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
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 Alvarion Wins Two
Prestigious Industry Awards, dated
October 11, 2005 2
2. Press Release on Testing WIMAX across
Italy, dated October 11, 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: October 11, 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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Alvarion Wins Two Prestigious Industry Awards for its WiMAX Strategy
BreezeMAX(TM) Recognized by World Communications Awards and InfoVision
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TEL AVIV, Israel, October 11, 2005 -- Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's
leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that it won two prestigious industry awards for both
its contribution to WiMAX development and its BreezeMAX, a WiMAX-ready platform.
Awards were received in the past week from World Communications Awards and
Infovision, respectively.
At its annual ceremony on October 3, 2005 in London, World Communications Awards
(WCA) bestowed the title of "Best Technology Foresight" to Alvarion for its
market leading BreezeMAX system and important role in the development of WiMAX.
Other telecom leaders honored at the event included France Telecom, Orange, and
British Telecom Global Services. The WCA defines its objective selection of
winners as recognizing outstanding achievements by telecom providers at global,
regional and national levels. The Best Technology Foresight category is open to
all fixed and mobile operators and service providers, as well as equipment
vendors and developers of software solutions. It is awarded to the individual or
organization that has shown the greatest foresight in developing or fostering
the development of a technology to deliver or receive communications services
via carrier networks.
Alvarion received the Infovision Awards the following day during the IEC
Broadband World Forum that was held at the Palacio de Municipal de Congresos in
Madrid, Spain. Again, Alvarion's BreezeMAX system received the award, this time
in the Wireless Broadband category. Others receiving awards included global
companies such as Alcatel, Deutsche Telecom, Microsoft, and France Telecom. The
InfoVision Award program objectively recognizes technologies, applications,
products, advances, and services viewed as making the greatest contribution to
the telecommunications industry. With hundreds of submissions and only two
winners in each of the eight categories, the highly-coveted awards gave tribute
to those catalyzing positive change in technology, business, and academia,
completely in line with the IEC's mission.
BreezeMAX(TM) is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform, which was designed from the
ground up according to the IEEE 802.16-2004 standards using OFDM technology for
advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Its carrier-class design
supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS) to enable carriers to
offer multiple broadband voice data and services to thousands of subscribers in
a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been
successfully deployed in over 100 installations throughout more than 30
countries around the world.
From the beginning, Alvarion has been at the forefront of broadband wireless
standards serving as both a founding and board member of the WiMAX Forum(TM), as
well as holding several
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executive positions in the organization. In addition to numerous BreezeMAX
deployments worldwide, Alvarion has achieved many industry milestones, including
having the first commercially available WiMAX-ready CPE using the Intel(R)
PRO/Wireless 5116 WiMAX chip.
WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a technology
based on the IEEE 802.16 air interface standard and the ETSI HiperMAN wireless
metropolitan area network (MAN) standard. WiMAX technology has the capacity to
deliver sufficient bandwidth to enable triple-play applications, including
high-speed data, toll-quality voice and multimedia content.
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EXHIBIT 2
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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TESTING WIMAX ACROSS ITALY: ALVARION AND LOCAL PARTNERS
SELECTED FOR WIMAX TRIALS NATIONWIDE
Various Carriers Now Conducting 11 BreezeMAX(TM) Trials Throughout Country
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Tel-Aviv, Israel, October 11, 2005 - Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's
leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that multiple operators, through Alvarion's local
partners, have purchased its WiMAX-ready platform, BreezeMAX 3500, to conduct 11
WiMAX trials across Italy--the most of any vendor participating in the program.
Pilot systems are now operating in Milan, Rome, Arezzo, Piedmont, Val d'Aosta,
Sardinia, Abruzzo, Sicily and Parma with the trials scheduled for completion by
the end of this year. The Ugo Bordoni Foundation, a research center chosen by
the Italian Communications Ministry to conduct WiMAX field trials across Italy,
is responsible for handling the pilots and selecting the proposals.
"We are delighted to be building on our already strong presence in Italy in
helping to develop the Italian WIMAX market," said Tzvika Friedman, CEO of
Alvarion. "Our strong local relationships, numerous commercial deployments of
broadband wireless systems throughout Europe, and our more than 100
installations of WiMAX-ready networks worldwide were key factors in being
selected for the most pilot networks of any vendor. We look forward to WiMAX
spectrum allocations in Italy in the near future."
BreezeMAX(TM) is Alvarion's WiMAX-ready platform, which was designed from the
ground up according to the IEEE 802.16-2004 standards using OFDM technology for
advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Its carrier-class design
supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS) to enable carriers to
offer multiple broadband voice data and services to thousands of subscribers in
a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been
successfully deployed in over 100 installations throughout more than 30
countries around the world.
From the beginning, Alvarion has been at the forefront of broadband wireless
standards serving as both a founding and board member of the WiMAX Forum(TM), as
well as having several of its employees holding executive positions in the
organization. In addition to numerous BreezeMAX deployments worldwide, Alvarion
has achieved many industry milestones, including having the first commercially
available WiMAX CPE using the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 5116 WiMAX chip.
WiMAX stands for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, a technology
based on the IEEE 802.16 air interface standard and the ETSI HiperMAN wireless
metropolitan area network (MAN) standard. WiMAX technology has the capacity to
deliver sufficient bandwidth to enable triple-play applications, including
high-speed data, toll-quality voice and multimedia content.
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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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