PALTEL is the national telecommunications provider in Palestine. With the pace of technology rapidly changing, PALTEL today leads Palestine into the new era of communications through its state-of-the-art technology and advanced services.

PALTEL offers a range of services including local and international telephone services, internet, data communications, mobile, value-added services, Payphones,and next generation services in addition to creating the backbone for other related telecom service.

The company has an exclusive License Agreement with the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) to develop the telecom sector. PALTEL commenced operations on January 1, 1997 with paid capital of JD 45 million, which further increased in 1999 to JD 67.5 million ($95 million), and currently PALTEL capital reaches JD 131,625 million.

PALTEL is a public shareholding company listed on the Palestine & Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange. Its shareholders include a range of institutional and individual investors with about 9463 shareholder at the end of Dec. 2007.