UNITED STATES
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REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
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OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2005
Commission File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION LTD.
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1. Press release, dated January 24, 2005 4
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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: January 25, 2005 By: /s/ Dafna Gruber
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Name: Dafna Gruber
Title: Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT 1
Contacts
Dafna Gruber, CFO Carmen Deville
+972 3 645 6252 +760-517-3188
+760-517-3187
dafna.gruber@alvarion.com carmen.deville@alvarion.com
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SUMMERSIDE COMMUNITY NETWORK ROLLS OUT ALVARION
BROADBAND WIRELESS NETWORK ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
Provincial Deployment Leverages Funding From Government's Broadband Pilot
Program
To Connect Several Thousand Homes and Businesses in Over 100 Rural Communities
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Mountain View, CA USA; Summerside, PE Canada- January 24, 2005 - Alvarion Ltd,
(NASDAQ:ALVR), the global leader in wireless broadband solutions and a provider
of specialized mobile systems, today announced that the City of Summerside and
its operator partner, Wireless Island Ltd., are deploying a wireless broadband
network using Alvarion systems across the western half of the province of Prince
Edward Island (PEI). PEI, one of Canada's most popular summer vacation
destinations, has a population of around 135,000, and covers an area of
approximately 5,600 square kilometers.
Alvarion's BreezeACCESS(TM) wireless broadband solution is being used to provide
last mile connections for high-speed Internet access to homes and businesses, as
well as to schools and public offices in the region. Alvarion has received
orders totaling over $1 million U.S. in 2004, and Wireless Island indicates they
expect to continue to expand the deployment during the upcoming months.
"The communities of Prince Edward Island are no different than those near the
major urban centers, as reliable access to broadband services is now critical to
economic development," says Christopher Ogg, CEO of Wireless Island, based in
Summerside, PEI. "Summerside has a vision which recognizes the historic role of
cities to provide infrastructure and services beyond their municipal boundaries
since a city's prosperity is tied to the larger region. Fostering broadband
across the region is a logical extension of this role. Alvarion's BreezeACCESS
platform has proven itself the world over as a reliable and high quality way to
deliver broadband. And since BreezeACCESS can cover entire regions with only a
small amount of infrastructure investment,
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even an area like ours with a low population density can receive services
quickly and cost-effectively."
The new broadband network is being deployed in partnership with the region's
cities in order to spur economic development, and is being principally funded
through an award by Industry Canada, a federal department with many
responsibilities including telecommunications policy, under the Broadband Pilot
Program. Launched in 2002, the program seeks to foster deployment of broadband
to under-served communities. Significant additional financial support has been
provided by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, a federal agency that
promotes economic development.
"In percentage terms, we are one of the fastest growing cities in Canada,"
commented Terry Murphy, Summerside's longtime chief administrative officer. "We
have been working with Wireless Island for some time now to realize our shared
vision of broadband ubiquity for users through wireless. Furthermore, as the
network follows the Canadian principles of `Open Access,' others can opt to
become service providers, thereby providing further economic opportunity to
rural areas."
"The PEI deployment again proves the ready-ability of broadband wireless to
cover vast areas quickly and economically in contrast to more costly wired
networks," commented Amir Rosenzweig, President of Alvarion, Inc. "With its
proven success in providing broadband services worldwide, and since Canada has a
larger land mass than the U.S., but only 10 percent of the population, we expect
broadband wireless, and more importantly, BreezeACCESS, to play an important
role in the future of Canadian broadband."
About Wireless Island Ltd.
Wireless Island is a PEI-based integrator and developer specializing in
community-based networks. With partners in Canada and the US with over twenty
years experience in advanced networking, Wireless Island has developed a
technical and business model for community networks which integrate wireless,
copper and fiber to deliver user-centric wide area networks within the framework
of an economic development model. Originally aimed primarily at the developing
world where low-cost web open technology solutions offer the possibility of
skipping an infrastructure generation, the development and demonstration network
built in partnership with the City of Summerside proved an ideal basis for an
economically and commercially viable solution for four community groups
participating in the Broadband Pilot Program process. For more information,
visit www.wirelessisland.net
About the City of Summerside Community Network
The City of Summerside is Canada's smallest city and is the main market town for
western PEI. The City began deploying the Summerside Community Network in 2001
in a public/private partnership with Wireless Island. The network currently
covers over 1000 square kilometers and under the BRAND program the network will
over triple in coverage area. The network largely leverages existing community
infrastructure such as water towers and grain elevators to minimize cost and
speed deployment. For more information, visit: http://www.city.summerside.pe.ca
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About Alvarion
With more than 2 million units deployed in 130 countries, Alvarion is the
worldwide leader in wireless broadband providing systems to carriers, ISPs and
private network operators. Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most
extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the
full range of frequency bands. 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, and public safety communications. Alvarion works with several
top OEM providers and over 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 over 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 deploying OFDM-based systems, the company's
prominent work in the WiMAX ForumTM is focused on increasing widespread adoption
of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market.
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
+1-760-517-3188.
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