Alvarion to Host IEEE 802.16
and WiMAX Forum™ Conferences, First Time Organizations Convene in Israel
Alvarion Ltd.
May 8, 2006
International Representatives to
Meet with Israeli Telecommunications Leaders
Tel Aviv, Israel, -- Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world’s leading
provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that it will be the host and sponsor of the
IEEE 802.16 and WiMAX Forum Technical and Certification Working Groups
conferences. The IEEE 802.16 conference begins today in Tel Aviv and the
WiMAX Forum Technical Working Group and Certification Working Group
conference will be held May 13 - 17th in Caesarea. |
The IEEE 802.16 standards body for broadband wireless access (BWA)
develops standards and recommends practices to support the development
and deployment of broadband wireless metropolitan area networks. IEEE
802.16 is a unit of the IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee, the
premier transnational forum for wireless networking standardization. The
WiMAX Forum™ is working to facilitate the deployment of broadband
wireless networks based on the IEEE 802.16 standard by helping to ensure
the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless access
equipment. Its Technical Working Group develops conformance test
specifications and certification services based on globally accepted
practices to achieve worldwide interoperability for BWA systems. The
Certification Working Group handles the operational aspects of the WiMAX
Forum Certified program.
"As Alvarion has been an active leader of both the IEEE 802.16 and WiMAX
Forum since their inception, we are very excited to host these two
groups in Israel on their inaugural visit," commented Naftali Chayat,
Alvarion's Chief Scientist. "We see invaluable results coming from these
conferences as each meeting moves us closer to our and the industry’s
vision of WiMAX technology becoming a mass deployment solution for
broadband services worldwide."
Also during the conference, a special event—organized by Alvarion—will
give the representatives of IEEE 802.16 and WiMAX Forum the opportunity
to interact with members of the robust Israeli wireless industry to
learn from each other’s knowledge and experience.
Highlights of the conference agendas include:
- Dr. Roger Marks of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA, and Chairman of the
IEEE 802.16. Dr. Marks is a Fellow of the IEEE Microwave Technology
Society and will present on "IEEE 802.16 - Achievements, Status and
Plans".
- Dr. Mitsuo Nohara of KDDI Research
Laboratories, Japan. Dr. Nohara is chairman of the newly established
802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay group in 802.16 and will present "An
Overview of the 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay Task Group".
- Jose Puthenkulam of Intel's
standards team. Intel plays an integral role in the WiMAX Forum and
Mr. Puthenkulam will speak on "WiMAX Developments".
Interested parties can obtain more
information at
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/16/meetings/mtg43/index.html
About Alvarion
With more than 2 million units deployed in 150 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™ 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
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