warten bis die Erlaubnis
erteilt wurde (vielleicht deswegen die Ruhe um MBX derzeit)
Junkstro: Lesen !!!
100 000 Stück + 70 000 Stück + 60 000 Stück = 230 000 Stück.
Und das nur nach Israel !!! (wir erinnern uns - 5 länder...)
Aber selbst wenn matav tatsächlich nur 250 000 Stück geordert hat. Dann ist immer noch der Umkehrschluss naheliegender als der Schluss, Matav nehme in Wahrheit nur 250 000 Stück, statt 500 000 stück ab.
100 000 Stück + 70 000 Stück + 60 000 Stück = 230 000 Stück.
Und das nur nach Israel !!! (wir erinnern uns - 5 länder...)
Aber selbst wenn matav tatsächlich nur 250 000 Stück geordert hat. Dann ist immer noch der Umkehrschluss naheliegender als der Schluss, Matav nehme in Wahrheit nur 250 000 Stück, statt 500 000 stück ab.
@ sali
gebe dir recht, ausserdem ist ja nach wie vor nicht klar wer jetzt wirklich der kunde in israel ist
mfg
js
gebe dir recht, ausserdem ist ja nach wie vor nicht klar wer jetzt wirklich der kunde in israel ist
mfg
js
O-Ton ntv Interview 13.9.00 4:30
...der hauptgesichtpunkt dabei ist das gesamte israelische Kabelnetzwerk
mit diesen Boxen auf digitale Services umgerüstet werden wird.
hinzu kommt:
Im letter to shareholders von Matav steht was von einem
Merger zwischen Matav, Tevel und Golden Channel
allerdings bereits im April 2000
http://www.matav.co.il/htmls/info/letter.htm
Jedoch ist dies laut IR von Matav immer noch aktuell.
Sprich die Pressekonferenz rückt in greifbare Nähe
gruß
sunseeker
...der hauptgesichtpunkt dabei ist das gesamte israelische Kabelnetzwerk
mit diesen Boxen auf digitale Services umgerüstet werden wird.
hinzu kommt:
Im letter to shareholders von Matav steht was von einem
Merger zwischen Matav, Tevel und Golden Channel
allerdings bereits im April 2000
http://www.matav.co.il/htmls/info/letter.htm
Jedoch ist dies laut IR von Matav immer noch aktuell.
Sprich die Pressekonferenz rückt in greifbare Nähe
gruß
sunseeker
Der merger ist meines wissens vorerst auf eis gelegt. Die Matav IR-Seite ist diesbezüglich nicht aktuell.
ist zwar noch sooo wichtig - aber der Vollständigkeit halber:
Cables applaud Ofek license
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (January 19) - The cable companies yesterday applauded the Communications Ministry`s intention to grant Ofek a wireline domestic telecommunications license, but said the move did not preclude their receiving a similar permit.
"Only the cable companies can pose a real and immediate alternative to Bezeq," the cables statement said.
"Existing infrastructure already reaches every home, the technology is in place, and fast Internet service is being provided by cable companies around the world."
The cable companies are seeking a short-term domestic telecom license from the Communications Ministry to launch their high-speed Internet service, which will compete with Bezeq`s copper-line ADSL service.
Bezeq is fighting against a cable telephony license, aware that the cables will then be able to compete with them in voice services as well.
Cables applaud Ofek license
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (January 19) - The cable companies yesterday applauded the Communications Ministry`s intention to grant Ofek a wireline domestic telecommunications license, but said the move did not preclude their receiving a similar permit.
"Only the cable companies can pose a real and immediate alternative to Bezeq," the cables statement said.
"Existing infrastructure already reaches every home, the technology is in place, and fast Internet service is being provided by cable companies around the world."
The cable companies are seeking a short-term domestic telecom license from the Communications Ministry to launch their high-speed Internet service, which will compete with Bezeq`s copper-line ADSL service.
Bezeq is fighting against a cable telephony license, aware that the cables will then be able to compete with them in voice services as well.
About Tevel
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. was established in
1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in
Israel. Tevel`s five franchises, including the entire Tel
Aviv-Givatayim metropolitan area, have an overall potential of about
660,000 homes (40% of Israel`s homes). Tevel has completed network
construction in all five areas and has about 430,000 subscribers.
In November 1999, Tevel acquired 35% of Golden Channels, which has
around 340,000 subscribers in the areas of Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Beer
Sheva, Acco and Nahariya and also serves additional 120,000
subscribers, mainly in residential areas north of Tel Aviv (Ramat
Hasharon, Herzlia, Kfar Saba and Raanana).
The acquisition is yet to
be approved by the Antitrust Authority and the CATV Council.
(ist sie nun genehmigt oder nicht???)
By the end of the year the company will have 1,100 Km of fiber
optic links and 4,900 Km of coax. These fiber optic links are used
between Tevel`s five franchise areas, as well as to interconnect major
towns inside the franchise areas. Tevel is engaged in research and
trials of fast internet and data transmission over cable for
multimedia, and is implementing a significant upgrade improvement of
its CATV network by introducing fiber backbone overlay, which will
divide all service areas into independent cells of about 2000 homes
each. The company is also upgrading all cable TV services by adding
digital transmission, which will enable the integration of many more
CATV channels (100+), near-video-on-demand, electronic program guides
and surfing on the Internet through the TV screen. Tevel`s digital
cable network will enable additional value added services such as fast
Internet and Digital Interactive TV, and will make the CATV system
ready for supply of telecommunications and telephone services when the
telecom market is opened for competition.
Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. was established in
1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in
Israel. Tevel`s five franchises, including the entire Tel
Aviv-Givatayim metropolitan area, have an overall potential of about
660,000 homes (40% of Israel`s homes). Tevel has completed network
construction in all five areas and has about 430,000 subscribers.
In November 1999, Tevel acquired 35% of Golden Channels, which has
around 340,000 subscribers in the areas of Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Beer
Sheva, Acco and Nahariya and also serves additional 120,000
subscribers, mainly in residential areas north of Tel Aviv (Ramat
Hasharon, Herzlia, Kfar Saba and Raanana).
The acquisition is yet to
be approved by the Antitrust Authority and the CATV Council.
(ist sie nun genehmigt oder nicht???)
By the end of the year the company will have 1,100 Km of fiber
optic links and 4,900 Km of coax. These fiber optic links are used
between Tevel`s five franchise areas, as well as to interconnect major
towns inside the franchise areas. Tevel is engaged in research and
trials of fast internet and data transmission over cable for
multimedia, and is implementing a significant upgrade improvement of
its CATV network by introducing fiber backbone overlay, which will
divide all service areas into independent cells of about 2000 homes
each. The company is also upgrading all cable TV services by adding
digital transmission, which will enable the integration of many more
CATV channels (100+), near-video-on-demand, electronic program guides
and surfing on the Internet through the TV screen. Tevel`s digital
cable network will enable additional value added services such as fast
Internet and Digital Interactive TV, and will make the CATV system
ready for supply of telecommunications and telephone services when the
telecom market is opened for competition.
gehört auch irgendwie dazu ....
Dankner Investments representative: Cable cos 2000 loss NIS 500 mln
29.01.2001 18:12
Dankner Investments representative Moshe Gavish told the Knesset Economics Committee today that the cable companies will end 2000 with a NIS 500 million loss, mainly due to investments in infrastructure and the rise in content prices. These are a direct consequence of the competition created by the entry of Yes satellite broadcasting. Dankner Investments is a shareholder in Matav cable company.
Gavish attended the discussion on the amendments to the Bezeq law that will regulate the competition in the inland communications market and change the format of cable broadcasting. Gavish said that investments in infrastructure and content rose from $120 million to $220 million.
He presented the figures in response to proposals by Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) that would require cable broadcasting franchisees to invest a certain number level of their annual revenue from subscribers in original domestic productions.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 29 January 2001
Dankner Investments representative: Cable cos 2000 loss NIS 500 mln
29.01.2001 18:12
Dankner Investments representative Moshe Gavish told the Knesset Economics Committee today that the cable companies will end 2000 with a NIS 500 million loss, mainly due to investments in infrastructure and the rise in content prices. These are a direct consequence of the competition created by the entry of Yes satellite broadcasting. Dankner Investments is a shareholder in Matav cable company.
Gavish attended the discussion on the amendments to the Bezeq law that will regulate the competition in the inland communications market and change the format of cable broadcasting. Gavish said that investments in infrastructure and content rose from $120 million to $220 million.
He presented the figures in response to proposals by Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) that would require cable broadcasting franchisees to invest a certain number level of their annual revenue from subscribers in original domestic productions.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 29 January 2001
TEVEL DIGITAL TO USE NDS INTERACTIVE TECHNOLOGY (19.01.01)
Jerusalem, Israel - January 19, 2001 – “Tevel Digital” (Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd.), a leading cable company in Israel, has chosen NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/EASDAQ: NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) company and the leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive solutions for digital television, to supply leading technology for advanced interactive services. NDS previously provided Tevel Digital with its Open VideoGuard™ conditional access and system integration services for its base digital platform.
The advanced services that are expected to start running in the near future, will initially be based on NDS’s Value@TV infrastructure which will enable various interactive games and e-mail services. At the touch of a button, digital platform subscribers will be able to enjoy these services on their television screens.
Future subscriber services will include changing viewing angles during sports programs, T-commerce, banking applications and other enhanced television applications.
Raffi Kesten, Vice President and General Manager, NDS Technologies Israel, said, “Today, the world’s most advanced and exciting interactive TV experiences are those going live in Europe and those being developed for the Israeli market. Tevel Digital is one of those companies leading the way in order to bring to their customers compelling interactive experiences”.
“Tevel Digital is starting now to provide its customers with exciting advanced digital television,” said Yossi Douar, Managing Director, Tevel Digital. “Now, with the advanced technology from NDS and the interactive products of our content providers, we will be able to provide our viewers with a more entertaining experience. Viewers will be able to e-mail friends and family and play interactive games making television a whole new adventure”. Tevel Digital currently has 453,000 customers in the central, southern and northern areas of Israel.
“Tevel Digital”
““Tevel Digital” - Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. - was established in 1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in Israel. Tevel’s five franchises, including the entire Tel Aviv-Givatayim metropolitan area, have an overall potential of about 660,000 homes (40% of Israel’s homes). Tevel has completed network construction in all five areas and has about 453,000 subscribers.
In November 1999, Tevel acquired 35% of Golden Channels, which has around 340,000 subscribers in the areas of Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Beer Sheva, Acco, and Nahariya. The acquisition is yet to be approved by the Antitrust Authority and the CATV Council. After the consummation of this deal, Tevel will become the largest cable operator in Israel.
Jerusalem, Israel - January 19, 2001 – “Tevel Digital” (Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd.), a leading cable company in Israel, has chosen NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/EASDAQ: NNDS), a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) company and the leading provider of conditional access systems and interactive solutions for digital television, to supply leading technology for advanced interactive services. NDS previously provided Tevel Digital with its Open VideoGuard™ conditional access and system integration services for its base digital platform.
The advanced services that are expected to start running in the near future, will initially be based on NDS’s Value@TV infrastructure which will enable various interactive games and e-mail services. At the touch of a button, digital platform subscribers will be able to enjoy these services on their television screens.
Future subscriber services will include changing viewing angles during sports programs, T-commerce, banking applications and other enhanced television applications.
Raffi Kesten, Vice President and General Manager, NDS Technologies Israel, said, “Today, the world’s most advanced and exciting interactive TV experiences are those going live in Europe and those being developed for the Israeli market. Tevel Digital is one of those companies leading the way in order to bring to their customers compelling interactive experiences”.
“Tevel Digital is starting now to provide its customers with exciting advanced digital television,” said Yossi Douar, Managing Director, Tevel Digital. “Now, with the advanced technology from NDS and the interactive products of our content providers, we will be able to provide our viewers with a more entertaining experience. Viewers will be able to e-mail friends and family and play interactive games making television a whole new adventure”. Tevel Digital currently has 453,000 customers in the central, southern and northern areas of Israel.
“Tevel Digital”
““Tevel Digital” - Tevel Israel International Communications Ltd. - was established in 1988 to develop, construct and operate cable television systems in Israel. Tevel’s five franchises, including the entire Tel Aviv-Givatayim metropolitan area, have an overall potential of about 660,000 homes (40% of Israel’s homes). Tevel has completed network construction in all five areas and has about 453,000 subscribers.
In November 1999, Tevel acquired 35% of Golden Channels, which has around 340,000 subscribers in the areas of Jerusalem, Ramat Gan, Beer Sheva, Acco, and Nahariya. The acquisition is yet to be approved by the Antitrust Authority and the CATV Council. After the consummation of this deal, Tevel will become the largest cable operator in Israel.
Matav President and CEO to Pursue Hi-Tech Opportunities
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2001 11:09 AM
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, Feb 8, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that Daniel Jacoby, group president and CEO of Matav informed the Company that effective March 1, 2001 he will resign from his duties in the Company.
Shmuel Dankner, Chairman of Matav, commented that Mr. Jacoby greatly contributed to the development of the Company and that he was sorry to hear of Mr. Jacoby`s decision to resign. Mr. Dankner continued to state that on behalf of himself and the employees of the Company, he extends his best wishes to Mr. Jacoby in his new ventures.
Mr. Jacoby stated that he intends to pursue new opportunities in the hi-tech arena.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2001 11:09 AM
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, Feb 8, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that Daniel Jacoby, group president and CEO of Matav informed the Company that effective March 1, 2001 he will resign from his duties in the Company.
Shmuel Dankner, Chairman of Matav, commented that Mr. Jacoby greatly contributed to the development of the Company and that he was sorry to hear of Mr. Jacoby`s decision to resign. Mr. Dankner continued to state that on behalf of himself and the employees of the Company, he extends his best wishes to Mr. Jacoby in his new ventures.
Mr. Jacoby stated that he intends to pursue new opportunities in the hi-tech arena.
@ junkstro:
War NDS nicht die Firma, von der MBX die Entschlüsselungssoftware
bekommen sollte ?
Interessaant in diesem Zusammenhang, daß NDS eine Tochterfimra
der News Corporation ist. Vielleicht kommt der England
Auftrag von News Corp ? Wäre jedenfalls der ultimative
Hammer mit dem wohl keiner rechnet, da BSkyB derzeit von
Pace beliefert wird.
War NDS nicht die Firma, von der MBX die Entschlüsselungssoftware
bekommen sollte ?
Interessaant in diesem Zusammenhang, daß NDS eine Tochterfimra
der News Corporation ist. Vielleicht kommt der England
Auftrag von News Corp ? Wäre jedenfalls der ultimative
Hammer mit dem wohl keiner rechnet, da BSkyB derzeit von
Pace beliefert wird.
nds-news corp-bsky-murdoch-microsoft
sehr unwahrscheinlich, aber lassen wir uns überraschen
sehr unwahrscheinlich, aber lassen wir uns überraschen
Habe noch etwas von der letzten HV gefunden:
Verwendete Technologien seien JAVA, bei der Verschlüsselung NDS und Nagravision und bei DVD eine Macrovision-Lizenz.
Wichtigster Standard sei die Multimedia Home Plattform, wobei Designer dieses Standards bei Metabox beschäftigt seien."
Also wird von MBX NDS Software benutzt. Tevel benutzt sie auch. Ist Tevel also
der Kunde in Israel ? Dies ist die Frage, die schon seit einiger Zeit im
Raum steht, aber meiner Meinung nach spricht immer mehr für Tevel.
Verwendete Technologien seien JAVA, bei der Verschlüsselung NDS und Nagravision und bei DVD eine Macrovision-Lizenz.
Wichtigster Standard sei die Multimedia Home Plattform, wobei Designer dieses Standards bei Metabox beschäftigt seien."
Also wird von MBX NDS Software benutzt. Tevel benutzt sie auch. Ist Tevel also
der Kunde in Israel ? Dies ist die Frage, die schon seit einiger Zeit im
Raum steht, aber meiner Meinung nach spricht immer mehr für Tevel.
Rubinstein, Ben-Eliezer joint position at HCJ: No high-speed Internet license for cable cos now
Shmuel Dekalo
12.02.2001 18:19
The State Attorney’s office today asked the High Court of Justice to reject the cable companies’ petition asking that they be allowed to operate high-speed Internet. The State Attorney’s office is representing Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein and Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
It should be noted that Ben-Eliezer thought that he should be allowed to issue the license, while Rubinstein was opposed. The State Attorney’s office alleged that under current law, the request license for operating high speed Internet could not be issued, citing Rubinstein’s two detailed opinions.
Rubinstein ruled that under the law, the Minister of Communications has no authority to grant a license to the cable companies, which are not permitted to use cable TV infrastructure for communications services. At the same time, the State Attorney’s office opposed granting the license for other reasons as well.
According to the State Attorney’s office, granting the license would give the cable companies a significant advantage over their competitors and damage the principle of equal and free competition. If granted the license, the cable companies would have the sole right to broadcast cable TV, while also offering communications services by upgrading the cable TV infrastructure.
These communications services include telephony and high-speed Internet, which would in effect alter the designation of the cable infrastructure. The State Attorney’s office further alleges that in this case, the cable companies would be the only ones able to offer their subscribers both a variety of integrated TV and communications services, such as interactive TV, which would further damage equal competition.
Yet another reason raised by the State Attorney’s office is cross-ownership. The State Attorney’s office claims that some of the cable companies’ owners are also franchise holders in the Second Channel and large newspapers. Granting the cable companies the license would aggravate the cross-ownership problems in the communications field.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on February 12, 2001
Shmuel Dekalo
12.02.2001 18:19
The State Attorney’s office today asked the High Court of Justice to reject the cable companies’ petition asking that they be allowed to operate high-speed Internet. The State Attorney’s office is representing Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein and Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer.
It should be noted that Ben-Eliezer thought that he should be allowed to issue the license, while Rubinstein was opposed. The State Attorney’s office alleged that under current law, the request license for operating high speed Internet could not be issued, citing Rubinstein’s two detailed opinions.
Rubinstein ruled that under the law, the Minister of Communications has no authority to grant a license to the cable companies, which are not permitted to use cable TV infrastructure for communications services. At the same time, the State Attorney’s office opposed granting the license for other reasons as well.
According to the State Attorney’s office, granting the license would give the cable companies a significant advantage over their competitors and damage the principle of equal and free competition. If granted the license, the cable companies would have the sole right to broadcast cable TV, while also offering communications services by upgrading the cable TV infrastructure.
These communications services include telephony and high-speed Internet, which would in effect alter the designation of the cable infrastructure. The State Attorney’s office further alleges that in this case, the cable companies would be the only ones able to offer their subscribers both a variety of integrated TV and communications services, such as interactive TV, which would further damage equal competition.
Yet another reason raised by the State Attorney’s office is cross-ownership. The State Attorney’s office claims that some of the cable companies’ owners are also franchise holders in the Second Channel and large newspapers. Granting the cable companies the license would aggravate the cross-ownership problems in the communications field.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on February 12, 2001
BSkyB wird nicht nur von Pace beliefert. Auch von Amstrad plc.
harman
harman
Globes correspondent
22.02.2001 09:58
Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that following a press release issued by the company on September 27, 1999 with respect to a class action that was filed against Matav, it has reached a settlement agreement which was approved by the Israeli court on February 18, 2001, with respect to the class action.
The class action was first filed against the company on behalf of residents of certain municipalities in northern Israel regarding the relevant residents` claim that the company did not connect them to its CATV network. According to the agreement, the company shall pay a total sum of $820,000, of which $719,000 shall be allocated to the relevant municipalities, in which the relevant residents live, for the development of education, sports and culture in those municipalities.
The agreement will settle all of the disputes, upon which the class action was based. However, if within a period of 45 days from the date of the official publication in the media of the agreement, 1,500 or more relevant residents give notice that they do not wish to be a party to the agreement, the company will have the right to cancel the agreement and will then continue the legal proceedings of the class action in court.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15% of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10% of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on February 22, 2001.
22.02.2001 09:58
Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that following a press release issued by the company on September 27, 1999 with respect to a class action that was filed against Matav, it has reached a settlement agreement which was approved by the Israeli court on February 18, 2001, with respect to the class action.
The class action was first filed against the company on behalf of residents of certain municipalities in northern Israel regarding the relevant residents` claim that the company did not connect them to its CATV network. According to the agreement, the company shall pay a total sum of $820,000, of which $719,000 shall be allocated to the relevant municipalities, in which the relevant residents live, for the development of education, sports and culture in those municipalities.
The agreement will settle all of the disputes, upon which the class action was based. However, if within a period of 45 days from the date of the official publication in the media of the agreement, 1,500 or more relevant residents give notice that they do not wish to be a party to the agreement, the company will have the right to cancel the agreement and will then continue the legal proceedings of the class action in court.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population in a government-mandated monopoly market. Matav`s investments include 15% of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10% of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Non-Stop, a new company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on February 22, 2001.
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Israeli Cable Industry Launches Digital Services
Multichannel News International
2/24/01 3:26:00 PM
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TEL AVIV -- Matav Cable Systems Media and Tevel Israel International Communications -- two of Israel’s top MSOs -- quietly launched digital service this month, countering one of the main advantages trumpeted by upstart direct-to-home rival YES DBS Satellite Services.
YES, which launched last July, had exclusive permission from the government to provide digital TV for a nine-month period. The temporary monopoly was aimed at helping YES build its business to compete with cable. The cablers received government permission to sell digital services in early February.
Israel’s No. 3 MSO, Golden Channels, is expected to launch its digital services by the end of this month. Matav and Tevel subscribers who purchase digital decoders are able to receive additional services that include an electronic program guide and n-video-on-demand pay-per-view programming.
Israeli media regulators still are discussing conditions -- mainly the pricing structure -- under which the MSOs can sell their digital service. That means additional digital tiers of programming probably won’t be available until April at the earliest.
Other services, such as email-over-TV, full video-on-demand and gaming are yet unavailable because of technical limitations.
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TEL AVIV -- Matav Cable Systems Media and Tevel Israel International Communications -- two of Israel’s top MSOs -- quietly launched digital service this month, countering one of the main advantages trumpeted by upstart direct-to-home rival YES DBS Satellite Services.
YES, which launched last July, had exclusive permission from the government to provide digital TV for a nine-month period. The temporary monopoly was aimed at helping YES build its business to compete with cable. The cablers received government permission to sell digital services in early February.
Israel’s No. 3 MSO, Golden Channels, is expected to launch its digital services by the end of this month. Matav and Tevel subscribers who purchase digital decoders are able to receive additional services that include an electronic program guide and n-video-on-demand pay-per-view programming.
Israeli media regulators still are discussing conditions -- mainly the pricing structure -- under which the MSOs can sell their digital service. That means additional digital tiers of programming probably won’t be available until April at the earliest.
Other services, such as email-over-TV, full video-on-demand and gaming are yet unavailable because of technical limitations.
Scheint in den Endspurt zu gehen
.....wenn nur nicht diese bürokratie wäre......
Inbar: Yes stands to gain if cable companies not obliged to provide analog tiering
Efi Landau
25.02.2001 18:50
Not obliging cable companies to provide channel packages to analog subscribers would give Yes an advantage, which is why Yes’s opposition to the decision is not clear, “Globes” was told today by Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting chair Dorit Inbar.
Inbar made this comment in reaction to satellite company Yes’s objections to the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting’s position as set out in a document due to be published in two days.
The document describes the Council’s position on digital services by the cable companies and on tiering. The Council argues that the cable companies should be allowed to offer tiering services only on digital technology, rather than oblige them to offer tiering also to subscribers wishing to receive analog services.
The Council contends that the cable companies will have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in buying dedicated digital converters, should they be obliged to provide tiering to analog subscribers.
Yes argues that the cable companies should be allowed to provide channel packages only if it supplies such packages to all subscribers, including analog subscribers. Yes today reiterated what it has already said in the past that it would petition the High Court of Justice if the Council made a final decision to this effect.
Inbar told “Globes” that if the cable companies were obliged to provide analog tiering, Yes would be the loser, because analog converters would take a shorter time to hit the market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 February, 2001
Inbar: Yes stands to gain if cable companies not obliged to provide analog tiering
Efi Landau
25.02.2001 18:50
Not obliging cable companies to provide channel packages to analog subscribers would give Yes an advantage, which is why Yes’s opposition to the decision is not clear, “Globes” was told today by Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting chair Dorit Inbar.
Inbar made this comment in reaction to satellite company Yes’s objections to the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting’s position as set out in a document due to be published in two days.
The document describes the Council’s position on digital services by the cable companies and on tiering. The Council argues that the cable companies should be allowed to offer tiering services only on digital technology, rather than oblige them to offer tiering also to subscribers wishing to receive analog services.
The Council contends that the cable companies will have to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in buying dedicated digital converters, should they be obliged to provide tiering to analog subscribers.
Yes argues that the cable companies should be allowed to provide channel packages only if it supplies such packages to all subscribers, including analog subscribers. Yes today reiterated what it has already said in the past that it would petition the High Court of Justice if the Council made a final decision to this effect.
Inbar told “Globes” that if the cable companies were obliged to provide analog tiering, Yes would be the loser, because analog converters would take a shorter time to hit the market.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 25 February, 2001
YES SELECTS NDS TO DELIVER INTERACTIVE TELEVISION SERVICES (26.02.01)
Jerusalem, Israel – February 26, 2001 – YES, Israel’s premier satellite broadcaster, has selected technology from NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/EASDAQ: NNDS) to provide advanced interactive services to YES customers. Based on NDS’s Value@TV™ interactive infrastructure these advanced services will provide a range of interactive features such as horoscopes, weather, traffic, various games and e-mail services. It is anticipated that YES digital customers will soon be able to enjoy these services on their television screens at the touch of a button. Future subscriber services are expected to include T-commerce, banking applications and other enhanced television applications.
