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Carmen
Deville
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dafna.gruber@alvarion.com carmen.deville@alvarion.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ALVARION’S
BREEZEMAX NOW ENABLES PRIMARY
VOICE
SERVICES OVER WIMAX
Ability
to Leverage Existing TDM Infrastructure Means Carriers
Can
Adopt WiMAX as Basic Network Strategy
African
Operators Already Building Networks
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TEL
AVIV, Israel, October 30, 2006 — Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ:ALVR),
the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced the availability of primary voice services over
WiMAX
enabled by the latest edition of BreezeMAX, Alvarion’s award-winning and market
leading WiMAX Certified™ system. This ability to deliver primary voice services
using existing TDM infrastructure, in addition to its broadband service
capabilities, means incumbent (ILECs) and competitive local exchange carriers
(CLECs) can adopt WiMAX as their basic network strategy. As the first commercial
WiMAX system to support V5.2 interfaces, coupled with its existing VoIP
capabilities, BreezeMAX can now interface directly with both legacy and next
generation voice networks according to carrier needs.
Over
the
past few months, the primary voice services of BreezeMAX have been tested
with
carriers in Africa and South America, and approved as interoperable with
various
vendors’ Class 5 switches. As a result of these trials, two operators in Africa
are today leveraging their TDM switches by deploying this BreezeMAX voice
and
data solution. In addition, operators in Latin America are evaluating the
solution for deployment in urban areas to cover unserved areas.
“Alternative
and incumbent carriers can now use WiMAX to open their networks to major
technology evolution in terms of applications,” said Rudy Leser, Alvarion's
corporate vice president of strategy and marketing. “By adopting WiMAX as their
network strategy, carriers will enjoy 4G applications as well as significant
capital and operating costs savings. We are seeing strong demand for this
type
of open infrastructure solution where new services can be made available
while
moving to services such as voice over IP.”
Primary
voice over WiMAX capability is of particular interest to innovative challengers
looking to provide voice services, along with broadband, to areas with little
or
no existing telecom infrastructure. Alvarion voice and broadband data
WiMAX networks can be built quickly and without heavy investments in a full
scale VoIP network as it can be deployed using the existing TDM infrastructure
capacity of V5.2 legacy switches.
In
addition, the BreezeMAX integrated voice CPE includes one or two voice lines
and
battery backup which works to benefit VoIP network operators with its fast
and
seamless integration for residential and SOHO market segment.
Commercially
available in an outdoor version today, the new CPE will be available as an
indoor, self-install version in Q2 2007.
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 2 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion is the world’s leading
provider of innovative wireless network solutions enabling personal
broadband
services
to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP,
video and other applications. Providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private
network operators, the company also supplies solutions to extend coverage
of GSM
networks to developing countries and other hard to serve areas.
Leading
the WiMAX market with the most widely deployed WiMAX system in the world,
Alvarion has the most extensive networks 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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