Problem reportedly caused by a crashed server, affecting Cellcom customers who use Netvision email, with some losing access to internet altogether

Editor David Horovitz on a disloyal recording of MK Bezalel Smotrich, and what could make for a Netanyahu victory; military correspondent Emanuel Fabian on alleged Israeli traitors

Globes: Deal approval depends on 1.7 million households being connected to IBC's fiber-optic network within five years

Cellcom had offered NIS 590 million ($172m) for its smaller competitor; antitrust authority says cellular market will remain competitive even after the merger

Reuters: After the nation's mobile phone industry was shaken up in 2012 with new entrants sparking a price war, the sector may be now moving to consolidation

Company is planning to lay off workers and cut payments to suppliers as part of 'comprehensive restructuring plan' it hopes will allow it to return to profitability by end of 2020