UNITED STATES
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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 November 2005
Commission File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION LTD.
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1. Press release on FRANCE TELECOM
AFFILIATE IKATEL MALI DEPLOYING
ALVARION'S WIMAX SOLUTION
GSM Operator To Provide Fixed
BroadbandServices To Corporate
and Residential Subscribers
Using BreezeMAX(TM)
, dated November 28, 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: November 28, 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
FRANCE TELECOM AFFILIATE IKATEL MALI DEPLOYING
ALVARION'S WIMAX SOLUTION
GSM Operator To Provide Fixed Broadband Services To Corporate and Residential
Subscribers Using BreezeMAX(TM)
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MountainView, Calif., November 28, 2005 - Alvarion Ltd., (NASDAQ: ALVR), the
world's leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that Ikatel, an affiliate of France Telecom offering
broadband data services in the West African country of Mali, will install
Alvarion's BreezeMAX(TM) 3500 system, including hundreds of CPEs based on the
Intel WiMAX chip to deploy a WiMAX network in the capital city of Bamako.
Ikatel, a leading GSM and Internet operator in Mali, expects to deploy the
network by year-end.
"We are excited to bring advanced WiMAX technology to the corporate and
residential market using Alvarion's BreezeMAX," said Amadou Deme, chief
technical officer of Ikatel Mali. "They are hungry for broadband services, and
BreezeMAX definitely fits our requirements for quick installation and overall
costs. In addition to providing us the best possible technological solution,
Alvarion had a true understanding of our special network needs, business
environment and gave us the right level of support all along the way. We are
firm in our commitment to bring affordable Internet services to Mali's
population and are confident that WiMAX will enable us to succeed."
BreezeMAX(TM) is Alvarion's award winning, WiMAX platform that has been 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 triple play broadband services to thousands of
subscribers from a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX
has been successfully deployed in over 130 installations in more than 30
countries around the world. Already an integral part of WiMAX networks in Europe
and Latin America, this is the first deployment in Africa of the BreezeMAX PRO
CPE with the Intel PRO/Wireless 5116 WiMAX chip.
"WiMAX, and specifically BreezeMAX, are key enablers of the availability of
advanced broadband services worldwide, including Africa," said Tzvika Friedman,
CEO and President of Alvarion. "Using our BreezeMAX PRO CPE with the Intel WiMAX
chip inside, the Ikatel network and others like it show the strong and immediate
acceptance of Intel based subscriber units, and these networks are creating a
new benchmark of capabilities in the market. Ikatel is a
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dynamic operator who will be deploying a feature rich, wireless solution with
the highest quality of service, while benefiting from the improved economics of
WiMAX."
About Ikatel [GRAPHIC OMITTED][GRAPHIC OMITTED]
Subsidiary of Sonatel, member of France Telecom Group, Ikatel SA is a global
Telecom Operator in Mali since February 2003. Within two and a half years of
commercial deployment, Ikatel became the leader of the GSM Mobile network in
Mali, with more than 550,000 subscribers and the most valuable provider of
comprehensive solutions of telecommunications for corporate customers. Ikatel is
the pioneer in the market for technological innovations. Ikatel is strongly
commitment to democratize the telecommunications market in Mali to bring about
affordable usage of Internet services based on WiMAX technology. For further
information, please visit our Web site: www.ikatel.net
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 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,
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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
+650.314.2653
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