PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2008
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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The following are included in this report on Form 6-K:
Exhibit | Description | Sequential Page Number |
1. | Press release on Alvarion and Bridgewater Systems Announce Joint WiMAX Deployment in Angola. Dated January 8th , 2008 |
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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.
Date: January 8th, 2008 |
ALVARION LTD. By: /s/ Efrat Makov Efrat Makov CFO |
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Contacts | |
Efrat Makov, CFO | Claudia Gatlin, Investor Relations |
+972-3-645-6252 | +212-830-9080 |
+760-517-3187 | claudia.gatlin@alvarion.com |
Efrat.makov@alvarion.com |
Alvarion and
Bridgewater Systems Announce Joint
WiMAX Deployment
in Angola
Enables MSTelcom to support IP services over Mobile WiMAX
Tel Aviv, Israel & Ottawa, Canada January 8, 2008 Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) and Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) today announced they are providing MSTelcom, of Sonangol Group, with advanced WiMAX solutions to support IP services to be offered in key locations throughout Northern Angola. This deployment project is planned to support MSTelcoms current services that include national satellite coverage, broadband services, terrestrial links, Internet access, national and international connectivity (telephony), and radio tracking systems.
Bridgewaters proven AAA Service Controller is provided as part of Alvarions OPEN WiMAX architecture, enabling MSTelcom to provide robust authentication and authorization for high speed Internet and VoIP WiMAX services based on IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX technology. The new network enables MSTelcom to optimize services used as the preferred last mile solution for residential and SOHO markets. In addition, they can maintain continuous technological evolution and enforce the building of a rural satellite-based network for telephony connectivity.
Mr. Angelo Gama, CTO of MSTelcom commented about the deployment project: With a wide range of offered services and growing customer base, we need a reliable and cost effective solution. Bridgewaters powerful AAA Service Controller together with Alvarions unique Mobile WiMAX technology, provides a winning combination for enabling us to offer broadband wireless to our customers, while optimizing our current and future services.
Market-leading operators are choosing best of breed solutions based on Alvarions OPEN WiMAX architecture, said Tyler Nelson, vice president of business development and marketing for Bridgewater Systems. As a partner in Alvarions ecosystem, Bridgewater provides the industrys most robust and advanced AAA solution, proven in the most demanding service provider environments and compliant with relevant WiMAX Forum standards for Mobile WiMAX. This makes it the right choice for progressive WiMAX operators such as MSTelcom.
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We are pleased to present MSTelcom with this advanced WiMAX service offering together with our partner Bridgewater Systems, said Rudy Leser, corporate vice president strategy and marketing of Alvarion Ltd. This win serves as another proof point to the advantage of our best of breed OPEN WiMAX ecosystem of partners. We look forward to future possibilities of accelerating WiMAX with Bridgewater Systems and offering future mobile services as well.
Fully interoperable with Alvarions Access Service Network gateways (ASN-GW), the Bridgewater Systems AAA Service Controller is a proven carrier-grade authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) solution. It features a powerful policy and profile engine to allow service providers to control and manage access to advanced and differentiated services on a per-subscriber basis. Compliant with the WiMAX Forums NWG Stage 3 Release 1.0.0 specification, the AAA Service Controller provides extensive support for Mobile WiMAX often not available in legacy AAA servers, such as support for multiple EAP methods, dual RADIUS/Diameter protocol support, device and subscriber authentication, as well as mobile IP support.
MSTelcom Mercury Telecommunications Services S.A.R.L. was established on March 21, 1997 with the objective of guaranteeing maintaining and operating in an efficient manner the communications of the Sonangol Group. In 2003 the company was licensed as a telecommmunications operator one of four in the country and since then MSTelcom has been providing fixed telephony services to Sonangol Group and other companies.
Bridgewater Systems develops the industrys most advanced subscriber-centric policy management software for fixed, mobile and converged networks. Its solutions help global service providers launch new services faster and maximize profits by creating a subscriber-centric policy decision point to control and monetize the dynamic subscriber interaction with IP-based services. Vendor-neutral and access network agnostic, Bridgewater Systems comprehensive policy management portfolio features: network access control products including authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA) and dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) systems; entitlement control products to manage subscriber access to applications and network resources; and robust subscriber management via a centralized policy and profile repository solution. Bridgewater Systems proven carrier-class products help service providers enrich the subscriber experience, enable extensive revenue capture capabilities, and out-of-the-box value that can be deployed in weeks instead of months.
More than 90 leading service providers around the globe including Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Bell Mobility, and SmarTone-Vodafone trust Bridgewaters technology and business insight to help them deliver world-class services. www.bridgewatersystems.com.
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With more than 3 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion (www.alvarion.com) is the worlds leading provider of innovative wireless broadband network solutions enabling Personal Broadband to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP, video and other services.
Alvarion is leading the market to
Open WiMAX solutions with the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in
the industry covering the full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile
solutions. Alvarions products enable the delivery of personal mobile broadband,
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.
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 in deploying OFDM-based systems, the
Companys 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 Open WiMAX solutions.
Bridgewater Systems Media Contact: | |
Mi liberty | |
Marla Cimini | Simon Marshall |
856-616-1194 | +44 207 751 44 44 |
marla@libertycomms.com | simon@libertycomms.com |
Alvarion contact information: | |
Investor Contacts: | Press Contacts: |
Efrat Makov, CFO | |
+972.3.645.6252 | In the U.S.: Heather Mills |
+1.650.314.2652 | +1.972.341.2512 |
efrat.makov@alvarion.com | hmills@golinharris.com |
Claudia Gatlin | In the U.K.: Bridget Fishleigh |
+1.212.830.9080 | 44.1273.305.936 |
claudia.gatlin@alvarion.com | bridget@nomadcomms.com |
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