CTech's Monday Roundup of Israeli Tech News

TASE stock IPO oversubscribed; Satellite operator Spacecom in talks with a client comparable to Facebook, says CEO

TASE stock IPO oversubscribed. The Tel Aviv Stock Exchange will be closing the pricing stage of its stock offering Monday. Read more

 

Satellite operator Spacecom in talks with a client comparable to Facebook, says CEO. Spacecom is set to launch its new satellite, AMOS-17, next week, and has already reported an order backlog valued at $58 million. Read more

 

The car’s camera will notify authorities about problems, says Mobileye CEO. Amnon Shashua recently spoke to Calcalist in London, where the company demonstrated its new EyeQ4 camera. Read more

Mobileye co-founder Ziv Aviram. Photo: Mobileye

 

Waze launches new carpool feature in Israel. The feature enables drivers to invite multiple passengers to join their carpool during different stages of the journey, and will also adjust the driver’s route to include High Occupancy Vehicles (HOV) lanes if the car has at least three passengers onboard. Read more 

 

One in four Israelis feels they face discrimination, survey shows. According to a new survey by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, 27% of the country’s population feels that it is being discriminated against on grounds of either age, nationality, ethnicity, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. Read more  

 

Ahead of new regulation, scooter-sharing service LEO shuts down Tel Aviv operation. LEO intends to continue operating in other Israeli cities and to resume its Tel Aviv service at a later date. Read more  

 

Barclays promotes Ilan Paz to lead Israel operations. Pending the approval of the Bank of Israel, Paz will assume the position immediately. Read more