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Alvarion WiMAX-Ready
BreezeMAX |
Incumbent Bezeq Pilots
WiMAX Services in Israel Using Alvarion's BreezeMAX(TM)
Other Topics: Alvarion WiMAX in
Europe, OFDM WiMAX Solutions from SR
Telecom
Alvarion Ltd.
September 15, 2005
Broadband Services Being
Provided to Underserved Community in Negev Desert
Tel Aviv, Israel -- Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's leading
provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that Bezeq, the Israel Telecommunication
Corporation incumbent, has purchased and deployed a pilot using its
WiMAX-ready equipment, BreezeMAX 3500, to provide broadband in the
southern Israeli city of Rahat, an underserved community located in the
Negev desert. The first WiMAX system in Israel, operating in the 3.5 GHz
range, is initially serving public institutions, such as schools and
medical facilities where the need for broadband is greatest, and it will
have the most impact on people's daily lives. Bezeq is now developing
plans to extend the network to other communities in southern Israel.
This WiMAX pilot builds on an already strong relationship between the
two companies. Over the years, Alvarion has supplied Bezeq with wireless
systems to deploy thousands of wireless connections for voice and data
services throughout Israel. |
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"We are pleased to supply Bezeq with our industry leading BreezeMAX
system to bring broadband services to the underserved areas of Israel,"
said Zvi Slonimsky, CEO of Alvarion. "We are encouraged by the fact that
spectrum was expressly allocated for this purpose and are optimistic
about additional uses and more spectrum in 3.5 GHz."
BreezeMAX is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform that uses OFDM technology
for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality to enable operators
to offer broadband IP-based data and voice services over a large service
area. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of
service (QoS) to enable carriers to offer multiple services to thousands
of subscribers from a single base station. BreezeMAX networks are
already installed with over 100 operators in more than 30 countries.
About Bezeq The Israel Telecommunication Corp., Limited
Bezeq is Israel's national telecommunications provider. Established in
1984, the company has led Israel into the new era of communications,
based on the most advanced technologies and services. Bezeq and its
subsidiaries offer the full range of telecommunication services
including domestic, international and cellular phone services; Internet,
ADSL, and other data communications; leased lines, and corporate
networks.
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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