SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
ALVARION
LTD.
Date:
May
17, 2006 By:
/s/ Dafna
Gruber
Name:
Dafna
Gruber
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
EXHIBIT
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Gruber, CFO Carmen
Deville
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dafna.gruber@alvarion.com carmen.deville@alvarion.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CHICAGO
AREA COMMUNITIES DEPLOY REGIONWIDE ALVARION
MOBILE
BROADBAND NEWORK TO FIGHT CRIME, FIRE
BreezeACCESS®
900 Network Uses Only 14 Base Stations to Provide
Full
Coverage Across Seven Cities
Mountain
View, California, May 17, 2006 - Alvarion, (NASDAQ: ALVR), the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that six Chicago area communities have deployed
a
regional mobile broadband network using its BreezeACCESS 900 system to support
fixed and mobile public safety applications, specifically to help crime and
fire
fighting efforts. Using only fourteen base stations to cover the entire area,
along with the associated mobile terminals installed in the public safety
vehicles, the network was designed and deployed by Alvarion partner PCS
Technologies in the Chicago area including the cities of Hodgkins, North
Riverside, Riverside, Lyons, Countryside, McCook, and the Pleasantview Fire
District.
“This
deployment is an ideal prototype of suburban communities addressing their
common
public safety interests with a regional broadband network,” commented John
Feldman, vice president and general manager of PCS Technologies. “The
BreezeACCESS 900 leverages Alvarion’s deep understanding of the mobile public
safety market going back to 2000 enabling coverage of the entire region for
a
fraction of the cost of comparable mesh solutions. Sharing infrastructure
and
access to some common servers and databases generates many economies for
the
communities, while giving each city the ability to tailor the specific
information available to their public safety officials and access to unique
servers city-by-city.”
Connecting
approximately 50 police cars and 15 fire vehicles, the network is used for
dispatch functions, while enabling mobile access to central databases such
as
the Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) records. Also providing remote access
to
several video surveillance cameras to monitor and protect public structures,
such as the local water treatment plant and city government buildings, network
deployment began last year and has grown incrementally to include additional
local jurisdictions.
“Being
adjacent to Chicago has its advantages, but it also means we need big city
policing on a small city budget," noted Mark Wilkans, lieutenant of the Hodgkins
Police Department and chair of the technical subcommittee of the Area-wide
Law
Enforcement Radio Terminal System (ALERTS) users group, a statewide body
focused
on officer use of mobile technologies. “The
total
price of a new system is as important as its effectiveness and with Alvarion,
the mobile broadband network has proven to be equally effective in crime
fighting and cost. Adding the fact that the network crosses multiple cities
and
departments—including both fire and police—gives us a terrific advantage since
all units responding to joint assistance emergencies have common access,
even
outside their home jurisdiction.”
A
cost-effective alternative to a mesh network requiring less than one-tenth
the
infrastructure, BreezeACCESS 900 offers
secure,
robust and reliable mobile access covering both metro and rural areas and
implements advanced features for high-performance seamless roaming, even
at
freeway speeds. With the ability to integrate Wi-Fi access into the
vehicle-mounted subscriber unit, BreezeACCESS 900 permits departments to
leverage the low cost and mass market availability of Wi-Fi enabled devices
within a 300 foot zone around each vehicle. BreezeACCESS 900 also integrates
seamlessly with other BreezeACCESS systems, including BreezeACCESS 4900,
enabling carrier-class, FIPS 197 secure, licensed backhaul of BreezeACCESS
900
cells.
“With
increasing demand for Homeland Security and other public safety applications,
broadband at vehicular speeds, especially in non-line-of-sight conditions,
is
becoming a basic requirement for cities and so they are beginning to adopt
it
everywhere," said Amir Rosenzweig, president of Alvarion, Inc. "Our BreezeACCESS
900 is key in addressing this market by delivering the needed capacity,
coverage, performance and overall critical robustness at a fraction of the
cost
of other systems.”
Supporting
both fixed and mobile subscribers, BreezeACCESS 900 is an effective, real-time
communications system that provides complete coverage even in areas with
many
obstructions. Whether connecting emergency vehicles to the public safety
network
or residential users in dense foliage areas, BreezeACCESS 900 is the ideal
solution due to its frequency customization and fast, programmable frequency
hopping capabilities.
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
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.
You
may
request Alvarion's future press releases or a complete Investor Kit by
contacting Carmen Deville, Investor Relations: carmen.deville@alvarion.com
or
+1-650.314.2653.
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