European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani and Israel’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor Shalom Simhon, signed two joint statements of intent to improve cooperation in the fields of space and tourism. The agreement paves the way for the EU’s Galileo global-navigation satellite system to establish a satellite receiving station in Israel, and it also […]
Author: Jeremy Ungar
Bezeq International will earn tens of millions of shekels for system in which teachers will have to identify themselves with physical information like a fingerprint when they enter and exit schools. Bezeq International announced Sunday that it will install ‘cloud model’ biometric location transmitters in every Israeli elementary school. The company refused to reveal the […]
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Telmap wins $5m Australian deal
Telmap will power Optus’s new real-time navigation service with live-traffic for all mobile platforms Telmap today won a $5 million contract with Australian mobile carrier Optus Ltd., in the Israeli company’s first deal since it was acquired by Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) for $300 million in September. Telmap will power Optus’s new real-time navigation service […]
The average Israeli lifespan is 81.6 years, the average gross annual income is $25,849 and the education is rated at 0.907. Israel has dropped to 17th place in the UN’s Human Development (HDI) rankings, which measure nations according to income level, education, and lifespan of their populations. to read more
As reported at Port2Port The OECD report praise Israel for its efforts noting that in recent years Israel has strengthened its environmental policies, to read more
As reported at Port2Port: Hefetz: “a fairly new development is that food exports to Asia soared by 79% compared with the same six month period last year and totaled some US$92 million dollars” to read more
As reported in Globes Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), the world’s largest chipmaker, will invest NIS 55 million over the next five years in opening a new Israel research institute. The institute, which will cooperate with several Israeli academic institutes, will according to Intel engage in research into computational intelligence; to read more
As reported in Globes Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) plans to open an incubator in Israel in August 2012. Google Israel R&D Center director Prof. Yossi Matias made the announcement at Google Israel’s annual developers conference today. The incubator will begin operations when Google Israel enters its new offices in the Electra Tower in Tel Aviv. […]
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Better Place raises $200m
As reported on Globes Shai Agassi’s electric car venture Better Place LLC has raised $200 million in its third financing round in the US from a consortium of investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25 billion (after money). The launch of the first nationwide electric car networks in Israel and Denmark is […]
At Mobile World 2012 held in Barcelona, there will be a large Israeli Pavilion. This year there will be 61 Israeli companies participating in the national pavilion, as well as up to 40 start-up companies whose products are applications for mobile devices will be promoted. Please click here to see the Catalogue of Israeli Companies exhibiting at MWC2012. […]