NDS, a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) company, was the primary systems integrator when YES launched last year. As the major technology provider for the YES digital broadcasting system NDS provides Open VideoGuard™ conditional access and a three language electronic program guide (EPG) in Hebrew, English and Russian which is expandable to add extra languages.
“Israel continues to be an early adopter of digital television, and specifically interactive television,” said Raffi Kesten, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NDS Technologies Israel. “Through our interactive technology, YES will be in a position to provide this demanding market with the highest quality interactive television services.”
Shlomo Liran, Managing Director, YES said: “Last year NDS and YES worked together to provide Israeli viewers with a new digital satellite TV service. This year YES and NDS are working together again to provide YES viewers with some of the most exciting interactive services. NDS has worldwide experience of working with broadcasters like us. It becomes a collaboration as well as a commercial agreement. NDS is creating and deploying one of the industry’s most advanced interactive services for us. Using a remote control or cordless keyboard, our subscribers will be able to play games online, send and receive e-mail messages and send text messages to mobile phones. These new facilities will be available to all of our customers as well as existing services like ordering films and program/film information.”
Jerusalem, Israel – February 26, 2001 – YES, Israel’s premier satellite broadcaster, has selected technology from NDS Group plc (NASDAQ/EASDAQ: NNDS) to provide advanced interactive services to YES customers. Based on NDS’s Value@TV™ interactive infrastructure these advanced services will provide a range of interactive features such as horoscopes, weather, traffic, various games and e-mail services. It is anticipated that YES digital customers will soon be able to enjoy these services on their television screens at the touch of a button. Future subscriber services are expected to include T-commerce, banking applications and other enhanced television applications.
NDS, a News Corporation (NYSE: NWS) company, was the primary systems integrator when YES launched last year. As the major technology provider for the YES digital broadcasting system NDS provides Open VideoGuard™ conditional access and a three language electronic program guide (EPG) in Hebrew, English and Russian which is expandable to add extra languages.
“Israel continues to be an early adopter of digital television, and specifically interactive television,” said Raffi Kesten, Senior Vice President and General Manager, NDS Technologies Israel. “Through our interactive technology, YES will be in a position to provide this demanding market with the highest quality interactive television services.”
Shlomo Liran, Managing Director, YES said: “Last year NDS and YES worked together to provide Israeli viewers with a new digital satellite TV service. This year YES and NDS are working together again to provide YES viewers with some of the most exciting interactive services. NDS has worldwide experience of working with broadcasters like us. It becomes a collaboration as well as a commercial agreement. NDS is creating and deploying one of the industry’s most advanced interactive services for us. Using a remote control or cordless keyboard, our subscribers will be able to play games online, send and receive e-mail messages and send text messages to mobile phones. These new facilities will be available to all of our customers as well as existing services like ordering films and program/film information.”
Gartner Group: Israeli communications sector will grow only 2-3% this year, compared to 10% last year
Globes` correspondent
06.03.2001 16:27
Consultancy and market research company Gartner Group forecasts that the Israeli communication sector is expected to grow 2-3% in 2001, compared to 10% in 2000. The value of communications services in 2000 was $4.2 billion.
The assessment was published ahead of a communications conference Gartner Group will hold next week. The company says that the Israel communications services sector is beset by the same problems plaguing the communications market around the world. Gartner Group believes that, in order to survive, communications companies will have to enter additional business fields and change their present operating models.
Shlomit Hart, who manages the telecom and high-tech sectors at Gartner Group Middle East, says that the findings are “definitely correct for Israel as well. All communications companies are making losses, except for the two with the biggest market share: Bezeq and Cellcom. When competition develops in the local market, Bezeq and Cellcom’s profit margin will shrink, too.”
Hart adds that “the telecom market’s growth in the past year was due chiefly to the cellular market’s growth. But this market is already saturated, and the telecom sector is fighting for survival.”
According to Gartner Group, “market conditions dictate entry into other business fields for telecommunications companies, contrary to their present focus on telephony and data transmission channels. The additional business fields include content provision (assembling information on a specific field and selling it), e-commerce marketplace management, video on demand (VOD), and credit services.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 6 March, 2001
Globes` correspondent
06.03.2001 16:27
Consultancy and market research company Gartner Group forecasts that the Israeli communication sector is expected to grow 2-3% in 2001, compared to 10% in 2000. The value of communications services in 2000 was $4.2 billion.
The assessment was published ahead of a communications conference Gartner Group will hold next week. The company says that the Israel communications services sector is beset by the same problems plaguing the communications market around the world. Gartner Group believes that, in order to survive, communications companies will have to enter additional business fields and change their present operating models.
Shlomit Hart, who manages the telecom and high-tech sectors at Gartner Group Middle East, says that the findings are “definitely correct for Israel as well. All communications companies are making losses, except for the two with the biggest market share: Bezeq and Cellcom. When competition develops in the local market, Bezeq and Cellcom’s profit margin will shrink, too.”
Hart adds that “the telecom market’s growth in the past year was due chiefly to the cellular market’s growth. But this market is already saturated, and the telecom sector is fighting for survival.”
According to Gartner Group, “market conditions dictate entry into other business fields for telecommunications companies, contrary to their present focus on telephony and data transmission channels. The additional business fields include content provision (assembling information on a specific field and selling it), e-commerce marketplace management, video on demand (VOD), and credit services.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 6 March, 2001
Bezeq’s Trojan horse
Eliav Alalof
06.03.2001 17:42
The war pitting the satellite system against the cable companies has produced a wealth of headlines in recent years. A great deal of ink has been spilled, and many angry words have been exchanged in the fight. It has become quite clear that no-one will come out clean. Judging from the companies’ financial results, nobody will make any major profits after the war is over, either.
Please do not misunderstand us, we have no intention of crying over the hundreds of millions of dollars invested by Yes shareholders, nor over the NIS 500 million losses the cable companies have accrued. The concerns which support both parties will not lose any sleep over the losses.
That tired cliche, the good of the consumer, that has long since become devoid of meaning to the interested parties, is not on anyone’s agenda either. So what is?
We have chosen to concentrate on a different facet of the struggle. We wish to show that despite the apparent defeat of all sides – Yes and its shareholders, Bezeq, Eurocom and others, the cable companies, consumers and the State – there is one party rubbing its hands with glee and raising its hands in triumph. Who is this mysterious victor?
A little tension doesn’t hurt anybody, so we shall delay the revelation a bit and first present a brief reminder of the vision of the communications market that seemed to be within reach only two years ago. The model, as always, was the US market. At the time, Merrill Lynch published a comprehensive study explaining that average monthly revenue per cable subscriber in 2003 would be as follows: Telephony – $73 a month; high-speed Internet – $32; basic cable services – $50; premium channels – $12; pay-per-view – $14. The figures add up to $181 per month, which is a lot more than the $32 before VAT the average cable subscriber actually paid. In other words, the cable companies would receive $2,172 per subscriber per year in 2003.
This thrilling vision explains why Eleizer Fishman acquired the Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” at about this time, and why Tevel acquired Aurec’s shares in Golden Channels at a price of $2,100 per subscriber. Rumors at the time suggested that Dankner even offered to pay $2,700 per subscriber after learning about the deal.
These prices actually seemed cheap in light of “the network vision.” According to this vision, televisions and computers will be able to exchange information, and later, appliances such as the air conditioner, washing machine, stereo, video, etc. will also be able to communicate with each other.
But the Regulator then entered the picture, dictating a much less rosy business reality, to put it mildly. The Regulator, a motley crew of legal advisors, Ministry of Finance decision-makers, the Anti-Trust Authority director general, the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council and the Ministry of Communications, lacked a defined identity, and consequently, its policy was dictated by the winner of an internal tug-of-war. Where was the consumer in all of this? What a question. Who cares about the consumer?
The Regulator was interested in preventing the cable companies’ extremely wealthy shareholders from, heaven forbid, getting any richer. In the event, the results on the ground speak for themselves. High-speed Internet is still a dream, even though the technology is gathering dust on the shelves. Content prices have nearly doubled, and as for the level of service and prices – please don’t make us laugh.
While we were blathering about multi-channel television, we forgot about the wider picture of the entire communications market. As noted above, the real objective of the cable companies was to provide high-speed Internet, interactive television and… telephony.
Before the punchline, a small joke. A man finds a lamp in his yard. He rubs the lamp, and out pops a genie. “I can grant you one wish," he says, "anything you ask for, money, power, women, it’s yours.” “What’s the catch?” asks the man shrewdly. “Whatever I give you, your neighbor Goldberg will get double,” replies the genie. The man thinks about this, and finally says in a low, clear voice, “Take out one of my eyes.”
This tale brings us to the winner, or more accurately, the unchallenged victor in the battle for our little communications swamp. Yes, it is none other than Bezeq. You may say that Bezeq is investing huge sums, hundreds of millions of shekels, in Yes. This is perfectly true, but it turns out that Bezeq are nobody’s fool. They know that it’s worthwhile to lose pennies now in order to retain the most important asset. They are taking out an eye in order to blind their potential competitors, the cable companies.
Remember the cable companies’ futuristic communications vision we mentioned a few paragraphs back? In order to become attractive, the cable companies would meet all our communications needs, and we would pay for all this on a single bill issued by a single provider and from a single source. How glorious! But what will happen when we get our television via satellite?
Suddenly, Internet by cable isn’t so tempting, right? We have Bezeq’s ADSL, and the satellite broadcaster will certainly come up with an interesting solution of its own. Moreover, what are the chances that we would want to get telephony services from the cable companies?
It suddenly turns out that it takes no effort at all to burst the cable companies’ integrated communications bubble. The moment our television does not come via cable, communications are no longer integrated, right?
Although Yes is not actually controlled by Bezeq, and Eurocom certainly has no interest in bleeding cash to strengthen Bezeq’s competitive position, coincidentally or not, Yes has become Bezeq’s Trojan horse.
The author is a senior executive at PassCall.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 6 March 2001
Eliav Alalof
06.03.2001 17:42
The war pitting the satellite system against the cable companies has produced a wealth of headlines in recent years. A great deal of ink has been spilled, and many angry words have been exchanged in the fight. It has become quite clear that no-one will come out clean. Judging from the companies’ financial results, nobody will make any major profits after the war is over, either.
Please do not misunderstand us, we have no intention of crying over the hundreds of millions of dollars invested by Yes shareholders, nor over the NIS 500 million losses the cable companies have accrued. The concerns which support both parties will not lose any sleep over the losses.
That tired cliche, the good of the consumer, that has long since become devoid of meaning to the interested parties, is not on anyone’s agenda either. So what is?
We have chosen to concentrate on a different facet of the struggle. We wish to show that despite the apparent defeat of all sides – Yes and its shareholders, Bezeq, Eurocom and others, the cable companies, consumers and the State – there is one party rubbing its hands with glee and raising its hands in triumph. Who is this mysterious victor?
A little tension doesn’t hurt anybody, so we shall delay the revelation a bit and first present a brief reminder of the vision of the communications market that seemed to be within reach only two years ago. The model, as always, was the US market. At the time, Merrill Lynch published a comprehensive study explaining that average monthly revenue per cable subscriber in 2003 would be as follows: Telephony – $73 a month; high-speed Internet – $32; basic cable services – $50; premium channels – $12; pay-per-view – $14. The figures add up to $181 per month, which is a lot more than the $32 before VAT the average cable subscriber actually paid. In other words, the cable companies would receive $2,172 per subscriber per year in 2003.
This thrilling vision explains why Eleizer Fishman acquired the Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot” at about this time, and why Tevel acquired Aurec’s shares in Golden Channels at a price of $2,100 per subscriber. Rumors at the time suggested that Dankner even offered to pay $2,700 per subscriber after learning about the deal.
These prices actually seemed cheap in light of “the network vision.” According to this vision, televisions and computers will be able to exchange information, and later, appliances such as the air conditioner, washing machine, stereo, video, etc. will also be able to communicate with each other.
But the Regulator then entered the picture, dictating a much less rosy business reality, to put it mildly. The Regulator, a motley crew of legal advisors, Ministry of Finance decision-makers, the Anti-Trust Authority director general, the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council and the Ministry of Communications, lacked a defined identity, and consequently, its policy was dictated by the winner of an internal tug-of-war. Where was the consumer in all of this? What a question. Who cares about the consumer?
The Regulator was interested in preventing the cable companies’ extremely wealthy shareholders from, heaven forbid, getting any richer. In the event, the results on the ground speak for themselves. High-speed Internet is still a dream, even though the technology is gathering dust on the shelves. Content prices have nearly doubled, and as for the level of service and prices – please don’t make us laugh.
While we were blathering about multi-channel television, we forgot about the wider picture of the entire communications market. As noted above, the real objective of the cable companies was to provide high-speed Internet, interactive television and… telephony.
Before the punchline, a small joke. A man finds a lamp in his yard. He rubs the lamp, and out pops a genie. “I can grant you one wish," he says, "anything you ask for, money, power, women, it’s yours.” “What’s the catch?” asks the man shrewdly. “Whatever I give you, your neighbor Goldberg will get double,” replies the genie. The man thinks about this, and finally says in a low, clear voice, “Take out one of my eyes.”
This tale brings us to the winner, or more accurately, the unchallenged victor in the battle for our little communications swamp. Yes, it is none other than Bezeq. You may say that Bezeq is investing huge sums, hundreds of millions of shekels, in Yes. This is perfectly true, but it turns out that Bezeq are nobody’s fool. They know that it’s worthwhile to lose pennies now in order to retain the most important asset. They are taking out an eye in order to blind their potential competitors, the cable companies.
Remember the cable companies’ futuristic communications vision we mentioned a few paragraphs back? In order to become attractive, the cable companies would meet all our communications needs, and we would pay for all this on a single bill issued by a single provider and from a single source. How glorious! But what will happen when we get our television via satellite?
Suddenly, Internet by cable isn’t so tempting, right? We have Bezeq’s ADSL, and the satellite broadcaster will certainly come up with an interesting solution of its own. Moreover, what are the chances that we would want to get telephony services from the cable companies?
It suddenly turns out that it takes no effort at all to burst the cable companies’ integrated communications bubble. The moment our television does not come via cable, communications are no longer integrated, right?
Although Yes is not actually controlled by Bezeq, and Eurocom certainly has no interest in bleeding cash to strengthen Bezeq’s competitive position, coincidentally or not, Yes has become Bezeq’s Trojan horse.
The author is a senior executive at PassCall.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 6 March 2001
The latest acquisitions and technological upgrades along with the knowledge, the experience, the skilled manpower and the substantial financial resources ensure Tevel Digital a place in tomorrow`s world of communications. Since 1988, Tevel Digital has been operating as the leading supplier of multi-channel television in Israel. The company operates in the following areas: Tel - Aviv, Givatayim, Nazareth, Yizrael Valley, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Rishon Letzion, Modi`in, Ramla-Lod and vicinity, the Kriyot - the Haifa Bay area, the Western Galilee, Carmiel, Ma`alot and the Lower Galilee. By the end of the year 2000, 452,000 customers were already enjoying the company`s package of 48 television channels broadcasted with bi-directional analog technology. During the year 2000, the company`s cable infrastructure, which stretches out over thousands of kilometers, was upgraded to optical fibers (due to be completed by the middle of 2001). This allows the company to transfer immense volumes of data using broad band, giving way to fast Internet and telephone services in the future.
The package includes a variety of movie, entertainment, enrichment, sport, current affairs, music, foreign language and children`s channels in addition to five Home Cinema pay per view channels. Tevel is the pioneer in the field of pay per view (PPV) broadcasts in Israel. Home Cinema is the pay per view service that enables Tevel Digital customers to view premier movies from Hollywood`s largest studios on their home TV screen. These services are currently provided through five channels that offer 25 movies every month, 24 hours a day.
www.tevel.co.il
The package includes a variety of movie, entertainment, enrichment, sport, current affairs, music, foreign language and children`s channels in addition to five Home Cinema pay per view channels. Tevel is the pioneer in the field of pay per view (PPV) broadcasts in Israel. Home Cinema is the pay per view service that enables Tevel Digital customers to view premier movies from Hollywood`s largest studios on their home TV screen. These services are currently provided through five channels that offer 25 movies every month, 24 hours a day.
www.tevel.co.il
Nortel retracts agreement to finance Ofek’s purchase of inland communications equipment
Efi Landau
11.03.2001 16:50
“Globes” has learned that Nortel (Nasdaq: NT) informed Ofek last week that it was retracting its agreement to finance Ofek’s purchase of equipment it could expect to sell to Ofek to set up an inland communications network. The deal was estimated at $400 million. Ofek is a member of the Eurocom group.
Nortel published a severe profit warning three weeks ago and announced the laying-off of 10,000 employees. Nortel Europe then instructed Nortel Networks Israel to cancel the financing agreement and offered Ofek assistance in obtaining a bank loan instead. The action is possible because Ofek has not yet signed a contract under the tender Nortel won last November to set up the network as integrator and supply the infrastructure. Afterwards, Nortel pressed to sign the contract, while Ofek demurred. Nortel concluded that the delay was related to Ofek’s negotiations to merge with Cellcom, which finally collapsed last week.
Ofek president Reuven Sgan-Cohen denied the report, stating that the Nortel contract, including financing, was at the final preparation stages. Nortel Europe said it does not respond to rumors.
The negotiations between Eurocom and Cellcom shareholders to establish a joint company to compete against Bezeq collapsed Thursday after Eurocom rejected Eurocom’s demand for 60% controlling interest and technical management in the company. A senior source close to Cellcom’s shareholders told “Globes” that Eurocom had agreed to Cellcom’s conditions Wednesday evening. The parties’ attorneys spent Thursday formulating the final text of the agreement, but that evening, Eurocom suddenly retracted its acceptance causing negotiations to break down.
A senior source close to Eurocom’s shareholders denied this version. He said that BellSouth and the Safra Group, which own two-thirds of Eurocom, had agreed from the beginning that Ofek would lead the joint enterprise. He said that Eurocom never agreed to Cellcom’s demand for control.
Both Cellcom and Ofek are holding talks with other potential partners. Naturally, Cellcom is also talking with Barak, while Ofek is negotiating with Barak, Partner and two foreign concerns, Telia of Sweden and Sonera of Finland.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on ý11ý March 2001
Efi Landau
11.03.2001 16:50
“Globes” has learned that Nortel (Nasdaq: NT) informed Ofek last week that it was retracting its agreement to finance Ofek’s purchase of equipment it could expect to sell to Ofek to set up an inland communications network. The deal was estimated at $400 million. Ofek is a member of the Eurocom group.
Nortel published a severe profit warning three weeks ago and announced the laying-off of 10,000 employees. Nortel Europe then instructed Nortel Networks Israel to cancel the financing agreement and offered Ofek assistance in obtaining a bank loan instead. The action is possible because Ofek has not yet signed a contract under the tender Nortel won last November to set up the network as integrator and supply the infrastructure. Afterwards, Nortel pressed to sign the contract, while Ofek demurred. Nortel concluded that the delay was related to Ofek’s negotiations to merge with Cellcom, which finally collapsed last week.
Ofek president Reuven Sgan-Cohen denied the report, stating that the Nortel contract, including financing, was at the final preparation stages. Nortel Europe said it does not respond to rumors.
The negotiations between Eurocom and Cellcom shareholders to establish a joint company to compete against Bezeq collapsed Thursday after Eurocom rejected Eurocom’s demand for 60% controlling interest and technical management in the company. A senior source close to Cellcom’s shareholders told “Globes” that Eurocom had agreed to Cellcom’s conditions Wednesday evening. The parties’ attorneys spent Thursday formulating the final text of the agreement, but that evening, Eurocom suddenly retracted its acceptance causing negotiations to break down.
A senior source close to Eurocom’s shareholders denied this version. He said that BellSouth and the Safra Group, which own two-thirds of Eurocom, had agreed from the beginning that Ofek would lead the joint enterprise. He said that Eurocom never agreed to Cellcom’s demand for control.
Both Cellcom and Ofek are holding talks with other potential partners. Naturally, Cellcom is also talking with Barak, while Ofek is negotiating with Barak, Partner and two foreign concerns, Telia of Sweden and Sonera of Finland.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on ý11ý March 2001
Stillborn communications giant
Efi Landau
12.03.2001 16:34
An agreement between the companies was announced last Wednesday, yet it disappeared into thin air on Thursday. What happened in those 24 hours to prevent the establishment of the third leg of the tripod that will control Israel’s inland line communications market in the next few years?
Bezeq and the cable companies are clearly the other two legs of the tripod, and the question is whether we’ll have a fractured leg alongside two sturdy ones. An Ofek-Cellcom combination could certainly have constituted a very powerful communications player, compared to which Barak and Golden Lines would have looked very inferior.
The international calls carriers now have the chance to burst into the inland market and leave the financial mire in which they have found themselves immersed. On Wednesday evening, Cellcom chairman and shareholder Shlomo Piotrkowsky, a representative of the Safra group, sat opposite Eurocom CEO Shaul Elovitch and hammered out a final agreement.
It is not exactly clear what happened in the next three days. Following the meeting, Piotrkowsky relayed a message to his partners that a deal was in hand, with Eurocom having agreed that Cellcom would hold 60% of the joint company and manage the company from a technical standpoint.
On Thursday morning, Cellcom’s technical team was instructed to draw up an agreement in which Cellcom would control 60% of the new company and manage the technical aspects of the company. By evening, the bubble had burst. A Eurocom associate described the process as follows: “Eurocom agreed to control of the company by Cellcom, but under very specific terms. It would be a mistake to maintain that Eurocom reneged on what was agreed. If that were the case, the other party also reneged. It’s like saying that Israel retracted its agreement to handing over the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, when, in fact, Israel agreed to hand it over only under the specific condition of a complete end to the dispute, which did not happen.”
What can be learned from this obscure analogy? Ofek agreed that Cellcom would control the joint company, but apparently would not agree to allow Cellcom to take control of the new entity’s technical management. It seems the agreement also included broader aspects. The agreement was aborted when it became evident that Cellcom understood it would take the lead on technical aspects and there were doubts over the broader aspects.
Another point which seems to have contributed to the failed negotiations is the decision by Canadian communications equipment manufacturer Nortel which won the tender for setting up the network and supplying most of the equipment, not to finance the deal. Ofek completely denies this claim.
Four companies will ultimately bid
What happens next? Next Tuesday, four companies will apparently submit bids for the wireless communications tender published by the State of Israel: Cellcom, Ofek, Barak, and Golden Lines (or one of their subsidiaries). No one knows whether Golden Lines will petition the court against the Ministry of Communications approval given to Barak and Cellcom, both affiliated with the IDB group, to bid separately, or whether Golden Lines will submit its petition before or after the bid submission deadline
In a statement following the breakdown of the agreement, Cellcom CEO Jacob Perry said, “We thought most carefully about the decision of whether to enter the inland line communications market and whether to enter independently or with a partner. We reached the decision that at this stage we’ll bid independently. Cellcom has at its disposal market, technology and customer care infrastructure, and high quality human resources, which produced excellent results in 2000, and helped us to make our decision.”
Perry added, “Our decision to bid in the tender reflects our intention to compete against Bezeq. I trust and believe that we will win the tender and succeed in revolutionizing the inland line communications market, just as we did in the cellular market. We’ll compete with Bezeq in technology, quality, price and customer service, creating welcome and efficient competition for consumers and the economy as a whole. I believe that it will ultimately be helpful to Bezeq, since free competition under equal terms is vital for an advanced economy. For this reason, we’ll welcome any decision by additional concerns to bid in the tender.
“Cellcom’s management believes that combining Cellcom’s existing infrastructures with the new network, while exploiting existing resources, such as our advanced billing and customer care system, will give the company a starting off point, enabling it to shorten the timetable and provide a wide basket of services at competitive prices. The enormous customer base and organizational and marketing ability Cellcom has shown so far will assist the company in competing for the inland line communications market.”
Attention should be paid to several points. Perry says, “At this stage we’ll compete independently.” In other words, Cellcom is not ruling out a partner at a later stage. It is clear that it won’t be one of the competitors for the tender, since the tenders committee will not permit it. However, other partners could certainly be considered. For all of Perry’s boasting over the company’s financial soundness, an investment of $1 billion is nothing to be sneezed at, particularly when the company needs to simultaneously invest $500 million to set up the GSM network.
Why did Cellcom adamantly insist on leading the technical management of the new company? Cellcom does not believe in competing with Bezeq in the private sector, and fiercely argued this point with Ofek, which wants a countrywide deployment. Cellcom will compete with Bezeq only in the business sector, in which it will be Bezeq’s major competitor, since the cable companies’ infrastructure is not connected to the business sector at all at the moment.
What about Ofek? The company will submit a separate bid, but is looking for partners, both those who are willing to invest money and those with at least some of the advantages it would have received had Cellcom joined it. The sole company answering this sort of criteria is Partner, which has already announced it is interested in joining one of the groups as a technology partner, but not as an investor. Ofek will face competition for Partner from Golden Lines and Barak, which are also interested in the infrastructure and market advantages that Partner can contribute.
As for an investing partner, Ofek is negotiating with two foreign companies, Telia of Sweden and Sonera of Finland.
Efi Landau
12.03.2001 16:34
An agreement between the companies was announced last Wednesday, yet it disappeared into thin air on Thursday. What happened in those 24 hours to prevent the establishment of the third leg of the tripod that will control Israel’s inland line communications market in the next few years?
Bezeq and the cable companies are clearly the other two legs of the tripod, and the question is whether we’ll have a fractured leg alongside two sturdy ones. An Ofek-Cellcom combination could certainly have constituted a very powerful communications player, compared to which Barak and Golden Lines would have looked very inferior.
The international calls carriers now have the chance to burst into the inland market and leave the financial mire in which they have found themselves immersed. On Wednesday evening, Cellcom chairman and shareholder Shlomo Piotrkowsky, a representative of the Safra group, sat opposite Eurocom CEO Shaul Elovitch and hammered out a final agreement.
