Hot Mobile (, formerly known as Mirs Communications Ltd. until May 2012), is a

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company based in Israel and a subsidiary of Hot Telecommunication Systems Ltd. (HOT). Hot Mobile provides nationwide wireless service using

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in the 2100Mhz band, with supplemented coverage through a domestic roaming agreement with Partner (until they reach full coverage). The company also operates a separate legacy network utilizing Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) technology (in the 800Mhz SMR band) with PTT service that appeals mainly to businesses and large organizations.

History

MiRS Logo Mirs was founded in 1994, as part of Motorola's Communications division, and provided wireless networks, using the Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) technology, for the military and large organizations. At first it was a closed system, enabling communication only between Mirs clients; however, over the years, they added the ability to communicate with other telephony networks, thus turning it into a full wireless network. At first, this was accomplished using a landline number (starting with 03-77) and in 2001, after receiving an official provider license, with its own provider code 057. In 2013 the provider code was converted to 053. In 2006 Mirs became the sole provider of wireless service to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF); following the end of the IDF's previous contract with

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. The IDF offered free Mirs phones to its commissioned officers and those soldiers in its

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whose jobs require it. In 2010 the company was sold, by Motorola to the French Altice. In 2011 Mirs was one of two winners (alongside another group of French origin,

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) for new nationwide

network licenses from the Israeli Ministry of Communications, and in 2012 the company was rebranded as "Hot Mobile" as part of the Hot brand that is owned by the

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and includes the Israeli cable TV company Hot. The official launch of the new network was On May 14, 2012. On 12 February 2020, the

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published a

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, including Hot Mobile.

Network

Hot Mobile offers various plans for the general public on its GSM-based 3G

, 4G LTE, and since September 2020, also on its newly deployed 5G NR network, as well as specific plans for businesses and large organisations on both the GSM-based and the

iDEN Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN) is a mobile telecommunications technology, developed by Motorola, which provides its users the benefits of a Trunked radio system, trunked radio and a mobile phone, cellular telephone. It was called ...

networks. Hot Mobile covers network coverage in areas where it is not present with a domestic roaming agreement with Partner.פרטנר ו-HOT חתמו על שיתוף פעולה ראשון מסוגו לאיחוד רשת הסלולר
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References

External links

Official website
{{Israeli mobile phone companies Mobile phone companies of Israel 1994 establishments in Israel

History

Network

See also

References

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