Chairman of the Board, Bezeq - The Israel Telecommunication
Search every verified Gil Sharon interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. In a 2012 appearance, Gil Sharon, then CEO of Pelephone, addressed entrepreneurs about challenges facing cellular operators. He stated that mobile data consumption had grown exponentially while network capacity remained limited by government-allocated spectrum and physical constraints. Sharon noted that building additional cell sites had become difficult due to permitting and environmental issues, and he identified network congestion and improving customer experience on data networks as key challenges. Sharon said that operators would pay significant sums to address capacity issues. He described Pelephone as open to working with Israeli startups, citing examples such as Intucell and Pcube, and stated that the company gave priority to local startups over mature companies, describing the arrangement as a win-win situation.
“We have a limited amount of spectrum which is allocated to us by the government, and this is all we have now — physics limits how we can use that capacity.”
“All operators will pay a lot of money to solve these capacity issues, and we at Pelephone open our door and our lab to any startups with new, breaking ideas.”
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