Immediate Report - Fiber optics – very high capacity network
Immediate Supplementary Report
Fiber Optics – Very High Capacity Network
Tel Aviv, Israel – June 14, 2020– Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corp., Ltd. (TASE: BEZQ), announces that further to the Company's immediate report of December 19, 2018 regarding the Ministry of Communications' call for public comments on the policy for deployment of ultra-broadband infrastructure in Israel and to the Company's immediate supplementary report regarding the publication for public comments of the recommendations of the Inter-Ministerial Team to Examine the Policy for Deployment of Fixed-Line Ultra-Broadband Infrastructures in Israel, and further to updates on the subject in section 2.7.2 of the chapter titled "Description of the Company's Business" in the Company's periodic report for 2019, an additional immediate supplementary report is hereby issued, stating that on June 11, 2020 the Ministry of Communications published a hearing on the subject of "Very High Capacity Network."
The hearing aims to establish criteria for the characterization of a very high capacity (ultra- broadband) network, in order to enable the use of a mix of technologies for the provision of service on a very high capacity network, in accordance with guidelines to be laid down in an ultra-broadband network deployment outline.
In this context, the Ministry is considering determining that a very high capacity network will be a network that meets the following performance thresholds and criteria: (1) an FTTH fiber optic network that is entirely based on fiber cabling to an optical outlet in the customer's home; (2) a fixed-line network that is capable of providing, under normal peak load conditions, services to the end user at a service level that includes, inter alia, a minimum download speed of 1000 Mbps and a minimum upload speed of 200 Mbps.
The Company is studying the hearing document and plans to submit its comments to the Ministry of Communications by the deadline set for this purpose (July 1, 2020).
Below is the link to the hearing document in Hebrew on the Ministry of Communications' website: https://www.gov.il/BlobFolder/rfp/11062020_1/he/Very_high_capacity_network_hearing.pdf
The above information constitutes a translation of the Immediate Report published by the Company. The Hebrew version was submitted by the Company to the relevant authorities pursuant to Israeli law, and represents the binding version and the only one having legal effect. This translation was prepared for convenience purposes only.