Verizon Avenue Deploys Fixed Wireless Broadband Services Using Alvario

    Business Editors/Technology Writers

    MOUNTAINVIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2005--Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR), the global leader in wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile networks, today announced that Verizon Avenue, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications focused on the multiple-dwelling unit and rural markets, has purchased approximately 2,300 BreezeACCESS(TM) VL fixed wireless broadband units. This will enable Verizon Avenue to provide high-speed Internet services to five military communities at the former Fort Ord military installation in Monterey, Calif.
    The network deployment is part of a U.S. Department of Defense initiative to modernize military housing across the United States. Verizon Avenue is deploying the network throughout the Monterey Peninsula under contract to Clark Pinnacle Family Communities LLC. Clark Pinnacle, a joint venture between Clark Realty Capital of Bethesda, Md., and Pinnacle Realty Management Company of Seattle, is one of several prime contractors selected by the federal government to revitalize military housing.
    Alvarion's BreezeACCESS VL provides broadband last mile connections to homes and business with over 20Mbps of shared capacity available to users in a given area. Using advanced OFDM algorithms, the advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) technology that is the basis of the WiMAX specification, the BreezeACCESS VL system is capable of covering all users in an area regardless of rolling terrain and dense foliage.
    The BreezeACCESS VL is designed specifically for operators to provide carrier class broadband services to end users throughout a service area, and to enable operators to tailor their service offerings to meet the exact requirements of each market. Due to its flexibility and ease of deployment, fixed broadband wireless networks using VL can be deployed rapidly, which enables fast time to market, especially in areas where wireline infrastructure is unavailable or difficult to build in a timely manner.
    In addition, Verizon has deployed Alvarion's BreezeNET(TM) B point-to-point systems, an advanced NLOS system that operates in the unlicensed bands of 5.3 GHz and 5.8 GHz, to backhaul the VL cell sites to Verizon Avenue's nearest point of presence. Alvarion has also provided Verizon Avenue with technical assistance and a variety of professional services, including network design, project management and training.
    "Alvarion is proud to work with Verizon and Clark Pinnacle to bring modern necessities like high-speed Internet access to America's military families," remarked Amir Rosenzweig, President of Alvarion, Inc. "With our advanced, cost effective broadband access systems and hands-on support services, fixed wireless proved to be the best solution to deliver high-speed Internet service in these communities and is the basis for our growing relationship with Verizon Avenue."

    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, 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 ten 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 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
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CONTACT: Investor: Alvarion Dafna Gruber, +972 3 645 6252 or 760-517-3187 dafna.gruber@alvarion.com or Carmen Deville, 760-517-3188 carmen.deville@alvarion.com or Press: In the U.S.: Whitney Gilliam, +1 972-308-9116 wgilliam@golinharris.com or In the U.K.: Bridget Fishleigh, +44 127 362 4442 bridget@nomadcomms.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: AEROSPACE/DEFENSE GOVERNMENT TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERNET E-COMMERCE SOURCE: Alvarion

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