Editing Telecommunications in Israel (section)

==1970s–1980s==
[[File:Israeli telephon token.jpg|thumb|An [[Telephone token|Asimon]], used for making calls on payphones.]]
* The [[Voice of Peace]] ({{Script/Hebrew|קול השלום}} – Kol Hashalom) was a radio station that served Israel and the Middle East for 20 years. The station first went on the air in May 1973 from the ship ''MV Peace'' (formerly the Dutch cargo vessel ''MV Cito'').

The 1980s brought a revolution to the communication market in Israel:
* In 1984, [[Bezeq]] was established to reduce bureaucracy and improve efficiency, significantly reducing the waiting period for the installation of new telephone lines.
* In 1986, the [[Israel Postal Company|Israel Postal Authority]] was founded.
* In 1986, [[Pelephone]] (the first cellular company in Israel) was established by [[Motorola]] and [[Tadiran Telecom|Tadiran]].
* In October 1986, the Israeli [[Channel 2 (Israel)|Channel 2]] started experimental broadcasts which continued for a period of seven years.
* [[Arutz Sheva]] ({{Script/Hebrew| ערוץ 7}} – Channel 7) was a radio station that served Israel for 15 years. The station first went on the air on 21 October 1988<ref name="OS1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.offshoreradiomuseum.co.uk/page816.html|title = Hatzvi}}</ref> from the ship ''MV Eretz HaTzvi'' (formerly the Maltese cargo vessel ''MV Mount Parnis''<ref name="OS1" />).
* [[Pirate decryption|Pirate cable TV]] arrived towards the end of the eighties.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}