Alvarion Ltd.
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 December 2006
Commission
File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION
LTD.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
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Press
release on AIRCEL
USING ALVARION’S BREEZEMAX™ TO DEPLOY WIMAX NETWORKS ACROSS NORTHERN AND
EASTERN INDIA dated
December
27,
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:
December 27th, 2006 By:
/s/ Dafna
Gruber
Name:
Dafna
Gruber
Title:
CFO
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
AIRCEL
USING ALVARION’S BREEZEMAX™ TO
DEPLOY
WIMAX NETWORKS ACROSS NORTHERN AND
EASTERN
INDIA
Offering
Broadband Data and Voice Services, Aircel is Overlaying
and
Expanding
its Current Network, Planning to Serve SMEs in 50
Cities
TEL
AVIV, Israel, December 27, 2006 — Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ:ALVR),
the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions today announced that
Aircel Business Solutions (ABS), a subsidiary of leading Indian cellular service
provider Aircel, is expanding its current network and planning to use BreezeMAX
3300 to deploy WiMAX networks across 50 cities in northern and eastern
India.
Aircel
currently has deployments in eight cities and is using BreezeMAX to overlay
and
expand its current broadband and cellular network infrastructure to quickly
offer affordable broadband data services to small and medium enterprise (SME)
customers. Alvarion’s BreezeMAX 3300 is an extension of its market leading WiMAX
platform operating in 3.3GHz, the frequency band specifically licensed for
WiMAX
services in India.
"We
conducted extensive technological, commercial and operational research before
selecting Alvarion’s BreezeMAX as the best WiMAX system for providing broadband
services," said Mr. Jagdish Kini, Group Chief Executive Officer, Aircel. “We
have pioneered India’s wireless revolution by offering WiMAX along with a host
of innovative enterprise services using BreezeMAX’s built-in support for service
level agreements (SLAs). We look forward to continuing to work with Alvarion
as
we expand our WiMAX offerings across India."
BreezeMAX
is Alvarion’s award-winning WiMAX Certified™ 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) enabling carriers to offer triple
play broadband services to thousands of subscribers in a single base
station.
"Aircel
is one of several WiMAX customers we have in APAC, a region identified long
ago
as having great potential for WiMAX due to its insatiable demand for broadband
and general lack of infrastructure," said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO
of
Alvarion. "Leveraging our widely deployed BreezeMAX system and deep technical
capabilities, we were able to quickly and cost-effectively offer a WiMAX product
in the specific spectrum available in India. We are very excited to help close
the digital divide in such a large and important emerging market.”
Since
its
launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 200
installations in more than 80 countries around the world.
About
Aircel
Aircel
Business Solutions (ABS), a part of Aircel, is headquartered in Chennai, India
and is an ISO 9000 certified company. ABS is a registered member of WiMAX forum
- both in the Indian and International Chapters. ABS’ product range includes a
host of cutting-edge enterprise solutions such as Multi Protocol Label Switching
Virtual Private Networks (MPLS VPNs), Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and
Managed Video Services on wireless platform including WiMAX.
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 supplies solutions in both developed
and
developing countries.
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 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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