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Iberbanda
and Alvarion® Expand WiMAX™ Networks in Spain for Network in Nigeria
Other Topics: Quad Play Service,
WiMAX Power Analyzer
Alvarion Ltd.
March 3, 2008
Tel Aviv, Israel & Madrid, Spain -- Alvarion® Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the
world's leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, and
Iberbanda, Spain's leading WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telefonica,
today announced the deployment of Alvarion's BreezeMAX® system at 3.5GHz
in Navarra, an autonomous community in northeast Spain. The network
provides voice and data services to residential customers in rural and
semi-rural areas throughout the region. |
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This
expansion is expected to add thousands of subscribers to Iberbanda's
constantly growing customer base, and has helped them meet Navarra's
government requirements to bridge the digital divide. Alvarion and
Iberbanda are long-term partners and have built successful WiMAX
networks in other autonomous communities of Spain, including Catalunya,
Andalucia and Castilla y Leon.
Iberbanda issued a tender last October 2007 to all major WiMAX vendors
with rigorous demands for quality of service and advanced technology.
Once again, the experienced WiMAX carrier chose Alvarion's BreezeMAX
system over others because of its proven track record and delivery
capabilities.
"As always, we are committed to bringing broadband services to Spain's
rural areas," said Mr. Luis Miguel Garcia Sanchez, CEO of Iberbanda.
"For several years now we have been enjoying a beneficial
customer-vendor partnership with the WiMAX expert. Alvarion offers us
more than just superior technology; it has a proven track record of
network deployments, and has emerged from among the new telecom
equipment leaders. We rely on BreezeMAX's performance as the ideal
product for answering Navarra government's requirements for an excellent
solution. We are confident it has the ability to provide extended
coverage now, and lead to next-generation technologies in the future, as
well."
"We are pleased that Iberbanda has once again selected us for this major
expansion of their network," said Tzvika Friedman, President and CEO of
Alvarion. "We value Navarra government's confidence in WiMAX. Our
BreezeMAX used by Iberbanda – one of the most innovative carriers and
leading service providers dedicated to WiMAX services – enables
overcoming digital divide and realizing the vision of WiMAX's capability
to bring broadband everywhere. We look forward to the large potential of
mutual business growth as Iberbanda enters the world of mobile with
exciting trials of our 802.16e solution."
About Iberbanda
Iberbanda (www.iberbanda.es) is an innovative
broadband communications provider that offers its customers a wide
variety of High Speed Internet, Telephony, Data Transmission and Value
Added Services. Iberbanda shareholders are leading companies in its
sectors: Telefonica, El Corte Ingles, Grupo PRISA and Omega Capital.
Nowadays Iberbanda covers near 30 % of Spain with very singular
projects: Andalucia, Castilla y Leon, Navarra, Cataluña and Murcia with
more than 800 WIMAX base stations that almost fully covers those
territories.
Iberbanda has the most significant WiMAX network in
operation in Europe. WiMAX as a wireless access allows Iberbanda to make
a fast deployment, highly cost efficient and minimum environmental
impact technology. Iberbanda has been increasing dramatically the number
of customers during 2007, with a growth of 82% in the whole year.
Iberbanda is one of the first operators members of the WiMAX Forum.
About Alvarion
Alvarion is the largest WiMAX pure player ensuring customers' long term
success with fixed and mobile solutions for the full range of frequency
bands. Based on its OPEN™ WiMAX strategy, the company offers superior
wireless broadband infrastructure and an all-IP best-of-breed ecosystem
in cooperation with its strategic partners. Alvarion boasts over 200
commercial WiMAX deployments worldwide (www.alvarion.com).
This press release contains
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor"
provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements are based on the current expectations or beliefs of
Alvarion's management and are subject to a number of factors and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those described in the forward-looking statements. The following
factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially
from those described in the forward-looking statements: the failure of
the market for WIMAX products to develop as anticipated; Alvarion's
inability to capture market share in the expected growth of the WIMAX
market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons
or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing
objectives; inability to further identify, develop and achieve success
for new products, services and technologies; increased competition and
its effect on pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues;
as well as the inability to establish and maintain relationships with
commerce, advertising, marketing, and technology providers and other
risks detailed from time to time in the Company's 20-F Annual Report
Risk Factors section as well as in other filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Information set forth in this press release pertaining to third parties
has not been independently verified by Alvarion and is based solely on
publicly available information or on information provided to Alvarion by
such third parties for inclusion in this press release. The web sites
appearing in this press release are not and will not be included or
incorporated by reference in any filing made by Alvarion with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, which this press release will be a
part of. |
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