Alvarion Enters The Hotspot Market With BreezeACCESS-TM- GO.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CeBIT 2003 TEL-AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 11, 2003 Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : ALVR) At CeBIT, Alvarion Celebrates 10 Years of Wireless Expertise With Demo Of Comprehensive Hotspot Solution Siemens, An Alvarion Strategic Partner, To Demonstrate the Hotspot Solution at CeBIT Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), a leading provider of Wireless Broadband High-speed wireless transmission of data. What is "high" speed is always a changing number. Wireless systems are typically slower than land-based, wireline networks. In the past, wireless broadband started at 250 Kbps, whereas land-based broadband was generally considered to start at T1 solutions, today announced the launch of its new BreezeACCESS(TM) GO Hotspot solution at CeBIT 2003. BreezeACCESS(TM) GO is a uniquely flexible and high-performance Public Wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area solution designed for turnkey installation. It provides a full package for wireless connectivity at the hotspots and back-office software for services management, authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. and billing. Its extended coverage and security have been made possible only through the deep wireless and broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. expertise Alvarion has amassed through its 10 years of developing the industry's leading wireless broadband networking technologies. Hotspots are one of datacom's strongest new trends. Driven by the growing demand of people on the move, the Hotspot market is expected to grow to tens of thousands of deployments over the next several years and to serve tens of millions of users. Recognizing the exceptional revenue potential of this new market, many businesses that serve people on the move are now planning initial Hotspot deployments, and looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. cost-effective turnkey solutions. "The BreezeACCESS(TM) GO is a natural next step for Alvarion - a culmination of more than a decade developing the industry's most powerful wireless LAN and broadband access technologies," said Mr. Tzvika Friedman, President and COO of Alvarion. "To make it the right solution for today's Hotspot market, we have designed it as a turnkey product that is cost-effective to deploy and effortless to run. The concept is to give management a minimal-investment option for launching Hotspot services without limiting their ability to build-out as warranted by demand. Fully integrated with our robust BreezeNET(TM) solution, management can easily expand an initial deployment from terminal to terminal, throughout a massive convention complex, or through hundreds of hotel rooms. For low-cost, painless management, we have packaged the solution with a support system that handles all back-office functions, including credit card authorization, billing, and roaming settlement, while simultaneously monitoring QoS issues." Alvarion's BreezeACCESS(TM) Go Hotspot system is a flexible end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. with all the elements necessary to launch a Hotspot installation of any size, and to extend it without limitation. The components of the system include Public Access Controllers (PACs) and the Operations Support System (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ). Leveraging Alvarion's mature, field-proven BreezeACCESS(TM) and BreezeNET(TM) technologies, BreezeACCESS(TM) GO features an extensive feature-set including scalable architecture, remote management capability, auto-provisioning, QoS controls, IPSec-based security, flexible payment plans, and Power-Over-Ethernet. Unique to Alvarion, the technology's support of mobile protocols such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. acts as a "Gateway to the Mobile World," allowing users to maintain access to cellphone-based data services. In addition, the solution's powerful OSS supports SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. and other authentication methods and roaming settlement capabilities. Alvarion will launch this exciting new product at CeBIT 2003 (March 12-19) as part of its 10th anniversary celebration. A BreezeACCESS(TM) GO demonstration will be given at the Alvarion booth. CeBIT delegates are invited to take advantage of this BreezeACCESS(TM) GO deployment for free access to the Internet. Free user cards can be obtained at the Alvarion booth A56 in Hall 13. Delegates are also invited to celebrate 10 years of Alvarion at the Alvarion booth on Thursday, 13.3. from 18:30 o'clock. In addition, Siemens ICN ICN International Council of Nurses. , will also demonstrate the Alvarion Hotspot solution at booth C32 in Hall 26. About Alvarion Alvarion is dedicated to delivering seamless wireless broadband networking infrastructure to carriers, ISPs and private network operators, in order to leverage their broadband opportunities into sustainable profits. Alvarion offers premier wireless broadband solutions for access in the last mile, backhauling connection to the backbone through and through; thoroughly; entirely. - Lord Lytton. See also: Backbone and private network connectivity. Featuring the industry's most extensive range of products and international support, Alvarion is a pioneering leader of the converged wireless broadband network. Together with key partners, Alvarion provides secure rich-media networks for business or residential Internet access See how to access the Internet. , corporate VPNs, cellular base station feeding, community interconnection, public safety connectivity and extended hotspots. For more information, visit Alvarion's World Wide Web site at http://www.alvarion.com. This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and 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 inability 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. You may register to receive Alvarion's future press releases or to download a complete Digital Investor Kit(TM) including press releases, regulatory filings and corporate materials by clicking on the "Digital Investor Kit(TM)" icon at www.kcsa.com. |
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