Form 6K Report of Foreign Private Issuer
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Form
6-K
REPORT
OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT
TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For
the
month of December 2006
Commission
File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION
LTD.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
21A
Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel
(Address
of principal executive office)
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Press
release on FINTEL
TO COVER FIJI ISLANDS WITH WIMAX USING ALVARION’S BREEZEMAX™
dated
December
4,
2006
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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:
December 4th, 2006
By:
/s/ Dafna
Gruber
Name: Dafna
Gruber
Title: CFO
EXHIBIT
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Contacts
Dafna
Gruber, CFO Carmen
Deville
+972
3
645 6252 +760-517-3188
+760-517-3187
dafna.gruber@alvarion.com
carmen.deville@alvarion.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FINTEL
TO COVER FIJI ISLANDS WITH WIMAX USING ALVARION’S
BREEZEMAX™
Country’s
International Telecom Provider
Starting
With WiMAX Services in Capital City of Suva
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Tel
Aviv, Israel, December 4, 2006--Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ:ALVR),
the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that Fiji International Communications Limited
(FINTEL), the country’s international telecommunications provider, has selected
BreezeMAX to offer WiMAX data services to the businesses and residents of the
Fiji islands. Working with Paclink, a leading South Pacific systems integrator,
FINTEL will start by offering services in the capital city of Suva, later
expanding to more of the 330 islands in the south Pacific
archipelago.
“We
are
pleased to be able to bring the ‘4G’ services of WiMAX to the Fiji Islands,”
said Mr. Jone Wesele, Commercial & Business Development Manager
of FINTEL. “As a complement to our existing fiber and satellite networks,
BreezeMAX has proven to be ideal for our island terrain. It's a robust,
ruggedized system with exceptionally high performance for our non-line-of-sight
environment and meets the demanding bandwidth and service requirements of our
busy tourist industry."
BreezeMAX
is Alvarion’s award-winning, WiMAX Certified™ platform designed from the ground
up according to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced
non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality.
“Bringing
WiMAX to the Fiji Islands is very exciting, and we are thrilled to plan and
deploy such a significant addition to FINTEL’s network capabilities," said
Philip Martyn of Paclink. “We look forward to growing our relationship with
Alvarion to offer more network solutions to FINTEL and other carriers in our
region.”
BreezeMAX
carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS)
to
enable carriers to offer triple play broadband services to thousands of
subscribers in a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX
has been successfully deployed in over 200 installations in more than 80
countries around the world.
“We
applaud FINTEL’s decision to strategically integrate the excellent business case
of BreezeMAX to add broadband data services to its already existing network
capabilities,”
said
Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. “As our deployments in Asia
Pacific increase, we are pleased to see more and more carriers leverage our
market-leading BreezeMAX in their island environments. In addition, WiMAX
services will give the Fiji tourist industry a substantial boost with the
corresponding economic benefits."
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About
Fiji International Telecommunications Limited (FINTEL)
Fiji
International Telecommunications Limited (FINTEL) is a private company, licensed
by Government to provide Fiji's international telecommunications services.
The
Company, formed in December 1976, is jointly owned by the Government of Fiji
(51%) and Cable and Wireless PLC of UK (49%). FINTEL is Fiji's only licensed
international carrier and operates a submarine optic fibre cable terminal and
a
satellite earth station at Vatuwaqa, Suva. A combination of these two
alternative, though complementary, facilities provides Fiji with both adequate
capacity and reliability through diversity of routes. Access to a world-wide
telecommunications network is provided through direct circuits and utilisation
of several overseas centres as transit switching points.
About
Paclink
Communications Pty Ltd
Established
in 1994, Paclink Communications is the leading South Pacific Systems Integrator
providing an array of access solutions to serve the business requirements of
carriers, service providers, and enterprises.
Pacific
based carriers utilizing Paclink access solutions range from Tahiti to New
Caledonia, thru to Fiji, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, and throughout
Australia.
Paclink
core competencies include Carrier-Class WIMAX Broadband, Ultra high-capacity
network connectivity, IP and voice compression systems for fibre and satellite
networks, and last mile access solutions.
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 2 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion is the world’s leading
provider of innovative wireless network solutions enabling personal broadband
services to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data,
VoIP, video and other applications. Providing systems to carriers, ISPs and
private network operators, the company supplies solutions in both developed
and
developing countries.
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 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 in deploying OFDM-based systems, the
Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum™ is focused on increasing the
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
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
+1.650.314.2653.
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