Israel Lifts Ban on Apple's iPad, Finding Device Can Meet Local Standards

Israel has lifted a ban forbidding tourists and citizens from bringing Apple Inc.’s iPad into the country, the Communications Ministry said in an e-mailed statement.

The ministry earlier this month requested that Israeli customs confiscate iPads brought in to the country at Ben-Gurion Airport, saying the product’s Wi-Fi transmitter did not conform to local standards.

To contact the reporter on this story: Calev Ben-David in Jerusalem at cbendavid@bloomberg.net

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