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The Rad Bynet Group consists of over 20 companies specializing in data communication technologies, computerization and telecommunication, and voice technologies. Four of the Group's companies are traded on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

Through its subsidiaries, the Group provides numerous services for the Israeli military, including for the operation of checkpoints in the occupied Palestinian territory, and leads major infrastructure projects for the Israeli military. The Group also provides services to the Israel Police and the Israel Prison Service.

Services for the Israeli Military

Services to COGAT

Through its subsidiaries, the Group provides services to the Israeli military unit COGAT (Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories) and the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA) in the occupied West Bank, headquartered in the settlement of Beit El.

Bynet Data Communications

In 2023, Bynet Data Communications provided services for a biometric project for the ICA in Beit El for NIS 73,494.

Bynet Systems Applications

In 2022, Bynet Systems Applications provided the ICA with services for a biometric project and operation and maintenance for a total of NIS 524,467, including: supply of ICT equipment; communication services; maintenance of communication cabinets; infrastructure works, including at COGAT's District Coordination and Liaison office in Bethlehem; and Wi-Fi infrastructure work at the ICA office in Beit El settlement. The company also provided the ICA with installation of optical fiber at Jab'a Checkpoint.

In 2021, Bynet Systems Applications performed infrastructure and communication works for the ICA for a total of NIS 104,234, including works at COGAT's District Coordination and Liaison’s Ramallah office, located northeast of Ramallah, and in Jerusalem Envelope office, located near Ma’ale Adumim settlement, and in Anatot military camp near Anata in the occupied West Bank. In addition, the company performed works at the Hashmonaim (Ni'ilin) Checkpoint and Bitunya Checkpoint, and installed communication points at Bitunya for a biometric project.

In 2020, Bynet Systems Applications provided the ICA with the operation of ICT equipment and communication infrastructure works for a total of NIS 713,015, including work at the ICA office in Beit El settlement, and at the military District Coordination and Liaison (DCL) offices in Nablus, Hebron, and Jenin; and infrastructure works at the Gilboa Checkpoint, the Reihan Checkpoint, and Bitunya Checkpoint.

In 2019, Bynet Systems Applications provided operation and maintenance and computing services for the ICA in the West Bank for NIS 421,487; and installation services and computer equipment to DCL Gaza office in Erez Checkpoint for NIS 35,469. 

 

In 2018, Bynet Systems Applications provided equipment for DCL office in Erez Checkpoint for NIS 2,771.

In 2016 and 2017, Bynet Systems Applications provided the ICA with development, computing, operation and maintenance services for a total of NIS 1,459,927.

Binat Business

In 2022, Binat Business provided communication services to COGAT headquarters for NIS 4,212.

In 2020, Binat Business provided the ICA with Wi-Fi services to the reception desks for a biometric project and communication services for NIS 5,002.

 

In 2018, Binat Business provided Wi-Fi services to the reception desks for a biometric project for NIS 1,840. 

Additionally, in 2018, the Group’s subsidiary Bynet Electronics provided the ICA with monitoring equipment for NIS 18146; and Bynet Semech (Outsourcing) provided ICT consultants for works in the Seam Zone area for NIS 66,806.

City of Training Bases in the Naqab

Bynet is the main ICT contractor of the communication and computer systems at the Israeli military’s Ariel Sharon Camp, also called the City of Training Bases (Bahad City), in the Naqab. In 2012, Bynet was awarded the tender for the planning, construction, and operation of the project for a period of 25 years.

The construction of the project was completed in 2016. The company established the ICT system at the training camp, including communication infrastructures, advanced data center and computer systems, information and cyber security systems, video collaboration systems and security systems.

Through its share in the project’s operating group, Mabat LaNegev Operator Ltd. (16.41%), the company provides maintenance services estimated at NIS 20 million per year. For more on Development & Military Projects in the Naqab see Who Profits’ interactive map: Tools of Dispossession in the Naqab.

Unified Supply Center

Bynet is the main ICT contractor for the Israeli military’s "Unified Supply Center" project to unify the military’s logistics centers into three central camps in the north, in the center and in the south. Bynet is responsible for the planning, construction and operation of the three centers for a period of 25 years. Construction is expected to be completed in 2027.

