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Press
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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:
November 21st,
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's
Mobile WiMAX™ Solution Chosen for Network in Nigeria
Monarch
Communications Deploys Alvarion’s 4Motion™
CAPE
TOWN, South Africa and TEL AVIV, Israel, November 21, 2007— Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ: ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband
solutions, today announced that its 4Motion™ solution, featuring 802.16e Mobile
WiMAX™ technology was selected for deployment by Monarch Communications, a
privately owned company and WiMAX license holder in several different states
in
Nigeria.
Data
and
VoIP services, using Alvarion’s award-winning self-install CPE will be offered
to businesses, SOHO, SME and residences. Rollout is planned to begin in Lagos
and later in Abuja and Port Harcourt.
David
Valencia, Network Operation Manager of Monarch Communications said: “After
testing other large telecommunications equipment manufacturers, we are confident
that Alvarion will be able to meet our urgent demand for a highly-reliable
solution in the rapidly growing Nigerian telecommunication industry. We believe
that Alvarion’s OPEN™ WiMAX approach offers a comprehensive, reliable solution
to meet our deployment targets in the best way possible.”
“We
are
pleased to have been selected by Monarch Communications, further increasing
our
strong presence in Africa,” said Tzvika Friedman, President and CEO of Alvarion.
“With a population in Nigeria of over 140 million, and fast growing demand for
voice and data services, Monarch Communications is facing vast potential for
business growth. WiMAX is the best fit technology and our 4Motion solution
enables primary broadband services with fast ROI.”
About
OPEN WiMAX
Alvarion’s
all-IP OPEN WiMAX architecture is the foundation of its operator-centric best
of
breed 4Motion solution. Whether providing a complete Alvarion-based solution,
or
combining BreezeMAX’s superior radio technology with network elements from its
world-class ecosystem of partners, Alvarion delivers an end-to-end solution
that
is tailored to the specific requirements of each operator.
About
Monarch Communications
Monarch
Communications Limited is a privately owned Nigerian Company licensed to provide
telecommunications services for; Private Network Links (VSAT), Service Network
(Internet), Community Telephony using Microwave or Radio for Commercial
Operations, Voice Mail Services, Sale and Installation of Terminals and Other
Equipment, Pay Phone Services.
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 3 million units deployed in over 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 architecture 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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