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Exhibit 4.(a).46

[FOR CONVENIENCE ONLY, NOT AN OFFICIAL TRANSLATION]

[State Emblem]

# The State of Israel
Ministry of Communications

General
License for Partner Communications Ltd. for the Provision of Mobile Radio Telephone
(MRT) Services using the Cellular Method

# Amendment No. 31

By virtue of the powers of the
Minister of Communications under Article 4 (e) of the Communications Law
(Telecommunications and Broadcasts), 5742-1982 (the Law), that have
been delegated to us, by all our other powers under any law and after having given Partner
Communications Company Ltd. (hereinafter- Partner) the opportunity to present
their arguments regarding this matter, we hereby amend the General License for the
provision of mobile radio telephone (MRT) services using the cellular method granted to
Partner on 7 April 1998, as follows:

# Amendment of Article 14

| | 1. | In
Article 14.1:
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| | a. | Sub-section
(g)(2) shall be cancelled.
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| | b. | After
sub-section (l) shall come:
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| | (l) | The
Licensee breached one of the provisions in Article 22A.
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# Amendment of Article 21.8

| | 2. | In
Article 21.8:
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| | a. | Instead
of less than 30% shall come less than 26%".
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| | b. | After from the date to be determined by the Minister, shall come
                    including anyone that is an Israeli Entityas defined in
                    Article 22A.2, that purchased Means of Control from the Licensee and received
                    the Ministers approval to be considered a founding shareholder or their
                    substitute from the date set by the Minister.
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# Amendment of Article 21.9

| | 3. | Instead
of any shareholders in the Licensee immediately prior to the listing
of the Licensees shares for trading shall come the
founding shareholders or their substitutes.
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Addition
of Article 22A

