In September 2010 the penetration rate was estimated at 131.8% over a population estimate of 7.47 million.
| Rank |
Operator |
Technology |
Subscribers
(in millions) |
Ownership |
| Mobile Network Operators |
| 1 |
Cellcom [61] |
GSM, GPRS,
EDGE, UMTS, HSPA |
2.96 [62] (June 2007) |
DIC (78.5%), GS (5%), BLL (5%), Migdal (4%), Fibi (2%) |
| 2 |
Orange [63] |
GSM, GPRS,
EDGE, UMTS, HSDPA |
2.823 [64] (March 2008) |
free float (45%) |
| 3 |
Pelephone [65] |
CdmaOne
CDMA2000 EV-DO
UMTS-HSDPA\HSUPA |
2.6 [66] (December 2007) |
Bezeq |
| 4 |
Hot Mobile [67], formerly Mirs [68] |
iDEN
UMTS\HSPA |
0.5[citation needed] () |
Altice \ Cool Holdings (HOT) |
| 5 |
Golan Telecom [69] |
UMTS\HSPA |
New |
Private Investors & ILIAD group |
| Mobile Virtual Network Operators |
| 6 |
Rami Levy Communication [70] (using Pelephone) |
HSPA
UMTS |
New |
Rami Levy Hashikma Marketing (100%) |
| 7 |
Cellran "FIVE" (using Pelephone & Orange) |
GSM
UMTS\HSPA |
Canceled |
Yechiel Ben-Shushan |
| 8 |
Home Cellular [71] (using Cellcom) |
GSM
UMTS\HSPA |
New |
Home Center (Fishman Reshatot) |
| 9 |
YouPhone [72] (using Orange) |
GSM
UMTS\HSPA |
New |
Alon Cellular (Alon Holdings - Blue Square group) |
