NEW INTERNATIONAL PHONE RATES AS OF JULY 9, 1997
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Email additions and corrections to comartin@wicc.weizmann.ac.il

All prices given are in New Israeli Shekel (NIS, "Shach")

DIALING:

      Kavei Zahav:      012-xx-yyy-zzzzzz
      Barak:            013-xx-yyy-zzzzzz
      Bezeq Beinle'umi: 014-xx-yyy-zzzzzz

where xx is the country code, yyy the area code, and zzzzzz the phone
number.

RATE INFO HOTLINES (toll free):
Kavei Zahav:      1-800-012-012
Baraq:            1-800-013-013
Bezeq Beinle'umi: 177-022-1300

RATE COMPARISON for 6 typical countries:

        BARAK     KAVEI ZAHAV     BEZEQ BEINLE'UMI (014)
        (013)       (012)         day         night
       incl.VAT   excl. VAT       incl.VAT    incl.VAT
USA:       0.73 *     0.72a         0.92b       0.68c *
Belgium:   1.31       0.89 *        1.04        1.04
France:    1.22       0.89 *        1.15        1.15
Russia:    1.23 *     1.23          1.44        1.44
UK:        0.55 *     0.89          0.98d       1.22e (go figure)
Australia: 0.73 *     0.89          1.73        1.73

The best deals for each country are marked with a *.
(a) only 0.65+VAT for subscribers to Kavei Zahav
(b) 02:00 PM through 02:00 AM
(c) 02:00 AM through 02:00 PM
(d) 08:00 AM through 11:00 PM
(e) 11:00 PM through 08:00 AM

The new Bezeq rates require signing up (free) at the above toll-free
number: others PAY THE OLD (much higher) RATES IF THEY USE BEZEQ!!!

Gershom
PS: some trivia:
did you know that Israel is the 7th largest user of international 
phone calls in the world
and the 3rd (after Finland and Sweden) for cellular air time?
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