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Deployment in Central Federal District of Russia dated
September 4th,
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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:
September 4th,
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
Alvarion
chosen by CenterTelecom for WiMAX deployment in
central
federal district of Russia
Alvarion
Strengthens Presence in Fast Growing Market, Provides
Complete
WiMAX Solution to Leading Tier-One Operators
Tel
Aviv, Israel, September 4, 2007— Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR),
the world’s leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, today
announced that its BreezeMAXTM system
was chosen
for a deployment project intended to cover various cities in Russia. The new
network has already started rolling out with CenterTelecom, one of Russia’s
seven interregional operators owned by the giant federal holding company
Svyazinvest. Alvarion’s local partner for this deployment is
Cedicom.
Alvarion’s
BreezeMAX is planned to be deployed in the regions of Moscow, Tambov, Tula,
and
Vladimir. The first phase of the project is planned as part of the Russian
Federation’s federal program for connecting hundreds of schools to a WiMAX
network, offering numerous users the advantages of high-quality wireless
broadband access services.
“Alvarion’s
BreezeMAX solution allows CenterTelecom to provide Internet access to schools,
successfully meeting the deadlines of the national Education project and dealing
with the complicated technological decisions involved,” said Vadim Kondratov,
CTO of CenterTelecom. “In addition, the WiMAX network created within the
national project presents a basis for expansion of WiMAX networks in other
regions in the future. This will allow CenterTelecom to enlarge the number
of
provided services and offer equal services to all citizens of the Center of
Russia, thus raising the quality of life in the Central Federal District of
the
Russian Federation.”
“We
are
proud to be chosen by one of the largest operators in Russia for providing
WiMAX
infrastructure and professional services to this important and fast-growing
market,” said Rudy Leser, corporate vice president of strategy and marketing for
Alvarion. “BreezeMAX, a highly-reliable and cost-effective solution, can enable
CenterTelecom to connect their customers to WiMAX as quickly and smoothly as
possible.”
BreezeMAX
complies with IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced
non-line-of-sight functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband
speeds and quality of service, enabling carriers to offer triple play broadband
services to thousands of subscribers via a single base station. The product
is
also part of Alvarion’s
OPEN
WiMAX strategy – a complete all-IP ecosystem, which combines BreezeMAX and other
best-of-breed systems to create an operator-centric network solution for
WiMAX.
About
CenterTelecom
JSC
CenterTelecom is the largest fixed-line telecommunication company operating
in
the Central Federal District, where more than 20% of the Russian population
lives. The Company provides citizens with the wide range of telecommunication
services, including local and intraareal telephone communication services,
high
speed Internet access via xDSL technology, data transmission, wireline and
on-air radio broadcasting, cable TV broadcasting and also provides connection
services and traffic processing services to other communication operators.
Quality Management System of OJSC «CenterTelecom» was certified as complying
with the requirements of the State Standard GOST R ISO 9001-2001 (International
Standard ISO 9001:2000). The Company actively develops broadband
multiservice backbone networks and customer access networks on the basis of
cutting-edge telecommunication technologies.
About
Cedicom Company
Cedicom
Company (http://www.cedicom.ru) is an authorized distributor of Alvarion
in Russia and the CIS. The activities of Cedicom distributors are combined
with
Alvarion’s Service Centre activities within the framework of the certificated
training Center and certificated repair Center. In 2006 Cedicom Joint-Stock
Company has become the first of the Russian design distributors entered in
the
WiMAX Forum International Consortium.
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.
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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