[Asterisk-biz] Question to Israeli regulator

[James Ching]

Do any of you know if there's any provider in Israel that can offer me an
Israeli Toll-Free that is accessible from Paltel mobile and proper?  If so,
please contact me off-list.

James

On 12/29/05, CC Asterisk <cc.asterisk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I remember seeing someone by the name of Yair on this list awhile ago -
> who said he was an Israeli regulator.
> If he is still on the list maybe he can answer my question.
>
> When visiting Israel I noticed that some calling cards can be accessed by
> a 1-800 number and some others by a 1-809 number. Both were toll free when
> calling from a Bezeq number. However when I called from my rented Cellcom
> mobile the 1-800 number was charged as 22 agorot and the 1-809 about 3 times
> as much (full air time). When I asked the cell phone company why this is -
> they replied that the Ministry of Communications had forced the  cell phone
> companies to charge 22 agorot for a1-800 but they did not mandate a fixed
> charge for a 1-809 which is also "tollfree"
>
> The interesting thing is that the 1-809 is used by foreign calling card
> companies as an access number - and I assumed that it was toll free as
> advertised!
> It seems to me that this puts the foreign companies at a unfair
> disadvantage!
> Thanks
> Mark Lifschitz
> New York (frequent visitor to Israel)
>
>
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