It is not exactly clear what happened in the next three days. Following the meeting, Piotrkowsky relayed a message to his partners that a deal was in hand, with Eurocom having agreed that Cellcom would hold 60% of the joint company and manage the company from a technical standpoint.
On Thursday morning, Cellcom’s technical team was instructed to draw up an agreement in which Cellcom would control 60% of the new company and manage the technical aspects of the company. By evening, the bubble had burst. A Eurocom associate described the process as follows: “Eurocom agreed to control of the company by Cellcom, but under very specific terms. It would be a mistake to maintain that Eurocom reneged on what was agreed. If that were the case, the other party also reneged. It’s like saying that Israel retracted its agreement to handing over the Temple Mount to the Palestinians, when, in fact, Israel agreed to hand it over only under the specific condition of a complete end to the dispute, which did not happen.”
What can be learned from this obscure analogy? Ofek agreed that Cellcom would control the joint company, but apparently would not agree to allow Cellcom to take control of the new entity’s technical management. It seems the agreement also included broader aspects. The agreement was aborted when it became evident that Cellcom understood it would take the lead on technical aspects and there were doubts over the broader aspects.
Another point which seems to have contributed to the failed negotiations is the decision by Canadian communications equipment manufacturer Nortel which won the tender for setting up the network and supplying most of the equipment, not to finance the deal. Ofek completely denies this claim.
Four companies will ultimately bid
What happens next? Next Tuesday, four companies will apparently submit bids for the wireless communications tender published by the State of Israel: Cellcom, Ofek, Barak, and Golden Lines (or one of their subsidiaries). No one knows whether Golden Lines will petition the court against the Ministry of Communications approval given to Barak and Cellcom, both affiliated with the IDB group, to bid separately, or whether Golden Lines will submit its petition before or after the bid submission deadline
In a statement following the breakdown of the agreement, Cellcom CEO Jacob Perry said, “We thought most carefully about the decision of whether to enter the inland line communications market and whether to enter independently or with a partner. We reached the decision that at this stage we’ll bid independently. Cellcom has at its disposal market, technology and customer care infrastructure, and high quality human resources, which produced excellent results in 2000, and helped us to make our decision.”
Perry added, “Our decision to bid in the tender reflects our intention to compete against Bezeq. I trust and believe that we will win the tender and succeed in revolutionizing the inland line communications market, just as we did in the cellular market. We’ll compete with Bezeq in technology, quality, price and customer service, creating welcome and efficient competition for consumers and the economy as a whole. I believe that it will ultimately be helpful to Bezeq, since free competition under equal terms is vital for an advanced economy. For this reason, we’ll welcome any decision by additional concerns to bid in the tender.
“Cellcom’s management believes that combining Cellcom’s existing infrastructures with the new network, while exploiting existing resources, such as our advanced billing and customer care system, will give the company a starting off point, enabling it to shorten the timetable and provide a wide basket of services at competitive prices. The enormous customer base and organizational and marketing ability Cellcom has shown so far will assist the company in competing for the inland line communications market.”
Attention should be paid to several points. Perry says, “At this stage we’ll compete independently.” In other words, Cellcom is not ruling out a partner at a later stage. It is clear that it won’t be one of the competitors for the tender, since the tenders committee will not permit it. However, other partners could certainly be considered. For all of Perry’s boasting over the company’s financial soundness, an investment of $1 billion is nothing to be sneezed at, particularly when the company needs to simultaneously invest $500 million to set up the GSM network.
Why did Cellcom adamantly insist on leading the technical management of the new company? Cellcom does not believe in competing with Bezeq in the private sector, and fiercely argued this point with Ofek, which wants a countrywide deployment. Cellcom will compete with Bezeq only in the business sector, in which it will be Bezeq’s major competitor, since the cable companies’ infrastructure is not connected to the business sector at all at the moment.
What about Ofek? The company will submit a separate bid, but is looking for partners, both those who are willing to invest money and those with at least some of the advantages it would have received had Cellcom joined it. The sole company answering this sort of criteria is Partner, which has already announced it is interested in joining one of the groups as a technology partner, but not as an investor. Ofek will face competition for Partner from Golden Lines and Barak, which are also interested in the infrastructure and market advantages that Partner can contribute.
As for an investing partner, Ofek is negotiating with two foreign companies, Telia of Sweden and Sonera of Finland.
Strum set to nix Golden Channels deal
Efi Landau
20.03.2001 18:15
Anti-Trust Authority director general Dror Strum probably will not approve the sale of a major stake of Aurec to Tevel cable company and the Fishman group, because the deal was carried out without approval. “Globes” has learned that a check by the Authority discovered that the money had been transferred between the parties and Fishman had appointed Ami Even as general manager on his behalf.
The Fishman group comprises the Eliezer Fishman Properties, Monitin Publishers, and the Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot”, and owns a 25% stake in Tevel.
The deal was signed in November 1999, when the Fishman group and Tevel acquired 44% of Golden Channels cable company from Aurec for $420 million. 200,000 subscribers were acquired – half each to Fishman and Tevel – at a value of $2,100 per subscriber, the highest value to date for a cable company in Israel.
Under the terms of the deal, the Fishman group has effective control of Golden Channels, owning 64.8% of the company’s shares. Tevel owns 22%, and Aurec has the remaining 13.2%. Prior to the deal, the Fishman group owned 42.8% of Golden Channels.
Although former Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor examined and accepted the terms of the deal prior to the signing, he did not formally approve it. Tadmor apparently first waited for the multi-channel television content arrangement. After that was received a year ago, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein gave an opinion and the process of amending the Telecommunications Law was put in motion, and no reply was given the application.
When Strum took up his post at the beginning of the year, he decided to deal with the application, but discovered that practical implementation of the deal had already taken place, including payment and the appointment of a general manager. Strum held hearings on suspicion of a possible breach of the Restraint of Trade Law, and ordered the parties involved to respond. The responses were submitted to Strum two weeks ago and he is expected to decide on the matter within days.
““Globes” has learned that since there is no disputing that payment and the appointment of a general manager on Fishman’s behalf took place, Strum will probably conclude the parties failed to fulfil the obligation to wait for the Anti-Trust Authority director general’s decision, thereby breaching the Restraint of Trade Law. Strum will probably not approve the deal, in order to avoid a retroactive approval. However, no criminal or civil sanctions are expected to be taken beyond this.
Eliezer Fishman declined to comment on the matter.
Eliezer Fishman is the controlling shareholder of “Globes”.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 March 2001
Efi Landau
20.03.2001 18:15
Anti-Trust Authority director general Dror Strum probably will not approve the sale of a major stake of Aurec to Tevel cable company and the Fishman group, because the deal was carried out without approval. “Globes” has learned that a check by the Authority discovered that the money had been transferred between the parties and Fishman had appointed Ami Even as general manager on his behalf.
The Fishman group comprises the Eliezer Fishman Properties, Monitin Publishers, and the Hebrew daily “Yediot Ahronot”, and owns a 25% stake in Tevel.
The deal was signed in November 1999, when the Fishman group and Tevel acquired 44% of Golden Channels cable company from Aurec for $420 million. 200,000 subscribers were acquired – half each to Fishman and Tevel – at a value of $2,100 per subscriber, the highest value to date for a cable company in Israel.
Under the terms of the deal, the Fishman group has effective control of Golden Channels, owning 64.8% of the company’s shares. Tevel owns 22%, and Aurec has the remaining 13.2%. Prior to the deal, the Fishman group owned 42.8% of Golden Channels.
Although former Anti-Trust Authority director general David Tadmor examined and accepted the terms of the deal prior to the signing, he did not formally approve it. Tadmor apparently first waited for the multi-channel television content arrangement. After that was received a year ago, Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein gave an opinion and the process of amending the Telecommunications Law was put in motion, and no reply was given the application.
When Strum took up his post at the beginning of the year, he decided to deal with the application, but discovered that practical implementation of the deal had already taken place, including payment and the appointment of a general manager. Strum held hearings on suspicion of a possible breach of the Restraint of Trade Law, and ordered the parties involved to respond. The responses were submitted to Strum two weeks ago and he is expected to decide on the matter within days.
““Globes” has learned that since there is no disputing that payment and the appointment of a general manager on Fishman’s behalf took place, Strum will probably conclude the parties failed to fulfil the obligation to wait for the Anti-Trust Authority director general’s decision, thereby breaching the Restraint of Trade Law. Strum will probably not approve the deal, in order to avoid a retroactive approval. However, no criminal or civil sanctions are expected to be taken beyond this.
Eliezer Fishman declined to comment on the matter.
Eliezer Fishman is the controlling shareholder of “Globes”.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 20 March 2001
Matav Announces 2000 Revenues of $110.9 Million and Continued Subscriber Growth
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 9:36 AM
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, Mar 22, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of digital cable television services, today reported revenues of NIS 448 million ($110.9 million), compared with NIS 454.4 million ($112.4 million) for 1999.
Moshe Gavish, Vice Chairman of Matav`s board of directors, noted that subscribers grew 5.2% to 301,471 compared with 286,600 at the end of 1999. He added that this increase was a result of the Company`s aggressive marketing initiatives and was achieved in the face of intense market competition. In addition, Matav`s penetration rate for connected households rose to 72.4%, from 71.3% the previous year.
Gross profit for 2000 was NIS 60.6 million ($15.0 million). Cable operations contributed a gross profit of NIS 83.4 million ($20.6 million), while Nonstop! had a gross loss of NIS 22.8 million ($5.6 million).
Operating expenses for 2000 were NIS 387.4 million ($95.9 million), compared with NIS 265.9 million ($65.8 million) for 1999. Growth in operating expenses is mainly due to increased content costs and the operation of new channels; increased depreciation expenses from investments made in technological preparations for the provision of advanced communications services; and costs associated with the network upgrade and adjustment to digital broadcasting.
Matav`s marketing, selling, general and administrative expenses for the year were NIS 118.7 million ($29.4 million), compared with NIS 80.0 million ($19.8 million) for the previous year. The increase is primarily due to costs incurred in the Company`s preparations for competition in the cable TV market, in addition to the NIS 21.8 million ($5.4 million) cost of its high-speed Internet subsidiary, Nonstop!`s, operations.
Matav reported a 2000 net loss of NIS 211.1 million ($52.2 million) or NIS 7.30 ($1.81) per share, of which NIS 42.1 million ($10.4 million) is from cable operations; NIS 47.7 million ($11.8 million) is from the operations of Nonstop!; NIS 117.1 million ($29.0 million) is derived from Matav`s share in Partner Communications` losses; and NIS 4.2 million ($1.0 million) is from other related companies.
"Nonstop! was set up to provide high-speed Internet services via our broadband infrastructure," stated Mr. Gavish. "However, due to regulatory delays in provision of the license to provide these services, the subsidiary incurred operating expenses without having the opportunity to generate income."
The Company`s share in Partner`s losses for 2000 is a result of its 15.6% stake, and has no implications on Matav`s cash flow, since the figures merely reflect an accounting method, rather than actual cash-flow expenses. In addition, in 1999, the Company reported a NIS 420 million ($103.9 million) one-time capital gain from Partner`s initial public offering.
In 2000, Partner Communications grew its subscriber base to 834,000, increased revenues, and a made significant improvements in EBITDA.
Matav`s revenues for the fourth quarter of 2000 were NIS 109.5 million ($27.1 million), compared with NIS 114 million ($28.2 million) for the same quarter in 1999. Fourth quarter gross profit from cable operations grew to NIS 13.0 million ($3.2 million), compared with NIS 8.1 million ($2.0 million) for the previous quarter. Nonstop!`s gross loss for the fourth quarter was NIS 9.8 million ($2.4 million), an increase from a gross loss of NIS 7.0 million ($1.7 million) in third quarter.
During the year, the Company made preparations to compete in the multi-channel TV market and to enter the digital age. As part of these operations, the Company launched pay-per-view (PPV) services and a diverse range of new channels.
Matav continues to convert analog broadcasts to digital broadcasts, and digital converters are being installed at subscribers` homes at an increased rate.
In the coming period, subject to approval of the Cable Council, Matav will offer tiering services (channel packages) and interactive services, opening new opportunities for choice among subscribers.
Amit Levin, CEO of Matav`s cable operations, stated, "We continue to provide our customers with the best and most reliable service in the cable TV market. This has been proven in several customer satisfaction surveys and supported by daily viewership and continuous growth of our subscriber base," added Mr. Levin.
Commenting on the state of Israel`s regulatory environment, Mr. Gavish said, "It is our hope that the pending amendment to the Telecommunications Act will enable the opening of the communications market to competition and give rise to competition in all telecom services, including high-speed Internet. Currently, Bezeq is the only company providing high-speed Internet services.
"The current situation is a waste of cable TV infrastructure, which is currently fulfilling only a small part of its tremendous potential. Matav is well prepared to compete in an open market and offer Israeli citizens a higher level and wider selection of services. We are eager to reap the benefit of our extensive preparations and investments."
In early 2001, the Company announced the retirement of Group CEO, Danny Jacoby. The board of directors and the Company`s management thank Mr. Jacoby for his services and wish him every success in his future.
Management will conduct a teleconference today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate, please dial: 913-981-5522, confirmation #633826 several minutes prior to start.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Nonstop!, a company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
(This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the Company`s business, financial condition and results of
THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 9:36 AM
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, Mar 22, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of digital cable television services, today reported revenues of NIS 448 million ($110.9 million), compared with NIS 454.4 million ($112.4 million) for 1999.
Moshe Gavish, Vice Chairman of Matav`s board of directors, noted that subscribers grew 5.2% to 301,471 compared with 286,600 at the end of 1999. He added that this increase was a result of the Company`s aggressive marketing initiatives and was achieved in the face of intense market competition. In addition, Matav`s penetration rate for connected households rose to 72.4%, from 71.3% the previous year.
Gross profit for 2000 was NIS 60.6 million ($15.0 million). Cable operations contributed a gross profit of NIS 83.4 million ($20.6 million), while Nonstop! had a gross loss of NIS 22.8 million ($5.6 million).
Operating expenses for 2000 were NIS 387.4 million ($95.9 million), compared with NIS 265.9 million ($65.8 million) for 1999. Growth in operating expenses is mainly due to increased content costs and the operation of new channels; increased depreciation expenses from investments made in technological preparations for the provision of advanced communications services; and costs associated with the network upgrade and adjustment to digital broadcasting.
Matav`s marketing, selling, general and administrative expenses for the year were NIS 118.7 million ($29.4 million), compared with NIS 80.0 million ($19.8 million) for the previous year. The increase is primarily due to costs incurred in the Company`s preparations for competition in the cable TV market, in addition to the NIS 21.8 million ($5.4 million) cost of its high-speed Internet subsidiary, Nonstop!`s, operations.
Matav reported a 2000 net loss of NIS 211.1 million ($52.2 million) or NIS 7.30 ($1.81) per share, of which NIS 42.1 million ($10.4 million) is from cable operations; NIS 47.7 million ($11.8 million) is from the operations of Nonstop!; NIS 117.1 million ($29.0 million) is derived from Matav`s share in Partner Communications` losses; and NIS 4.2 million ($1.0 million) is from other related companies.
"Nonstop! was set up to provide high-speed Internet services via our broadband infrastructure," stated Mr. Gavish. "However, due to regulatory delays in provision of the license to provide these services, the subsidiary incurred operating expenses without having the opportunity to generate income."
The Company`s share in Partner`s losses for 2000 is a result of its 15.6% stake, and has no implications on Matav`s cash flow, since the figures merely reflect an accounting method, rather than actual cash-flow expenses. In addition, in 1999, the Company reported a NIS 420 million ($103.9 million) one-time capital gain from Partner`s initial public offering.
In 2000, Partner Communications grew its subscriber base to 834,000, increased revenues, and a made significant improvements in EBITDA.
Matav`s revenues for the fourth quarter of 2000 were NIS 109.5 million ($27.1 million), compared with NIS 114 million ($28.2 million) for the same quarter in 1999. Fourth quarter gross profit from cable operations grew to NIS 13.0 million ($3.2 million), compared with NIS 8.1 million ($2.0 million) for the previous quarter. Nonstop!`s gross loss for the fourth quarter was NIS 9.8 million ($2.4 million), an increase from a gross loss of NIS 7.0 million ($1.7 million) in third quarter.
During the year, the Company made preparations to compete in the multi-channel TV market and to enter the digital age. As part of these operations, the Company launched pay-per-view (PPV) services and a diverse range of new channels.
Matav continues to convert analog broadcasts to digital broadcasts, and digital converters are being installed at subscribers` homes at an increased rate.
In the coming period, subject to approval of the Cable Council, Matav will offer tiering services (channel packages) and interactive services, opening new opportunities for choice among subscribers.
Amit Levin, CEO of Matav`s cable operations, stated, "We continue to provide our customers with the best and most reliable service in the cable TV market. This has been proven in several customer satisfaction surveys and supported by daily viewership and continuous growth of our subscriber base," added Mr. Levin.
Commenting on the state of Israel`s regulatory environment, Mr. Gavish said, "It is our hope that the pending amendment to the Telecommunications Act will enable the opening of the communications market to competition and give rise to competition in all telecom services, including high-speed Internet. Currently, Bezeq is the only company providing high-speed Internet services.
"The current situation is a waste of cable TV infrastructure, which is currently fulfilling only a small part of its tremendous potential. Matav is well prepared to compete in an open market and offer Israeli citizens a higher level and wider selection of services. We are eager to reap the benefit of our extensive preparations and investments."
In early 2001, the Company announced the retirement of Group CEO, Danny Jacoby. The board of directors and the Company`s management thank Mr. Jacoby for his services and wish him every success in his future.
Management will conduct a teleconference today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To participate, please dial: 913-981-5522, confirmation #633826 several minutes prior to start.
Matav is one of Israel`s three cable television providers, serving roughly 25 percent of the population. Matav`s investments include 15 percent of Partner Communications Ltd., a GSM mobile phone company, 10 percent of Barak Ltd., Israel`s second-largest provider of international long distance and Internet telephony, and 100 percent of Nonstop!, a company preparing to offer broadband Internet services.
(This press release contains forward-looking statements with respect to the Company`s business, financial condition and results of
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Bitte etwas in deuheueutsch!
Wenns nicht zu viel Arbeit macht.
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Bitte etwas in deuheueutsch!
Wenns nicht zu viel Arbeit macht.
Gruß Costolyna
@junkstro
erstmal vielen Dank für das fleisige Sammeln.
Muss ja nicht gleich in Deutsch sein, aber eine Zeile Zusammenfassung/Bewertung wäre echt super.
ciao ZO
erstmal vielen Dank für das fleisige Sammeln.
Muss ja nicht gleich in Deutsch sein, aber eine Zeile Zusammenfassung/Bewertung wäre echt super.
ciao ZO
@ costolyna
mehr hat die übersetzungsmaschine leider nicht drauf....
;-)
Matav kündigt 2000 Einnahmen 110.9 Millionen $ und Ununterbrochenes Unterzeichnet-Wachstum An
DONNERSTAG, DER 22. MÄRZ 2001 9:36 SIND
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, am 22. Mrz 2001/PRNewswire durch COMTEX/-Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), ein israelischer Hauptversorger von digitalen Kabelfernsehen-Diensten, heute berichtete Einnahmen von NIS 448 Millionen (110.9 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 454.4 Millionen (112.4 Millionen $) für 1999.
Moshe Gavish bemerkte Vizevorsitzender von Matav ` s Direktion, dass Unterzeichnete um 5.2 % zu 301,471 verglichen mit 286,600 am Ende von 1999 wuchsen. Er fügte hinzu, dass diese Zunahme ein Resultat der Firma ` s aggressive Marktinitiativen war und angesichts intensiver Marktkonkurrenz erreicht wurde. Außerdem, Matav ` s Durchdringen-Tarif für zusammenhängende Haushalte erhob sich zu 72.4 %, von 71.3 % dem vorhergehenden Jahr.
Bruttogewinn für 2000 war NIS 60.6 Millionen (15.0 Millionen $). Kabel-Betriebe trugen einen Bruttogewinn von NIS 83.4 Millionen (20.6 Millionen $), während Ohne Unterbrechung bei ! Hatte einen groben Verlust von NIS 22.8 Millionen (5.6 Millionen $).
Geschäftsunkosten für 2000 waren NIS 387.4 Millionen (95.9 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 265.9 Millionen (65.8 Millionen $) für 1999. Wachstum in Geschäftsunkosten ist hauptsächlich wegen vergrößerter zufriedener Kosten und des Betriebes von neuen Kanälen; vergrößerte Geringschätzungs-Unkosten von Investitionen gemacht in technologischen Vorbereitungen für die Bestimmung von fortgeschrittenen Nachrichtendiensten; und mit dem Netzwerk eng verbundene Kosten stufen und Anpassung an digitale Rundfunkübertragung höher ein.
Matav ` s Marketing, Verkauf, waren allgemeine und administrative Unkosten für das Jahr NIS 118.7 Millionen (29.4 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 80.0 Millionen (19.8 Millionen $) für das vorhergehende Jahr. Die Zunahme ist in erster Linie wegen Kosten zugezogen in der Firma ` s Vorbereitungen für Konkurrenz auf dem Kabelfernsehen-Markt, außer NIS 21.8 Millionen (5.4 Millionen $) Kosten seiner Hochleistungsinternettochtergesellschaft, Ohne Unterbrechung! ` S, Betriebe.
Matav berichtete über einen 2000 Nettoverlust von NIS 211.1 Millionen (52.2 Millionen $) oder NIS 7.30 (1.81 $) per Anteil, dessen NIS 42.1 Millionen (10.4 Millionen $) von Kabel-Betrieben ist; NIS 47.7 Millionen (11.8 Millionen $) ist von den Betrieben Pausenlos!; NIS 117.1 Millionen (29.0 Millionen $) wird von Matav ` s Anteil in Partner-Kommunikationen ` Verluste hergeleitet; und NIS 4.2 Millionen (1.0 Millionen $) ist von anderen in Verbindung stehenden Firmen.
" Ohne Unterbrechung! Wurde aufgestellt, um Hochleistungsinternetdienste durch unsere Breitbandinfrastruktur, " festgesetzter Mr. Gavish zu versorgen. " Jedoch, wegen Durchführungsverzögerung in Bestimmung der Lizenz, um diese Dienste, die Tochtergesellschaft zugezogene Geschäftsunkosten zu versorgen, ohne die Gelegenheit zu haben, Einkommen zu erzeugen. "
Die Firma ` s Anteil in Partner ` s Verluste für 2000 ist ein Resultat seines 15.6 % Einsatzes, und hat keine Verwicklungen auf Matav ` s Kassenzufluß, da die Figuren bloß eine Rechenschaft ablegende Methode, anstatt tatsächlicher Kassenzufluß-Unkosten widerspiegeln. Außerdem, 1999, berichtete die Firma über einen NIS 420 Millionen (103.9 Millionen $) einstmaliger Kapital-Gewinn von Partner ` s zeichnet öffentliches Angebot ab.
2000 baute Partner Communications seine Unterzeichnet-Basis zu 834,000, vergrößerte Einnahmen, und gemachten wichtigen Verbesserungen in EBITDA an.
Matav ` s Einnahmen für das vierte Viertel von 2000 waren NIS 109.5 Millionen (27.1 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 114 Millionen (28.2 Millionen $) für das gleiche Viertel 1999. Der vierte Viertel-Bruttogewinn von Kabel-Betrieben baute zu NIS 13.0 Millionen (3.2 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 8.1 Millionen (2.0 Millionen $) für das vorhergehende Viertel an. Ohne Unterbrechung! ` S grober Verlust für das vierte Viertel war NIS 9.8 Millionen (2.4 Millionen $), eine Zunahme von einem groben Verlust von NIS 7.0 Millionen (1.7 Millionen $) im dritten Viertel.
Während des Jahres machte die Firma Vorbereitungen um sich auf dem Mehrkanalfernsehmarkt zu bewerben und ins digitale Alter einzutreten. Als Teil dieser Betriebe setzte die Firma Bezahlung-per-Ansicht (PPV) Dienste und eine verschiedene Reihe von neuen Kanälen aus.
Matav setzt fort, Entsprechungs-Sendungen zu digitalen Sendungen umzusetzen, und digitale Bessemerbirnen werden an Unterzeichneten ` Häuser an einem vergrößerten Tarif installiert.
In der kommenden Periode, genehmigungspflichtig des Kabel-Rates, wird Matav Tiering-Dienste (Kanal-Pakete) und interaktive Dienste anbieten, neue Gelegenheiten vorzugsweise unter Unterzeichneten öffnend.
Amit Levin, CEO von Matav ` s Kabel-Betriebe, festgesetzt, " setzen Wir fort, unsere Kunden mit dem Besten und zuverlässigstem Dienst auf dem Kabelfernsehen-Markt zu versorgen. Das ist in mehrerer Kundenbefriedigungs-Übersicht bewiesen und durch täglichen viewership und ununterbrochenes Wachstum unserer Unterzeichnet-Basis, " zusätzlicher Mr. Levin unterstützt worden.
Sich über den Zustand(Staat) Israels ` s Durchführungsumwelt äußernd, sagte Mr. Gavish, " ist Es unsere Hoffnung, dass der während Besserung zum Fernmeldegesetz die Öffnung des Nachrichtenmarktes zu Konkurrenz befähigen und Konkurrenz in allen Telekommunikations-Diensten verursachen wird, Hochleistungsinternet einschließend. Zur Zeit ist Bezeq die einzige Firma, die Hochleistungsinternetdienste versorgt.
