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 November 2004
Commission File Number: 0-30628
ALVARION LTD.
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21A Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel
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1. Press release, dated November 15, 2004 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 16, 2004 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
ALVARION'S WiMAX-READY PLATFORM being deployed by IBERBANDa in SPAIN
-- The New Network will Provide Broadband to Suburban and Rural Spain--
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Tel-Aviv, Israel- November 15, 2004--Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the leading
provider of wireless broadband solutions worldwide, today announced that the
Company has expanded its long-term relationship with Iberbanda, an emerging
Spanish carrier. With the deployment of Alvarion's BreezeMAX(TM) system, a
WiMAX-ready platform, Iberbanda will provide a host of high bandwidth
applications to business and residential customers.
In its selection of Alvarion as its foremost broadband wireless technology
partner, Iberbanda has ordered several millions of dollars of BreezeMAX 3500 to
leverage their 3.5GHz licenses to serve small businesses and residential
customers in several rural and suburban areas of Spain. The two areas to be
served with BreezeMAX equipment are: Andalusia, Spain's second largest and most
highly populated region whose capital is Seville; and Catalonia, including the
city of Barcelona as well as towns located in the Pyrenees mountains.
Since 2001, Iberbanda has operated a wireless broadband network based on
Alvarion's WALKair(TM) equipment to serve corporations and larger enterprises in
72 cities nationwide. Iberbanda's BreezeMAX network will operate in parallel
with the WALKair network.
"Our business model is focused on providing broadband to rural and urban areas
that are currently not reached and would be hard pressed to be served by DSL
networks. Until now, we have been concentrating our efforts on delivering
critical access to large enterprises- a strategy which has proved to be highly
successful," said Carlos Morrell, CEO of Iberbanda. "With BreezeMAX, we can
achieve the proper economics of WiMAX with smaller business customers and
residential users. The BreezeMAX solution is the key element to rolling out
broadband services to these types of users."
Tzvika Friedman, President of Alvarion, said, "We are pleased to see yet another
long-term customer of Alvarion's turning to WiMAX to provide broadband to both
rural and urban areas. This is further evidence that the market is ready and
willing to build WiMAX networks both now
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and in the future. We are proud to partner with a leading, innovative operator
who believes in BWA as a business model, its service quality and capacity.
Iberbanda's advanced networks, channels and pioneering approach leverages
Alvarion's development of cutting-edge solutions and creative services."
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About Iberbanda
Iberbanda is a provider of advanced LMDS-based broadband services to companies
throughout Spain. Using cutting edge wireless and fiber optic technologies,
Iberbanda provides high-speed Internet access, data communications, voice, and
other value-added IP-based services in Spain's 72 largest cities. In addition,
Iberbanda leases its advanced infrastructure to Application Service Providers
(ASPs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and transport and access services
throughout Spain. Iberbanda's investors include major international
telecommunications, retail, and financial groups, including the Prisa Group
(26%), El Corte Ingles (26%), Sercotel (America Movil) (18%), Omega Capital
(9%), Caja Duero (7%), Ibercaja (4%), Caja San Fernando (4%), Caja de Huelva y
Sevilla (El Monte) (4%) and Promecal (2%). For more information, visit
www.iberbanda.es
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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. Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most
extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the
full range of frequency bands. 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, and public safety communications. Alvarion works with several
top OEM providers and over 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 over 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 deploying OFDM-based systems, the company's
prominent work in the WiMAX ForumTM is focused on increasing widespread adoption
of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market.
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
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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
+1-760-517-3188.
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