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Israel Approves HOT Mobile Ownership Transfer

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi approved the transfer of HOT Mobile shares from Altice Group to a consortium led by Delek Retail and Keystone Fund.

August 31, 2026 at 4:13 pm Pesach Benson Business

Jerusalem, 31 August, 2026 (TPS-IL) — Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has approved the transfer of controlling shares in HOT Mobile, one of the country’s major mobile-phone operators with roughly 2 million subscribers, from the Altice Group to a consortium led by Delek Retail and Keystone Fund, the Communications Ministry said Monday.

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