" Der gegenwärtige Zustand ist eine Vergeudung der Kabelfernsehen-Infrastruktur, die zur Zeit nur einen kleinen Teil seines schrecklichen Potentials erfüllt. Matav ist gut bereit, sich auf einem offenen Markt zu bewerben und israelischen Bürgern ein höheres Niveau und breitere Auswahl an Diensten anzubieten. Wir sind begierig, den Nutzen unserer umfassenden Vorbereitungen und Investitionen zu ernten. "
An Anfang von 2001 kündigte die Firma den Ruhestand Der Gruppe CEO, Danny Jacoby an. Die Direktion und die Firma ` s Management danken Mr. Jacoby für seine Dienste und wünschen ihn jeder Erfolg in seiner Zukunft.
Management wird eine Telefonkonferenz heute an 11:00 vormittags Östliche Zeit führen. Zu teilen, bitte zu wählen: 913-981-5522, Bestätigung *633826 mehrere Minuten vor Anfang.
Matav ist eines Israels ` s drei Kabelfernsehen-Versorger, grob 25 Prozent der Bevölkerung dienend. Matav ` s Investitionen schließen 15 Prozent von Partner Communications Ltd., einer GSM Mobiltelefon-Firma, 10 Prozent von Barak Ltd., Israel ` s zweit-größter Versorger der internationalen langen Entfernung und Internettelephonie, und 100 Prozent Pausenlos ein! Eine Firma, die vorbereitet, Breitbandinternetdienste anzubieten.
( Diese Presseverlautbarung enthält vorausschauende Erklärungen in Bezug auf die Firma ` s Geschäft, Finanzbedingung(Finanzzustand) und Resultate dessen
mehr hat die übersetzungsmaschine leider nicht drauf....
;-)
Matav kündigt 2000 Einnahmen 110.9 Millionen $ und Ununterbrochenes Unterzeichnet-Wachstum An
DONNERSTAG, DER 22. MÄRZ 2001 9:36 SIND
- PRNewswire
NETANYA, Israel, am 22. Mrz 2001/PRNewswire durch COMTEX/-Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), ein israelischer Hauptversorger von digitalen Kabelfernsehen-Diensten, heute berichtete Einnahmen von NIS 448 Millionen (110.9 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 454.4 Millionen (112.4 Millionen $) für 1999.
Moshe Gavish bemerkte Vizevorsitzender von Matav ` s Direktion, dass Unterzeichnete um 5.2 % zu 301,471 verglichen mit 286,600 am Ende von 1999 wuchsen. Er fügte hinzu, dass diese Zunahme ein Resultat der Firma ` s aggressive Marktinitiativen war und angesichts intensiver Marktkonkurrenz erreicht wurde. Außerdem, Matav ` s Durchdringen-Tarif für zusammenhängende Haushalte erhob sich zu 72.4 %, von 71.3 % dem vorhergehenden Jahr.
Bruttogewinn für 2000 war NIS 60.6 Millionen (15.0 Millionen $). Kabel-Betriebe trugen einen Bruttogewinn von NIS 83.4 Millionen (20.6 Millionen $), während Ohne Unterbrechung bei ! Hatte einen groben Verlust von NIS 22.8 Millionen (5.6 Millionen $).
Geschäftsunkosten für 2000 waren NIS 387.4 Millionen (95.9 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 265.9 Millionen (65.8 Millionen $) für 1999. Wachstum in Geschäftsunkosten ist hauptsächlich wegen vergrößerter zufriedener Kosten und des Betriebes von neuen Kanälen; vergrößerte Geringschätzungs-Unkosten von Investitionen gemacht in technologischen Vorbereitungen für die Bestimmung von fortgeschrittenen Nachrichtendiensten; und mit dem Netzwerk eng verbundene Kosten stufen und Anpassung an digitale Rundfunkübertragung höher ein.
Matav ` s Marketing, Verkauf, waren allgemeine und administrative Unkosten für das Jahr NIS 118.7 Millionen (29.4 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 80.0 Millionen (19.8 Millionen $) für das vorhergehende Jahr. Die Zunahme ist in erster Linie wegen Kosten zugezogen in der Firma ` s Vorbereitungen für Konkurrenz auf dem Kabelfernsehen-Markt, außer NIS 21.8 Millionen (5.4 Millionen $) Kosten seiner Hochleistungsinternettochtergesellschaft, Ohne Unterbrechung! ` S, Betriebe.
Matav berichtete über einen 2000 Nettoverlust von NIS 211.1 Millionen (52.2 Millionen $) oder NIS 7.30 (1.81 $) per Anteil, dessen NIS 42.1 Millionen (10.4 Millionen $) von Kabel-Betrieben ist; NIS 47.7 Millionen (11.8 Millionen $) ist von den Betrieben Pausenlos!; NIS 117.1 Millionen (29.0 Millionen $) wird von Matav ` s Anteil in Partner-Kommunikationen ` Verluste hergeleitet; und NIS 4.2 Millionen (1.0 Millionen $) ist von anderen in Verbindung stehenden Firmen.
" Ohne Unterbrechung! Wurde aufgestellt, um Hochleistungsinternetdienste durch unsere Breitbandinfrastruktur, " festgesetzter Mr. Gavish zu versorgen. " Jedoch, wegen Durchführungsverzögerung in Bestimmung der Lizenz, um diese Dienste, die Tochtergesellschaft zugezogene Geschäftsunkosten zu versorgen, ohne die Gelegenheit zu haben, Einkommen zu erzeugen. "
Die Firma ` s Anteil in Partner ` s Verluste für 2000 ist ein Resultat seines 15.6 % Einsatzes, und hat keine Verwicklungen auf Matav ` s Kassenzufluß, da die Figuren bloß eine Rechenschaft ablegende Methode, anstatt tatsächlicher Kassenzufluß-Unkosten widerspiegeln. Außerdem, 1999, berichtete die Firma über einen NIS 420 Millionen (103.9 Millionen $) einstmaliger Kapital-Gewinn von Partner ` s zeichnet öffentliches Angebot ab.
2000 baute Partner Communications seine Unterzeichnet-Basis zu 834,000, vergrößerte Einnahmen, und gemachten wichtigen Verbesserungen in EBITDA an.
Matav ` s Einnahmen für das vierte Viertel von 2000 waren NIS 109.5 Millionen (27.1 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 114 Millionen (28.2 Millionen $) für das gleiche Viertel 1999. Der vierte Viertel-Bruttogewinn von Kabel-Betrieben baute zu NIS 13.0 Millionen (3.2 Millionen $), verglichen mit NIS 8.1 Millionen (2.0 Millionen $) für das vorhergehende Viertel an. Ohne Unterbrechung! ` S grober Verlust für das vierte Viertel war NIS 9.8 Millionen (2.4 Millionen $), eine Zunahme von einem groben Verlust von NIS 7.0 Millionen (1.7 Millionen $) im dritten Viertel.
Während des Jahres machte die Firma Vorbereitungen um sich auf dem Mehrkanalfernsehmarkt zu bewerben und ins digitale Alter einzutreten. Als Teil dieser Betriebe setzte die Firma Bezahlung-per-Ansicht (PPV) Dienste und eine verschiedene Reihe von neuen Kanälen aus.
Matav setzt fort, Entsprechungs-Sendungen zu digitalen Sendungen umzusetzen, und digitale Bessemerbirnen werden an Unterzeichneten ` Häuser an einem vergrößerten Tarif installiert.
In der kommenden Periode, genehmigungspflichtig des Kabel-Rates, wird Matav Tiering-Dienste (Kanal-Pakete) und interaktive Dienste anbieten, neue Gelegenheiten vorzugsweise unter Unterzeichneten öffnend.
Amit Levin, CEO von Matav ` s Kabel-Betriebe, festgesetzt, " setzen Wir fort, unsere Kunden mit dem Besten und zuverlässigstem Dienst auf dem Kabelfernsehen-Markt zu versorgen. Das ist in mehrerer Kundenbefriedigungs-Übersicht bewiesen und durch täglichen viewership und ununterbrochenes Wachstum unserer Unterzeichnet-Basis, " zusätzlicher Mr. Levin unterstützt worden.
Sich über den Zustand(Staat) Israels ` s Durchführungsumwelt äußernd, sagte Mr. Gavish, " ist Es unsere Hoffnung, dass der während Besserung zum Fernmeldegesetz die Öffnung des Nachrichtenmarktes zu Konkurrenz befähigen und Konkurrenz in allen Telekommunikations-Diensten verursachen wird, Hochleistungsinternet einschließend. Zur Zeit ist Bezeq die einzige Firma, die Hochleistungsinternetdienste versorgt.
" Der gegenwärtige Zustand ist eine Vergeudung der Kabelfernsehen-Infrastruktur, die zur Zeit nur einen kleinen Teil seines schrecklichen Potentials erfüllt. Matav ist gut bereit, sich auf einem offenen Markt zu bewerben und israelischen Bürgern ein höheres Niveau und breitere Auswahl an Diensten anzubieten. Wir sind begierig, den Nutzen unserer umfassenden Vorbereitungen und Investitionen zu ernten. "
An Anfang von 2001 kündigte die Firma den Ruhestand Der Gruppe CEO, Danny Jacoby an. Die Direktion und die Firma ` s Management danken Mr. Jacoby für seine Dienste und wünschen ihn jeder Erfolg in seiner Zukunft.
Management wird eine Telefonkonferenz heute an 11:00 vormittags Östliche Zeit führen. Zu teilen, bitte zu wählen: 913-981-5522, Bestätigung *633826 mehrere Minuten vor Anfang.
Matav ist eines Israels ` s drei Kabelfernsehen-Versorger, grob 25 Prozent der Bevölkerung dienend. Matav ` s Investitionen schließen 15 Prozent von Partner Communications Ltd., einer GSM Mobiltelefon-Firma, 10 Prozent von Barak Ltd., Israel ` s zweit-größter Versorger der internationalen langen Entfernung und Internettelephonie, und 100 Prozent Pausenlos ein! Eine Firma, die vorbereitet, Breitbandinternetdienste anzubieten.
( Diese Presseverlautbarung enthält vorausschauende Erklärungen in Bezug auf die Firma ` s Geschäft, Finanzbedingung(Finanzzustand) und Resultate dessen
Danke!
Schließe mich ZimtOchse an.
Eine kleine Zusammenfassung vom wichtigsten aus Deinen Berichten , wäre schön..
Gruß Costolyna
Schließe mich ZimtOchse an.
Eine kleine Zusammenfassung vom wichtigsten aus Deinen Berichten , wäre schön..
Gruß Costolyna
Reuters reports that Morgan Stanley Dean Witter has added Matav to its European telecoms model portfolio
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Police suspect Ben-Eliezer improperly allowed Zeevi to invest in Bezeq
Yoav Yitzhak, Stella Korin-Lieber and Assaf Zohar
26.03.2001 17:56
The Israel Police Force National Serious and International Crimes Unit is investigating allegations that the Ministry of Communications gave Gad Zeevi inappropriate permission to buy 20% of Bezeq. By web-posting time, the National Serious and International Crimes Unit had resumed questioning Zeevi.
The police investigated reports that former Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (now Minister of Defense) acted inappropriately in giving Zeevi permission to acquire the Bezeq holding, without conducting a proper background check. The move apparently followed the intervention of several pubic figures who interceded on behalf of Zeevi.
Ben-Eliezer said in response that he was not worried about an examination of the matter, and that he had given Zeevi the permit after receiving a professional opinion. Ben-Eliezer said he was convinced that an investigation of the matter would show he had acted in a totally appropriate manner.
”Globes” has also learnt that the General Security Service (GSS) conducted a background check on Zeevi before the permit was granted. However, the check did not investigate Zeevi`s activities and connections outside of Israel. Neither the GSS nor the Ministry of Communications expanded the check to include Zeevi’s financing resources outside Israel.
Senior police officers today said explicitly that the leaders of the Russian mafia in Israel sought to take over Bezeq through Gad Zeevi. Mikhail Chernoy, considered a target of the intelligence services of many countries around the world, is suspected of operating Zeevi as a front man to buy 20% of Bezeq in an attempt to launder his money in Israel. Zeevi is suspected of having concealed, from Bezeq and the Ministry of Communications, the fact that Chernoy financed the deal.
Chernoy’s lawyer in Israel, Adv. Amnon Zichroni, firmly denies the allegations against his client, dismissing them as “nonsense.” Zeevi’s lawyer, Dan Sheinman, declined to comment on the report.
Government Companies Authority director Yaron Jacobs told “Globes”: “We’re planning to publish the notice on the sale of a controlling interest in Bezeq next week. We’re acting vigorously towards this end.” Jacobs made his comments after a series of discussions and meetings held at the Government Companies Authority following the news of Zeevi’s interrogation.
Bezeq’s share fell 3.2% towards the close of trading on a NIS 21 million turnover – the second largest on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange today.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 26 March, 2001
Yoav Yitzhak, Stella Korin-Lieber and Assaf Zohar
26.03.2001 17:56
The Israel Police Force National Serious and International Crimes Unit is investigating allegations that the Ministry of Communications gave Gad Zeevi inappropriate permission to buy 20% of Bezeq. By web-posting time, the National Serious and International Crimes Unit had resumed questioning Zeevi.
The police investigated reports that former Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer (now Minister of Defense) acted inappropriately in giving Zeevi permission to acquire the Bezeq holding, without conducting a proper background check. The move apparently followed the intervention of several pubic figures who interceded on behalf of Zeevi.
Ben-Eliezer said in response that he was not worried about an examination of the matter, and that he had given Zeevi the permit after receiving a professional opinion. Ben-Eliezer said he was convinced that an investigation of the matter would show he had acted in a totally appropriate manner.
”Globes” has also learnt that the General Security Service (GSS) conducted a background check on Zeevi before the permit was granted. However, the check did not investigate Zeevi`s activities and connections outside of Israel. Neither the GSS nor the Ministry of Communications expanded the check to include Zeevi’s financing resources outside Israel.
Senior police officers today said explicitly that the leaders of the Russian mafia in Israel sought to take over Bezeq through Gad Zeevi. Mikhail Chernoy, considered a target of the intelligence services of many countries around the world, is suspected of operating Zeevi as a front man to buy 20% of Bezeq in an attempt to launder his money in Israel. Zeevi is suspected of having concealed, from Bezeq and the Ministry of Communications, the fact that Chernoy financed the deal.
Chernoy’s lawyer in Israel, Adv. Amnon Zichroni, firmly denies the allegations against his client, dismissing them as “nonsense.” Zeevi’s lawyer, Dan Sheinman, declined to comment on the report.
Government Companies Authority director Yaron Jacobs told “Globes”: “We’re planning to publish the notice on the sale of a controlling interest in Bezeq next week. We’re acting vigorously towards this end.” Jacobs made his comments after a series of discussions and meetings held at the Government Companies Authority following the news of Zeevi’s interrogation.
Bezeq’s share fell 3.2% towards the close of trading on a NIS 21 million turnover – the second largest on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange today.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 26 March, 2001
Strum tells cable companies he’ll consider possible merger request
Efi Landau
29.03.2001 17:36
Anti-Trust Authority director general Dror Strum told the cable companies several weeks ago that if they wish to merge, they should submit a request to the Antitrust Authority. Strum said he believed the time is ripe to submit a merger request, since Amendment 24 of the Telecommunications Law is about to be concluded and its principles are already clear.
Strum confirmed to “Globes” that he had informed the cable companies about the matter, noting that there was no guarantee about the outcome.
Moshe Gavish, vice-chairman of Dankner Investments, told “Globes” that he and the heads of the cable company had applied several times to previous Anti-trust Authority director general David Tadmor, asking if he would consider the matter. Gavish said that Tadmor had told him there was no point in applying until they had received a communications license. Gavish said Tadmor had noted that if they received a license, and submitted a merger request, it would be approved without a problem, if only in order to promote competition.
The cable companies asked the Knesset Economics Committee headed by Avraham Poraz, to include a clause in the Telecommunications Law permitting the cable companies to merge. The committee debated the amendment, Poraz and Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin supported the idea, while Strum and Lachman-Messer strongly opposed it.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 29 March, 2001
Efi Landau
29.03.2001 17:36
Anti-Trust Authority director general Dror Strum told the cable companies several weeks ago that if they wish to merge, they should submit a request to the Antitrust Authority. Strum said he believed the time is ripe to submit a merger request, since Amendment 24 of the Telecommunications Law is about to be concluded and its principles are already clear.
Strum confirmed to “Globes” that he had informed the cable companies about the matter, noting that there was no guarantee about the outcome.
Moshe Gavish, vice-chairman of Dankner Investments, told “Globes” that he and the heads of the cable company had applied several times to previous Anti-trust Authority director general David Tadmor, asking if he would consider the matter. Gavish said that Tadmor had told him there was no point in applying until they had received a communications license. Gavish said Tadmor had noted that if they received a license, and submitted a merger request, it would be approved without a problem, if only in order to promote competition.
The cable companies asked the Knesset Economics Committee headed by Avraham Poraz, to include a clause in the Telecommunications Law permitting the cable companies to merge. The committee debated the amendment, Poraz and Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin supported the idea, while Strum and Lachman-Messer strongly opposed it.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 29 March, 2001
von waku 07.04.01 20:02:35 MET(A)BOX AG
Nehmen wir mal an, Metabox hat einen festen Vertrag mit einem Partner in Israel...
Seit Monaten zögert dieser Partner die Anlieferung und Installation durch immer neue Änderungswünsche raus. Die Phönix soll eine eierlegende Wollmilchsau werden!
Die lieben Einwohner in Israel, ich meine die mit Bart und Hut, waren immer schon etwas cleverer wenn es um Geschäfte ging, als deutsche Partner.
Anscheinend gibt es Lücken im Vertrag, die der israelische Partner nutzt um Metabox auszuhungern.
Ich würde jedenfalls nicht für 500 Mios Boxen einkaufen, wenn ich die ganze Firma im Moment für`n Bruchteil davon übernehmen kann. Dann kann ich mir doch selber die Boxen liefern, zu einem Preis, in dem die ganze Firma Metabox schon enthalten ist.
Würde mich nicht wundern wenn uns bald so eine Meldung überrascht.
Was meint Ihr dazu?
*******
Janphil (der als junger Student 6 Wochen in einem Kibbuz nördlich von Haifa Bananen gepflanzt, Orangen gepflückt und Hühner geimpft hat - wirklich ein Freund Israels) meint dazu:
Einer der interessantesten Beiträge im Israel-Thread.
Paßt irgendwie zum Rest hier.
Nehmen wir mal an, Metabox hat einen festen Vertrag mit einem Partner in Israel...
Seit Monaten zögert dieser Partner die Anlieferung und Installation durch immer neue Änderungswünsche raus. Die Phönix soll eine eierlegende Wollmilchsau werden!
Die lieben Einwohner in Israel, ich meine die mit Bart und Hut, waren immer schon etwas cleverer wenn es um Geschäfte ging, als deutsche Partner.
Anscheinend gibt es Lücken im Vertrag, die der israelische Partner nutzt um Metabox auszuhungern.
Ich würde jedenfalls nicht für 500 Mios Boxen einkaufen, wenn ich die ganze Firma im Moment für`n Bruchteil davon übernehmen kann. Dann kann ich mir doch selber die Boxen liefern, zu einem Preis, in dem die ganze Firma Metabox schon enthalten ist.
Würde mich nicht wundern wenn uns bald so eine Meldung überrascht.
Was meint Ihr dazu?
*******
Janphil (der als junger Student 6 Wochen in einem Kibbuz nördlich von Haifa Bananen gepflanzt, Orangen gepflückt und Hühner geimpft hat - wirklich ein Freund Israels) meint dazu:
Einer der interessantesten Beiträge im Israel-Thread.
Paßt irgendwie zum Rest hier.
Ich setz noch einen drauf:
Mein Freund Petronius warf neulich sehr ernsthaft die Frage auf, ob Domi dem "levantinischen Element" im gesamten Ablauf wirklich gewachsen ist.
Er verglich dann die Erfahrungshorizonte der Beteiligten - aber das ist nur für den kleinen Kreis geeignet.
JP
Mein Freund Petronius warf neulich sehr ernsthaft die Frage auf, ob Domi dem "levantinischen Element" im gesamten Ablauf wirklich gewachsen ist.
Er verglich dann die Erfahrungshorizonte der Beteiligten - aber das ist nur für den kleinen Kreis geeignet.
JP
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The cable companies
Efi Landau
10.04.2001 17:39
The cable companies are mostly waiting. They are waiting for a communications license to begin providing high-speed Internet services, for permission to merge, and for the appointment of an assessor to determine the amount they must pay for a communications license. “They may determine such a high price that we’ll close shop,” says a senior source.
The cable companies are also waiting for the Antitrust Authority director-general to permit them to develop a cartel with the satellite company Yes and negotiate jointly with the major US content companies in order to lower prices. In the wake of competition between Yes and the cable companies, the cost of content increased several times over. The cable companies and Yes are overpaying US companies for content by $1 million. The absurd aspect is that the principal benefactors of competition are the American cable companies’ shareholders, while the Israeli consumer has yet to benefit.
The least prominent company in the communications market is Tevel Telecom, founded by a Tevel shareholder to serve as the communications company for the cable companies, either separately or merged. This national operator published tenders for equipment to set up a communications network over the cable network, examined bids, chose bids for the final tender phase, and then stopped. Everything has now been halted and is waiting for something to occur. In contrast to the other national inland communications network companies - Ofek, Cellcom, and Barak – Tevel Telecom is not looking for an integrator to set up its network, but rather equipment suppliers. It will carry out the integration itself.
The suppliers that reached the final stage of competition for supplying switching, which is the principal type of equipment involved in the undertaking, are Nortel, Lucent, and Alcatel. Amdocs and Kenan Systems are the finalists for billing services, while SAP and Oracle reached the final stage in the battle to provide ERP systems. In the CRM field, Siebel and Clarify have stayed the course. “But this is all theoretical,” says the senior source. “Nothing has been finalized. The cable companies are losing huge sums. The cable companies are in crisis, Dankner is in trouble, Discount Investments is in trouble, Mark Schneider is in trouble, and Fishman has gone overseas.”
Today, a year after the Attorney General’s opinion was published, the cable companies consider the decision to be a disaster. When Rubinstein published his opinion, however, he wasn’t supposed to weigh financial considerations; he only needs to consider legal factors. Furthermore, the cable companies’ petition to the High Court of Justice asking that the Ministry of Communications be allowed to grant them a temporary communications license until their licenses expire is based on that opinion, and the cable companies have not appealed Rubenstein’s decision.
There are several unclear areas concerning the expected merger by the cable companies. Moshe Gavish, vice chairman of the board at Dankner Investments and Matav Cable for the past three months, does not understand why the Antitrust Authority director-general is not responding to the merger request by the cable companies, which they submitted about a year ago. A query to the current director-general reveals a surprising fact: no such request exists. The cable companies indeed submitted a request to the Court, but did not follow up on the proceedings, and did not submit an application to the director-general.
The director general did, however, receive a request to sell Aurec’s Golden Channels shares to the Fishman group and Tevel. A reasonable assumption is that this request will be rejected. Strum conducted a hearing in writing in recent weeks, in which he asked representatives of the parties – Aurec, daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot”, Fishman, and Tevel – to respond to the claim that they had in effect already implemented the deal by transferring money and appointing Ami Even as general manager in Fishman’s name, without waiting for the director-general’s approval. There is a suspicion that the Antitrust law was violated.
The hearing took place and Strum will probably not approve the deal. Under the deal, signed in November 1999, the Fishman group, which consists of Eliezer Fishman Properties, Monitin Publishers, “Yediot Ahronot”, and cable company Tevel, bought 44% of cable company Golden Channels from Aurec for $420 million. The item purchased consisted of 200,000 subscribers, and the Fishman group and Tevel received 100,000 each at $2,100 per subscriber – the highest value to date for a cable company in Israel.
Under the terms of the deal, the Fishman group in effect took control of Golden Channels with a 64.8% share. Tevel holds 22%, while Aurec remains with 13.2%. The Fishman group held 42.8% of Golden Channels before the deal.
A senior source wishing to remain anonymous finds the merger issue very disturbing. He said, “Why doesn’t Poraz insert a clause in the law saying that the cable companies are allowed to merge the day it is approved? Such a merger process takes six months; it is a very complex move. We have parallel and in some cases identical operations. We operate three digital centers. In the US, one digital center like this serves millions of subscribers. We have three centers for one million subscribers.”
As if Poraz had been talking with this source, he announced at an Economic Committee session last week that he supports the idea of addressing the issue of the cable companies’ merger in the law. “We are caught in Catch-22,” says the source. “How do we solve it? By getting rid of all the regulation.
Mann, Mann, der hat`s endlich erfaßt!
How will the assessor make his estimate? By the old economy or the new one? How will he factor in the damage competition has caused the cable companies? Today we are in a completely different world.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 April 2001
Efi Landau
10.04.2001 17:39
The cable companies are mostly waiting. They are waiting for a communications license to begin providing high-speed Internet services, for permission to merge, and for the appointment of an assessor to determine the amount they must pay for a communications license. “They may determine such a high price that we’ll close shop,” says a senior source.
The cable companies are also waiting for the Antitrust Authority director-general to permit them to develop a cartel with the satellite company Yes and negotiate jointly with the major US content companies in order to lower prices. In the wake of competition between Yes and the cable companies, the cost of content increased several times over. The cable companies and Yes are overpaying US companies for content by $1 million. The absurd aspect is that the principal benefactors of competition are the American cable companies’ shareholders, while the Israeli consumer has yet to benefit.
The least prominent company in the communications market is Tevel Telecom, founded by a Tevel shareholder to serve as the communications company for the cable companies, either separately or merged. This national operator published tenders for equipment to set up a communications network over the cable network, examined bids, chose bids for the final tender phase, and then stopped. Everything has now been halted and is waiting for something to occur. In contrast to the other national inland communications network companies - Ofek, Cellcom, and Barak – Tevel Telecom is not looking for an integrator to set up its network, but rather equipment suppliers. It will carry out the integration itself.
