Form 6K 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 May 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'S NEW
BREEZENET®B100
ACHIEVESBREAKTHROUGHSPEEDS,
PERFORMANCEFOR
POINT-TO-POINT
ACCESS,
BACKHAUL
APPLICATIONS,dated
May 16, 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:
May
16, 2006 By:
/s/ Dafna
Gruber
Name: Dafna
Gruber
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’S
NEW BREEZENET® B100 ACHIEVES BREAKTHROUGH
SPEEDS,
PERFORMANCE FOR POINT-TO-POINT ACCESS, BACKHAUL
APPLICATIONS
Available
Q3 2006, Product Offers Up to 108 Mbps in 5GHz to Support Real Time
Video,
Voice, Data Services Including Backhauling WiMAX, Other Networks
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Tel
Aviv, Israel, May 16, 2006 -
Alvarion Ltd., (NASDAQ: ALVR),
the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that its new BreezeNET B100 has achieved breakthrough
speeds and performance for point-to-point broadband access and backhaul
applications. Available in Q3 2006, the B100 is a carrier class wireless
bridging solution that operates in the licensed-exempt 5 GHz band and offers
up
to 108Mbps. The product addresses the growing market need for robust, high
capacity systems to support real time video, voice, and data services and the
backhauling of high performance WiMAX broadband access and other networks,
including those built using Alvarion’s BreezeMAX™ and BreezeACCESS® VL products.
"Today's
need for increased bandwidth stems partly from municipalities and the public
safety market demands, particularly in North America and Europe," said Esme
Vos,
founder of Muniwireless.com. "Broadband networks supplying these needs must
combine high capacity, 100% reliable point-to-point bridging and backhauling
at
the right cost, and many times, operate in a licensed-exempt band."
Also
targeting building-to-building enterprise connectivity, cellular backhaul,
and
high capacity access applications, such as real-time video, voice, and data
services, the B100 is a field proven extension to Alvarion’s widely deployed
BreezeNET B family of point-to-point solutions and already successful BreezeNET
B14 and BreezeNET B28 products. Widely used also to deliver broadband services
for government, other public sector customers, and public safety and homeland
security uses such as video surveillance, highway patrol, vehicle tracking
and
video streaming, BreezeNET B products are sufficiently flexible and robust
for
most any deployment environment.
“Our
BreezeNET B100 gives operators the ability to quickly and easily deploy the
highest capacity broadband access and backhaul links to meet users’ ever growing
needs for bandwidth, while avoiding the high recurring costs of leased lines,"
said Rudy Leser, Alvarion corporate vice
president
of strategy and marketing. "Leveraging our advanced technology and decade plus
of market leadership, Alvarion is best positioned to offer new products to
meet
this demand and to pinpoint specific applications, such as public safety. In
addition, BreezeNET B is the perfect complement
to our widely deployed BreezeMAX and BreezeACCESS VL network systems, with
its
ability to be deployed in most any geography or climate in the world."
Currently
in field trials, the BreezeNET B100 will be available first in the 5.8 GHz
and
5.4GHz bands and can be easily co-located with other Alvarion products.
BreezeNET B100, like the whole BreezeNET B product line, incorporates robust
outdoor and OFDM technologies to provide broadband connections for an array
of
applications including in non-line-of-sight environments. BreezeNET B products
are an ideal alternative to expensive leased lines, providing a quick way to
establish high bandwidth links to connect campuses, industrial zones, and remote
offices to a company headquarters.
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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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