# Actcom

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{{Infobox company
|name             = Actcom
|type             = [Private](/source/Privately_held_company)
|founded          = {{start date and age|1992}} in [Haifa](/source/Haifa), [Israel](/source/Israel)
|fate = [Acquired](/source/Takeover) on 2007 by [Bezeq International](/source/Bezeq_International)
|founders         = [Amir Plivatsky](/source/Amir_Plivatsky)<br>[Ayelet Holder](/source/Ayelet_Holder)
|hq_location      = [Haifa](/source/Haifa), [Israel](/source/Israel), 
|area_served      = Israel
|key_people       = {{Unbulleted list
  |[Amir Plivatsky](/source/Amir_Plivatsky) (founder)
  |[Ayelet Holder](/source/Ayelet_Holder) (founder)
}}
|industry         = [Internet service provider](/source/Internet_service_provider)
}}

'''ACTCOM''' ('''Active Communications Ltd'''.) was the first Israeli [Internet service provider](/source/Internet_service_provider)  (ISP). The company was founded in 1992 by Amir Plivatsky and Ayelet Holder. In 2007 the company was acquired by Bezeq International. 

== History ==

The firm was established in 1992 by Amir Plivatsky and Ayelet Holder. Actcom was the first such companies in [Israel](/source/Israel) and one of the first in the world. It began providing access to the business sector. Among its customer were leading Israeli hi-tech companies.

In 1995, Actcom started to provide consumer Internet access.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=John |first1=Nicholas |title=The diffusion of the Internet to Israel: the first 10 years |journal=Israel Affairs |date=July 2011 }}</ref>

The company provided other communication services including web hosting and [intranet](/source/intranet)s to corporations and other organizations.

Actcom supported [open source](/source/open_source) and [free software](/source/free_software) and the Israel open-source community.

After 15 years of activity the company was purchased by [Bezeq International](/source/Bezeq_International) in 2007. During the period the company was located in [Haifa](/source/Haifa).<ref>{{Cite news |last=גולדשטיין |first=תני |date=2007-01-08 |title=בזק בינלאומי קנתה את ספקית האינטרנט אקטקום |url=https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3349871,00.html |access-date=2024-09-05 |work=Ynet |language=he}}</ref>

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== See also ==
* {{Cite web|url=http://www.neystadt.org/israel/sites/ActCom.htm|title=Israeli Internet Service Provider - Actcom|website=www.neystadt.org|access-date=2017-05-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909154437/http://www.neystadt.org/israel/sites/ActCom.htm|archive-date=2015-09-09|url-status=dead}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://aboutus.com/ActCom.co.il|title=ActCom.co.il - AboutUs|website=aboutus.com|language=en|access-date=2017-05-21}}
* {{cite book|editor-first1=Gideon |editor-last1=Doron|editor-first2=Azi |editor-last2=Lev-On|title=New Media, Politics and Society in Israel|url={{google books |plainurl=y |id=QAjKAwAAQBAJ|page=27}}|date=11 June 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-97787-2}}

Category:Internet service providers of Israel

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