The suppliers that reached the final stage of competition for supplying switching, which is the principal type of equipment involved in the undertaking, are Nortel, Lucent, and Alcatel. Amdocs and Kenan Systems are the finalists for billing services, while SAP and Oracle reached the final stage in the battle to provide ERP systems. In the CRM field, Siebel and Clarify have stayed the course. “But this is all theoretical,” says the senior source. “Nothing has been finalized. The cable companies are losing huge sums. The cable companies are in crisis, Dankner is in trouble, Discount Investments is in trouble, Mark Schneider is in trouble, and Fishman has gone overseas.”
Today, a year after the Attorney General’s opinion was published, the cable companies consider the decision to be a disaster. When Rubinstein published his opinion, however, he wasn’t supposed to weigh financial considerations; he only needs to consider legal factors. Furthermore, the cable companies’ petition to the High Court of Justice asking that the Ministry of Communications be allowed to grant them a temporary communications license until their licenses expire is based on that opinion, and the cable companies have not appealed Rubenstein’s decision.
There are several unclear areas concerning the expected merger by the cable companies. Moshe Gavish, vice chairman of the board at Dankner Investments and Matav Cable for the past three months, does not understand why the Antitrust Authority director-general is not responding to the merger request by the cable companies, which they submitted about a year ago. A query to the current director-general reveals a surprising fact: no such request exists. The cable companies indeed submitted a request to the Court, but did not follow up on the proceedings, and did not submit an application to the director-general.
The director general did, however, receive a request to sell Aurec’s Golden Channels shares to the Fishman group and Tevel. A reasonable assumption is that this request will be rejected. Strum conducted a hearing in writing in recent weeks, in which he asked representatives of the parties – Aurec, daily newspaper “Yediot Ahronot”, Fishman, and Tevel – to respond to the claim that they had in effect already implemented the deal by transferring money and appointing Ami Even as general manager in Fishman’s name, without waiting for the director-general’s approval. There is a suspicion that the Antitrust law was violated.
The hearing took place and Strum will probably not approve the deal. Under the deal, signed in November 1999, the Fishman group, which consists of Eliezer Fishman Properties, Monitin Publishers, “Yediot Ahronot”, and cable company Tevel, bought 44% of cable company Golden Channels from Aurec for $420 million. The item purchased consisted of 200,000 subscribers, and the Fishman group and Tevel received 100,000 each at $2,100 per subscriber – the highest value to date for a cable company in Israel.
Under the terms of the deal, the Fishman group in effect took control of Golden Channels with a 64.8% share. Tevel holds 22%, while Aurec remains with 13.2%. The Fishman group held 42.8% of Golden Channels before the deal.
A senior source wishing to remain anonymous finds the merger issue very disturbing. He said, “Why doesn’t Poraz insert a clause in the law saying that the cable companies are allowed to merge the day it is approved? Such a merger process takes six months; it is a very complex move. We have parallel and in some cases identical operations. We operate three digital centers. In the US, one digital center like this serves millions of subscribers. We have three centers for one million subscribers.”
As if Poraz had been talking with this source, he announced at an Economic Committee session last week that he supports the idea of addressing the issue of the cable companies’ merger in the law. “We are caught in Catch-22,” says the source. “How do we solve it? By getting rid of all the regulation.
Mann, Mann, der hat`s endlich erfaßt!
How will the assessor make his estimate? By the old economy or the new one? How will he factor in the damage competition has caused the cable companies? Today we are in a completely different world.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 April 2001
YES
Efi Landau
10.04.2001 17:43
When will there be real competition between the cable and satellite broadcasting companies? When will there be competition between Bezeq and the cable companies?
The answer to the first question is related to the tiering rules for cable companies that the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council is currently discussing. The parties submitted documents to the council to consider during its hearing last week. The council will almost certainly decide on the final rules next week. Next month, the cable companies will be able to broadcast digital channels and offer tiering services, and the real competition will begin.
The answer to the second question was given by YES Satellite Television general manager Shlomo Liran, “I don’t think the cable companies will be Bezeq’s main future competitors. The real competition will come from companies like Cellcom or Ofek. If the cable companies had received licenses, they would have faced the technological problem of providing telephony and Internet services through cable networks.”
What is YES’s role in opening the market to competition?
Liran: “Our key roles are to improve the quality of television in Israel, and to totally change the cable companies’ behavior towards consumers. I do not have to speak on Bezeq’s behalf. I am merely a subsidiary of Bezeq, just like Eurocom. However, there is a global trend of communications companies providing added value services and content.”
Including high-speed Internet?
“We will offer super-speed Internet of 3.5 Gbps, but with limitations. We will take the highest demand webpages that are important for consumers to view, and enable them to surf these pages on the television using a remote.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 April 2001
Efi Landau
10.04.2001 17:43
When will there be real competition between the cable and satellite broadcasting companies? When will there be competition between Bezeq and the cable companies?
The answer to the first question is related to the tiering rules for cable companies that the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council is currently discussing. The parties submitted documents to the council to consider during its hearing last week. The council will almost certainly decide on the final rules next week. Next month, the cable companies will be able to broadcast digital channels and offer tiering services, and the real competition will begin.
The answer to the second question was given by YES Satellite Television general manager Shlomo Liran, “I don’t think the cable companies will be Bezeq’s main future competitors. The real competition will come from companies like Cellcom or Ofek. If the cable companies had received licenses, they would have faced the technological problem of providing telephony and Internet services through cable networks.”
What is YES’s role in opening the market to competition?
Liran: “Our key roles are to improve the quality of television in Israel, and to totally change the cable companies’ behavior towards consumers. I do not have to speak on Bezeq’s behalf. I am merely a subsidiary of Bezeq, just like Eurocom. However, there is a global trend of communications companies providing added value services and content.”
Including high-speed Internet?
“We will offer super-speed Internet of 3.5 Gbps, but with limitations. We will take the highest demand webpages that are important for consumers to view, and enable them to surf these pages on the television using a remote.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 9 April 2001
Janphil: "Mein Freund Petronius warf neulich sehr ernsthaft die Frage auf, ob Domi dem "levantinischen Element" im gesamten Ablauf wirklich gewachsen ist."
Und wenn beide ein gleiches Interesse hätten, sich nicht in die Karten gucken zu lassen und deshalb eine gemeinsame, konzertierte Strategie verfolgen? Auch MBX muß nicht notwendigerweise alles zeigen, was möglich ist. Ein bißchen Desinformation gegenüber der Konkurrenz dürfte sehr vernünftig sein.......
Best
lark
Und wenn beide ein gleiches Interesse hätten, sich nicht in die Karten gucken zu lassen und deshalb eine gemeinsame, konzertierte Strategie verfolgen? Auch MBX muß nicht notwendigerweise alles zeigen, was möglich ist. Ein bißchen Desinformation gegenüber der Konkurrenz dürfte sehr vernünftig sein.......
Best
lark
@ lark
Kurz und knapp: So ist es nicht. Petronius liegt schon ganz gut...
JP
Kurz und knapp: So ist es nicht. Petronius liegt schon ganz gut...
JP
Ein bißchen Desinformation gegenüber der Konkurrenz dürfte sehr vernünftig sein.......
Diese Taktik kommt mir in Zeiten der finanziellen Auszehrung und des
wachsenden Vertrauensverlustes der Aktionäre mehr als schwachsinnig vor.
ES IST AN DER ZEIT FLAGGE ZU ZEIGEN ODER SIE EINZUHOLEN.
Wenn nächste Woche der Kurs wieder ins trudeln gerät,
dann geht auch noch der letzte "gläubige" Aktionär von der Fahne.
In einem anderen Thread bereitet JP die Entschuldigung über das Versagen schon
mit charttechnischem Geschwätz auf höchstem Niveau
bereits vor: .... nach dem 2. Tag musste jeder erkennen,
dass er bei 27 hätte verkaufen müssen. (oder so ähnlich)
Gösta
Diese Taktik kommt mir in Zeiten der finanziellen Auszehrung und des
wachsenden Vertrauensverlustes der Aktionäre mehr als schwachsinnig vor.
ES IST AN DER ZEIT FLAGGE ZU ZEIGEN ODER SIE EINZUHOLEN.
Wenn nächste Woche der Kurs wieder ins trudeln gerät,
dann geht auch noch der letzte "gläubige" Aktionär von der Fahne.
In einem anderen Thread bereitet JP die Entschuldigung über das Versagen schon
mit charttechnischem Geschwätz auf höchstem Niveau
bereits vor: .... nach dem 2. Tag musste jeder erkennen,
dass er bei 27 hätte verkaufen müssen. (oder so ähnlich)
Gösta
.
M.E. ist weniger die Frage, ob er dem "levantinischen Element" gewachsen war, sondern ob der "Kaufmanns-Kodex" oberstes Leitprinzip war.
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M.E. ist weniger die Frage, ob er dem "levantinischen Element" gewachsen war, sondern ob der "Kaufmanns-Kodex" oberstes Leitprinzip war.
.
Ja ja, Ihr beiden - der Kodex, die Flagge und das Geschwätz...
Trotzdem frohe Ostern, JP
Trotzdem frohe Ostern, JP
Gefällt mir JP,
auch dir frohe Ostern.
auch dir frohe Ostern.
Janphil
Zustimmung. Insbesondere letzteres dürfte seine Geschäftspartner & Aktionäre zunehmend irritiert haben.
Erinnere mich noch, wie die AB-Worte von den Usern filigran zerlegt wurden ...
Frohe Ostern
Zustimmung. Insbesondere letzteres dürfte seine Geschäftspartner & Aktionäre zunehmend irritiert haben.
Erinnere mich noch, wie die AB-Worte von den Usern filigran zerlegt wurden ...
Frohe Ostern
Mehr vom Gordischen Knoten (levantinische Variante):
Communications Ministry director general proposing cancellation of Yes waiting period
Efi Landau
12.04.2001 17:34
Ministry of Communications director-general Daniel Rosenne is trying to reach a compromise with the cable companies. Under the proposed compromise, the cable companies will abandon the binding arrangement granting them five days to convince customers wishing to transfer to the Yes satellite company not to do so. In exchange, Rosenne proposes that supervision of digital channel rates be eliminated and channels with crossover ownership problems be approved.
”Globes” has learned that Rosenne presented his proposal 10 days ago during a meeting with the cable company managers, Ministry of Communications department managers, and Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting chairperson Dorit Inbar. The cable companies did not respond to the proposal, while Inbar opposed conditioning the repeal of the binding arrangement on eliminating supervision or approval of channels.
The Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting last Thursday decided its policy on channel tiering by the cable companies. It is recommending to the Minister that price supervision not be eliminated, in contradiction to Rosenne’s proposal.
The cable companies responded that they had permitted Yes to use their infrastructures, even though Yes was obliged to set up its own infrastructure. “The binding agreement was agreed to by both parties, approved by the Anti-trust Authority director-general, and received the status of a ruling from the Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal,” they said.
Yes general manager Shlomo Liran said he supports the repeal of the agreement, adding that he has no position on the removal of price supervision and the approval of problematic channels.
Rosenne responded, “While I don’t like the binding arrangement and I think it bothers customers, I have no authority to interfere. We presented the cable companies with a list of things the Ministry is doing in any case, and we told them they could abandon the agreement. We decided we would continue discussions after the Passover holiday.” So steht wenigstens etwas fest.
Inbar said in response, “We will do everything in our power to reach an agreement canceling the agreement in restraint of trade. I believe the agreement is unreasonable and scandalous. It is unacceptable that the cable companies are making unreasonable demands and representing the elimination of the agreement as a favor on their part. They should abandon it without demands or attempts to get compensation".
”Concerning supervision, the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting has already expressed its position. Regarding problematic channels, the Council is willing to meet the cable companies halfway on the issue, on the condition that they immediately abandon the binding agreement.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on April 12, 2001
*******
Als Asterix sagte, "die spinnen, die Römer", kannte er dies noch nicht.
Sollte ein ähnliches Geschachere auch nur ansatzweise in den Beziehungen des hier interessierenden Unternehmens zu seinen "israelischen Freunden", wie es manchmal heißt, vorhanden sein - denn wundere ick mir über jarnischt mehr.
JP
Communications Ministry director general proposing cancellation of Yes waiting period
Efi Landau
12.04.2001 17:34
Ministry of Communications director-general Daniel Rosenne is trying to reach a compromise with the cable companies. Under the proposed compromise, the cable companies will abandon the binding arrangement granting them five days to convince customers wishing to transfer to the Yes satellite company not to do so. In exchange, Rosenne proposes that supervision of digital channel rates be eliminated and channels with crossover ownership problems be approved.
”Globes” has learned that Rosenne presented his proposal 10 days ago during a meeting with the cable company managers, Ministry of Communications department managers, and Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting chairperson Dorit Inbar. The cable companies did not respond to the proposal, while Inbar opposed conditioning the repeal of the binding arrangement on eliminating supervision or approval of channels.
The Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting last Thursday decided its policy on channel tiering by the cable companies. It is recommending to the Minister that price supervision not be eliminated, in contradiction to Rosenne’s proposal.
The cable companies responded that they had permitted Yes to use their infrastructures, even though Yes was obliged to set up its own infrastructure. “The binding agreement was agreed to by both parties, approved by the Anti-trust Authority director-general, and received the status of a ruling from the Restrictive Trade Practices Tribunal,” they said.
Yes general manager Shlomo Liran said he supports the repeal of the agreement, adding that he has no position on the removal of price supervision and the approval of problematic channels.
Rosenne responded, “While I don’t like the binding arrangement and I think it bothers customers, I have no authority to interfere. We presented the cable companies with a list of things the Ministry is doing in any case, and we told them they could abandon the agreement. We decided we would continue discussions after the Passover holiday.” So steht wenigstens etwas fest.
Inbar said in response, “We will do everything in our power to reach an agreement canceling the agreement in restraint of trade. I believe the agreement is unreasonable and scandalous. It is unacceptable that the cable companies are making unreasonable demands and representing the elimination of the agreement as a favor on their part. They should abandon it without demands or attempts to get compensation".
”Concerning supervision, the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting has already expressed its position. Regarding problematic channels, the Council is willing to meet the cable companies halfway on the issue, on the condition that they immediately abandon the binding agreement.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on April 12, 2001
*******
Als Asterix sagte, "die spinnen, die Römer", kannte er dies noch nicht.
Sollte ein ähnliches Geschachere auch nur ansatzweise in den Beziehungen des hier interessierenden Unternehmens zu seinen "israelischen Freunden", wie es manchmal heißt, vorhanden sein - denn wundere ick mir über jarnischt mehr.
JP
Schacher, der [hebr. sakar = Erwerb]
von Gewinnsucht und kleinlichem, hartnäckigem Streben nach dem größtmöglichen Vorteil bestimmtes Aushandeln von Preisen und geschäftlichen Abmachungen
(Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 2. Auflage, S. 1298)
von Gewinnsucht und kleinlichem, hartnäckigem Streben nach dem größtmöglichen Vorteil bestimmtes Aushandeln von Preisen und geschäftlichen Abmachungen
(Duden - Deutsches Universalwörterbuch, 2. Auflage, S. 1298)
Janphil
Sorry, aber was soll das noch?
Klar, dass Du MBXler bist. Klar auch, dass Du Dich so rar gemacht hat.
Ich gehöre auch nicht zu der Fraktion, die hier nach Genugtuung schreit. Gnz im Gegenteil. Meine 80.000 Euro waren halt Glaube........und futsch.
Hallmann vermittelte mir den Eindruck, dass es zumindest eine halbjährige Überlebenschance gäbe.
Roger
Sorry, aber was soll das noch?
Klar, dass Du MBXler bist. Klar auch, dass Du Dich so rar gemacht hat.
Ich gehöre auch nicht zu der Fraktion, die hier nach Genugtuung schreit. Gnz im Gegenteil. Meine 80.000 Euro waren halt Glaube........und futsch.
Hallmann vermittelte mir den Eindruck, dass es zumindest eine halbjährige Überlebenschance gäbe.
Roger
roger11:
Dieser thread dient der Information und der fundierten und seriösen Diskussion.
Ich und viele anderen sind dankbar dafür, dass man über diesen Weg noch Informationen bekommt.
Die Kenntnisse des Marktes und der Umstände sind von elementarer Bedeutung - hier in diesem thread wurde schon vor langer Zeit davor gewarnt, dass die Probleme in Israel um die dTV- und Fast-Internet-Lizenzen einen Einfluss auf den Israel-deal haben könnten - dies ist immer noch nicht von der Hand zu weisen.
Es ist mir egal, wenn man sich in anderen threads mit Spekulationen, Verschwörungstheorien, Beschimpfungen, Beleidigungen oder simplen Rumgeheule miteinander und gegeneinander aufgeilt und auf Dauer alle an einer sachlichen Diskussion interessierten anödet - aber bitte lasst das hier außen vor.
Ich denke jeder freut sich, hier einen sachlichen Diskussionsbeitrag zur Sache zu lesen - auf Beiträge wie "Laß es doch - eh alles verloren" oder " MBX - der Betrügerladen hat immer nur gelogen und die Banken stecken mit im Boot" ... kann man aber verzichten.
Danke
Dieser thread dient der Information und der fundierten und seriösen Diskussion.
Ich und viele anderen sind dankbar dafür, dass man über diesen Weg noch Informationen bekommt.
Die Kenntnisse des Marktes und der Umstände sind von elementarer Bedeutung - hier in diesem thread wurde schon vor langer Zeit davor gewarnt, dass die Probleme in Israel um die dTV- und Fast-Internet-Lizenzen einen Einfluss auf den Israel-deal haben könnten - dies ist immer noch nicht von der Hand zu weisen.
Es ist mir egal, wenn man sich in anderen threads mit Spekulationen, Verschwörungstheorien, Beschimpfungen, Beleidigungen oder simplen Rumgeheule miteinander und gegeneinander aufgeilt und auf Dauer alle an einer sachlichen Diskussion interessierten anödet - aber bitte lasst das hier außen vor.
Ich denke jeder freut sich, hier einen sachlichen Diskussionsbeitrag zur Sache zu lesen - auf Beiträge wie "Laß es doch - eh alles verloren" oder " MBX - der Betrügerladen hat immer nur gelogen und die Banken stecken mit im Boot" ... kann man aber verzichten.
Danke
Oliver
Bring mich nicht auf 180........bitte!!!
Bring mich nicht auf 180........bitte!!!
buddha...wie entzückend!!!
elitär und mit wehendem mantel entfleucht der held dem schlachtengetümmel...
nun, nicht die bösen römer waren schuld diesmal am untergang des harmlosen dorfes, nein...
die noch viel schrecklicheren levantiner haben unseren helden zu boden gezwungen...schluchz...!!!
mein gottchen wie hat er gekämpft und gerungen gegen die bosheit und intrigen...
doch nicht die vielen, vielen artikel haben etwas bewirkt gegen den übermächtigen feind,
der mit schnäuzer und aufgekrämpelten ärmeln daherstürmte...auch nicht die freunde und vielen helfer
die ihm treu zur seite standen...wo ist die stärke, wo der arm...
ach, wo ist die kultur...ach wo finde ich armer mensch eine bleibe in dieser schröcklichen welt...
keine rücksichtnahme von diesen barbaren...ich bin verloren...
...hilf buddha, hilf...
regel nummer 1) trete dich immer selber in den arsch wenn du in den spiegel schaust...
regel nummer 2) trete andere in den arsch die dich treten wollen...
regel nummer 3) trete alle in den arsch die meinen, wenn sie studiert haben wüssten sie etwas mehr...
elitär und mit wehendem mantel entfleucht der held dem schlachtengetümmel...
nun, nicht die bösen römer waren schuld diesmal am untergang des harmlosen dorfes, nein...
die noch viel schrecklicheren levantiner haben unseren helden zu boden gezwungen...schluchz...!!!
mein gottchen wie hat er gekämpft und gerungen gegen die bosheit und intrigen...
doch nicht die vielen, vielen artikel haben etwas bewirkt gegen den übermächtigen feind,
der mit schnäuzer und aufgekrämpelten ärmeln daherstürmte...auch nicht die freunde und vielen helfer
die ihm treu zur seite standen...wo ist die stärke, wo der arm...
ach, wo ist die kultur...ach wo finde ich armer mensch eine bleibe in dieser schröcklichen welt...
keine rücksichtnahme von diesen barbaren...ich bin verloren...
...hilf buddha, hilf...regel nummer 1) trete dich immer selber in den arsch wenn du in den spiegel schaust...
regel nummer 2) trete andere in den arsch die dich treten wollen...
regel nummer 3) trete alle in den arsch die meinen, wenn sie studiert haben wüssten sie etwas mehr...
Ja, Oliver, mir scheint, eure Zeit hier neigt sich langsam aber sicher ihrem Ende entgegen.
Auch roger beginnt langsam zu verstehen, was hier im Board wirklich abgegangen ist und was man von den "edlen" MBX-Rittern JanPhil und Oliver H. tatsächlich halten kann...
Auch roger beginnt langsam zu verstehen, was hier im Board wirklich abgegangen ist und was man von den "edlen" MBX-Rittern JanPhil und Oliver H. tatsächlich halten kann...
Rosenne to Rivlin: Cable and Satellite Council doing serious damage to communications sector, Israeli economy
Efi Landau
18.04.2001 17:35
“Globes” has learned that in a letter to Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin, Ministry director-general Daniel Rosenne said the manner in which arrangements for multi-channel subscriber television were being conducted, isolated from other communications sector arrangements, is completely unreasonable. Rosenne said the situation had serious consequences and had caused substantial damage to the communications sector and Israel’s economy.
Rosenne termed the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting`s activities as devastating to the entire sector. In the document, Rosenne claimed that both the Broadcasting Regulatory Administration and the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting were unnecessary. He said the Administration’s activity was “a strange phenomenon” that should be stopped immediately.
Rosenne suggested three alternatives. The first would turn the Administration into an advisory body, transferring its professional staff to other Ministry departments. The second would make the Administration an affiliated independent unit. The third would involve a merger in two stages: The Administration would first be dismantled and transferred to the Second Broadcasting Authority, followed by a merger of the Council for the Second Broadcasting Authority and the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting.
Rosenne did not state which entity would be the dominant one in the merger, but did say that the Second Broadcasting Authority should be the one to deal with all commercial broadcasting.
Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin told "Globes" that he intends to establish a public committee, apparently headed by former IBA chairman Prof. Arnon Zuckerman. The committee would formulate a plan to find ways to establish a single authority for commercial radio and television broadcasting.
Adv. Dorit Inbar, chairperson of the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting said in response: "The best alternative would be to unite the authorities, but not by shutting down the Broadcasting Authority. This is not a realistic option. The Second Broadcasting Authority is funded by franchisees who should not and will not fund the handling of subscriber television. Also, this will not happen because the Authority deals with a very narrow field, while the Council handles something very big made up of dozens of channels. The merger should be done sensibly, according to areas of activity. That`s the right direction and those are the practical steps to be taken."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 18 April, 2001
Efi Landau
18.04.2001 17:35
“Globes” has learned that in a letter to Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin, Ministry director-general Daniel Rosenne said the manner in which arrangements for multi-channel subscriber television were being conducted, isolated from other communications sector arrangements, is completely unreasonable. Rosenne said the situation had serious consequences and had caused substantial damage to the communications sector and Israel’s economy.
Rosenne termed the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting`s activities as devastating to the entire sector. In the document, Rosenne claimed that both the Broadcasting Regulatory Administration and the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting were unnecessary. He said the Administration’s activity was “a strange phenomenon” that should be stopped immediately.
Rosenne suggested three alternatives. The first would turn the Administration into an advisory body, transferring its professional staff to other Ministry departments. The second would make the Administration an affiliated independent unit. The third would involve a merger in two stages: The Administration would first be dismantled and transferred to the Second Broadcasting Authority, followed by a merger of the Council for the Second Broadcasting Authority and the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting.
Rosenne did not state which entity would be the dominant one in the merger, but did say that the Second Broadcasting Authority should be the one to deal with all commercial broadcasting.
Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin told "Globes" that he intends to establish a public committee, apparently headed by former IBA chairman Prof. Arnon Zuckerman. The committee would formulate a plan to find ways to establish a single authority for commercial radio and television broadcasting.
Adv. Dorit Inbar, chairperson of the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting said in response: "The best alternative would be to unite the authorities, but not by shutting down the Broadcasting Authority. This is not a realistic option. The Second Broadcasting Authority is funded by franchisees who should not and will not fund the handling of subscriber television. Also, this will not happen because the Authority deals with a very narrow field, while the Council handles something very big made up of dozens of channels. The merger should be done sensibly, according to areas of activity. That`s the right direction and those are the practical steps to be taken."
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 18 April, 2001
Israeli television enters new era
Smadar Hirsh
18.04.2001 16:53
Unless the unexpected occurs, a new era in Israeli media will begin in November. In the words of Second Broadcasting Authority chairman Motti Sklar, there will be “a celebration of Israeli media and creativity”. Advertisers, who finally won their intense fight for competition in television advertising and broke Channel 2’s monopoly, will also celebrate. There is also a channel for a target audience – the news junkies.
Two quintessential Israeli commercial stations (stations had to promise to provide Israeli-oriented content to win the tenders) are being added to the cable and satellite offerings, joining the new digital channels that were added in the past year. However, only time will tell whether the itchy fingers of the Israeli viewers will settle on Channel 7 (news) and Channel 10 (the new commercial channel), as the stations take on the Sisyphean task of convincing audiences to give up their soap operas and game-shows and begin viewing the daily realities of Israeli life as reflected in news and originally produced dramas and documentaries.
