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Testing WiMAX Across Italy:
Alvarion and Local Partners Selected for WiMAX Trials Nationwide
Other Topics: Alvarion WiMAX-Ready
BreezeMAX, OFDM WiMAX Solutions from
SR Telecom
Alvarion Ltd.
October 11, 2005
Various Carriers Now Conducting 11
BreezeMAX(TM) Trials Throughout Country
Tel Aviv, Israel -- Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's leading
provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that multiple operators, through Alvarion's
local partners, have purchased its WiMAX-ready platform, BreezeMAX 3500,
to conduct 11 WiMAX trials across Italy--the most of any vendor
participating in the program. Pilot systems are now operating in Milan,
Rome, Arezzo, Piedmont, Val d'Aosta, Sardinia, Abruzzo, Sicily and Parma
with the trials scheduled for completion by the end of this year. The
Ugo Bordoni Foundation, a research center chosen by the Italian
Communications Ministry to conduct WiMAX field trials across Italy, is
responsible for handling the pilots and selecting the proposals. |
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"We are delighted to be building on our already strong presence in Italy
in helping to develop the Italian WIMAX market," said Tzvika Friedman,
CEO of Alvarion. "Our strong local relationships, numerous commercial
deployments of broadband wireless systems throughout Europe, and our
more than 100 installations of WiMAX-ready networks worldwide were key
factors in being selected for the most pilot networks of any vendor. We
look forward to WiMAX spectrum allocations in Italy in the near future."
BreezeMAX(TM) is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform, which was designed
from the ground up according to the IEEE 802.16-2004 standards using
OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Its
carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS)
to enable carriers to offer multiple broadband voice data and services
to thousands of subscribers in a single base station. Since its launch
in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 100
installations throughout more than 30 countries around the world.
From the beginning, Alvarion has been at the forefront of broadband
wireless standards serving as both a founding and board member of the
WiMAX Forum(TM), as well as having several of its employees holding
executive positions in the organization. In addition to numerous
BreezeMAX deployments worldwide, Alvarion has achieved many industry
milestones, including having the first commercially available WiMAX CPE
using the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5116 WiMAX chip.
WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a
technology based on the IEEE 802.16 air interface standard and the ETSI
HiperMAN wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) standard. WiMAX
technology has the capacity to deliver sufficient bandwidth to enable
triple-play applications, including high-speed data, toll-quality voice
and multimedia content.
About Alvarion
With more than 2 million units deployed in 130 countries, Alvarion is
the worldwide leader in wireless broadband, providing systems to
carriers, ISPs and private network operators, and also in extending
coverage of GSM and CDMA mobile networks to developing countries and
other hard to serve areas.
Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most extensive
deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the
full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile solutions.
Alvarion's products enable the delivery of business and residential
broadband access, corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base
station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection,
public safety communications, and mobile voice and data. Alvarion works
with several global OEM providers and more than 200 local partners to
support its diverse global customer base in solving their last-mile
challenges.
As a wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been driving and
delivering innovations for more than 10 years from core technology
developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Leveraging
its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and
experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the Company's prominent work
in the WiMAX Forum(TM) is focused on increasing the widespread adoption
of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading
the entire industry to mobile WiMAX solutions.
For more information, visit Alvarion's World Wide Web site at
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: 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 in ability to establish and maintain relationships with
commerce, advertising, marketing, and technology providers and other
risks detailed from time to time in 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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