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Alvarion (News - Alert) Ltd., a provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, has announced a frame agreement with Altitude to provide its Mobile WiMAX (News - Alert) 4Motion solution, offering services using the 3.5 GHz frequency band.

 

Alvarion will be providing corporate, ISP and residential users with primary broadband services based on Alvarion’s IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX technology. Recently, the implementation of the first phase of the contract commenced and includes deployment throughout the region of Aveyron.

 

“After being awarded WiMAX licenses at the second spectrum allocation in France, we needed to find the most advanced, most reliable 802.16e Mobile WiMAX vendor,” Fabrice Ballart, managing director at Altitude, said in a press release.

 

“We issued an industry-wide tender, open to all large equipment vendors, and again chose Alvarion. Our decision was strongly influenced by our excellent experience from the previous BreezeMAX 3.5 GHz deployment and Alvarion’s continuous WiMAX market leadership. Alvarion has clearly developed unique and highly-advanced implementation abilities, offering us superior technology with emphasis on best-in-class operator-centric solutions and future Mobile WiMAX services.”

 

Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO at Alvarion, said that Altitude’s approach to business is highly innovative, and we are pleased to be chosen by them once again. “With proven performance and high capabilities, we have developed strong market relationships and are seeing the benefits from our early engagement in the WiMAX market. Highly dedicated, we are constantly working with key operators and continuing to lead the market in an even more challenging competitive landscape,” Friedman added.

 

Altitude is a telecommunication operator, which invests in broadband technologies to provide solutions for voice, data and Internet businesses, everywhere in France.

 

Alvarion’s all-IP OPEN (News - Alert) WiMAX architecture is the foundation of its operator-centric best of breed 4Motion solution. Whether providing a complete Alvarion-based solution, or combining BreezeMAX’s superior radio technology with network elements from its world-class ecosystem of partners, Alvarion delivers an end-to-end solution that is tailored to the specific requirements of each operator.

 

With more than 3 million units deployed in over 150 countries, Alvarion (www.alvarion.com) is the world’s leading provider of innovative wireless broadband network solutions enabling Personal Broadband to improve lifestyles and productivity with portable and mobile data, VoIP, video and other services.

 

 

 

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