Alvarion Extends Leadership in Compact GSM
Solutions With New Smaller UltraWAVE Products
Alvarion
February 14, 2006
Micro BTS/BS Plus and X40
Switch Offer Low Entry Points While Supporting Full
Functionality Including Value-Added Services
3GSM Barcelona, Spain, -- Alvarion Ltd., (NASDAQ: ALVR), the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and
specialized mobile networks, today extended its leadership in compact
GSM solutions by introducing two new network products, the UltraWAVE
Micro BTS/BS Plus and the UltraWAVE X40 MSC. Offering service
providers lower entry points when building and augmenting GSM
networks, both products support full GSM features, including
value-added services, and are the newest additions to Alvarion’s
popular UltraWAVE product line—an ideal solution for small to medium
networks and specialized applications with quick deployment and
seamless integration into existing wireless and wireline network
infrastructures.
The Micro BTS/BS Plus, at about one half the size of Alvarion’s
current BTS/BS Plus, and the X40 MSC, at about one-fourth the size of
the current X100 MSC, represent significant breakthroughs in reduced
size delivering unparalleled value and an accelerated return on
investment. Also sufficiently scalable and flexible to adapt to
changing carrier needs, both products will be commercially available
by the end of the first quarter of this year.
“These products are exciting additions to our widely-deployed
UltraWAVE product line as the first full featured GSM systems of their
size,” said Amir Rosenzweig, President of Alvarion, Inc. “Operators
deploying either product will receive the same features as our larger
systems without sacrificing the ability to scale their networks.
Alvarion customers have come to expect cost-effective, easy-to-deploy
GSM systems for remote and specialized applications from us, and the
Micro BTS/BS Plus and X40 MSC expand our leadership in this area.”
Operating in the GSM frequencies of 850, 900, 1800, and 1900 MHz, the
UltraWAVE BTS/BS Plus is housed in a single 19 inch rack-mounted
chassis and uses the same internal modules and software as our
full-sized UltraWAVE BTS/BS Plus. Omni and sectorized configurations
up to S444 are also supported. Alvarion’s UltraWAVE X40 MSC is a full
featured, digital switch for GSM networks, supporting all telephony
services including integrated value-added services such as prepaid,
voice mail and SMS. It can support up to 40,000 subscribers and 64 E1
ports for backhaul. The X40 is designed around a dual-platform load
sharing redundant architecture with built-in HLR/VLR and full
subscriber management features.
About Alvarion
Alvarion is the worldwide leader in wireless broadband and compact
cellular solutions providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private
network operators, with more than 2 million units deployed in 150
countries.
Extending coverage of GSM and CDMA mobile networks to developing
countries and other hard to serve areas, Alvarion offers complete and
scalable mobile network solutions that feature a low cost of entry,
local switching, and integrated VAS functionality. Alvarion mobile
network solutions can also be used in rapid deployment situations as
tactical networks and disaster recovery solutions for military and
government applications, and they meet “two man lift” requirements.
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. |