Rivlin: I’m not Minister of Content
Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin said he intends to act to combine the Second Broadcasting Authority and the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council into a Commercial Broadcasting Authority, which will oversee all commercial channels in Israel. “I am not the Minister of Content. I believe that the Minister of Communications should be the market regulator who only sets the rules of the game, but should not intervene in the game itself,” he said.
Commenting on the launching of new channels during a time of economic uncertainty, Rivlin said that he is convinced that the news channel is a matter of necessity now, especially given the multiplying newsworthy events in Israel. “A news channel, like CNN, that is updated in real time and broadcasts in real time, and is all in Hebrew, will be a business success story for its entrepreneurs, and will be a success story for the public as well,” he said.
Regarding the new commercial channel, Rivlin admitted that the present reality is different from the atmosphere when Channel 2 was launched. He said a change in tactics and mergers, both for Channel 2 and the new channel, might be in order.
Israel 10 co-general manager Johanna Prenner does not reject the possiblity of a merger. “It`s definitely an option,” she said. During her appearance before the tender committee on Monday, she had to answer questions about whether a commercial television company could survive in an era of economic uncertainty.
Israel 10 was the leading consortium throughout the tender proceedings. Prior to weighing the economic-financial factors, the consortium had a score of 59.6%, and had a score of 85.47% after the economic-financial considerations were factored in. The tender committee members stated that the bid was so good and organized, that it became athestandard against which the three competing bids were judged.
Eden Broadcasting general manager Motti Kirschenbaum declined to comment about a possible merger, stating only that the consortium, "was pleased with the decision and will establish a worthy channel.”
In the area of content, which was the main category considered by the tender committee, both Israel 10 and Eden Broadcasting committed to airing at least 56 hours of high-quality programming (investigative reports, culture, documentaries, and dramas), as required under the terms of the tender. Eden Broadcasting, which focused on documentaries, committed to 76 hours, while Israel 10, which focused on dramas, committed to 110 hours.
Sklar said that unlike Channel 2, which benefited from its unique status, conditions are different now. For one thing, competitors in this tender guaranteed to spend “absolute and fixed sums of money” in order to produce certain programs. These include NIS 30.3 million for 60 hours of dramas; NIS 14.3 million for 64 hours of documentaries; and NIS 12.6 million for two Jewish and Israeli historical serials.
The news channel
Ofer group’s Avi Levy: We believe we’ll be profitable
Avi Levy, the financier of the Ofer group, which owns 24% of Hadashot 24, does not think that investing in a media group today is based merely on a desire to have cultural clout. “It`s not economic suicide. First and foremost, we believe we`ll be profitable. This is a business which has to be managed, and we`ll manage it properly and profitably,” he said.
Refering to the revenue model, Levy sounds like someone who has carefully studied the advertisers` credo, which states that advertising will expand. (in contrast to the pessimistic forecasts by Channel 2 franchisees). “Many groups that haven`t advertised on television to date, because of the high prices dictated by Channel 2, can now permit themselves to do so. We`ll adapt our advertising to the different target audiences of the different programs, and we can also sell regional advertising,” he said, citing the successs Israel Radio has had by adopting regional advertising as an example.
Levy said that even if the company does not sell news to the second commercial channel, it will reach the break-even point in 2004, with an investment of only $25 million. This sum seems quite modest, considering that $10 million will have to be invested just to set up a broadcasting center. By comparison, Channel 2 News, which does not broadcast round-the-clock, spends almost $10 million a year.
Before it turns a profit, Hadashot 24 will soon begin recruiting talent looking for a home (“a few top-notch individuals”), prepare a broadcasting schedule, sign a real estate contract for a broadcasting center (“in the Dan region”) and conclude strategic cooperation agreements with international groups such as CNN, CNBC, and others.
Hadashot 24 is owned by Comverse (Nasdaq: CMVT), the Ofer group, Israel Theaters (20% each), Dankner Investments (4.9%) and founders Amnon Dick, Shai Nesher, Nissim Mishal, and Yaacov Ailon (25%).
Eden Broadcasting: Not revealing content
Even after winning the tender, Eden Broadcasting declines to reveal the details of its bid. “We`ll reveal our programming when the time is ripe,” said the consortium today.
Eden Broadcasting is owned by Ehud Ben-Shach`s Aba Communications – 20.3%; Shavit Broadcasting, which is owned by contractors Ocif – 20.1%; The Ordar group, owned by Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort of Los Angeles – 10%; Hanan and Miriam Zoglowek via New ComLine – 10%; Eli Papouchado`s Red Sea Hotels – 10%; and minor shareholders Talit Entertainment owned by Yehuda Talit, Liora Landau`s Omer Productions, Capital which is owned by Sharon Harel-Cohen and Ronald Cohen, and Sentinel Capital Ventures. The general manager is former Israel Broadcasting Authority chairman Motti Kirschenbaum.
Israel 10 is owned by Yosef Maiman-controlled Swift concern – 40%; Alfred Akirov`s Alrov group – 20%; Yosef Hackmey`s Israel Phoenix – 13.5%; Zalman Shoval`s ICC Investments – 10%; Dov Tadmor via the Saridav company – 5.1%; Mediana, owned by Johanna Prenner and Ronni Algranti – 6.5%; Anani Communications (4.9%), owned by Udi Miron, Iris Hod, and Aviv Giladi – 4.9%. Johanna Prenner and Ronni Algranti are the co-general managers.
Commercial channel operating terms
Commitments:
Franchise fees: First year – NIS 18.5 million; second year – NIS 13.05 million; third year – real increase of 3% annually. Bids: Israel 10 – NIS 10 million; Eden Broadcasting – NIS 13 million.
Royalties: Exempt for the first year and 4% of revenue in the second year.
Financing of broadcasting facilities: NIS 2.5 million.
Financing for the Israeli Rating Council: NIS 1 million.
News company operations: First year – NIS 33.6 million; second year – NIS 50.4 million; third year – NIS 63 million; fourth year – an additional 3%. Under the tender terms, the franchisee may buy news from the new news channel, or Channel 1 of Channel 2 News in the first year, but must set up an independent news company in the second year. The franchisees are apparently planning to try to have this article rescinded, in order to ease their financial burden.
News Channel operating terms
The News Channel has a 10-year franchise to broadcast news 24 hours a day from its first day on air, even though the tender terms demand only 8 hours of broadcasting a day for the initial 18 months, between 16:00-24:00, and 12 hours broadcasting a day after the 19th month of operations.
The basic costs include a NIS 30,000 participation fee, a NIS 110.000 licensing fee, government guarantees of NIS 10 million and NIS 50 million in equity, of which NIS 30 million is for the tender and NIS 20 million for the franchise.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 18 April 2001
Smadar Hirsh
18.04.2001 16:53
Unless the unexpected occurs, a new era in Israeli media will begin in November. In the words of Second Broadcasting Authority chairman Motti Sklar, there will be “a celebration of Israeli media and creativity”. Advertisers, who finally won their intense fight for competition in television advertising and broke Channel 2’s monopoly, will also celebrate. There is also a channel for a target audience – the news junkies.
Two quintessential Israeli commercial stations (stations had to promise to provide Israeli-oriented content to win the tenders) are being added to the cable and satellite offerings, joining the new digital channels that were added in the past year. However, only time will tell whether the itchy fingers of the Israeli viewers will settle on Channel 7 (news) and Channel 10 (the new commercial channel), as the stations take on the Sisyphean task of convincing audiences to give up their soap operas and game-shows and begin viewing the daily realities of Israeli life as reflected in news and originally produced dramas and documentaries.
Rivlin: I’m not Minister of Content
Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin said he intends to act to combine the Second Broadcasting Authority and the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council into a Commercial Broadcasting Authority, which will oversee all commercial channels in Israel. “I am not the Minister of Content. I believe that the Minister of Communications should be the market regulator who only sets the rules of the game, but should not intervene in the game itself,” he said.
Commenting on the launching of new channels during a time of economic uncertainty, Rivlin said that he is convinced that the news channel is a matter of necessity now, especially given the multiplying newsworthy events in Israel. “A news channel, like CNN, that is updated in real time and broadcasts in real time, and is all in Hebrew, will be a business success story for its entrepreneurs, and will be a success story for the public as well,” he said.
Regarding the new commercial channel, Rivlin admitted that the present reality is different from the atmosphere when Channel 2 was launched. He said a change in tactics and mergers, both for Channel 2 and the new channel, might be in order.
Israel 10 co-general manager Johanna Prenner does not reject the possiblity of a merger. “It`s definitely an option,” she said. During her appearance before the tender committee on Monday, she had to answer questions about whether a commercial television company could survive in an era of economic uncertainty.
Israel 10 was the leading consortium throughout the tender proceedings. Prior to weighing the economic-financial factors, the consortium had a score of 59.6%, and had a score of 85.47% after the economic-financial considerations were factored in. The tender committee members stated that the bid was so good and organized, that it became athestandard against which the three competing bids were judged.
Eden Broadcasting general manager Motti Kirschenbaum declined to comment about a possible merger, stating only that the consortium, "was pleased with the decision and will establish a worthy channel.”
In the area of content, which was the main category considered by the tender committee, both Israel 10 and Eden Broadcasting committed to airing at least 56 hours of high-quality programming (investigative reports, culture, documentaries, and dramas), as required under the terms of the tender. Eden Broadcasting, which focused on documentaries, committed to 76 hours, while Israel 10, which focused on dramas, committed to 110 hours.
Sklar said that unlike Channel 2, which benefited from its unique status, conditions are different now. For one thing, competitors in this tender guaranteed to spend “absolute and fixed sums of money” in order to produce certain programs. These include NIS 30.3 million for 60 hours of dramas; NIS 14.3 million for 64 hours of documentaries; and NIS 12.6 million for two Jewish and Israeli historical serials.
The news channel
Ofer group’s Avi Levy: We believe we’ll be profitable
Avi Levy, the financier of the Ofer group, which owns 24% of Hadashot 24, does not think that investing in a media group today is based merely on a desire to have cultural clout. “It`s not economic suicide. First and foremost, we believe we`ll be profitable. This is a business which has to be managed, and we`ll manage it properly and profitably,” he said.
Refering to the revenue model, Levy sounds like someone who has carefully studied the advertisers` credo, which states that advertising will expand. (in contrast to the pessimistic forecasts by Channel 2 franchisees). “Many groups that haven`t advertised on television to date, because of the high prices dictated by Channel 2, can now permit themselves to do so. We`ll adapt our advertising to the different target audiences of the different programs, and we can also sell regional advertising,” he said, citing the successs Israel Radio has had by adopting regional advertising as an example.
Levy said that even if the company does not sell news to the second commercial channel, it will reach the break-even point in 2004, with an investment of only $25 million. This sum seems quite modest, considering that $10 million will have to be invested just to set up a broadcasting center. By comparison, Channel 2 News, which does not broadcast round-the-clock, spends almost $10 million a year.
Before it turns a profit, Hadashot 24 will soon begin recruiting talent looking for a home (“a few top-notch individuals”), prepare a broadcasting schedule, sign a real estate contract for a broadcasting center (“in the Dan region”) and conclude strategic cooperation agreements with international groups such as CNN, CNBC, and others.
Hadashot 24 is owned by Comverse (Nasdaq: CMVT), the Ofer group, Israel Theaters (20% each), Dankner Investments (4.9%) and founders Amnon Dick, Shai Nesher, Nissim Mishal, and Yaacov Ailon (25%).
Eden Broadcasting: Not revealing content
Even after winning the tender, Eden Broadcasting declines to reveal the details of its bid. “We`ll reveal our programming when the time is ripe,” said the consortium today.
Eden Broadcasting is owned by Ehud Ben-Shach`s Aba Communications – 20.3%; Shavit Broadcasting, which is owned by contractors Ocif – 20.1%; The Ordar group, owned by Avi Lerner and Danny Dimbort of Los Angeles – 10%; Hanan and Miriam Zoglowek via New ComLine – 10%; Eli Papouchado`s Red Sea Hotels – 10%; and minor shareholders Talit Entertainment owned by Yehuda Talit, Liora Landau`s Omer Productions, Capital which is owned by Sharon Harel-Cohen and Ronald Cohen, and Sentinel Capital Ventures. The general manager is former Israel Broadcasting Authority chairman Motti Kirschenbaum.
Israel 10 is owned by Yosef Maiman-controlled Swift concern – 40%; Alfred Akirov`s Alrov group – 20%; Yosef Hackmey`s Israel Phoenix – 13.5%; Zalman Shoval`s ICC Investments – 10%; Dov Tadmor via the Saridav company – 5.1%; Mediana, owned by Johanna Prenner and Ronni Algranti – 6.5%; Anani Communications (4.9%), owned by Udi Miron, Iris Hod, and Aviv Giladi – 4.9%. Johanna Prenner and Ronni Algranti are the co-general managers.
Commercial channel operating terms
Commitments:
Franchise fees: First year – NIS 18.5 million; second year – NIS 13.05 million; third year – real increase of 3% annually. Bids: Israel 10 – NIS 10 million; Eden Broadcasting – NIS 13 million.
Royalties: Exempt for the first year and 4% of revenue in the second year.
Financing of broadcasting facilities: NIS 2.5 million.
Financing for the Israeli Rating Council: NIS 1 million.
News company operations: First year – NIS 33.6 million; second year – NIS 50.4 million; third year – NIS 63 million; fourth year – an additional 3%. Under the tender terms, the franchisee may buy news from the new news channel, or Channel 1 of Channel 2 News in the first year, but must set up an independent news company in the second year. The franchisees are apparently planning to try to have this article rescinded, in order to ease their financial burden.
News Channel operating terms
The News Channel has a 10-year franchise to broadcast news 24 hours a day from its first day on air, even though the tender terms demand only 8 hours of broadcasting a day for the initial 18 months, between 16:00-24:00, and 12 hours broadcasting a day after the 19th month of operations.
The basic costs include a NIS 30,000 participation fee, a NIS 110.000 licensing fee, government guarantees of NIS 10 million and NIS 50 million in equity, of which NIS 30 million is for the tender and NIS 20 million for the franchise.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 18 April 2001
Ein sehr interessanter Artikel über die Probleme um die Besitzverhältnisse des israelischen SAT Betreibers Yes.
Yes ist der Hauptkonkurrent der cables in Israel und bringt diese ziemlich in Bedrängnis.
Interessant ist dieser Artikel besonders, da er die prekäre finanzielle Situation von Yes indirekt andeutet.
Nicht viel besser geht es den cables. In Israel tobt ein harter Kampf um die Kunden - dieser ist nur zu gewinnen, wenn man
a) möglichst bald auf Digital umschaltet (mehr Programme, weniger Kosten)
b) den Kunden die Digitalreceiver dafür quasi umsonst zur Verfügung stellt.
Und genau hier liegt der Knackpunkt - wie kann man max. billig dem Kunden Receiver umsonst zur Verfügung stellen, wenn die Kassen leer sind ?
Eben - über ein Konsortium, dass andere Firmen durch Zusatzdienste (T-commerce) "einbindet".
Wichtige Grundlage für diese Zusatzdienste ist aber die Internetanbindung, genauer die Breitbandanbindung. Und genau hierfür fehlt immer noch (entgegen der Erwartungen der cables, die damit im letzten Spätsommer rechneten) die Fast-Internet-Licence (bzw. home-communicatiuons-licence).
Rivlin to MK Poraz: Change YES’s cross ownership regulations
Efi Landau
22.04.2001 14:53
The Knesset Economics Committee will debate on Wednesday next week a request by Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin to amend the cross ownership regulations in YES satellite broadcasting company so that Gad Zeevi’s holdings in Bezeq will not prevent the Government Companies Authority from approving increasing Bezeq’s stake in YES to 50%.
Rivlin’s request means he has accepted the request by Bezeq general manager Ilan Biran and rejected the request of the cable companies on the matter. The cable companies’ request was submitted by Dankner Investments vice chairman Moshe Gavish. The regulations in question refer to cross ownership between Channel 2 and YES, stipulating that anyone with a greater than 5% stake in one of Channel 2’s franchises cannot own more than 5% of YES. The problem is that Gad Zeevi owns 20% of Bezeq, and thereby 6% of YES through Bezeq’s 30% stake in YES, while simultaneously owning 28.5% of the Keshet Channel 2 franchise.
Zeevi’s current holding deviates the existing regulations by 1%, due to the inattention by the Ministry of Communications legal department when it approved the deal. The Government Companies Authority meanwhile approved increasing Bezeq’s holding in YES to 50%, after consulting with the relevant ministries. Bezeq currently owns 30% of YES, which it is entitled to increase to 39%. Gilat DBS has meanwhile signed an agreement to sell its 15% holding in YES to Bezeq and Eurocom, which increases Bezeq’s holding to 37.5%. The deal has not yet been implemented.
Lidan and Kardan, which own 12.5% of YES, are interested in selling their holdings, but Bezeq may not buy them because of Zeevi’s holding in Bezeq and the cross ownership regulations. The Knesset Economics Committee discussed the matter prior to the prime ministerial elections in February, but a decision was postponed at Shas’s demand, which was worried that the matter was a trick by the previous Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer. Economics Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) told “Globes” that he supports Rivlin’s request and hopes the committee will pass the amendment.
In response to Gavish’s letter to Rivlin, Bezeq announced that it has had government permission to increase its holding in YES for years, and it now wishes to exercise it because some of the other shareholders are having cash flow problems.
“Without financing from Bezeq, YES is liable to collapse,” declared Bezeq. “The cable companies now want to exploit a technical regulation regarding cross holdings to impose a retroactive change on government decisions to cause the venture to collapse, after we have already invested $440 million in it.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 22 April 2001
Yes ist der Hauptkonkurrent der cables in Israel und bringt diese ziemlich in Bedrängnis.
Interessant ist dieser Artikel besonders, da er die prekäre finanzielle Situation von Yes indirekt andeutet.
Nicht viel besser geht es den cables. In Israel tobt ein harter Kampf um die Kunden - dieser ist nur zu gewinnen, wenn man
a) möglichst bald auf Digital umschaltet (mehr Programme, weniger Kosten)
b) den Kunden die Digitalreceiver dafür quasi umsonst zur Verfügung stellt.
Und genau hier liegt der Knackpunkt - wie kann man max. billig dem Kunden Receiver umsonst zur Verfügung stellen, wenn die Kassen leer sind ?
Eben - über ein Konsortium, dass andere Firmen durch Zusatzdienste (T-commerce) "einbindet".
Wichtige Grundlage für diese Zusatzdienste ist aber die Internetanbindung, genauer die Breitbandanbindung. Und genau hierfür fehlt immer noch (entgegen der Erwartungen der cables, die damit im letzten Spätsommer rechneten) die Fast-Internet-Licence (bzw. home-communicatiuons-licence).
Rivlin to MK Poraz: Change YES’s cross ownership regulations
Efi Landau
22.04.2001 14:53
The Knesset Economics Committee will debate on Wednesday next week a request by Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin to amend the cross ownership regulations in YES satellite broadcasting company so that Gad Zeevi’s holdings in Bezeq will not prevent the Government Companies Authority from approving increasing Bezeq’s stake in YES to 50%.
Rivlin’s request means he has accepted the request by Bezeq general manager Ilan Biran and rejected the request of the cable companies on the matter. The cable companies’ request was submitted by Dankner Investments vice chairman Moshe Gavish. The regulations in question refer to cross ownership between Channel 2 and YES, stipulating that anyone with a greater than 5% stake in one of Channel 2’s franchises cannot own more than 5% of YES. The problem is that Gad Zeevi owns 20% of Bezeq, and thereby 6% of YES through Bezeq’s 30% stake in YES, while simultaneously owning 28.5% of the Keshet Channel 2 franchise.
Zeevi’s current holding deviates the existing regulations by 1%, due to the inattention by the Ministry of Communications legal department when it approved the deal. The Government Companies Authority meanwhile approved increasing Bezeq’s holding in YES to 50%, after consulting with the relevant ministries. Bezeq currently owns 30% of YES, which it is entitled to increase to 39%. Gilat DBS has meanwhile signed an agreement to sell its 15% holding in YES to Bezeq and Eurocom, which increases Bezeq’s holding to 37.5%. The deal has not yet been implemented.
Lidan and Kardan, which own 12.5% of YES, are interested in selling their holdings, but Bezeq may not buy them because of Zeevi’s holding in Bezeq and the cross ownership regulations. The Knesset Economics Committee discussed the matter prior to the prime ministerial elections in February, but a decision was postponed at Shas’s demand, which was worried that the matter was a trick by the previous Minister of Communications Benjamin Ben-Eliezer. Economics Committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) told “Globes” that he supports Rivlin’s request and hopes the committee will pass the amendment.
In response to Gavish’s letter to Rivlin, Bezeq announced that it has had government permission to increase its holding in YES for years, and it now wishes to exercise it because some of the other shareholders are having cash flow problems.
“Without financing from Bezeq, YES is liable to collapse,” declared Bezeq. “The cable companies now want to exploit a technical regulation regarding cross holdings to impose a retroactive change on government decisions to cause the venture to collapse, after we have already invested $440 million in it.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 22 April 2001
Gavish to Poraz: Delay new Bezeq investment in Yes
Efi Landau
24.04.2001 17:53
Moshe Gavish, vice-chairman of Dankner Investments, which controls the Matav cable company, asked Knesset Economics Committee chairman Avraham Poraz to not allow Bezeq to increase its stake in the satellite company YES at this time. He wants Poraz to make the increase in the Bezeq holdings contingent upon Knesset approval of Amendment 24 to the Wireless Telegraph Ordinance, which would allow communications licenses to be granted to the cable companies, and upon approval of the cable companies` requests to merge.
Gavish wrote that he learned from media reports that “the minister of communications is determined to approve a larger stake for Bezeq in YES.” He claimed that if the Knesset Economics Committee intends to approve a larger injection of funds for YES, the cable companies should be furnished with the means to handle the competition.
Deputy Attorney General Davida Lachman-Messer responded to Gavish, noting that he had referred to Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting chairperson Dorit Inbar and herself as “Spice Girls”. “I can only regret the fact that instead of directly addressing the main question of whether it is right, just, and fitting that the cable companies merge into one (company) in all fields, Mr. Gavish is turning the debate into a personal vendetta and is even stooping to the use of sexist expressions to describe women in civil service positions.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on April 24, 2001
Efi Landau
24.04.2001 17:53
Moshe Gavish, vice-chairman of Dankner Investments, which controls the Matav cable company, asked Knesset Economics Committee chairman Avraham Poraz to not allow Bezeq to increase its stake in the satellite company YES at this time. He wants Poraz to make the increase in the Bezeq holdings contingent upon Knesset approval of Amendment 24 to the Wireless Telegraph Ordinance, which would allow communications licenses to be granted to the cable companies, and upon approval of the cable companies` requests to merge.
Gavish wrote that he learned from media reports that “the minister of communications is determined to approve a larger stake for Bezeq in YES.” He claimed that if the Knesset Economics Committee intends to approve a larger injection of funds for YES, the cable companies should be furnished with the means to handle the competition.
Deputy Attorney General Davida Lachman-Messer responded to Gavish, noting that he had referred to Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting chairperson Dorit Inbar and herself as “Spice Girls”. “I can only regret the fact that instead of directly addressing the main question of whether it is right, just, and fitting that the cable companies merge into one (company) in all fields, Mr. Gavish is turning the debate into a personal vendetta and is even stooping to the use of sexist expressions to describe women in civil service positions.”
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on April 24, 2001
Kobi Yeshayahu
01.05.2001 12:16
Matav-Cable Systems Media (Nasdaq: MATV) announced yesterday after trading on Wall Street ended that it had reached a draft agreement with Tevel and Golden Channels cable companies to form a single company, called “Gvanim Cable TV”.
Matav will own 25% of the shares in Gvanim and nominate three members to the 10-member board of directors. Matav shares rose from $15.50 to $21.50 in recent weeks, jumping a 13.5% at the close of yesterday’s trading.
The agreement is contingent upon approval by Anti-Trust Authority director general Dror Strum, the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Authority and the Ministry of Communications.
The cable companies suffered heavy losses last year, due to competition from YES satellite broadcasting company and heavy investments in digital and Internet infrastructures. The three companies are also waiting for the authorities to grant them approval to provide high-speed Internet services.
Matav reported a Q4 2000 net loss of NIS 80.5 million, compared to a NIS 374.8 million profit in the corresponding quarter in 1999. The loss per share was NIS 2.79, compared to a profit per share of NIS 12.54, respectively. Total Q4 revenue fell to NIS 109.45 million, compared to NIS 114 million, and the company posted a Q4 operating loss of NIS 27.2 million, compared to an operating profit of NIS 5.6 million in Q4 1999.
In 2000, Matav posted a loss of NIS 211 million, for a loss per share of NIS 7.30, compared to a profit of NIS 315.2 million, and profit per share of NIS 10.50, in 1999.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 1 May 2001
01.05.2001 12:16
Matav-Cable Systems Media (Nasdaq: MATV) announced yesterday after trading on Wall Street ended that it had reached a draft agreement with Tevel and Golden Channels cable companies to form a single company, called “Gvanim Cable TV”.
Matav will own 25% of the shares in Gvanim and nominate three members to the 10-member board of directors. Matav shares rose from $15.50 to $21.50 in recent weeks, jumping a 13.5% at the close of yesterday’s trading.
The agreement is contingent upon approval by Anti-Trust Authority director general Dror Strum, the Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Authority and the Ministry of Communications.
The cable companies suffered heavy losses last year, due to competition from YES satellite broadcasting company and heavy investments in digital and Internet infrastructures. The three companies are also waiting for the authorities to grant them approval to provide high-speed Internet services.
Matav reported a Q4 2000 net loss of NIS 80.5 million, compared to a NIS 374.8 million profit in the corresponding quarter in 1999. The loss per share was NIS 2.79, compared to a profit per share of NIS 12.54, respectively. Total Q4 revenue fell to NIS 109.45 million, compared to NIS 114 million, and the company posted a Q4 operating loss of NIS 27.2 million, compared to an operating profit of NIS 5.6 million in Q4 1999.
