FORM
6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
December 18, 2007
Commission
File Number: 001-33271
CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
10
Hagavish Street
Netanya,
Israel 42140
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD. ANNOUNCES A PURPORTED CLASS ACTION FILED AGAINST THE
COMPANY
Netanya,
Israel – December
18,
2007 –
Cellcom
Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL)
(the "Company") announced that it was served yesterday with a purported class
action lawsuit filed against the Company and two other cellular operators in
the
District Court of Tel Aviv, by plaintiffs who claim to be residing next to
cell
sites of the defendants which the plaintiffs claim were built in violation
of
the law. The plaintiffs allege that the defendants have created environmental
hazards by unlawfully building cell sites and therefore demand that the
defendants will compensate the public for damages (other than personal damages,
such as depreciation of property and/or health related damages which are
excluded from the purported class action), demolish existing unlawfully built
cell sites and refrain from unlawfully building new cell sites.
If
the
lawsuit is certified as a class action, the compensation claimed from the
defendants (without any allocation of this amount among the defendants) is
estimated by the plaintiffs to be NIS 1,000,000,000.
At
this
preliminary stage, the Company is unable to assess the lawsuit's chances of
success.
About
Cellcom Israel
Cellcom
Israel Ltd., established in 1994, is the leading Israeli cellular provider;
Cellcom Israel provides its 3 million subscribers with a broad range of value
added services including cellular and landline telephony, roaming services
for
tourists in Israel and for its subscribers abroad and additional services in
the
areas of music, video, mobile office etc., based on Cellcom Israel's
technologically advanced infrastructure. The Company operates an HSDPA 3.5
Generation network enabling the fastest high speed content transmission
available in the world, in addition to GSM/GPRS/EDGE and TDMA networks. Cellcom
Israel offers Israel's broadest and largest customer service infrastructure
including telephone customer service centers, retail stores, and service and
sale centers, distributed nationwide. Through its broad customer service network
Cellcom Israel offers its customers technical support, account information,
direct to the door parcel services, internet and fax services, dedicated centers
for the hearing impaired, etc. In April 2006 Cellcom Israel, through Cellcom
Fixed Line Communications L.P., a limited partnership wholly-owned by Cellcom
Israel, became the first cellular operator to be granted a special general
license for the provision of landline telephone communication services in
Israel, in addition to data communication services. Cellcom Israel's shares
are
traded both on the New York Stock Exchange (CEL) and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange
(CEL).
For
additional information please visit the Company's website
http://investors.ircellcom.co.il
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Company
Contact
Shiri
Israeli
Investor
Relations Coordinator
investors@cellcom.co.il
Tel:
+972 52 998 9755
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Investor
Relations Contact
Ehud
Helft / Ed Job
CCGK
Investor Relations
ehud@gkir.com
/
ed.job@ccgir.com
Tel:
(US) 1 866 704 6710 / 1 646 213
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Signatures
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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CELLCOM
ISRAEL LTD.
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Date:
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By:
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/s/ Liat
Menahemi Stadler
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Name:
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Liat
Menahemi Stadler
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Title:
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General
Counsel
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