7/30/08 - 012 Smile.Communications (NASDAQ Global Market and TASE: SMLC), a growth-oriented provider of communication services in Israel, today announced that it has completed an extensive Wi-Fi infrastructure project valued at several million shekels for Israel's Clalit Healthcare system.

Having won a highly competitive tender process, 012 Smile planned and deployed hospital-wide wireless Internet access networks for five of Clalit's hospitals: the Rabin (Beilinson) Medical Center in Petach Tikva, the Schneider Children's Medical Center in Petach Tikva, the Yoseftal Medical Center in Eilat, the Lowenstein Hospital Rehabilitation Center in Ra'anana, and the Carmel Medical Center in Haifa. Having installed these networks, 012 Smile is now providing comprehensive 24x7 support services to assure a positive experience for Clalit hospitals' patients, visitors and staff.

"We are proud to have been chosen by Israel's largest healthcare fund to carry out this complex and high-profile project," said Mr. Yaron Steinberg, VP Commercial Sector of 012 Smile.Communications. "Over the past few years, we have emerged as the clear leader in Israel's WiFi space, as demonstrated by our track record with some of the country's most ambitious WiFi projects: the Ben Gurion and Eilat airports, the Dizengoff Center, Rishon Letzion's pedestrian mall, 130 branches of the Yellow convenience store chain, a number of leading hotels, and many others."

To manage the extensive Clalit WiFi system, 012 Smile deployed a state-of-the-art Central Management system (SSG) at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars. This system maximizes the 012 Smile's ability to offer "smart" solutions able to address the continuously changing needs of public wireless Internet access users.

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By Robert Hoskins

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