Alvarion provides Aria with 4Motion® Mobile WiMAX solution, including
professional services, for a 4G network targeting wireless broadband
services
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and
wireless broadband solutions, and Aria, the only telecom operator in
Italy with a national WiMAX license, today announced an agreement to
deploy Mobile WiMAX network throughout Italy. Under the agreement, Aria
will build a network at the 3.5 GHz frequency to offer broadband
services to all 21 Italian regions using Alvarion’s 4Motion Mobile WiMAX
solution incorporating the WiMAX Forum® Certified™ BreezeMAX platform.
Given Italy’s 58 million highly-dense population, WiMAX is the most
economical and high-performance technology to deliver 4G broadband to
businesses and residential subscribers in a wide geographic area.
Alvarion’s 4Motion is an advanced and field-proven solution for
delivering innovative WiMAX services for a range of broadband
applications in rural, suburban and urban environments.
“At Aria, we are committed to empowering businesses and consumers to
realize the impact of high bandwidth, quality data and voice services,
and we have full confidence in Alvarion’s innovative WiMAX platform and
services to ensure we deliver on this promise,” said Davidi Gilo, CEO of
Aria. “Alvarion’s 4Motion solution will enable us to bring highly
advanced broadband services throughout the country.”
Aria currently holds nationwide WiMAX licenses at the 3.5 GHz frequency
bands in Italy. By using Alvarion’s Open WiMAX solution, Aria will be
able to build a state of the art network with exceptional coverage to
meet the growing demand for broadband services in the country.
“We are pleased to be selected for another large WiMAX project through
our partnership with Aria, one of Italy’s leading telecommunications
providers,” said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO, Alvarion Ltd. “This
contract confirms Alvarion’s Mobile WiMAX solution as the most advanced
solution in the market, and our leading position as a long-term partner
for WiMAX. Our cutting edge technology, proven business model and
tailored solutions will provide the ultimate broadband services to the
consumers and businesses in Italy.”
WiMAX is the only 4G technology commercially available today that
enables mass broadband services.
