Article: Moody's Investors Service Upgraded the Credit Ratings of Partner Communications Company Ltd.; Senior Implied Ratings Upgraded to Ba3.

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Partner Communications Company Ltd. (NASDAQ and TASE: PTNR; LSE: PCCD) today announced that Moody's Investors Service upgraded its credit ratings.

Moody's upgraded the Company's senior implied rating to Ba3 from B1, the Company's issuer rating to B2 from B3, and the Company's rating regarding its $175 million senior subordinated global notes due in 2010 to B2 from B3. Moody's also reiterated that its outlook on the Company is stable.

Commenting on the upgrades by Moody's, Partner's CFO, Mr. Alan Gelman said that "The main drivers for the ratings upgrade were (1) our solid operational and financial performance ...

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