Form 6K Report of Foreign Private Issuer
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the
month of May 2006
Commission
File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION
LTD.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
21A
Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel
(Address
of principal executive office)
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Press
release on ENTEL
DEPLOYING FIRST WIMAX NATIONAL NETWORK IN CHILE USING ALVARION’S
BREEZEMAX™ SOLUTION,
dated May
22,
2006
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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
22, 2006 By:
/s/ Dafna
Gruber
Name: Dafna
Gruber
Title:
Chief
Financial Officer
EXHIBIT
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Contacts
Dafna
Gruber, CFO Carmen
Deville
+972
3
645 6252
+760-517-3188
+760-517-3187
dafna.gruber@alvarion.com carmen.deville@alvarion.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ENTEL
DEPLOYING FIRST WIMAX NATIONAL NETWORK IN CHILE
USING
ALVARION’S BREEZEMAX™ SOLUTION
BreezeMAX
3500 to Add Capacity, Voice Services for Small and Medium
Companies
and
Corporate Users in 14 Cities
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TEL
AVIV, Israel, May 22, 2006— Alvarion
Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions
and specialized mobile networks, today announced that telecommunications
company, ENTEL Chile, is deploying the first WiMAX network in the country using
its award-winning platform, BreezeMAX 3500. ENTEL will use its WiMAX network
to
offer voice and data services and extend broadband coverage to small and medium
companies and corporate users in 14 cities. ENTEL’s decision follows extensive
field testing and evaluation. In previous years, ENTEL deployed Alvarion’s
BreezeACCESS® XL system to provide residential broadband data services of 30,000
customer links throughout the country.
“We
are
excited to be the first operator to offer WiMAX data and voice services in
Chile,” said Richard Büchi, CEO of
ENTEL
Chile. “We have already deployed 22 base stations and our network will be
completed by the end of the first half of 2006. We chose Alvarion after we
tested various competitive systems and we are confident of the performance
of
our network that will allow us to offer various services specially to small
and
medium companies."
BreezeMAX™
is Alvarion’s WiMAX platform designed from the ground up according to the IEEE
802.16 standards and uses 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 triple play broadband services to
thousands of subscribers in a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004,
BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 150 installations in more
than
30 countries around the world.
“We
are
delighted that Entel, a major customer of our BreezeACCESS XL products, has
decided to extend its relationship with Alvarion and continue to leverage our
leading technology and market position,” said Tzvika Friedman, CEO and President
of Alvarion. “Entel’s selection of BreezeMAX is another example of a
telecommunications company investing in WiMAX to expand its service portfolio.
As we have seen in our many WiMAX installations elsewhere in South America
and
worldwide, WiMAX allows all types of carriers and innovative challengers to
join
the growing ranks of broadband providers. This fits in with our vision of
broadband mass deployment enabled by WiMAX technology and we are thrilled to
be
leading this trend with our systems.”
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About
ENTEL Chile
Empresa
Nacional de Telecomunicaciones S.A. is the largest listed Telecommunication
Company in Chile with Ch$ 1,133,693 million in assets and Ch$ 766,362 million
in
annual revenues reported in December 2005. The Company provides mobile, Data,
Internet, local telephony, long distance and integration services. Entel has
two
nationwide fixed wireless local telephony licenses of 50 MHz each, in the 3,5
GHz frequency band. The company also has operations in Central America and
Peru.
Entel
is
listed on the Chilean Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Comercio de Santiago) under
the
ticker symbol ENTEL and its headquarters are based in Santiago,
Chile.
For
more
information, visit Entel’s web site at www.entel.cl.
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 ten 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 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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