Form 6-K Report of Foreign Private Issuer
UNITED
STATES
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AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the
month of February 2007
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 CABLE
& WIRELESS International SELECTS ALVARION’S
BREEZEMAXTM
FOR DEPLOYMENT OF
WIMAX
SERVICES
dated
February
13, 2007
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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:
February 13th, 2007
By:
/s/ Dafna
Gruber
Name:
Dafna
Gruber
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
CABLE
& WIRELESS International SELECTS ALVARION’S
BREEZEMAXTM
FOR DEPLOYMENT OF
WIMAX
SERVICES
3GSM
Congress, Barcelona, February 13, 2007
- Cable
& Wireless International (CWI) and Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world’s
leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, announced the
signing of a global frame agreement in which CWI has selected Alvarion’s
BreezeMAX system for fixed and mobile (802.16e) deployments. Alvarion’s
award-winning BreezeMAX is the most deployed WiMAX system in the world with
over
300 installations in more than 100 countries.
CWI
has
already deployed the first network in Antigua offering service beginning in
December 2006. The WiMAX network deployment provides broadband to business
and
residence customers, using the BreezeMAX Pro and BreezeMAX Si customer premises
equipment.
“Alvarion's
WiMAX strategy enables us to optimize all aspects of our WiMAX network
deployments using the best systems from multiple companies. This further
enhances the WiMAX ecosystem while deepening the business partnership between
our companies,” said Frank Mount, CWI Chief Technology Officer. "Alvarion's high
capacity deployed network supports voice and broadband and is capable of meeting
the mobility required by our customers, meeting a significant differentiator
for
CWI."
BreezeMAX,
Alvarion’s mature and field proven WiMAX platform, has been deployed in over 300
networks over the past 2.5 years. It is a complete offering, addressing all
deployment types - fixed, nomadic and mobile - in rural, suburban and urban
environments.
“We
are
proud to be selected by an innovative and international operator as CWI,” said
Tzvika Friedman, CEO of Alvarion. “Working together on advanced solutions and
services will further assist Alvarion as market leaders. OPEN WiMAXTM
combines
our market-leading BreezeMAX system with complementary network systems from
best
of breed partners to serve as the future global standard for delivering Personal
Broadband services over WiMAX.”
About
Cable & Wireless
Cable
& Wireless (www.cw.com)
is one
of the world’s leading international communications companies. It operates
through two standalone business units -
International
and UK. The
International business unit operates integrated telecommunications companies
in
33 countries offering mobile, broadband, domestic and international fixed line
services to residential and business customers, with principal operations in
the
Caribbean, Panama, Macau, Monaco and the Channel Islands. The UK business unit
provides enterprise and carrier solutions to the largest users of telecom
services across Europe, Asia and USA and wholesale broadband services in the
UK.
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 3 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion (www.alvarion.com)
is the
world’s leading provider of innovative wireless broadband network solutions
enabling Personal Broadband to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable
and mobile data, VoIP, video and other services.
Leading
the market with the most widely deployed WiMAX system in the world, Alvarion
is
leading the market to Open WiMAX solutions with 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 personal mobile broadband, 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.
As
a
wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been driving and delivering innovations
for over 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 Open WiMAX solutions.
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: the failure of the market for WIMAX products to develop as
anticipated; Alvarion’s inability to capture market share in the expected growth
of the WIMAX market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive
reasons or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing
objectives; 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
inability to establish and maintain relationships with commerce, advertising,
marketing, and technology providers and other risks detailed from time to time
in the Company’s 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other
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 Esther Loewy, Investor Relations: esther.loewy@alvarion.com
or
+972.3.767.4476.
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