In 2000, Matav posted a loss of NIS 211 million, for a loss per share of NIS 7.30, compared to a profit of NIS 315.2 million, and profit per share of NIS 10.50, in 1999.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 1 May 2001
Economics Committee saves YES, approves increasing Bezeq stake to 50%
Globes’ correspondent
02.05.2001 18:18
The Knesset Economics Committee today approved the Ministry of Communications` request to amend the Wireless and Telegraph Ordinance, allowing Bezeq to increase its stake in YES satellite broadcasting company to 50%. The Economics Committee unanimously approved the proposal by committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) to approve the amendment.
Bezeq controls 30% of YES. The amendment will lift the restriction on the cross-ownership by the Zeevi group, which owns 20% of Bezeq and 24% in the Keshet Channel 2 franchise.
The cable companies opposed the amendment, claiming in the committee debate that the real issue was the provision of telephony services.
Discount Investments VP Benny Einhorn appealed to the Economics Committee members, saying that the lawmakers are not helping to increase competition in the multi-channel television market, but preventing telephony competition. Dankner Group VP Moshe Gavish said the decision to increase Bezeq’s stake in YES is anti-competitive.
Gavish also said that the amendment is a private MK bill, tailored to the needs of one man – Gad Zeevi.
Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin opposed the private bill, saying that with all due respect, Gad Zeevi is still not worthy of being entered into Israel’s law code.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 2 May 2001
Globes’ correspondent
02.05.2001 18:18
The Knesset Economics Committee today approved the Ministry of Communications` request to amend the Wireless and Telegraph Ordinance, allowing Bezeq to increase its stake in YES satellite broadcasting company to 50%. The Economics Committee unanimously approved the proposal by committee chairman MK Avraham Poraz (Shinui) to approve the amendment.
Bezeq controls 30% of YES. The amendment will lift the restriction on the cross-ownership by the Zeevi group, which owns 20% of Bezeq and 24% in the Keshet Channel 2 franchise.
The cable companies opposed the amendment, claiming in the committee debate that the real issue was the provision of telephony services.
Discount Investments VP Benny Einhorn appealed to the Economics Committee members, saying that the lawmakers are not helping to increase competition in the multi-channel television market, but preventing telephony competition. Dankner Group VP Moshe Gavish said the decision to increase Bezeq’s stake in YES is anti-competitive.
Gavish also said that the amendment is a private MK bill, tailored to the needs of one man – Gad Zeevi.
Minister of Communications Reuven Rivlin opposed the private bill, saying that with all due respect, Gad Zeevi is still not worthy of being entered into Israel’s law code.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on 2 May 2001
Cable TV firms submit merger request
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
The three cable television companies have submitted their request to merge to the antitrust commissioner. The purpose of the merger is to link their networks to a national network that will provide cable TV services and telephone and high-speed Internet services that will compete with Bezeq.
The merger is being supported, in principle, by the authorities because only by joining forces could the cable companies compete with Bezeq in the domestic communications market. The merging of the companies would not prejudice competition because today, the three cable companies share the regions of the country and do compete with each other.
The merger request, which appears far from its final version, shows the cable companies will share ownership of the network based on each`s number of subscribers, less the extent of the financial obligations of each of the firms.
The initial share distribution between the companies will be 25 percent to Matav, 35 percent to Golden Channels and 40 percent to Tevel, the largest of the three. Each`s share in control of the new company will be determined on completion of the merger, expected some time in 2002.
Antitrust Commissioner Dror Strum is not expected to oppose the establishment of a joint infrastructure company, without which the cable companies would not be able to compete with Bezeq. He is, however, likely to oppose the merging of the three companies`s content. Without a full merger, the three companies would have to compete against one another in the multi-channel television market.
"The authority has yet to consolidate a standpoint on the merger," Strum said yesterday, "although a merging of the infrastructure seems more warranted than a merging of the content.
By Hadar Horesh
Ha`aretz Correspondent
The three cable television companies have submitted their request to merge to the antitrust commissioner. The purpose of the merger is to link their networks to a national network that will provide cable TV services and telephone and high-speed Internet services that will compete with Bezeq.
The merger is being supported, in principle, by the authorities because only by joining forces could the cable companies compete with Bezeq in the domestic communications market. The merging of the companies would not prejudice competition because today, the three cable companies share the regions of the country and do compete with each other.
The merger request, which appears far from its final version, shows the cable companies will share ownership of the network based on each`s number of subscribers, less the extent of the financial obligations of each of the firms.
The initial share distribution between the companies will be 25 percent to Matav, 35 percent to Golden Channels and 40 percent to Tevel, the largest of the three. Each`s share in control of the new company will be determined on completion of the merger, expected some time in 2002.
Antitrust Commissioner Dror Strum is not expected to oppose the establishment of a joint infrastructure company, without which the cable companies would not be able to compete with Bezeq. He is, however, likely to oppose the merging of the three companies`s content. Without a full merger, the three companies would have to compete against one another in the multi-channel television market.
"The authority has yet to consolidate a standpoint on the merger," Strum said yesterday, "although a merging of the infrastructure seems more warranted than a merging of the content.
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Cables seeks permission to merge
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (May 2) - Matav Digital, Tevel Digital, and Golden Channels yesterday submitted to the Antitrust Authority for approval the draft of a merger agreement that would create one national company for cable infrastructure and content.
"Approval of the merger is a necessary step in the launching of a competitive domestic telecommunications market, although the way is long and the Bezeq Law must still be amended to allow for real competition," the cable companies said in a joint statement.
The cable companies seek to equalize their position against Bezeq in a market in which they hope to offer telecommunication as well as multi-channel broadcast services.
According to the merger agreement - which must be approved by the Communications Ministry, the Cable TV and Satellite Broadcast Council, the Income Tax Commission, and the Antitrust Authority - the companies would unite into a company called Gvanim Cable TV Ltd., with each party`s holdings based on the number of their subscribers.
Dror Strum, head of the Antitrust Authority, could not say how he would decide on the merger request, but acknowledged that it would be reasonable to allow the cables to create a united infrastructure company.
"A merged infrastructure would serve as a counterweight to Bezeq," said Strum. "Objectively there is more justification in merging the infrastructure than the content, but I am not saying that we are going to approve either." A decision will be made on the merger within two months, added Strum, whose term was extended yesterday by three months by the Minister of Industry and Trade Dalia Itzik. The current agreement is contingent on its execution by July 31, 2001, with completion set for Dec. 31, 2001.
Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin said in a statement that he supports the merger of the cables in both content and in infrastructure for much the same reasons as he promotes a merger of the three concessionaires of Channel 2.
"The telecommunications market, both globally and locally, is in a difficult period, and against this backdrop, cooperation between a number of companies would be beneficial," said Rivlin. "The considerations should be protecting competition and the continuation of service while allowing the economic strength necessary for that to be possible."
Moshe Gavish, deputy chairman of the board of directors of both Matav and its chief shareholder Discount Investments, said that in 2000 the cable companies together lost NIS 500 million and that the merger would strengthen them all financially.
Die Cables hätten zwar gern Boxen, haben aber kein Geld, welche zu kaufen, für ihre Subscriber. Lieber wäre ihnen, es gäbe ein Konsortium, daß sich den Kaufpreis teilen würde. (Na ja, hatten wir ja schon. Never ending story...)
"We don`t want money from the government," said Gavish, referring to the satellite broadcaster YES which is owned in part by Bezeq. "We just want them to give us a telecommunications license and let us merge."
Over the past month, the cable companies have been waging a battle against Bezeq`s intention to increase its share in YES to 50%, a move that needs the approval of the Knesset economic committee due to the cross-ownership of Bezeq shareholder Gad Ze`evi in both Reshet and YES.
Gavish said that once Bezeq is allowed to increase its holdings in the satellite broadcaster to 50%, it would further expand its shares to own all of the company within six months.
To increase its share to a controlling one, however, Bezeq would need Strum`s approval.
In any case, Gavish said that "the final result, if they don`t let us merge quickly, that there will no longer be the cables and satellite, there will only be the satellite. The multi-channel broadcast market will be exclusively controlled by the government."
The economic committee is meeting Tuesday to discuss Bezeq`s request to expand its satellite holdings. YES CEO Shlomo Liran sent a letter to committee members yesterday leveling scathing criticism against the cables, which he accused of exploiting their previous monopoly hold on the multi-channel broadcasting market by violating their tender agreement with the Communications Ministry and failing to supply service to some 600 more remote towns.
"If Bezeq is not able to continue its investment in YES, this important and valuable project will collapse immediately, just when it was getting on track and beginning to clear the path of one of the rudest and most arrogant monopolies ever to exist in this country," wrote Liran.
Wow! Starke Worte. Gemeint ist das TV-Monopol der Cables.
Cables seeks permission to merge
By Gwen Ackerman
JERUSALEM (May 2) - Matav Digital, Tevel Digital, and Golden Channels yesterday submitted to the Antitrust Authority for approval the draft of a merger agreement that would create one national company for cable infrastructure and content.
"Approval of the merger is a necessary step in the launching of a competitive domestic telecommunications market, although the way is long and the Bezeq Law must still be amended to allow for real competition," the cable companies said in a joint statement.
The cable companies seek to equalize their position against Bezeq in a market in which they hope to offer telecommunication as well as multi-channel broadcast services.
According to the merger agreement - which must be approved by the Communications Ministry, the Cable TV and Satellite Broadcast Council, the Income Tax Commission, and the Antitrust Authority - the companies would unite into a company called Gvanim Cable TV Ltd., with each party`s holdings based on the number of their subscribers.
Dror Strum, head of the Antitrust Authority, could not say how he would decide on the merger request, but acknowledged that it would be reasonable to allow the cables to create a united infrastructure company.
"A merged infrastructure would serve as a counterweight to Bezeq," said Strum. "Objectively there is more justification in merging the infrastructure than the content, but I am not saying that we are going to approve either." A decision will be made on the merger within two months, added Strum, whose term was extended yesterday by three months by the Minister of Industry and Trade Dalia Itzik. The current agreement is contingent on its execution by July 31, 2001, with completion set for Dec. 31, 2001.
Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin said in a statement that he supports the merger of the cables in both content and in infrastructure for much the same reasons as he promotes a merger of the three concessionaires of Channel 2.
"The telecommunications market, both globally and locally, is in a difficult period, and against this backdrop, cooperation between a number of companies would be beneficial," said Rivlin. "The considerations should be protecting competition and the continuation of service while allowing the economic strength necessary for that to be possible."
Moshe Gavish, deputy chairman of the board of directors of both Matav and its chief shareholder Discount Investments, said that in 2000 the cable companies together lost NIS 500 million and that the merger would strengthen them all financially.
Die Cables hätten zwar gern Boxen, haben aber kein Geld, welche zu kaufen, für ihre Subscriber. Lieber wäre ihnen, es gäbe ein Konsortium, daß sich den Kaufpreis teilen würde. (Na ja, hatten wir ja schon. Never ending story...)
"We don`t want money from the government," said Gavish, referring to the satellite broadcaster YES which is owned in part by Bezeq. "We just want them to give us a telecommunications license and let us merge."
Over the past month, the cable companies have been waging a battle against Bezeq`s intention to increase its share in YES to 50%, a move that needs the approval of the Knesset economic committee due to the cross-ownership of Bezeq shareholder Gad Ze`evi in both Reshet and YES.
Gavish said that once Bezeq is allowed to increase its holdings in the satellite broadcaster to 50%, it would further expand its shares to own all of the company within six months.
To increase its share to a controlling one, however, Bezeq would need Strum`s approval.
In any case, Gavish said that "the final result, if they don`t let us merge quickly, that there will no longer be the cables and satellite, there will only be the satellite. The multi-channel broadcast market will be exclusively controlled by the government."
The economic committee is meeting Tuesday to discuss Bezeq`s request to expand its satellite holdings. YES CEO Shlomo Liran sent a letter to committee members yesterday leveling scathing criticism against the cables, which he accused of exploiting their previous monopoly hold on the multi-channel broadcasting market by violating their tender agreement with the Communications Ministry and failing to supply service to some 600 more remote towns.
"If Bezeq is not able to continue its investment in YES, this important and valuable project will collapse immediately, just when it was getting on track and beginning to clear the path of one of the rudest and most arrogant monopolies ever to exist in this country," wrote Liran.
Wow! Starke Worte. Gemeint ist das TV-Monopol der Cables.
MATAV Announces CATV Merger
NETANYA, Israel, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that it has entered, with the other Israeli CATV companies and their subsidiaries, into an arrangement ("Arrangement") to spin off and merge their CATV operations.
The parties to the Arrangement filed an application with the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices for approval of the Arrangement. The parties intend to file a motion with the Israeli court for approval of the Arrangement, according to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and according to the provisions of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, so that the Arrangement shall be exempted from tax.
According to the Arrangement, the Company`s subsidiary, Haifa-Hadera Cable Systems Media Ltd., and Aztam 4 Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of the Company, which will hold the Company`s CATV operations, and subsidiaries of all other Israeli CATV companies shall merge with Gvanim Cable TV Ltd. ("Gvanim"). According to the Arrangement, all the assets, rights, licenses, agreements, powers and authority of the merging companies would be conferred on Gvanim, and Gvanim would be liable for all of the obligations of the entities absorbed in the merger ("Merger"), which shall be liquidated without dissolution, effective from December 31, 2000.
The parties to the Merger also agreed on the main terms of a shareholders agreement with respect to their holdings in the shares of Gvanim following the Merger and with respect to their rights to nominate members of the board of directors of Gvanim. The holdings of each party to the Merger in Gvanim are based on the number of each party`s CATV subscribers (the "Merger Ratio"). According to the current Merger Ratio, Matav will hold approximately 25% of the share capital of Gvanim and it will have the right to nominate three of the ten members of the board of directors, while the other CATV operators will have the right to nominate three and four board members respectively. Subject to the parties agreement, the Merger Ratio may be adjusted in the future, based on the investment of each party in the merging entities, the debt that each party shall transfer to Gvanim, and other criteria that may be agreed by the parties in the detailed merger agreement.
A prerequisite for approval of the Merger is that the Arrangement will be approved by the Ministry of Communications, the Cable TV and Satellite Broadcast Council, the Income Tax Commission, the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices and by the Israeli court after receiving the approvals of certain creditors and the corporate bodies of the relevant parties. In addition, the merger is contingent upon the execution of a detailed merger agreement between the parties to the Arrangement, not later then July 31, 2001 and the completion of the Merger by December 31, 2001.
Subject to regulatory approvals, the completion of the Merger will enable Gvanim to provide additional telecommunication services.That`s it.
NETANYA, Israel, April 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq: MATV), a leading Israeli provider of broadband cable TV services, today announced that it has entered, with the other Israeli CATV companies and their subsidiaries, into an arrangement ("Arrangement") to spin off and merge their CATV operations.
The parties to the Arrangement filed an application with the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices for approval of the Arrangement. The parties intend to file a motion with the Israeli court for approval of the Arrangement, according to the provisions of the Israeli Companies Law and according to the provisions of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance, so that the Arrangement shall be exempted from tax.
According to the Arrangement, the Company`s subsidiary, Haifa-Hadera Cable Systems Media Ltd., and Aztam 4 Ltd., a fully owned subsidiary of the Company, which will hold the Company`s CATV operations, and subsidiaries of all other Israeli CATV companies shall merge with Gvanim Cable TV Ltd. ("Gvanim"). According to the Arrangement, all the assets, rights, licenses, agreements, powers and authority of the merging companies would be conferred on Gvanim, and Gvanim would be liable for all of the obligations of the entities absorbed in the merger ("Merger"), which shall be liquidated without dissolution, effective from December 31, 2000.
The parties to the Merger also agreed on the main terms of a shareholders agreement with respect to their holdings in the shares of Gvanim following the Merger and with respect to their rights to nominate members of the board of directors of Gvanim. The holdings of each party to the Merger in Gvanim are based on the number of each party`s CATV subscribers (the "Merger Ratio"). According to the current Merger Ratio, Matav will hold approximately 25% of the share capital of Gvanim and it will have the right to nominate three of the ten members of the board of directors, while the other CATV operators will have the right to nominate three and four board members respectively. Subject to the parties agreement, the Merger Ratio may be adjusted in the future, based on the investment of each party in the merging entities, the debt that each party shall transfer to Gvanim, and other criteria that may be agreed by the parties in the detailed merger agreement.
A prerequisite for approval of the Merger is that the Arrangement will be approved by the Ministry of Communications, the Cable TV and Satellite Broadcast Council, the Income Tax Commission, the Controller of Restrictive Trade Practices and by the Israeli court after receiving the approvals of certain creditors and the corporate bodies of the relevant parties. In addition, the merger is contingent upon the execution of a detailed merger agreement between the parties to the Arrangement, not later then July 31, 2001 and the completion of the Merger by December 31, 2001.
Subject to regulatory approvals, the completion of the Merger will enable Gvanim to provide additional telecommunication services.That`s it.
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Monday May 21, 6:32 am Eastern Time
Israeli CATV companies to offer interactive TV
TEL AVIV, May 21 (Reuters) - Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd (NasdaqNM:MATV - news) and Tevel Israel International Communications said on Monday they will shortly begin offering interactive television services to subscribers with digital cable boxes.
``It is a matter of days until we get the final approval`` from the cable television council, Tevel managing director Joseph Douer said at a news conference.
Tevel, which is jointly owned by Israel`s Discount Investment Corp and United Pan-Europe Communications , recently introduced digital cable service.
It already has 40,000 subscribers with digital boxes and Douer said the company was hooking up new subscribers for digital television at a rate of 1,000 a day.
Tevel and Matav will provide interactive television through Connect-TV Ltd, a company set up by Israel`s Dankner Investments and Isfar Investments. Tevel and Matav officials would not say how the new service could impact revenues.
Connect-TV chief executive Tami Friedman said the company`s founders had invested $8 million so far in the technology and acquisition of interactive games.
Besides games, the interactive services will offer t-mail, or e-mail over television, and the ability to send faxes and SMS messages to cellular phones.
Friedman said Connect-TV was in advanced talks to provide interactive services to Golden Lines, Israel`s third major CATV provider, as well as other companies in Israel and abroad.
According to Strategy Analytics, 60 million households worldwide have access to interactive services via digital television, Friedman said. By 2005 this number will rise to 220 million out of 1.1 billion households with television.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010521/l21517135.html
Israeli CATV companies to offer interactive TV
TEL AVIV, May 21 (Reuters) - Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd (NasdaqNM:MATV - news) and Tevel Israel International Communications said on Monday they will shortly begin offering interactive television services to subscribers with digital cable boxes.
``It is a matter of days until we get the final approval`` from the cable television council, Tevel managing director Joseph Douer said at a news conference.
Tevel, which is jointly owned by Israel`s Discount Investment Corp and United Pan-Europe Communications , recently introduced digital cable service.
It already has 40,000 subscribers with digital boxes and Douer said the company was hooking up new subscribers for digital television at a rate of 1,000 a day.
Tevel and Matav will provide interactive television through Connect-TV Ltd, a company set up by Israel`s Dankner Investments and Isfar Investments. Tevel and Matav officials would not say how the new service could impact revenues.
Connect-TV chief executive Tami Friedman said the company`s founders had invested $8 million so far in the technology and acquisition of interactive games.
Besides games, the interactive services will offer t-mail, or e-mail over television, and the ability to send faxes and SMS messages to cellular phones.
Friedman said Connect-TV was in advanced talks to provide interactive services to Golden Lines, Israel`s third major CATV provider, as well as other companies in Israel and abroad.
According to Strategy Analytics, 60 million households worldwide have access to interactive services via digital television, Friedman said. By 2005 this number will rise to 220 million out of 1.1 billion households with television.
http://biz.yahoo.com/rf/010521/l21517135.html
Matav Chooses Microsoft TV Access Channel Server for Interactive TV Trial
THURSDAY, JUNE 07, 2001 4:00 PM
- PRNewswire
REDMOND, Wash., and NETANYA, Israel, Jun 7, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq:MATV), one of Israel`s leading cable network operators, today announced that Matav will begin field trials of new interactive TV services based on Microsoft(R) TV Access Channel Server. When the trial begins later this summer, Matav will be the first company in the world to utilize Microsoft TV Access Channel Server, a server-based interactive TV software solution. This is Matav`s first trial of server-based interactive TV services.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO )
When the trial starts, Matav subscribers will benefit from additional interactive TV content without having to upgrade their systems or set-top boxes. These new interactive services will include multimedia games and educational titles.
The service is powered by Microsoft TV Access Channel Server, a technology Microsoft gained through the acquisition of Peach Networks in April 2000. Microsoft TV Access Channel Server is a server-based application that enables delivery of interactive services and diverse Windows(R) operating system-based content to current-generation and advanced digital cable set-top boxes. Microsoft TV Access Channel Server helps cable operators tap into new revenue-generating opportunities. It extends the useful life of digital cable set-top boxes by delivering compelling new services and content, such as Windows-based applications, Internet surfing and e-mail functionality, and multimedia programs, using a software solution that runs in a network operator`s head end. Because the solution is server-based, it also allows for easy and centralized maintenance and upgrading of content and plug-ins.
"The Microsoft TV Access Channel Server solution seems to be the best suited for those types of services that are most attractive from the user`s point of view and cannot be supported by any other standard, known technologies," said Meidad Katz, vice president of engineering for Matav. "We are very pleased to use it for our trial. Because Access Channel Server allows PC-based software including software for Internet access to run on our existing network, this brings us a step closer to making Internet access, Web services and computer-based education available in every home in Israel. Matav`s aim is to leverage our network to lead the Israeli market in information, communication and entertainment. Access Channel Server is enabling us to do this, and we look forward to beginning the trial."
"Microsoft TV Access Channel Server allows interactive TV applications to be accessed via a wide range of digital set-top boxes," said Ofir Paz, general manager for Microsoft TV Access Channel Server at Microsoft. "It therefore offers a very cost-effective solution to cable operators that want to offer this type of content to existing subscribers without sacrificing performance, functionality or potential revenue opportunities, or upgrading either their network or set-top boxes. This opportunity represents the first for Microsoft TV Access Channel Server since we acquired the technology, and we are really looking forward to working with Matav to help it deliver a cost-effective, compelling service to its subscribers."
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AT&T cuts plans for interactive-TV services - WSJ
6/7/01 10:35 PM
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - Two years after selecting Microsoft Corp. to develop a sophisticated interactive-television service, AT&T Corp. is scaling back those plans and now expects to roll out a less-complex version that has yet to be developed, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Friday.
The decision is a significant change of course for AT&T, the nation`s largest cable operator, and a blow to Microsoft, which invested $5 billion in AT&T as part of a deal to deploy its software TV set-top boxes to as many as 10 million sets, the newspaper said.
Since then, AT&T has been testing advanced software from a Microsoft competitor, and AT&T officials concluded that consumers were not ready for many of the advanced features that the phone and cable company envisioned offering, the paper said.
As a result, AT&T has now asked Microsoft -- plus rival software maker Liberate Technologies Inc. -- to develop software for a simpler set-top box, the report said.
Copyright 2001, Reuters News Service
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THURSDAY, JUNE 07, 2001 4:00 PM
- PRNewswire
REDMOND, Wash., and NETANYA, Israel, Jun 7, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT) and Matav Cable Systems Media Ltd. (Nasdaq:MATV), one of Israel`s leading cable network operators, today announced that Matav will begin field trials of new interactive TV services based on Microsoft(R) TV Access Channel Server. When the trial begins later this summer, Matav will be the first company in the world to utilize Microsoft TV Access Channel Server, a server-based interactive TV software solution. This is Matav`s first trial of server-based interactive TV services.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000822/MSFTLOGO )
When the trial starts, Matav subscribers will benefit from additional interactive TV content without having to upgrade their systems or set-top boxes. These new interactive services will include multimedia games and educational titles.
The service is powered by Microsoft TV Access Channel Server, a technology Microsoft gained through the acquisition of Peach Networks in April 2000. Microsoft TV Access Channel Server is a server-based application that enables delivery of interactive services and diverse Windows(R) operating system-based content to current-generation and advanced digital cable set-top boxes. Microsoft TV Access Channel Server helps cable operators tap into new revenue-generating opportunities. It extends the useful life of digital cable set-top boxes by delivering compelling new services and content, such as Windows-based applications, Internet surfing and e-mail functionality, and multimedia programs, using a software solution that runs in a network operator`s head end. Because the solution is server-based, it also allows for easy and centralized maintenance and upgrading of content and plug-ins.
"The Microsoft TV Access Channel Server solution seems to be the best suited for those types of services that are most attractive from the user`s point of view and cannot be supported by any other standard, known technologies," said Meidad Katz, vice president of engineering for Matav. "We are very pleased to use it for our trial. Because Access Channel Server allows PC-based software including software for Internet access to run on our existing network, this brings us a step closer to making Internet access, Web services and computer-based education available in every home in Israel. Matav`s aim is to leverage our network to lead the Israeli market in information, communication and entertainment. Access Channel Server is enabling us to do this, and we look forward to beginning the trial."
"Microsoft TV Access Channel Server allows interactive TV applications to be accessed via a wide range of digital set-top boxes," said Ofir Paz, general manager for Microsoft TV Access Channel Server at Microsoft. "It therefore offers a very cost-effective solution to cable operators that want to offer this type of content to existing subscribers without sacrificing performance, functionality or potential revenue opportunities, or upgrading either their network or set-top boxes. This opportunity represents the first for Microsoft TV Access Channel Server since we acquired the technology, and we are really looking forward to working with Matav to help it deliver a cost-effective, compelling service to its subscribers."
