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Press
release on Hitachi Communication Technologies and
Alvarion to Cooperate in Developing Mobile WIMAX System
dated
August 7th,
2007
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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:
August 8th,
2007
By: /s/
Tali
Mirsky
Name:
Tali
Mirsky
Title:
VP,
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
EXHIBIT
1
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
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Hitachi
Communication Technologies and Alvarion to Cooperate
in
Developing Mobile WiMAX System
Establishment
of Strategic Partnership in Broadband Mobile Wireless
Access
System
Hitachi
Communication Technologies Ltd. with its headquarters in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo,
Japan, President & CEO Eiji Aoki (“Hitachi Com”) and Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:
ALVR) with its headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel, President & CEO Tzvika
Friedman (“Alvarion”) have agreed to develop Broadband Mobile
Wireless Access System using Mobile WiMAX technology jointly in Japan and
overseas market.
The
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications has developed the license policy
of 2.5 GHz band. WiMAX is considered as the most likely candidate for Broadband
Mobile Wireless Access Systems. To establish WiMAX technology, the base station,
which can transmit broadband data stably, and the mobile management technology,
which can realize seamless handover between base stations, are
needed.
The
main
goal of this agreement is that Hitachi Com and Alvarion will develop total
system solutions, combined with the base station technology of Alvarion, which
is globally a leading company in WiMAX and broadband wireless systems, with
the
mobile gateway technology, construction and maintenance technology of Hitachi
Com, which has the rich experience of 3G Mobile Radio Network
System.
Hitachi
Com is in charge of developing ASN-GW, which has the following
features:
(1)
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The
common platform architecture is applied from a small system to very
large
systems so that it can flexibly be expanded along by the future traffic
increase through separating protocol processor from traffic
processor.
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(2)
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It
has a non-stop configuration to realize the quality of carrier grade
so
that it can switch to the redundant system without giving any impact
to
other equipment such as base stations and mobile stations through
mirroring of operation information and instantaneous transfer of
IP
addresses.
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(3)
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It
has extremely high-speed packet processing performance through the
use of
high performance ASN-GW engine of which capability is expected to
be 10
(ten) times or more when compared with Hitachi Com’s current
products.
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Alvarion
is in charge of developing high performance macro/micro base stations, which
have the following features.
(1)
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The
realization of the reduction in size and weight by function aggregation.
(unified RF parts and digital processing parts, 30% less power consumption
and 50% less mass), Reduction of installation work
cost.
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(2)
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It
is compatible with AAS and MIMO which are key features in the WiMAX
ForumTM
Wave 2 specifications. As a result of combining MIMO and AAS together,
effective cell design can be accomplished easier and both area coverage
and system capacity increase.
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(3)
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The
realization of low power consumption in the RF portion with the advanced
technologies such as DPD and CFR.
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Through
the experiences of Hitachi Com, which has the fast hand over and mobile
management technologies proven in the 3G mobile communication market, and
Alvarion, which has the wireless broadband technology from OFDMA down acquired
in the fixed WiMAX with high market shares in the world, they can realized
new
WiMAX system which has the quality of career grade still maintaining WiFi-like
easy deployment capability.
WiMAX
is
a broadband wireless standard which is based on the specifications 802.16
working group in IEEE formulates. Its strong points are faster speed service
at
a lower price when compared with 3rd
generation. WiMAX Forum, an industry group, formulates the
specifications of the higher layer and authenticates equipment. Also, Alvarion
is playing a leading role from the early stage in WiMAX Forum and contributes
substantially by volunteering to be a chairman today in the most important
Working Group.
Hitachi
Com will aim for further global expansion in the next generation broadband
wireless business through this scheme.
About
Hitachi Communication Technologies, Ltd.
Hitachi
Communication Technologies, Ltd., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT / TSE: 6501) Fiscal 2006 (ended
March 31, 2007) sales totaled 103.6 billion yen ($878million). The company
develops, designs and manufactures a wide range of information and communication
systems-related products. For more information, please visit the
company's website at http://www.hitachi-com.com/.
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 3 million units deployed in more than150 countries, Alvarion
(www.alvarion.com) is the world’s 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. Alvarion’s 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 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 Open WiMAX solutions.
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: the failure of the market for WIMAX products to develop as
anticipated; Alvarion’s inability to capture market share in the expected growth
of the WIMAX market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive
reasons or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing
objectives; 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
inability to establish and maintain relationships with commerce, advertising,
marketing, and technology providers and other risks detailed from time to time
in the Company’s 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other
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 Kika Stayerman, kika.stayerman@alvarion.com or
+972.3.767.4159.