| | 4. | After
Article 22 shall be added Article 22A as follows:
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| | 22A.
Israeli Requirement and Holdings of Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes
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| | 22A.1. | The total cumulative holdings of the Founding Shareholders or their
               Substitutes, as defined in Article 21.8, (including anyone that is an
               Israeli Entity as defined in Article 22.2A below, that purchased
               Means of Control from the Licensee and received the Ministers approval to
               be considered a founding shareholder or their substitute from the date set by
               the Minister), and are bound by an agreement for the fulfillment of the
               provisions of Article 22A of the License (in this Article they will all be
               considered Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes) shall not be
               reduced to less than 26% of each of the Means of Control in the Licensee.
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| | 22A.2 | The total cumulative holdings of Israeli Entities, one or more, that are
considered as one of the Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes, from the total
holdings of Founding Shareholders or their Substitutes as set forth in Article 22A.1
above, shall not be reduced at all times to less than 5% of the total issued share capital
and from each of the Means of Control in the Licensee. For this matter, the issued share
capital of the Licensee shall be calculated by deducting the number of Dormant
Shares held by the Licensee .
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| | In
this Article-
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| | Israeli
Entity-for an individual-an Israeli citizen or resident of Israel, For a
corporation- a corporation that was incorporated in Israel and an individual that is a
citizen and a resident of Israel, controls the corporation either directly or indirectly,
as long as the indirect control shall be only through a corporation that was incorporated
in Israel, one or more. However, for the matter of indirect holdings, the Prime Minister
and the Minister of Communications may approve holdings through a corporation that has
not been incorporated in Israel, as long as the corporation does not directly hold shares
in the Licensee, and only if they are convinced that this will not derogate from the
provisions of this article. For this matter, Israeli citizen- as defined in
the Nationality Law, 5712-1952; resident-as defined in the Inhabitants
Registry Law, 5725-1965.
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| | For
this matter, Dormant Shares- as defined in Article 308 of the
Companies Law, 5759-1999.
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| | 22A.3 | At least one tenth (10%) of the members of the Board of Directors of the Licensee shall be
appointed by the Israeli Entities as set forth in Article 22A.2. Notwithstanding the
above-mentioned, for this matter- if the Board of Directors of the Licensee shall consist
of up to 14 members  at least one director shall be appointed by the Israeli
entities as set forth in Article 22.2A above, if the Board of Directors of the Licensee
shall consist of between 15 and 24 members-at least 2 directors shall be appointed by the
Israeli entities as set forth in Article 22.2A above and so on and so forth.
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| | 22A.4 | The Licensees Board of Directors shall appoint from among its members that have
security clearance and security compatibility to be determined by the General Security
Service (hereinafter: Directors with Clearance) a committee to be
designated the Committee for Security Matters, or CSM.
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| | The
CSM shall consist of at least 4 Directors with Clearance including at least one External
Director. Security matters shall be discussed, subject to Article 22A.5, solely by the
CSM. A resolution that was adopted or an action that was taken by the CSM , shall have the
same effect as a resolution that was adopted or an action that was taken by the Board of
Directors and shall be discussed by the Board of Directors only if necessary in accordance
with Article 22A.5 and subject to Article 22A.5.
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| | In
this article-security matters-as defined in the Bezeq Order (Determination of
Essential Service Provided by Bezeq, the Israeli Telecommunications Company
Ltd), 5757-1997, as of March 9, 2005.
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| | 22A.5 | Security matters that the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee of the Licensee shall
be required to consider in accordance with the mandatory provisions of the Companies Law,
5759-1999, or in accordance with the mandatory provisions of any other law that applies to
the Licensee shall be discussed, if they need to be discussed by the Board of Directors or
the Audit Committee, only in the presence of Directors with Clearance. Directors that do
not have security clearance shall not be allowed to participate in this Board of Directors
or Audit Committee meeting and shall not be entitled to receive information or to review
documents that relate to this matter. The legal quorum for such meetings shall include
only Directors with Clearance.
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| | The
Licensee may set out in its Articles of Association that an Office Holder, who in the
capacity of his position or based on the provisions of the law or the Articles of
Association, should have received information or participate in security matter meetings
and this was denied him due to Article 22A.5, will be released from any liability for for
any claim of breach of duty of care towards the Licensee, if the breach of duty of care
was a result of his or her inability to participate in the meetings or receive
information.
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| | 22A.6 | The shareholders at a general meeting shall not be entitled to assume, delegate, transfer
or exercise any of the authorities granted to another organ in the company, regarding
security matters
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| | 22A.7 | (a) The Minister shall appoint an observer for the Board of Directors and committee
meetings, that has security clearance and security compatibility that will be determined
by the General Security Services.
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| | (b)
  The observer shall be a
government employee, qualified to serve as a director,                     in accordance
with Chapter C of the Government Companies Law, 5735-1975.
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| | (c)
In addition, and without
derogating from any duty imposed on him by any law,                     the observer
shall be bound by confidentiality towards the Licensee, except as                     the
matter may be required to fulfill his responsibilities as an observer. The
                    observer shall not act as an observer or in any other capacity for
any entity                     that deals with the provision of telecommunication
services and directly                     competes with the Licensee, and shall refrain
from any conflict of interest                     between his position as an observer and
between the Licensee, excluding                     conflicts of interest that result
from his being a government employee that is                     fulfilling his
responsibilities as an observer with the Licensee. The observer                     shall
undertake towards the Licensee not to serve as an observer or an office
                    holder, and not to fulfill a position or be employed, directly or
indirectly by                     any entity that directly competes with the Licensee or
has a conflict of                     interest with the Licensee, excluding a conflict of
interest that results from                     his being a government employee that is
fulfilling his responsibilities as an                     observer with the Licensee
throughout the duration of his position as an                     observer with the
Licensee and for eighteen months after he completes this term.
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| | In
any case of a dispute regarding a conflict of interest of the observer, the matter shall
be decided by the State Attorney General or a person on his behalf.
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| | (d)
                      Notices to Board of Director and committee meetings, including the
CSM, shall                     be sent to the observer and he shall be entitled to
participate as an observer                     in each such meeting.
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| | (e)
                      The observers entitlement to receive information from the
Licensee, shall                     be the same as a director. If the Licensee believes
that certain information                     that is sensitive business information is
not required by the observer in order                     to fulfill his duties, the
Licensee may delay delivery of such information to                     the observer and
shall inform him accordingly. If the observer believes that he                     should
receive such information, the matter shall be decided by the head of the
                    General Security Services.
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| | (f)
                      If the observer believes that the Licensee adopted or is about to
adopt a                     resolution regarding security matters, contrary to the
provisions of the                     License, contrary to Article 13 of the Law or
contrary to the provisions of                     Article 11 of the General Security
Services Law, 5762-2002, he shall immediately                     notify the Licensee in
writing. Such a notice shall be sent to the chairman of                     the Board of
Directors and to the chairman of the CSM and adequate time shall be
                    given, under the circumstances of the case, to remedy the breach or
to change                     the resolution, if possible.
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| | 22A.8 | The provisions of Article 22A of the License shall be adopted in the Articles of
Association of the Licensee.
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# 9 March, 2005

|/s/ Haim Giron
Haim GironSenior Deputy Director-General Engineering and Licensing | /s/ Avi Balashnikov
Avi BalashnikovDirector General
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