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 October 2005
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Commission File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION LTD.
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21A Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel
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The following are included in this report on Form 6-K:
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1. Press release on Telabria to Lunch
Broadband Network in UK using Alvarion
Equipment, dated October 3, 2005 3
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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: October 3, 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
TELABRIA TO LAUNCH BROADBAND NETWORK IN UK
USING ALVARION EQUIPMENT
Voice over IP and Symmetric Data Services to be Provided to Residents,
Businesses in South East England
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TEL AVIV, Israel, October 3, 2005 -- Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's
leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced the launch by Telabria Networks of a broadband network
in the county of Kent, England, using its BreezeACCESS(R) VL and BreezeNET(R) B
equipment. Following intensive trials in and around southeast England, Telabria
selected Alvarion equipment to offer voice over IP (VoIP) and broadband data
services throughout the county to reach the more than 50% of Kent's 1.5 million
residents and 60,000 businesses as an alternative to xDSL.
"Unlike other products we tested, BreezeACCESS VL performed exactly as
advertised giving us the confidence to begin deploying service immediately,"
said Jim Baker, CEO and Founder of Telabria Networks. "Specifically we selected
VL due to the platform's compact form factor, its low latency and jitter in
support of VoIP services, and the system's real-world throughput and performance
meeting our stringent requirements overall. Just as important, Alvarion
demonstrated a healthy supply chain able to meet the rapid growth in network and
subscriber base that we anticipate in the future."
Alvarion's widely deployed BreezeACCESS VL system enables operators to offer
VoIP and data services to SMEs, SOHOs, and telecommuters at speeds of up to 25
Mbps per user. The network will operate in 5.8GHz, a band lightly regulated by
OFCOM, the UK frequency regulatory body, for fixed broadband wireless
operations. The initial roll out includes the city of Canterbury and borough of
Swale, with additional areas planned as part of Telabria's ongoing network
expansion throughout 2005 and 2006.
BreezeACCESS VL's enhanced features such as high capacity,
encryption, quality of service (QoS) mechanisms, OFDM technology supporting
non-line-of-sight (NLOS) operation, and extended reach of up to 20 kilometers
(12.5 miles), enable carriers, mobile operators, ISPs, enterprises and others to
offer WiMAX capabilities today. Alvarion's BreezeNET B is a wireless
point-to-point bridging solution
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that operates in 5GHz band and serves as an efficient and highly secure solution
for building-to-building connectivity and backhauling. It is a cost-effective
alternative to expensive leased lines, providing a near-instant link for
connecting remote local offices to headquarters, isolated buildings on campuses
and industrial zones.
"Telabria's network is significant due to its large scope in terms
of area covered and intended subscribers, and that a combination of data and
voice services are being offered to customers," said Tzvika Friedman, CEO of
Alvarion. "We are pleased to extend our presence in the UK and look forward to
helping other innovative challengers build additional networks to fill holes in
the wired broadband network."
About Telabria Networks
Established in 2003, Telabria is an award-winning regional network operator and
wireless product developer based in the United Kingdom. Telabria is building the
UK's largest next-generation network that leverages WiMAX-class technology to
deliver data, voice and video to enterprise, business, and residential
customers. Telabria's service offering - Skylink - offers symmetrical Internet
connectivity up to 10Mbps and private circuits up to 45Mbps, with integrated
VoIP services. Skylink overcomes the technical barriers of copper-based networks
such as line distance and speed, while offering customers significant savings
and greater flexibility. Telabria's mSystem family of radio mesh devices deliver
wide-area Wi-Fi coverage in campus, metro, and public transportation markets.
For more information, visit www.telabria.com.
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.
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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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