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TEL AVIV, Israel--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, will be showcasing an enhanced ecosystem of devices through an open network of partners, as well as innovative applications running over Mobile WiMAX™ technology to give a look and feel of the real time experience via a live network.
Several Alvarion customers will feature at the speaking panels at the show. Monaco Telecom executives will be present at the show to talk about the WiMAX Center of Excellence they recently launched at Monaco. A few Alvarion executives will also speak at featured panels.
Alvarion will host live seminars related to cutting edge WiMAX technology topics and its applications at the booth during all four days.
Other key technology demonstrations include a live WiMAX and 3G handover demo and a Wii gaming application over a live Mobile WiMAX connection.
Alvarion will launch a major device initiative at the show and will showcase WiMAX devices from an open network of partners in its booth.
"Broadband is a high growth market with global potential and WiMAX provides a quick ROI business case," said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. "Our mature technology built through years of customer experience will be at display during the show. Our customers are reinventing the way data services have been offered traditionally through a radically different approach, which focuses on value added applications with portable and mobile broadband services and an experience unmatched by any other wireless technology today in the marketplace."
WiMAX offers an excellent solution to quickly reach large numbers of end users with broadband type of services. Alvarion's solution enables operators to achieve a strong business case through its ability to offer a better total cost of ownership based on special technology that enables higher capacity and extended coverage. Alvarion also presents tailored solutions for emerging markets and a proven track record in the flourishing market of Africa.
Alvarion has deployed more than 250 WiMAX networks around the globe and continues to expand its footprint of WiMAX coverage through a variety of innovative operators offering cutting edge wireless broadband services. Alvarion has won several recent WiMAX contracts including VMAX in Taiwan, LinkeM in Italy, ICE in Costa Rica and Bharti Airtel in India. Alvarion provides an end-to-end WiMAX solution with full turnkey services to present a full portfolio to its customers.
About Alvarion
Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR) is the largest WiMAX pure-player with the most extensive WiMAX customer base and over 250 commercial deployments around the globe. Committed to growing the WiMAX market, the company offers solutions for a wide range of frequency bands supporting a variety of business cases. Through its OPEN™ WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy end-to-end turnkey WiMAX projects, Alvarion is shaping the new wireless broadband experience ([ www.alvarion.com ]).
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