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 September 2005
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Commission File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION LTD.
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(Translation of registrant's name into English)
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 Cable & Wireless,
dated September 26, 2005 2
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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: September 26, 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
CABLE&WIRELESS SELECTS ALVARION'S GSM SOLUTION
TO PROVIDE MOBILE VOICE SERVICES FOR THE FIRST TIME TO
FALKLAND ISLANDS RESIDENTS
$1.5 million Compact Cellular Network Ideal for Island Deployment
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TEL AVIV, Israel, September 26, 2005 -- Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR),
the world's leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized
mobile networks, today announced that Cable&Wireless is deploying a $1.5 million
cellular network, a compact GSM system, to provide voice services to the
residents of the Falkland Islands for the first time.
"Alvarion's compact GSM system is exactly the kind of reliable and
cost effective solution that we look for in providing services to the
mountainous Falkland Islands with its population of a few thousand residents,"
said Rick Hall, CEO of Cable&Wireless. "We have the flexibility to provide high
quality voice services and advanced features, initially around Stanley and Mount
Pleasant, but eventually extending to cover more of the rural areas.
Alvarion's GSM system offers distributed architecture designed
optimally for small to medium size GSM networks. Its easy deployment, low
startup costs and scalability, make for an ideal solution for island landscape
and topography. By using this system, operators may offer subscribers a wide
range of value-added services, including voicemail, short message service and
prepaid calling.
"We look forward to completing the island deployment as it is the
perfect application for our GSM network that reaches the un-reachable," said Zvi
Slonimsky, CEO of Alvarion. "The system is built to cope with rough terrain
while delivering the necessary bandwidth of a robust, reliable network in a
remote location. We are pleased to add Cable&Wireless to our growing list of top
tier carrier customers."
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About Cable&Wireless
Cable&Wireless is one of the worlds leading international
communications companies. It provides fixed and mobile voice, data, IP (Internet
Protocol) and broadband services to business and residential customers, as well
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services to other telecoms carriers, mobile operators and providers of content,
applications and internet services. Cable & Wireless principal operations are in
the United Kingdom, the Caribbean, Panama, Macau and Monaco. For more
information about Cable & Wireless, go to www.cw.com
About Alvarion
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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.
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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