Alvarion wireless broadband solution chosen by ACS for high-speed network in Angola

Issued by Watt Communications: for Alvarion
Johannesburg, 06 Oct 2011

Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world's leading provider of 4G networks in the broadband wireless access (BWA) market, today announced that Angola Communications Systems (ACS), a business unit of MSTelcom, has chosen Alvarion's BreezeMAX Extreme solution to introduce a high-speed wireless broadband network in Angola.

ACS has been providing satellite and wireless broadband services to private and public sectors, including banks, government departments and entities, across Angola.

The high-speed network, operating in the 4.9GHz frequency range, will be Alvarion's first 802.16e deployment in Angola. ACS's network will provide a range of broadband services to Luanda business customers, to local municipalities, and to various provincial towns and villages as last mile.

“Alvarion's BreezeMAX Extreme technology, teamed with its commitment to our success, gives us the confidence that we are ready to meet the needs of our diverse types of users consistently and in the long-term,” commented Carlos Carvalho, Chief Technology Officer of ACS. “In such a dynamic market, Alvarion's experience in Africa and market-leading technology are crucial to successfully delivering this network with efficiency.”

“Expanding beyond a traditional carrier model, service providers like ACS are enabling both rural and urban Africa to move forward at a rapid pace, and we are thrilled to be a part of this transition,” said Eran Gorev, president and CEO of Alvarion. “We look forward to supporting the array of users of this valued customer, and to enabling them to meet their customers' future needs.”

BreezeMAX Extreme brings technological and financial benefits to the licensed and licence-exempt frequency bands, enabling a superior business case. With field-proven quality of service and security in very challenging interference-prone frequencies, BreezeMAX Extreme is an optimal solution for the African region.

Angola Communication Systems (ACS)

With its headquarters and operations centre located in the city of Luanda, ACS is a provider of systems for private networks, dedicated circuits for data transmission, and Internet solutions via satellite technology (VSAT) systems and via wireless (broadband).

Through very close relationships and agreements with operators at national and international levels, ACS is able to provide links to any part of Angola.

ACS invests much of its resources in updating technology and equipment to ensure it continues to provide its services with the best possible quality. This is also achieved by the dedicated staff, and includes a selection of highly experienced engineers and technicians.

Alvarion

Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR) is a global 4G communications leader with the industry's most extensive customer base, including hundreds of commercial 4G deployments. Alvarion's industry-leading network solutions for broadband wireless technologies WiMax, TD-LTE and WiFi, enable broadband applications for service providers and enterprises covering a variety of industries, such as mobile broadband, residential and business broadband, utilities, municipalities and public safety agencies. Through an open network strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and the ability to deploy large-scale end-to-end turnkey networks, Alvarion is delivering the true 4G broadband experience today (www.alvarion.com).

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the 'safe harbour' 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: potential impact on the business of the current global recession, the inability of its customers to obtain credit to purchase its products as a result of global credit market conditions, the failure to fund projects under the US broadband stimulus programme, continued delays in 4G licence allocation in certain countries; the failure of the products for the 4G market to develop as anticipated; Alvarion's inability to capture market share in the expected growth of the 4G market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons or failure to execute in its sales, marketing or manufacturing objectives; the failure of Alvarion's strategic initiatives to enable Alvarion to more effectively capitalise on market opportunities as anticipated; 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 the company's 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section, as well as in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Alvarion wireless broadband solution chosen by ACS for high-speed network in Angola

The deployment, valued at approximately $2 million, will provide high-speed coverage with the BreezeMAX Extreme 802.16e solution.