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AT&T cuts plans for interactive-TV services - WSJ
6/7/01 10:35 PM
Source: Reuters
NEW YORK, June 8 (Reuters) - Two years after selecting Microsoft Corp. to develop a sophisticated interactive-television service, AT&T Corp. is scaling back those plans and now expects to roll out a less-complex version that has yet to be developed, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Friday.
The decision is a significant change of course for AT&T, the nation`s largest cable operator, and a blow to Microsoft, which invested $5 billion in AT&T as part of a deal to deploy its software TV set-top boxes to as many as 10 million sets, the newspaper said.
Since then, AT&T has been testing advanced software from a Microsoft competitor, and AT&T officials concluded that consumers were not ready for many of the advanced features that the phone and cable company envisioned offering, the paper said.
As a result, AT&T has now asked Microsoft -- plus rival software maker Liberate Technologies Inc. -- to develop software for a simpler set-top box, the report said.
Copyright 2001, Reuters News Service
mfg
js
komisch, ich lese gar keine kommentare von den schwaetzern dazu. oliver, du bist doch der grosse intime israel kenner, keine meinung? janphil, du kannst doch daraus auch noch ne top meldung machen, hast du urlaub? wo ist eigentlich der schwallende tenor?
toll, dass so viele auf euch reingefallen sind. nur sonen kleinen dummen schueler konntet ihr nich ueberzeugen. nee, ich habe immer noch nich nachgekauft. ich hab zeit.
phelps
toll, dass so viele auf euch reingefallen sind. nur sonen kleinen dummen schueler konntet ihr nich ueberzeugen. nee, ich habe immer noch nich nachgekauft. ich hab zeit.
phelps
komisch, zumindest ein schwätzer hat ja doch seinen senf dazugegegben, du nämlich
mfg
js
mfg
js
Noch 20 Tage, und MBX erwacht vielleicht zu neuem Leben?
MD
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Dear Customers
We are in the process of completing our new user friendly web site.
The site will be operative from the beginning of July 2001.
For service calls please contact our service center Tel: 1-700-70-80-90
ìúùåîú ìá ì÷åçåúéðå äé÷øéí
.çáøú àîôà îñééîú áéîéí àìä àú áðééú äàúø äçãù åäéãéãåúé
.äàúø äçãù éçì ìôòåì áúçéìú çåãù éåìé 2001
ì÷øéàåú ùéøåú ðà ìôðåú ìîå÷ã äèìôåðé 90-80-70-700-1
Quelle: http://www.ampa.co.il/
MD
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Dear Customers
We are in the process of completing our new user friendly web site.
The site will be operative from the beginning of July 2001.
For service calls please contact our service center Tel: 1-700-70-80-90
ìúùåîú ìá ì÷åçåúéðå äé÷øéí
.çáøú àîôà îñééîú áéîéí àìä àú áðééú äàúø äçãù åäéãéãåúé
.äàúø äçãù éçì ìôòåì áúçéìú çåãù éåìé 2001
ì÷øéàåú ùéøåú ðà ìôðåú ìîå÷ã äèìôåðé 90-80-70-700-1
Quelle: http://www.ampa.co.il/
Hoffentlich bauen die was auf und reißen nichts ein.
ciao ZO
Company briefs
Avi Weinreb
24.05.2001 18:13
Ampa Investments have issued a profit warning that its first quarter results would include a NIS 13.3 million write off in German subsidiary MetaBox. On 22 May 2001, MetaBox filed for insolvency.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on May 24, 2001
(NIS 13.3 million = ca. 7,4 Mill. DM)
Diesen Betrag würde Ampa Investments endgültig abschreiben müssen, wenn die Insolvenz bestehen bleiben würde.
Wait and see.
Avi Weinreb
24.05.2001 18:13
Ampa Investments have issued a profit warning that its first quarter results would include a NIS 13.3 million write off in German subsidiary MetaBox. On 22 May 2001, MetaBox filed for insolvency.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on May 24, 2001
(NIS 13.3 million = ca. 7,4 Mill. DM)
Diesen Betrag würde Ampa Investments endgültig abschreiben müssen, wenn die Insolvenz bestehen bleiben würde.
Wait and see.
@pechsuse
Bitte beachten sie folgende Regeln beim Schreiben Ihres Beitrages
2. Beleidigungen, sexuelle Anspielungen, rechtsradikale Inhalte etc. sind zu unterlassen.
ups
Bitte beachten sie folgende Regeln beim Schreiben Ihres Beitrages
2. Beleidigungen, sexuelle Anspielungen, rechtsradikale Inhalte etc. sind zu unterlassen.
ups
Broadband’s penetration of Israel`s private sector "too slow"
Globes correspondent
04.03.2002 15:11
IDC Israel, the international research company’s Israeli representative, has recently completed a new research about the Israeli Internet market. The research analyses data from 2000-2001 and also offers a 2002-2006 forecast for Internet access and use, web-hosting and e-commerce.
IDC Israel’s new Israeli Internet market research shows that during 2001, there was a significant leap in the number of broadband connections in the business sector which grew to about 18,000. The average annual growth in the number of broadband connections in the business sector will continue to grow at a rate of 37%, compared to a 93% annual growth rate in the private sector. In 2006, more than 633,000 businesses and private consumers in Israel will benefit from broadband connection and revenues from broadband communications services will reach $209 million.
“Despite the impressive growth statistics, broadband’s penetration into the private sector in Israel is relatively slow and is expected to rise from 10,000 connections in 2000 to about 550,000 in 2006”, said Eran Himmel, senior analyst at IDC Israel who conducted the research.
“In the first stage, the main growth will be focused on the “heavy” users who find it cost-effective”, said Himmel. “For the majority of the population, the current payment model is complicated, turning out expensive compared with the European and American standard. Current payments are comprised of two or even three layers and include payment to a communications provider such as Bezek or (in the near future) cable companies, payment to an Internet services provider and sometimes even an additional payment for special content for broadband subscribers. The Israeli Communications Ministry’s requirement to separate between the entities supplying services and infrastructure providers will lead to the creation of a wide range of cooperative partnerships in order to unify billing or, alternately, to make the policy more flexible.” IDC points out that in many other countries this artificial separation does not exist.
According to IDC Israel, the level of service and content does not justify the cost of connecting to broadband for the majority of the population. Also added value services that communications companies will provide (such as watching video broadcasts on the Internet), is not expected to change consumer opinion: “Consumers’ default choice will be to watch content broadcast via the original user interface - in the case of video, it will continue to be the television. Despite this, interactive content such as home audio libraries, high-quality gaming on the Internet, supported by content companies and large operating systems suppliers or partnerships in the video conferencing field, in the style of marketing connection kits including cameras by broadband services providers – all these are expected to significantly increase the number of those connecting to broadband”, added Himmel.
An additional problem indicated by IDC Israel is the low quality of service, which is expressed in the lack of uniformity in data transmission rates. It has become apparent that current demand and profits yielded from it do not encourage Internet services providers to invest in the field. IDC Israel believes that the solution is creating a business model of charging a differencial payment for the content used by the customer “The broadband access field will not take off until communications and Internet services providers position it as an access product and not as a quality service for providing content at a high level”, said Himmel.
IDC Israel’s Internet market research shows that the revenue potential of Internet services providers is hidden in additional Internet services such as web-hosting services, information security and database management. The research points to the trend of moving Internet services providers’ core revenues away from providing access services to providing services. “The example of the Internet services provider supplying firewalls to its customers in return for service fees is the first sign. I believe that the e-commerce field will represent an attractive opportunity for Internet services providers that can host on their servers’ websites, relevant applications, data processing technology and even serve as a clearing service”, said Himmel.
IDC`s Israeli Internet market research analyses Internet access providers, forecasts about mobile devices supporting Internet, web-hosting services and also provides an analysis of B2B and B2C e-commerce.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on March 4, 2002
weitere aktuelle meldungen aus israel sind
unter
http://www.itvforum.de
zu finden , es scheint so als würde der markt dort jetzt endlich in bewegung kommen
mfg
junkstro
Globes correspondent
04.03.2002 15:11
IDC Israel, the international research company’s Israeli representative, has recently completed a new research about the Israeli Internet market. The research analyses data from 2000-2001 and also offers a 2002-2006 forecast for Internet access and use, web-hosting and e-commerce.
IDC Israel’s new Israeli Internet market research shows that during 2001, there was a significant leap in the number of broadband connections in the business sector which grew to about 18,000. The average annual growth in the number of broadband connections in the business sector will continue to grow at a rate of 37%, compared to a 93% annual growth rate in the private sector. In 2006, more than 633,000 businesses and private consumers in Israel will benefit from broadband connection and revenues from broadband communications services will reach $209 million.
“Despite the impressive growth statistics, broadband’s penetration into the private sector in Israel is relatively slow and is expected to rise from 10,000 connections in 2000 to about 550,000 in 2006”, said Eran Himmel, senior analyst at IDC Israel who conducted the research.
“In the first stage, the main growth will be focused on the “heavy” users who find it cost-effective”, said Himmel. “For the majority of the population, the current payment model is complicated, turning out expensive compared with the European and American standard. Current payments are comprised of two or even three layers and include payment to a communications provider such as Bezek or (in the near future) cable companies, payment to an Internet services provider and sometimes even an additional payment for special content for broadband subscribers. The Israeli Communications Ministry’s requirement to separate between the entities supplying services and infrastructure providers will lead to the creation of a wide range of cooperative partnerships in order to unify billing or, alternately, to make the policy more flexible.” IDC points out that in many other countries this artificial separation does not exist.
According to IDC Israel, the level of service and content does not justify the cost of connecting to broadband for the majority of the population. Also added value services that communications companies will provide (such as watching video broadcasts on the Internet), is not expected to change consumer opinion: “Consumers’ default choice will be to watch content broadcast via the original user interface - in the case of video, it will continue to be the television. Despite this, interactive content such as home audio libraries, high-quality gaming on the Internet, supported by content companies and large operating systems suppliers or partnerships in the video conferencing field, in the style of marketing connection kits including cameras by broadband services providers – all these are expected to significantly increase the number of those connecting to broadband”, added Himmel.
An additional problem indicated by IDC Israel is the low quality of service, which is expressed in the lack of uniformity in data transmission rates. It has become apparent that current demand and profits yielded from it do not encourage Internet services providers to invest in the field. IDC Israel believes that the solution is creating a business model of charging a differencial payment for the content used by the customer “The broadband access field will not take off until communications and Internet services providers position it as an access product and not as a quality service for providing content at a high level”, said Himmel.
IDC Israel’s Internet market research shows that the revenue potential of Internet services providers is hidden in additional Internet services such as web-hosting services, information security and database management. The research points to the trend of moving Internet services providers’ core revenues away from providing access services to providing services. “The example of the Internet services provider supplying firewalls to its customers in return for service fees is the first sign. I believe that the e-commerce field will represent an attractive opportunity for Internet services providers that can host on their servers’ websites, relevant applications, data processing technology and even serve as a clearing service”, said Himmel.
IDC`s Israeli Internet market research analyses Internet access providers, forecasts about mobile devices supporting Internet, web-hosting services and also provides an analysis of B2B and B2C e-commerce.
Published by Israel`s Business Arena on March 4, 2002
weitere aktuelle meldungen aus israel sind
unter
http://www.itvforum.de
zu finden , es scheint so als würde der markt dort jetzt endlich in bewegung kommen
mfg
junkstro
junkstro,
sei bitte so lieb und übersetz das mal kurz für die normalen Aktionäre
sei bitte so lieb und übersetz das mal kurz für die normalen Aktionäre
Maschinenübersetzt:
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IDC Israel, der internationalen israelische Repräsentant der Forschung Firma, hat vor kurzem eine neue Forschung über den israelischen Internet-Markt durchgeführt. Die Forschung analysiert die Daten von 2000-2001 und bietet auch 2002-2006 prognostiziert für Internet-Zugriff und -gebrauch, die Web-Bewirtung und Ehandel an. IDC Israels zeigt neue israelische Internet-Marktforschung die während 2001, gab es einen bedeutenden Sprung in der Zahl Breitbandanschlüssen im Geschäft Sektor, welches ungefähr zu 18.000 sich entwickelte. Das durchschnittliche jährliche Wachstum in der Zahl Breitbandanschlüssen im Geschäft Sektor fährt fort, mit einer Kinetik von 37% zu wachsen, verglichen mit einer 93% Jahrbuch-Wachstumsrate im privaten Sektor. 2006 profitieren mehr als 633.000 Geschäfte und private Verbraucher in Israel vom Breitbandanschluß und Einkommen von den Breitbandkommunikationen Dienstleistungen erreichen $209 Million.
“Despite die eindrucksvollen Wachstumstatistiken, Breitbanddurchgriff in den privaten Sektor in Israel ist verhältnismäßig langsam und wird erwartet, von 10.000 Anschlüssen 2000 bis ungefähr 550.000 in 2006” zu steigen;, besagtes Eran Himmel, älterer Analytiker an IDC Israel, das die Forschung leitete.
“In das erste Stadium, das Hauptwachstum wird auf das “heavy” gerichtet; Benutzer, die es cost-effective” finden, besagtes Himmel. “For die Majorität der Bevölkerung, das Zahlungmodell ist schwierig und fällt kostspieliges verglichen mit dem europäischen und amerikanischen Standard aus. Laufende Zahlungen werden von zwei oder sogar drei Schichten enthalten und Zahlung an einen Kommunikationen Versorger wie Bezek oder (in naher Zukunft) Telegraphengesellschaften, Zahlung an einen Internet Service Provider umfassen und glätten manchmal eine Nachzahlung für speziellen Inhalt für Breitbandteilnehmer. Die israelischen Anforderung des Kommunikationen Ministeriums, sich zwischen den Instanzen zu trennen, die Dienstleistungen und Infrastrukturversorger angeben, führt zu die Kreation einer breiten Strecke der kooperativen Teilhaberschaften, um Gebührenzählung zu vereinheitlichen oder wechselnd die Politik mehr flexible.” zu bilden; IDC unterstreicht, daß in vielen anderen Ländern diese künstliche Trennung nicht existiert.
Entsprechend IDC Israel, schließt die Stufe des Services und des Inhalts nicht die Kosten des Anschließens an Breitband für die Majorität der Bevölkerung aus. Auch hinzugefügte Wertdienstleistungen, die Kommunikationen Firmen voraussetzen (wie überwachende videosendungen auf dem Internet), wird nicht erwartet, um Verbrauchermeinung zu ändern: “Consumers` Rückstellung Wahl ist, zufriedene Sendung über die ursprüngliche Benutzerschnittstelle zu überwachen - im Fall vom Bildschirm, fährt sie fort, das Fernsehen zu sein. Trotz dieses, des interaktiven Inhalts wie Hauptaudiobibliotheken, des hochwertigen Spiels auf dem Internet, unterstützt durch zufriedene Firmen und große Betriebssystemlieferanten oder -teilhaberschaften auf dem videoConferencinggebiet, in der Art der Marketing-Anschlußinstallationssätze einschließlich der Kameras durch Breitbanddiensterbringer – alles werden diese erwartet, um die Zahl denen erheblich zu erhöhen, die an broadband” anschließen, hinzugefügtes Himmel.
Ein zusätzliches Problem, das von IDC Israel angezeigt wird, ist die niedrige Qualität des Services, der im Mangel an Gleichförmigkeit in den Datenübertragungkinetik ausgedrückt wird. Es ist offensichtlich geworden, daß aktuell verlangen Sie und die Profite, die von ihm erbracht werden, nicht Internet Service Provider anregen, auf dem Gebiet zu investieren. IDC Israel glaubt, daß die Lösung ein Geschäft Modell der Aufladung einer differencial Zahlung für den Inhalt erstellt, der vom Kunden “The benutzt wird, das Breitbandzugriff Feld sich nicht bis Kommunikationen entfernt und Internet Service Provider es als Zugriff Produkt und nicht als Qualitätsservice für das Zur Verfügung stellen des Inhalts an einem hohen level” in Position bringen, besagtes Himmel.
IDC Israels Internet-Marktforschung zeigt, daß das Einkommen Potential der Internet Service Provider in den zusätzlichen Internet-Services wie Web-bewirtendienstleistungen, Informationen Sicherheit und Datenbankmanagement versteckt wird. Die Forschung zeigt auf die Tendenz der Kerneinkommen der beweglichen Internet Service Provider weg vom Zur Verfügung stellen von von Zugriff Dienstleistungen zum Zur Verfügung stellen von von Dienstleistungen. “The Beispiel der Internet Service Provider angebenden Brandmauern zu seinen Kunden in der Rückkehr gegen Bearbeitungsgebühren ist das erste Zeichen. Ich glaube, daß das Ehandel Feld eine attraktive Gelegenheit für Internet Service Provider darstellt, die auf websites ihrer Servers, relevanten Anwendungen, datenverarbeitender Technologie und sogar Serve als Reinigung service” bewirten können;, besagtes Himmel.
IDC`s analysiert israelische Internet-Marktforschung Internetzugangsversorger, Prognosen über die beweglichen Einheiten, die Internet unterstützen, Web-bewirtend hält instand und stellt auch eine Analyse B2B und B2C des Ehandels zur Verfügung.
____________________________________________________________
IDC Israel, der internationalen israelische Repräsentant der Forschung Firma, hat vor kurzem eine neue Forschung über den israelischen Internet-Markt durchgeführt. Die Forschung analysiert die Daten von 2000-2001 und bietet auch 2002-2006 prognostiziert für Internet-Zugriff und -gebrauch, die Web-Bewirtung und Ehandel an. IDC Israels zeigt neue israelische Internet-Marktforschung die während 2001, gab es einen bedeutenden Sprung in der Zahl Breitbandanschlüssen im Geschäft Sektor, welches ungefähr zu 18.000 sich entwickelte. Das durchschnittliche jährliche Wachstum in der Zahl Breitbandanschlüssen im Geschäft Sektor fährt fort, mit einer Kinetik von 37% zu wachsen, verglichen mit einer 93% Jahrbuch-Wachstumsrate im privaten Sektor. 2006 profitieren mehr als 633.000 Geschäfte und private Verbraucher in Israel vom Breitbandanschluß und Einkommen von den Breitbandkommunikationen Dienstleistungen erreichen $209 Million.
“Despite die eindrucksvollen Wachstumstatistiken, Breitbanddurchgriff in den privaten Sektor in Israel ist verhältnismäßig langsam und wird erwartet, von 10.000 Anschlüssen 2000 bis ungefähr 550.000 in 2006” zu steigen;, besagtes Eran Himmel, älterer Analytiker an IDC Israel, das die Forschung leitete.
“In das erste Stadium, das Hauptwachstum wird auf das “heavy” gerichtet; Benutzer, die es cost-effective” finden, besagtes Himmel. “For die Majorität der Bevölkerung, das Zahlungmodell ist schwierig und fällt kostspieliges verglichen mit dem europäischen und amerikanischen Standard aus. Laufende Zahlungen werden von zwei oder sogar drei Schichten enthalten und Zahlung an einen Kommunikationen Versorger wie Bezek oder (in naher Zukunft) Telegraphengesellschaften, Zahlung an einen Internet Service Provider umfassen und glätten manchmal eine Nachzahlung für speziellen Inhalt für Breitbandteilnehmer. Die israelischen Anforderung des Kommunikationen Ministeriums, sich zwischen den Instanzen zu trennen, die Dienstleistungen und Infrastrukturversorger angeben, führt zu die Kreation einer breiten Strecke der kooperativen Teilhaberschaften, um Gebührenzählung zu vereinheitlichen oder wechselnd die Politik mehr flexible.” zu bilden; IDC unterstreicht, daß in vielen anderen Ländern diese künstliche Trennung nicht existiert.
Entsprechend IDC Israel, schließt die Stufe des Services und des Inhalts nicht die Kosten des Anschließens an Breitband für die Majorität der Bevölkerung aus. Auch hinzugefügte Wertdienstleistungen, die Kommunikationen Firmen voraussetzen (wie überwachende videosendungen auf dem Internet), wird nicht erwartet, um Verbrauchermeinung zu ändern: “Consumers` Rückstellung Wahl ist, zufriedene Sendung über die ursprüngliche Benutzerschnittstelle zu überwachen - im Fall vom Bildschirm, fährt sie fort, das Fernsehen zu sein. Trotz dieses, des interaktiven Inhalts wie Hauptaudiobibliotheken, des hochwertigen Spiels auf dem Internet, unterstützt durch zufriedene Firmen und große Betriebssystemlieferanten oder -teilhaberschaften auf dem videoConferencinggebiet, in der Art der Marketing-Anschlußinstallationssätze einschließlich der Kameras durch Breitbanddiensterbringer – alles werden diese erwartet, um die Zahl denen erheblich zu erhöhen, die an broadband” anschließen, hinzugefügtes Himmel.
Ein zusätzliches Problem, das von IDC Israel angezeigt wird, ist die niedrige Qualität des Services, der im Mangel an Gleichförmigkeit in den Datenübertragungkinetik ausgedrückt wird. Es ist offensichtlich geworden, daß aktuell verlangen Sie und die Profite, die von ihm erbracht werden, nicht Internet Service Provider anregen, auf dem Gebiet zu investieren. IDC Israel glaubt, daß die Lösung ein Geschäft Modell der Aufladung einer differencial Zahlung für den Inhalt erstellt, der vom Kunden “The benutzt wird, das Breitbandzugriff Feld sich nicht bis Kommunikationen entfernt und Internet Service Provider es als Zugriff Produkt und nicht als Qualitätsservice für das Zur Verfügung stellen des Inhalts an einem hohen level” in Position bringen, besagtes Himmel.
IDC Israels Internet-Marktforschung zeigt, daß das Einkommen Potential der Internet Service Provider in den zusätzlichen Internet-Services wie Web-bewirtendienstleistungen, Informationen Sicherheit und Datenbankmanagement versteckt wird. Die Forschung zeigt auf die Tendenz der Kerneinkommen der beweglichen Internet Service Provider weg vom Zur Verfügung stellen von von Zugriff Dienstleistungen zum Zur Verfügung stellen von von Dienstleistungen. “The Beispiel der Internet Service Provider angebenden Brandmauern zu seinen Kunden in der Rückkehr gegen Bearbeitungsgebühren ist das erste Zeichen. Ich glaube, daß das Ehandel Feld eine attraktive Gelegenheit für Internet Service Provider darstellt, die auf websites ihrer Servers, relevanten Anwendungen, datenverarbeitender Technologie und sogar Serve als Reinigung service” bewirten können;, besagtes Himmel.
IDC`s analysiert israelische Internet-Marktforschung Internetzugangsversorger, Prognosen über die beweglichen Einheiten, die Internet unterstützen, Web-bewirtend hält instand und stellt auch eine Analyse B2B und B2C des Ehandels zur Verfügung.
Council approves cable merger
By Gwen Ackerman
March 7, 19:25 -- The Council for Cable and Satellite TV today approved the cable companies` request to merge, paving the way for a strong competitor to enter the local telecommunications market.
The cable companies -- Golden Channels, Tevel, and Matav -- first requested to merge over a year ago and the merger still needs the approval of Antitrust Commissioner Dror Strum, who is in the final stages of drafting his decision.
The Council, like Strum, also demanded that the cables split into two merged companies -- broadcast and infrastructure. The holdings in the broadcast company, according to the decision, will have to be diluted to 80% within four years.
The council`s decision also set down additional conditions for the merger that stipulate the price of a basic multi-channel package as NIS 156, a $800,000 annual investment in a community TV channel, an allotment of at least 75 megahertz of the cable network for competing broadcasters, and the continued sale of locally produced channels to satellite broadcaster YES.
"The Council believes that the merger of the cable companies will improve service to the public," said Council head Dorit Inbar. ”Due to the significant conditions that the Council has subjected the merger to, there is no longer any reason to be concerned that the entrance of this strong broadcasting body into the market will hurt competition with YES or any other competitor."
A merged cable company is likely to be the only new player in the local telecommunications market strong enough to make a dent in the Bezeq monopoly. Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin said earlier this week, when he issued a fast Internet license to Golden Channels, that he regretted that the merger had not gone through already.
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nebenbei war im globes noch zu lesen, das alle neuen subscriber, die bei YES für zwei jahre unterschreiben, eine SONY PS 2 gratis dazubekommen
(mir wäre eine mbx 1000 lieber gewesen)
mfg
junkstro
By Gwen Ackerman
March 7, 19:25 -- The Council for Cable and Satellite TV today approved the cable companies` request to merge, paving the way for a strong competitor to enter the local telecommunications market.
The cable companies -- Golden Channels, Tevel, and Matav -- first requested to merge over a year ago and the merger still needs the approval of Antitrust Commissioner Dror Strum, who is in the final stages of drafting his decision.
The Council, like Strum, also demanded that the cables split into two merged companies -- broadcast and infrastructure. The holdings in the broadcast company, according to the decision, will have to be diluted to 80% within four years.
The council`s decision also set down additional conditions for the merger that stipulate the price of a basic multi-channel package as NIS 156, a $800,000 annual investment in a community TV channel, an allotment of at least 75 megahertz of the cable network for competing broadcasters, and the continued sale of locally produced channels to satellite broadcaster YES.
"The Council believes that the merger of the cable companies will improve service to the public," said Council head Dorit Inbar. ”Due to the significant conditions that the Council has subjected the merger to, there is no longer any reason to be concerned that the entrance of this strong broadcasting body into the market will hurt competition with YES or any other competitor."
A merged cable company is likely to be the only new player in the local telecommunications market strong enough to make a dent in the Bezeq monopoly. Communications Minister Reuven Rivlin said earlier this week, when he issued a fast Internet license to Golden Channels, that he regretted that the merger had not gone through already.
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nebenbei war im globes noch zu lesen, das alle neuen subscriber, die bei YES für zwei jahre unterschreiben, eine SONY PS 2 gratis dazubekommen
(mir wäre eine mbx 1000 lieber gewesen)
mfg
junkstro
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