Form 6K Report of Foreign Private Issuer
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 2006
Commission
File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION
LTD.
(Translation
of registrant’s name into English)
21A
Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel
(Address
of principal executive office)
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Press
release on TONGA
NATIONAL OPERATOR TO COVER ISLANDS WITH WIMAX
USING ALVARION dated
September
19,
2006
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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 19, 2006 By:
/s/ Bat-Sheva
Boker
Name:
Bat-Sheva
Boker
Title:
VP
General Counsel
and
Corporate Secretary
EXHIBIT
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Contacts
Dafna
Gruber, CFO
Carmen
Deville
+972
3
645 6252
+760-517-3188
+760-517-3187
dafna.gruber@alvarion.com carmen.deville@alvarion.com
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TONGA
NATIONAL OPERATOR TO COVER ISLANDS WITH
WIMAX
USING ALVARION
Tonga
Communications Corporation Will Overlay Current GSM Network with
BreezeMAX™
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Tel
Aviv, Israel, September 19, 2006--Alvarion Ltd.
(NASDAQ:ALVR),
the
world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile
networks, today announced that Tonga Communications Corporation (TCC) has
selected its BreezeMAX 3500 solution to cover the Kingdom of Tonga with WiMAX
services. Tonga CC, the islands’ national operator, plans to overlay its current
GSM network with WiMAX to bring broadband data services to the citizens of
Tonga. The Kingdom of Tonga, the oldest and last remaining Polynesian monarchy,
is an island nation with around 100,000 residents inhabiting 42 of its 170
islands spread over 700,000 square kilometers in the south Pacific, and has
thousands more visitors who come to enjoy its year round tropical weather,
beach
communities, and now broadband services.
“We
have
been searching for a way to bring broadband to the islands for awhile, but
only
Alvarion's BreezeMAX fit our business model," said Steve Tusler, CEO of TCC.
"Given our island topography and tropical weather, we require a robust system
that is easy to scale and works in non line-of-sight conditions. We were
impressed with the BreezeMAX system's quality-of-service and proven field
reliability worldwide and look forward to bringing broadband to as many island
residents as we can and to our many visitors."
BreezeMAX
is Alvarion’s award-winning WiMAX platform designed from the ground up according
to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses 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 in a single base station.
Since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over
180 installations in more than 80 countries around the world.
“As
we
expand our WiMAX deployments in Asia Pacific, we welcome Tonga CC’s decision to
overlay its GSM network with WiMAX to offer the latest broadband services to
its
users," said Udi Shaked, Alvarion's general manager in the APAC region. “The
ability of BreezeMAX to provide broadband to users over large areas becomes
clear in a geography such as Tonga. And its advanced OFDM technology overcomes
the challenges of deployment in an island topography."
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About
Tonga Communications Corporation
Tonga
Communications Corporation, (TCC) was established in 2000 under an Act of
Parliament (For the Establishment and Regulation of the Tonga Communications
Corporation in the Kingdom of Tonga) within the framework of Tongan Law, No.
21
of 2000. The Corporation is licensed under an Act (For the Establishment of
the
Department of Communications and the Regulation of Communications Services)
within the framework of Tongan Law, No. 22 of 2000.
The
activities of TCC principally consist of providing International and Domestic
Communications Services to the Kingdom of Tonga, primarily through Public
Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) for voice, data, and cellular services. TCC
is
a wholly Government owned Corporation, whose predecessors were the Tonga
Telecommunications Commission for domestic services, and Cable and Wireless
Tonga for international services (briefly known as Tonga Telecommunications
International Limited, a transitional company, following the conclusion of
Cable
and Wireless’s Franchise Agreement on 4th July 2000 for the international
services).
About
Alvarion
With
more
than 2 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion is the world’s leading
provider of innovative wireless network solutions enabling personal
broadband
services
to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP,
video and other applications. Providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private
network operators, the company also supplies solutions to extend 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 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 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
+1.650.314.26
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