SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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F O R M 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of June 2006
INTERNET GOLD-GOLDEN LINES LTD.
(Name of Registrant)
1 Alexander Yanai Street Petach-Tikva, Israel
(Address of Principal Executive Office)
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Internet Gold-Golden Lines Ltd.
6-K Items
1. Press Release re Internet Gold's Smile.Media Expanding Focus On
Israel's Arab-Speaking Population dated June 5, 2006.
ITEM 1
Press Release Source: Internet Gold
Internet Gold's Smile.Media Expanding Focus On Israel's Arab-Speaking Population
Monday June 5, 1:00 am ET
Recent Activities: Acquisition of 70% of Hadaf Arab-language Sports Portal & -
Securing of BBC as Arab-language Content Feed
PETACH TIKVA, Israel, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold,
(Nasdaq NMS: IGLD - News) today announced that its subsidiary Smile.Media Ltd.
(formerly GoldMind) has embarked on a program to expand the traffic of
yahala.co.il, the Arab-language portal in which it holds a 51% ownership
interest.
Yahala yesterday acquired a 70% ownership interest in hadaf.co.il, one of
Israel's most popular Arab language sports portals. Hadaf offers a broad variety
of sports-related content, including online coverage of sports events, teams and
personalities popular with the Arab population. As part of the transaction,
Hadaf's founder will become Yahala's Sports Editor and its Community and Content
Director.
In addition, Yahala has recently signed an agreement with the BBC under which
www.bbcarabic.com, the BBC's Arab-language portal, will feed a broad variety of
content to the Yahala portal.
Commenting on the news, Doron Turgeman, Internet Gold's and Smile.Media's Deputy
CEO, said, "We are continuing to expand our focus on Israel's Arab speaking
sector,. an important segment accounting for 20% of the population. Since
acquiring a controlling interest in Yahala, we have worked closely with its
management to increase its traffic and revenues, and are very pleased with the
results so far. We believe our recent initiatives, including this acquisition of
the Hadaf sports portal and the content-feeder agreement with the BBC, will take
Yahala to the next level, giving it an even larger market share and a growing
level of revenues."
About Internet Gold
Internet Gold is Israel's leading IP Group with a major presence across all
Internet-related sectors. Its Smile.Communications Ltd. subsidiary offers a
variety of Internet access and related value-added services, international
telephony and enterprise/IT integration services. Its Smile.Media Ltd.
subsidiary manages a growing portfolio of Internet portals and e-Commerce sites.
Internet Gold is part of the Eurocom Communications Group. Its shares trade
under the symbol IGLD on the Nasdaq National Market and the Tel Aviv Stock
Exchange.
For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit its investors' site
at www.igld.com.
Certain statements made herein that use the words "estimate," "project,"
"intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known
and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those
which may be expressed or implied by such statements, including, among others,
changes in general economic and business conditions and specifically, decline in
demand for the Company's services, inability to timely develop and introduce new
technologies, services and applications and loss of market share and pressure on
prices resulting from competition. For additional information regarding these
and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business,
reference is made to the Company's Annual Report filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission and its other reports as filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
For further information, please contact:
Marybeth Csaby
KCSA Worldwide
+1-212-896-1236
In Israel:
Meirav Be'eri
Investor Relations
+972-3-516-7620
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.
INTERNET GOLD-GOLDEN LINES LTD.
(Registrant)
By /s/Eli Holtzman
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Eli Holtzman
Chief Executive Officer
Date: June 5, 2006