Partner Communications Announces It Received a Lawsuit Requesting Certification as a Class Action

Business Wire, Sept 23, 2007

ROSH HA'AYIN, Israel -- Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner") (Nasdaq and TASE: PTNR; LSE: PCCD), a leading Israeli mobile communications operator, announced that it was served on Thursday, September 20, 2007, with a lawsuit requesting certification as a class action, filed against Partner and against two other cellular operators in Israel (the "Defendants"), in the District Court of Jerusalem, by plaintiffs claiming to be subscribers of the Defendants. The claim alleges that the Defendants charged consumers unlawfully, for SMS messages sent to handsets which cannot receive such messages. Furthermore, the claim alleges that the Defendants misled consumers who sent such messages, as those consumers received an alert notifying that those messages were sent.

If the lawsuit is certified as a class action, the total amount claimed from the Defendants is estimated by the plaintiffs to be approximately NIS 182 million (for all Defendants together).

Partner will contest this lawsuit vigorously. At this preliminary stage, Partner is considering the merits of the claim and is unable to assess the extent of the validity of the claim against it.

About Partner Communications

Partner Communications Company Ltd. ("Partner") is a leading Israeli mobile communications operator providing GSM / GPRS / UMTS / HSDPA services and wire free applications under the orange[TM] brand. The Company provides quality service and a range of features to 2.733 million subscribers in Israel (as of June 30, 2007). Partner's ADSs are quoted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market[TM] (NASDAQ: PTNR) and the London Stock Exchange (LSE: PCCD). Its shares are also traded on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE: PTNR).

Partner is a subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited ("Hutchison Telecom"), a leading global provider of telecommunications services. Hutchison Telecom currently offers mobile and fixed line telecommunications services in Hong Kong, and operates mobile telecommunications services in Israel, Macau, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Vietnam and Indonesia. It was the first provider of 3G mobile services in Hong Kong and Israel and operates brands including "Hutch", "3" and "orange". Hutchison Telecom, a subsidiary of Hutchison Whampoa Limited, is a listed company with American Depositary Shares quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker "HTX" and shares listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong under the stock code "2332". For more information about Hutchison Telecom, see www.htil.com.

For more information about Partner, see http://www.orange.co.il/investor_site/