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 May 2005
Commission File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION LTD.
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21A Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel
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1. Press release on Q1 2005 Quarterly
Reports, dated May 10, 2005 4
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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: May 19, 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
ALVARION LAUNCHES MPOTS SOLUTION FOR HIGH DENSITY,
COST-EFFECTIVE VOICE SERVICES
ROI Improvements with Extension of WALKair(TM) 1000 Product Line
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Tel Aviv, Israel, May 10, 2005 - Alvarion Ltd., (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world's
leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced the launch of the MPOTS extension of its
WALKair(TM)1000, featuring high-density POTS (plain old telephone service)
interfaces to offer significant improvements in price per line. The combination
of better economics and quick roll-out enabled by WALKair's wireless
configuration improves carriers' business models and increases return on
investment.
MPOTS supports up to 64 telephone lines in a single customer premises equipment
(CPE) unit. Combined with WALKair's ability to support a combination of POTS,
additional TDM services and other IP services, carriers benefit by lower capital
expenditures, while offering both traditional telephony and fast Internet
access.
Among other enhancements, MPOTS can accommodate up to 9600 POTS ports per sector
in a 28MHz channel. By operating in 3.5 GHz band as well as in LMDS frequencies,
carriers receive several network options with regard to regulators and spectrum
expenses. Battery backup of the MPOTS CPE qualifies Alvarion's MPOTS solution as
the end user's primary line. "Alvarion has identified a wide range of
applications for MPOTS, including campus environments, phone supermarkets,
business parks, and multi-dwelling residences," said Rudy Leser, Vice President
of Marketing of Alvarion. "With features that significantly increase carrier ROI
by multiplying subscribers with less equipment, we expect that MPOTS extension
to WALKair will soon be deployed throughout the world."
MPOTS is an extension of the WALKair(TM)1000 product line, Alvarion's
point-to-multi-point broadband wireless access system for carriers targeting
small and medium enterprises (SMEs), multi-tenant and multi-dwelling units (MTUs
and MDUs), SOHOs, industrial, retail and residential subscribers. Operating in
the 3.5, 10.5 and 26 GHz frequency bands, WALKair(TM) maximizes data throughput
with a total cell capacity of 256 Mbps in a 28 MHz channel and more than 512
Mbps in a 56 MHz channel. As a result, a single WALKair(TM) 1000 base station
can support up to 2048 CPEs with peak data burst rates of up to 4 Mbps.
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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. Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most
extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the
full range of frequency bands. 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, and public safety communications. Alvarion works with several
top OEM providers and over 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 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 deploying OFDM-based systems, the company's prominent work in the
WiMAX ForumTM is focused on increasing widespread adoption of standards-based
products in the wireless broadband market.
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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