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# Exhibit 4 (a).23



# 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. 46

By virtue of the powers of the
Minister of Communications under Article 4 (e) of the Communications Law
(Telecommunications and Broadcasts), 5742-1982, 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 1

| | 1. | In
Article 1 of the License,a fter the definition of Subscriber,shall
come:
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| |  | Dormant | 
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| | Subscriber  | a
Subscriber that fulfills all of the following conditions:
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| | (a) | Has
not received and not made use of MRT service for at least one year, as of 1
          January 2008;
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| | (b) | Does
not pay the Licensee any fixed tariffs;
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| | (c) | Does
not have an agreement with the Licensee for a fixed period program.
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# Amendment of Article 71

| | 2. | In
Article 71.1 of the License,
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| | a. | the
words in writing shall be deleted
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| | b. | at
the end shall come For that purpose, the Subscriber may request so in
               writing from the Licensee, including by facsimile or electronic e-mail.
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| | 3. | In
Article 71.2 of the License, instead of  after the day of receiving the
               notification by the Licensee shall come the date of
notification to                the Licensee.
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| | 4. | After
Article 71.2 of the License, shall come:
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| | 71.3       
The Licensee shall publish on its website and in the invoice it sends to the Subscriber,
the facsimile number and the electronic e-mail address, through which the Subscriber may
request Termination of Service from the Licensee.
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Addition of Article 71A

| | 5. | After
Article 71 of the License shall come:
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| 71A | Blocking
MRT Terminal Equipment
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|71A.1 | The
Licensee shall record the identity number of the MRT terminal equipment, except for MRT
terminal equipment that works on IDEN technology (hereinafter in this article MRT
terminal equipment) of the subscriber:
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| | (a) | at
the time the MRT terminal equipment is supplied to the subscriber, at the           time
the subscriber signs or renews a subscriber agreement, including when MRT
          terminal equipment is exchanged, upgraded or repaired;
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| | (b) | In
the case of MRT terminal equipment that was not supplied to the subscriber by
          the Licensee, the Licensee shall make reasonable efforts to advise subscribers
          that they may record the terminal equipment identification number with the
          Licensee;
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| | (c) | At
the request of the subscriber from the Licensee; the subscribers           request
can be made by telephone after the Licensee has verified the credibility           of the
request.
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|71A.2 | If a subscriber notifies the Licensee that his terminal equipment has either been lost or
stolen, the Licensee shall block the terminial equipment of the subscriber that was
recorded as set forth in Article 71A.1, free of charge and no later than thirty (30)
minutes after verifying the credibility of the subscribers request. For this
Article- Block cancelling the possibility of MRT terminal
equipment receiving MRT services.
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|71A.3 | The Licensee shall provide the details of terminal equipment it has blocked, to any other
MRT licensee, no later than one working day after the execution set forth in Article
71A.2.
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|71A.4 | The
Licensee is not allowed to supply MRT services to terminal equipment it or another MRT
licensee has blocked.
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|71A.5 | The Licensee shall cancel the blocking to the terminal equipment it has blocked, after
receipt of a request in writing from the subscriber; the cancellation of the blocking
shall be done no later than one working day after the Licensee has verified the
credibility of the request, unless the subscriber has specifically noted another later
date. For this matter, in writing, including by facsimile or electronic e-mail.
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|71A.6 | The Licensee shall publish its obligations to all its subscribers regarding the
possibility of blocking MRT terminal equipment, the methods for recording the
identification number of the terminal equipment with the Licensee and the application
process for the blocking; the publication shall be done in one of the following manners:
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| | (a) | in
the subscriber agreement;
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| | (b) | on
the Licensees website
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| | (c) | in
a separate information page that will be attached to the monthly subscriber
          invoice, by 19 October 2008.
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# Addition of Article 72A

| | 6. | After
Article 72 of the License shall come:
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| 72A | Service Termination for Dormant Subscribers
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|72A.1 | If the Licensee wishes to terminate service for a dormant subscriber, it must give the
dormant subscriber prior notice of this intention as set forth below (hereinafter, in this
Article notice). The date for service termination shall not be less
than thirty (30) working days from the date the notice is sent.
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|72A.2 | The
Licensee shall note in the notice the telephone number that it wishes to terminate
service for.
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|72A.3 | The
notice to a dormant subscriber shall be done as follows:
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| | (a) | For
a subscriber whose name and address are known to the Licensee, in any of the
          following ways-
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| | (1) | by
a letter sent by regular mail;
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| | (2) | by
2 short messages (SMS) that should be sent to the dormant subscriber in
          intervals of at least two weeks between messages;
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| | (b) | For
a subscriber whose name and address are unknown to the Licensee-by four SMSs
          that should be sent to the dormant subscriber in intervals of at least one week
          between messages;
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| | (c) | Notwithstanding
the above-mentioned in Article (a)(2) and (b), if the           subscribers
terminal equipment does not support the receipt of SMSs, the           Licensee shall
send the subscriber voice messages instead of SMSs, if the           subscribers
terminal equipment supports the receipt of voice messages.
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|72A.4 | The Licensee shall not terminate service for a dormant subscriber to whom a message was
sent if the dormant subscriber notified the Licensee that he does not wish to terminate
service. The subscriber may send such a message either by telephone or in writing
including by facsimile or electronic e-mail; Notwithstanding the aforesaid, the Licensee
may terminate service for a dormant subscriber that notified the Licensee that he is not
interested in terminating service, after sending the subscriber at least two messages, as
set forth in Article 72A.3 (a) and 72A.5 (a), and in the second message the Licensee
notified the subscriber that if within one year of the second message the subscriber will
not use the MRT service, service will be terminated for the subscriber, and will not have
to send another notification.
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|72A.5 | The Licensee shall not be allowed to send a subscriber an additional notice regarding its
request to terminate service, except after one year from the date when the previous notice
was sent to the subscriber.
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|72A.6 | The Licensee shall save the telephone number of the dormant subscriber for whom service
was terminated for at least three months, from the date of service termination, before
returning the number to the telephone number pool of the Licensee itself or be returned to
another MRT licensee that originally allocated the telephone number to the dormant
subscriber. If during this period a written request is received from the dormant
subscriber to renew the service, the Licensee shall renew the service under identical
conditions to those that applied before service was terminated, free of charge.
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|72A.7 | If the service is terminated for a dormant Prepaid subscriber, that has a remaining
balance, the Licensee shall compensate the dormant subscriber for the amount remaining
balance withing 30 days after receipt of a written request from the dormant subscriber
that proves that he is the owner of the line for which service was terminated, if the
request is received by the Licensee no later than six months from the date of service
termination.
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# Commencement

| | 7. | This
amendment shall become effective on 2 October 2008, except for Article 71A.
               Blocking MRT Terminal Equipment, which shall become effective on 31
October                2008.
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(2 September 2008)

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Mordechai MordechaiDirector-General |  | (sgd)
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Haim Giron, Adv.Senior Deputy Director-General,Engineering and Licensing | 
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