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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Alvarion® Selected by Hafslund for a Mobile WiMAX™ Deployment in Norway
Amsterdam - June 2, 2009 - Alvarion® Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, today announced it was selected by Hafslund, one of the largest listed utility companies in the Nordic area, for a turnkey deployment using Alvarion’s WiMAX Forum® Certified™ Mobile WiMAX solution. The commercial network, operating at the 2.5 GHz frequency band licensed to Hafslund Telecom, will provide advanced broadband services to the Ostfold region, covering the cities of Askim, Fredrikstad, Moss and Sarpsborg. Alvarion’s local partner for this project is Nera Telecommunications, Ltd.
Networks based on Mobile WiMAX technology provide the ability to offer ubiquitous wireless broadband access on the go and enable services such as VoIP, video, social networking and other Web 2.0 applications. Mobile WiMAX has the capability to provide average throughput of several megabits per second to end consumers, and is the only wireless technology commercially available in the market today to enable such experience for wide area networks with quality of service.
“Hafslund strives to offer best-in-class broadband communications to its customers” said Trond Nedregård, CEO of Hafslund Telecom. “Our choice of Alvarion, the global leader in WiMAX solutions, is proof of our commitment to bring the best services with state-of-the-art technology to our customers. WiMAX will provide an unrivaled user experience.”
“We are pleased to extend our partnership with Hafslund. We see an increase in demand for broadband services in Norway from our earlier deployment,” said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. “This contract highlights Alvarion’s ability to provide cutting-edge WiMAX solutions to innovative companies around the world such as Hafslund. Alvarion’s turnkey Mobile WiMAX solution will provide a superior business case for Hafslund as it provides extended coverage and enhanced capacity with optimized OPEX.”
As part of a turnkey solution, Alvarion will offer Hafslund implementation services that include project management, network planning, installation, supervision and support. Alvarion’s value added professional services enhance the network quality and thus improve the end user experience.
About Hafslund
Hafslund is Norway’s largest utility company. In the division Hafslund Telekom the company builds fiber optic and wireless broadband networks and provides a wide range of telecommunication, internet and corporate network services and products. Hafslund Telekom has a radio license in the 2.6 GHz band and has build out WiMAX network in several regions in Norway. The company’s customers are consumers, corporations, public authorities and telephone companies.
About Alvarion
Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR) is the largest WiMAX pure-player with the most extensive WiMAX customer base and over 250 commercial deployments around the globe. Committed to growing the WiMAX market, the company offers solutions for a wide range of frequency bands supporting a variety of business cases. Through its OPEN WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy end-to-end turnkey WiMAX projects, Alvarion is shaping the new wireless broadband experience (www.alvarion.com).
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