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Paltel or Palestinian Telecommunication Group〔(Palestine Telecommunications Company, PALTEL, Paltel Group, PG )〕 ((アラビア語:مجموعه الاتصالات الفلسطينيه)) is the largest private-sector company in Palestine, employing almost 2,000 people.〔Devi, Sharmila, Financial Times, 29 March 2007〕 Its subsidiaries include the landline network Paltel,〔(PALTEL selects Alcatel-Lucent's optical solution to transform backbone network in the Palestinian territories | Alcatel-Lucent | AMEinfo.com )〕 which was in service in 1994,〔(Tough conditions - Telecoms - News & Features - ITP.net )〕 and internet services provider Hadara.〔(Hadara for Technological Investment Company, Hadara, Hadara Technologies )〕 Paltel Group makes up 29% of the Palestinian Authority's gross national product and accounts for 33% of the worth of the Palestine Securities Exchange. == History == In 1995, when Yasser Arafat set up the Palestine Telecommunications Co, only 3% of Palestinians owned a telephone;〔Prusher, Ilene R. ''Palestinians sprint to break Israeli grip on phone lines'', The Christian Science Monitor 20 August 1996〕 applicants would have to wait years for a connection by Bezeq, the Israeli state-owned provider.〔Dempsey, Judy. ''Paltel on fast track to solve communication problem'' Financial Times 11 December 1996〕 The initial three year plan was to invest $600m in the West Bank and Gaza in order to increase customers from 85,000 to 250,000.〔Machlis, Avi. ''Palestinian telecoms plan'' Financial Times 19 November 1996.〕 An agreement was reached in 1997 to acquire knowhow from Cable and Wireless,〔Dempsey, Judy. ''C&W appeals to Israeli PM: Financial Times 25 November 2011〕 and in 1998 Ericsson won the contract to supply a GSM cellular network.〔''Ericsson'', Financial Times 9 July 1998〕 That year Arafat called on mobile users to switch to Paltel which would soon become the sole providers for the two regions.〔Christopher Walker ''Arafat renews vow to declare independence'' The Times 10 July 1998〕 The mobile operator of PaltelGroup, with its 2 million subscribers,〔(Palestinian Market Briefs - U.S. Commercial Service West Bank and Gaza )〕〔http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3882440,00.html〕 has stopped a merger operation with Zain,〔(Zain-Paltel share swap deal abandoned - Telecoms - News & Features - ITP.net )〕 but still will join the One Network project in the year 2010. In 2015, Paltel and fellow provider al-Wataniyya Telecommunications were granted access by Israeli authorities to use 3G, something they were previously restricted from doing.〔http://www.imemc.org/article/73932〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paltel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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