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Press
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In Australia
with Alvarion’s Breezemax dated
July 3rd, 2007
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
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duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
ALVARION
LTD.
Date:
July 3rd,
2007 By:
/s/ Efrat
Makov
Name:
Efrat
Makov
Title:
CFO
EXHIBIT
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Contacts
Efrat
Makov,
CFO Claudia
Gatlin, Investor
Relations
+972-3-645-6252 +212-830-9080
+760-517-3187 claudia.gatlin@alvarion.com
Efrat.makov@alvarion.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Allegro
Networks to deploy First Business Wimax network In
Australia
with Alvarion’s Breezemax
ISP
Chooses WiMAX for Strategic Broadband Deployment
Tel
Aviv, Israel, July 3, 2007—Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the
world’s leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, today
announced that Allegro will use its BreezeMAXTM system
for the
first WiMAX deployment in Australia, further demonstrating Australia’s strategic
vision of WiMAX as it offers businesses innovative services. This project means
that thousands of businesses in the outer metro and growth corridors across
Queensland are expected to benefit from access to a high-speed network providing
converged voice and data services.
“WiMAX
has a key role in establishing a robust, affordable, and efficient broadband
network in Australia,” said Ted Pretty, Chairman of Allegro, “Businesses in
regional Australia cannot afford to wait any longer to receive advanced
broadband services. Alvarion was the one company able to meet our deadlines
for
true WiMAX infrastructure while maintaining the required quality of service
(QoS). Furthermore, Alvarion’s WiMAX leadership and knowledge were clearly
evidenced by the commercial trials we held with several top tier vendors over
the past four months.”
Allegro’s
first-to-market deployment with business grade service confirms that WiMAX
is
the best broadband infrastructure for leveraging fiber backhaul. Allegro will
seek to gain wholesale access to the backhaul fiber and other network elements
of the Optus Elders consortium (OPEL). These networks were awarded nearly a
billion dollars by the Federal Government as part of the Federal Government’s
visionary Broadband Connect project for regional Australia.
Allegro
joint Managing Director David Waldie said: “We are impressed with the
performance of Alvarion’s solution. It enables us to deliver up to 12 Mbps
throughput at 20 km, and as the standard evolves, speed is expected to increase
markedly. We are excited about the opportunities Alvarion’s ecosystem can offer
us.”
“Being
chosen by a leading wireless ISP further demonstrates Australia’s commitment to
WiMAX.” said Tzvika Friedman president and CEO of Alvarion. “We are pleased to
be selected by Allegro Networks for their first commercial WiMAX deployment,
offering them the benefits of our OPEN WiMAX ecosystem, which allows service
providers to choose from the best combination of vendors and
partners.”
The
Federal Government’s aspirations to broadband Australia with wireless and fiber
technologies has been given an unexpected and privately funded kick start,
with
Allegro Networks building its own network, utilizing the licensed 3.4 GHz
spectrum.
About
Allegro
Allegro
Networks is one of Queensland's largest wireless broadband internet server
provider (ISP). The company has a young and dynamic management team
with broad business experience, a proven track record, and impeccable
telecommunication industry credentials. Allegro is chaired by Mr. Ted Pretty,
the former head of Telstra's Product and Retail division, and current Chairman
of Fujitsu Australia Limited. Co-founders and joint managing directors David
Waldie and Andrew McMaster have also both worked for major Australian
Telcos.
Allegro
recently invested more than a million dollars in the purchase of spectrum in
the
South East Queensland corner - the first step in the company's bold plan to
build a 4G network servicing businesses in outer metropolitan Brisbane and
up
and down the growth corridors to the Gold and Sunshine Coasts and west past
Ipswich. The Allegro proposition is all about performance enhancement - helping
businesses in Australia's fastest growing region achieve greater efficiency
and
productivity, by providing them with a superior telecommunications
service.
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 Kika Stayerman, kika.stayerman@alvarion.com or
+972.3.767.4159.
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