Following a further spate of reports that Hong Kong-based Hutchison Telecom is looking to sell its 51 percent stake in Israeli operator, Partner, Cellular News notes that the firm has confirmed that it has been approached by potential buyers. In a statement to the stock exchange, the company said that it “has been approached by various interested parties regarding a possible sale of such indirect equity interests and has requested such parties to provide non-binding indication of interest. No agreement has been entered into up to the date of this announcement in respect of any such possible sale [and] there is no assurance that a sale may result from these approaches.”