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Alvarion Extends BreezeACCESS™ VL To The European 5.4 GHz Unlicensed Band Enabling Widely Available, Affordable Broadband Connections

Employing OFDM Technology, Product Eases Installation, Increases Range in Urban and Foliage Dense Environments in Delivering Broadband Services to Businesses and Residences

Product to Be Officially Unveiled at CeBIT 2004 
 
Tel – Aviv, Israel, March 18, 2004 – Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the global leader in wireless broadband solutions, today announced its new BreezeACCESS™ VL system, a solution that employs OFDM, a technology which is the basis of the coming WiMAX standard, for the 5.4GHz unlicensed frequency bands in the European market. Targeting small and medium enterprises (SMEs), multi-tenant units (MTUs), and even residential markets where DSL or cable modem services are not available, the VL is perfectly suited to fill broadband gaps in service provider infrastructure and for building private broadband networks.
As the newest addition to Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS product line, the 5.4 GHz VL builds on a platform that has already enjoyed wide deployment success throughout the world in the 5.8 GHz unlicensed bands of the US, China, Russia, the UK, and Ireland. European governments are the latest to make unlicensed bands in 5 GHz available to carriers and enterprises to meet the growing demand for broadband connections. Unlicensed bands are optimally used by carriers in suburban and rural areas where interference is not a problem and by enterprises and others, such as government entities, who want to build private broadband networks.

The BreezeACCESS VL contains several advanced features including exceptional non-line-of-sight (NLOS) capabilities to increase range in both urban and foliage-dense environments and dynamic frequency selection (DFS) and automatic transmit power control (ATPC) to improve operational flexibility while complying fully with European and US regulations. The combination translates into expanded range enabling operators to reach more customers in their service areas and reduced installation and maintenance costs overall.

Paul Doody, Managing Director of Irish Broadband, said: “The broadband fixed wireless network we built using the BreezeACCESS VL has exceeded both our expectations and those of our customers. The flexibility to install base stations where demand is highest has enabled us to grow rapidly, whilst keeping our costs low. By expanding our network and using the latest technology – namely 5GHz networks – we will be able to meet the soaring demand for broadband services in Ireland. Alvarion has proved to be an invaluable partner – its investment in research and development, and production of equipment which the market is demanding has impressed us fully.”

In the United States, where the BreezeACCESS VL has been actively deployed for almost a year, many customers are also using the product’s advanced features to cover more area and serve more customers due to its advanced bandwidth throughput and NLOS algorithms. “We tested equipment from multiple vendors, and Alvarion came out top in all criteria we measured including quality of service and bandwidth availability”, commented Darol Lain, CEO of Sting Communications. “BreezeACCESS VL’s NLOS capability more than matched the demands of the terrain and the knowledge and expertise of Alvarion’s people proved invaluable. And so we have decided that both now and in the future as our network expands, we will only use Alvarion equipment”.

Commenting on the announcement, Zvi Slonimsky, CEO of Alvarion, said, “With high capacity and a rich mix of exciting features, BreezeACCESS VL is what BWA operators need to complement and in some cases even win over fiber and xDSL in serving SME and MTU customers. A significant extension of our proven BreezeACCESS solutions, BreezeACCESS VL at 5.4 GHz helps answer the ever-growing demand for 5GHz products, and gives our customers an expanded technology migration path.”

With this newest addition to the BreezeACCESS product line, Alvarion continues to expand the industry’s largest, most economically compelling complement of BWA products in the market.

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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