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Telecom Veteran Dr. David Kettler Joins Alvarion Board of Directors

Broadband technology expert and IEEE Fellow elected at Annual Shareholder Meeting 
 
Tel Aviv, Israel April 29, 2004 – Alvarion, the global leader in wireless broadband solutions, today announced that Dr. David Kettler, a broadband technology expert and telecom industry consultant from Atlanta, GA, has been elected to the Board of Directors at the Annual Shareholder Meeting held yesterday in Tel Aviv.

Dr. Kettler served as the BellSouth Vice President in charge of the Science and Technology organization and Chief Architect for the BellSouth Network until his retirement in 2000. His distinguished career also includes 15 years at AT&T Bell Laboratories and in Strategic Planning at AT&T corporate headquarters. He has been actively engaged in numerous university/industry activities, has led consortia projects and facilitated technology transfer from research laboratories to commercialization.

“We are privileged to have David Kettler join our board,” said Anthony Maher, Chairman of Alvarion. “He brings a wealth of experience that will be a tremendous asset to this growing company. With the addition of Dr. Kettler we are continuing the development of a strong board with global experience and a broad mix of technical, business, and financial expertise”.
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About Alvarion With over 1.5 million units deployed in 130 countries, Alvarion is the worldwide leader in wireless broadband providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private network operators. Featuring the industry's most extensive portfolio and covering the full range of frequency bands, the company's products enable the delivery of business and residential broadband access, corporate VPNs, mobile base station feeding, Hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection, and public safety communications. Alvarion works with several leading OEM providers and through over 200 local partners to support its diverse customer base in solving their last mile connection challenges wherever located. As an industry pioneer, Alvarion has been driving and delivering wireless broadband innovations for 10 years from core technology developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Most recently offering OFDM-based systems and taking leading roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards, the company's prominent work in the WiMAX ForumTM is focused on leading the wireless broadband market to widespread adoption of standards-based products.

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