Form 6-K Report of Foreign Private Issuer
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 February 2006
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 ALVARION
ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY OF BREEZEACCESS® 4900 FOR U.S. PUBLIC
SAFETY USE,
dated February
28,
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.
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ALVARION
LTD. |
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| Date: February
28, 2006 |
By: |
/s/ Dafna
Gruber |
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Name:
Dafna Gruber |
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Title:
Chief
Financial Officer |
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
ALVARION
ANNOUNCES COMMERCIAL AVAILABILITY
OF
BREEZEACCESS® 4900 FOR U.S. PUBLIC SAFETY USE
With
Advanced OFDM Technology and Wide Coverage, System
Scoring
Success in Public Safety
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Mountain
View, California, and Tel Aviv, Israel, February 28, 2006 - Alvarion Ltd.,
(NASDAQ: ALVR), the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced the commercial availability of BreezeACCESS
4900, an extension of its market leading wireless broadband platform using
the
4.9 GHz frequency band, developed specifically to meet the secure broadband
communications needs of the U.S. public safety market. With advanced OFDM
technology and wide coverage capabilities, BA 4900 scored several successes
during its pre-release field trials throughout the U.S.
In
the
past few months, the BreezeACCESS 4900 system has been installed for various
live public safety applications, such as to provide secure voice communications
using VoIP, manage traffic lights, and perform remote video surveillance
including for crime fighting purposes. In one instance, real time wireless
video
transmitted by a BreezeACCESS 4900 system enabled police to uncover a drug
smuggling operation, resulting in the seizure of illegal narcotics and several
arrests.
“We
are
very excited about this product and its support of the many diverse and
extensive public safety applications,” commented Dan Carr, president of
Electronic Technologies, a trained and certified Alvarion AIR Partner engaged
in
extensive public safety projects in the Midwest. “For some time, our customers
have been eager to migrate their most sensitive network services to a licensed
band product featuring secure communications. BreezeACCESS 4900 is the best
system to implement the numerous scaled projects we have pending, even including
those within a single market.”
Taking
advantage of advanced orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
technology, BreezeACCESS 4900 enables high-capacity, non-line-of-sight
connections. It offers a comprehensive solution for public safety agencies,
including broadband connectivity in vehicles when combined with Alvarion’s
BreezeACCESS 900 system. Field proven features allow for point-to-multipoint
access, point-to-point backhauling and point-to-multipoint backhauling of other
vendors’ devices such as sensors, cameras and traffic systems. Furthermore, to
meet the rigorous
security demands of public safety networks, BreezeACCESS 4900 is FIPS-197
certified and employs federally approved AES encryption.
Built
to
comply with the FCC’s maximum high power mask, the 4900 is superior in range
when compared with alternative solutions that only comply with the low power
mask. Also featuring advanced quality of service (QoS), critical traffic
prioritization and VoIP mechanisms, BreezeACCESS 4900 offers a combination
of
data, voice, and video services—all in real time.
“We
intentionally put BreezeACCESS 4900 through a very challenging beta testing
program, given its target market,” said Amir Rosenzweig, President of Alvarion,
Inc. “In each case, the system overcame non line-of-sight challenges, provided
extensive coverage, and easily weathered various environmental conditions,
all
critical capabilities for public safety applications like remote security
surveillance and traffic management. Now field proven, the 4900’s extreme
cost-effectiveness in comparison with alternative solutions means that it will
emerge as the benchmark solution for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness
of municipal and other public sector agencies.”
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 2 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion is the worldwide leader
in wireless broadband, providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private network
operators, and also in extending coverage of GSM and CDMA mobile networks to
developing countries and other hard to serve areas.
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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