Pelephone plans to acquire MIRS (Israel)

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: Pelephone, the Israeli mobile operator, reportedly intends to acquire the local iDEN operator MIRS Communications, despite opposition from both the Ministry of Communications (MoC) and the Antitrust Authority.
Pelephone is reported to have lobbying the MoC for permission to bid for MIRS, arguing that allowing a buyer from outside of the current operators in the sector could reduce the likelihood of an additional new player bidding to create a new network in Israel.