Joint contracts with Cisco Systems

Bynet Data Communications was the integration company for the Israeli military's servers project, supplied by Cisco Systems.

Between 2017 and 2023, Bynet provided Cisco Systems, which won the military's servers tender, funded by US foreign aid, with planning, installation, implementation, support, and maintenance services for all server systems for the army and all Israeli security arms.

In 2013, Bynet was contracted to supply the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) with Cisco Systems’ equipment as part of the IMOD major communications tender awarded Cisco in a five-year tender, with an option to extend it by another two years. During this period, Cisco is expected to provide the IMOD with communication equipment worth about USD 150 million, financed by US military aid.

Gaza 2014

In 2014, Bynet Data Communications received a certificate of appreciation from the Israeli Ministry of Defense (IMOD) for its work during the Israeli military attack on Gaza in 2014, which left some 1,462 people dead, including 500 children.

The company provided the IMOD and the military with products and services to meet their needs and to enable and support the military activities of the land, air and sea arms. The company took part in the establishment of new operational arrays, testing arrays before use, thickening existing arrays, expanding capabilities of existing systems and maintaining complex technological arrays, including performing works in the fields of communications, information security, and computing; operation of critical technological systems for combat; Assistance in restoring to work systems that have been put out of use as a result of malfunctions or breakages; supply of spare parts; Integration of technological systems in the first front line and while fighting; and more.

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems

In 2021, the Group signed an agreement with the state-owned weapons manufacturer Rafael Advanced Defense Systems to establish a project for former soldiers to receive training in artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Services to Settlements

In 2018, Bynet Data Communications was awarded a contract with the Ariel University in Ariel settlement in the occupied West Bank, for the purchase, the installation and maintenance of Wi-Fi services. In 2021, the company completed the implementation of the wireless network upgrade project at the university.

Services to the Israel Police

In 2021, the company was awarded a NIS 800,000 contract with the Israeli police to provide data security services for police centers. In the same year, the company was awarded an additional contract with the Israeli police to provide safe end products.

Bynet Data Communications is the provider and operator of the Israel Police body cameras project. The company implemented the project in the police systems alongside the Israel Police. In June 2018, the company won a tender to supply 8,000 body cameras and related equipment to the Israel Police. In January 2019, the company began supplying the police with the cameras, and their number is expected to reach 12,000 for the entire police force of the State of Israel. Bynet’s share of the project was estimated at NIS 35 million.

In 2009, Bynet implemented Cisco Systems' IPICS communication system for the Israel Police, enabling the conversion of the police officers' communication systems to an IP-based network at an estimated cost of several hundred thousand shekels.

Services to the Israel Prison Service

Between 2015 and 2021, Bynet Systems Applications provided the Israel Prison Service (IPS) with communication infrastructures, infrastructure maintenance and upgrading and other services for a total of NIS 6,945,586. 

In 2021, Bynet Data Communications was contracted to provide the IPS with telephony call minutes for a period of three months for NIS 323,789.

Between 2018 and 2019, the company provided the IPS information security licensing, telephony call minutes, and maintenance of active communication equipment for a total of NIS 22,654,392, including provision of communications points and passive infrastructure services in all IPS facilities.

In 2018, the company provided the IPS with equipment and services for the Ofer, Damun, Megiddo, and Ktziot Prisons, where Palestinian prisoners and administrative detainees are held.

In 2018, the company was awarded a NIS 32,247 contract to provide communication services as part of the construction of new units in Ofer Prison, an Israeli incarceration facility and military court located in the occupied West Bank, where Palestinian prisoners and administrative detainees are held.

In 2018, the company was awarded a NIS 45,420 contract to provide services to the tent wings in Megiddo and Ktziot Prisons where Palestinian prisoners are held under extremely difficult conditions.

Also in 2018, the company was contracted by the IPS to provide communication infrastructure to the offices of the IPS’ Nachshon Unit. The Nachshon Unit is the IPS’ operational arm, responsible for the transport of prisoners, including Palestinian political prisoners incarcerated in Israeli prisons.

In 2016, the company was contracted to provide the IPS with communication services and infrastructure for the Shikma Prison and Ohaley Kedar Detention Facility where Palestinian political prisoners are incarcerated.

In 2015, the company provided infrastructure for cameras in Meggido prison, and communication infrastructure for Ofer Prison.