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Broadband VOD Bill approved by Israeli parliament

The Knesset (Israeli parliament) approved yesterday Amendment 37 to The 1982 Communications Law which will allow broadcasters and private companies to provide Video On Demand (VOD) services through broadband infrastructure. The amendment will allow YES digital satellite television to compete with HOT, the Israeli cable television provider which at present enjoys exclusivity in the VOD services market in Israel. According ...

Israel's Ministry of Communications will hold Naked DSL hearing soon

Naked DSL (also known as Stand-Alone, Unbundled Stream Service Dry Loop, DSL, etc.) is a general term for the provision of broadband services, based on DSL technology, without the need to purchase telephony services (PSTN) for the same copper line. In Israel, this would mean without purchasing PSTN services from BEZEQ, the former state run monopoly and ...

University leaked excutives e-mail addreses

Tel Aviv University's Faculty of Management's Executive Education School (LAHAV) inadvertently leaked hundred's of e-mail addresses of leading executives in Israel's private and public sectors. The addresses were leaked in an e-mail message of the 20th of June that included an invitation to an event organized at LAHAV. Apparently the message was addressed CC rather than BCC, thus ...

A bill approved in government: ISPs obliged to offer content filtering

Israeli ISPs will be obligated to offer their customers content filtering services in order to block access to websites that provide gambling, violent or pornographic content. Such content is deemed inappropriate for minors as long as it does not have any artistic, educational, scientific or other redeeming merit. This is stated in a bill approved today by the Israeli's government ...

Army officer accused of accessing his commander's email

The prosecution of Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) will indict a junior officer for illegally accessing his commander's computer files and e-mail correspondence. Allegedly, the junior officer accessed his commander's computer files and for several months read and deleted some of his e-mails, read his personal journal and other classified information "that could aid the enemy to locate targets and make ...
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