NETANYA, Israel, November 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cellcom Israel Ltd. (NYSE: CEL) (TASE: CEL) (hereinafter: the "Company"), announced today that a purported class action lawsuit against the Company, two other cellular operators and the Minister of Communications was filed in the District Court of Jerusalem, by four plaintiffs alleging to be subscribers of the two other cellular operators. The plaintiffs allege that the defendant cellular operators unlawfully discriminated against non orthodox customers by offering them less favorable prices and terms.

If the lawsuit is certified as a class action, the total amount claimed is estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 900 million, without specifying the amount attributed to the Company individually.

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 approximately 3.259 million subscribers (as at September 30, 2009) 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 HSPA 3.5 Generation network enabling advanced high speed broadband multimedia services, 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. As of 2006, Cellcom Israel, through its wholly owned subsidiary Cellcom Fixed Line Communications L.P., provides 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://www.cellcom.co.il

    Company Contact

    Yaacov Heen
    Chief Financial Officer
    investors@cellcom.co.il
    Tel: +972-52-998-9755

    Investor Relations Contact
    Ehud Helft / Ed Job
    CCGK Investor Relations
    ehud@gkir.com / ed.job@ccgir.com
    Tel: (US) +1-866-704-6710 / 1-646-213-1914

SOURCE Cellcom Israel Ltd.