[TRANSLATION FROM HEBREW]

EXHIBIT 4.(a).31

                                  [State Seal]

             GENERAL LICENSE FOR PARTNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY LTD.
             FOR THE PROVISION OF MOBILE RADIO PHONE SERVICES BY THE
                              CELLULAR METHOD (MRP)

                                AMENDMENT NO. 16

By virtue of my power under section 4(e) of the Communications Law
(Telecommunications and Broadcasting), 5742-1982(1), and after hearing claims by
Partner Communications Company Ltd. (hereinafter-"Partner") I hereby amend the
general licence for the provision of mobile radio phone services by the cellular
method (MRP) granted to Partner as follows:

REPLACEMENT OF ARTICLE 75.9

     1.   Article 75.9 shall be replaced by:

          "75.9   (a)   The licensee may collect from a subscriber that
                        initiates a call using the 1-800 access code to a
                        network of another licensee, a rate that is less than
                        the rate charged to the subscriber for calls made not
                        using the above-mentioned access code, as long as it
                        does not exceed the amount agreed upon between the
                        licensee and the other licensee and in the absence of
                        such agreement, shall not exceed the amount set by the
                        Minister(2).

                  (b)   The above-mentioned in sub-section (a) shall not apply
                        to calls to 1-800 numbers in the special numbering plan,
                        that have been allocated for the use of the
                        international operators for the purpose of providing
                        international telecommunications message services, as
                        defined in the license of the international
                        operator"(a).

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(1) Sefer Hachukim; 5752 p.218; 5761 p.530

(2) On 26.11.02 the Minister ruled the following: for a call that originates in
an MRT operator's network to a subscriber of the "Bezek" company with 1-800
service, "Bezek" will remit to the MRT operator the sum of 22 agorot per minute
(not including V.A.T.); "Bezek" may collect the above sum from the 1-800
subscriber; In addition, the MRT operator will collect from it's subscriber who
initiates the call a sum that does not exceed 22 agorot per minute (not
including V.A.T.).

(a) Simultaneous bi-directional transmission of speech as well as simultaneous
transmission of facsimile messages, in an international telecommunications
system.



EFFECT

     2.   Article 75.9 shall take effect as of December 15, 2002.

                                    (signed)

November 26, 2002                   Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin
                                    Minister of Communications