Internet Gold Received the Approval From the Anti-Trust Commissioner for the 012-Golden Lines Acquisition

PETACH TIKVA, Israel, December 14  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Internet Gold, (NASDAQ NMS and TASE: IGLD) Internet Gold today announced, that it has received the approval of the Anti-Trust Commissioner to acquire the full ownership interest in 012-Golden Lines and to merge it with its fully owned subsidiary Smile.Communications Ltd.

The approval is subject to the purchase of all Fishman group stocks by Internet Gold.

The completion of the deal is subject, inter alia, to the approval of the Israeli ministry of communications.

About Internet Gold

Internet Gold is Israel's leading IP Group with a major presence across all Internet-related sectors. Its smile.communications segment offers a variety of Internet access and related value-added services, international telephony and enterprise/IT integration services. Its smile.media segment manages a growing portfolio of Internet portals and e-Commerce sites.

Internet Gold is part of the Eurocom communications group. Its shares trade on the Nasdaq National Market and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.

For additional information about Internet Gold, please visit its investors' site at http://www.igld.com/.

Certain statements made herein that use the words "estimate," "project," "intend," "expect," "believe" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from those which may be expressed or implied by such statements, including, among others, changes in general economic and business conditions and specifically, decline in demand for the Company's services, inability to timely develop and introduce new technologies, services and applications and loss of market share and pressure on prices resulting from competition. For additional information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, reference is made to the Company's Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and its other reports as filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

  For further information, please contact:

  Lee Roth
  KCSA Worldwide
  [phone]

  In Israel:
  Mor Dagan
  Investor Relations
  [phone]

  Ms. Idit Azulay,
  Internet Gold
  [phone]
  

DATASOURCE: Internet Gold



CONTACT:  For further information, please contact: Lee Roth, KCSA

Worldwide, [phone]. In Israel:Mor Dagan, Investor Relations,

[phone]. Ms. Idit Azulay, Internet Gold, [phone],

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