Alvarion® Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), a provider of optimized wireless
broadband solutions addressing the connectivity, coverage and capacity
challenges of public and private networks, today announced that NetX
Internet, the primary communication and Internet access company for
Marvel’s “The Avengers,” selected Alvarion to help deliver secure and
seamless wireless broadband connectivity for film production.
In 2011, production of ‘The Avengers’ moved to Cleveland, Ohio. To
ensure high quality, throughput and availability, NetX used Alvarion
equipment to deliver the connectivity necessary to run production,
filming, editing, visual effects, and accounting. A 100 x 100 Mbps
connection was provided in less than 48 hours and the overall broadband
deployment covered approximately 200 production employees, over 180 IP
phones, and nearly 90 computers and servers outfitted for film
operations.
“Any loss of connectivity during a large film production like ‘The
Avengers’ would be crippling and could cost millions to reshoot,”
Ron Deus, owner and CEO, NetX Internet. “We knew the only company we
could trust to deliver the most reliable equipment for our connectivity
solution was our long-term partner Alvarion.”
The Alvarion solution used for the converged data access, voice, video,
and multimedia services implementation included BreezeMAX®,
a carrier-class WiMAX platform. The Alvarion solution provided backhaul
capabilities for the entire network used to run film crew, production,
back-office and accounting applications. Alvarion’s robust carrier-grade
equipment provided enough capacity to back up the video editing and
visual effects connection used to transfer high-definition film between
editing offices in New Mexico and New York.
“We are thrilled to have played a behind-the-scenes part in bringing the
blockbuster ‘The Avengers’ film to the big screen,” said Hezi Lapid,
President and CEO at Alvarion. “By working closely with NetX on the
diverse needs of the film’s staff, we were able to provide a unique
network solution that flawlessly met production’s high-capacity,
efficiency and performance demands.”
About NetX Internet
NetX
is a leading wireless internet service provider. Currently NetX offers
service to the greater Cleveland, Ohio area. NetX offers a host of
business class services that include high-speed data, voice over IP, VPN
and other managed services over its own all IP network to businesses,
non-profits, educational and government customers. Customers can choose
from a variety of symmetrical bandwidth service options with speeds up
to 4 Gbps.
About Alvarion
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) provides optimized wireless broadband
solutions addressing the connectivity, coverage and capacity challenges
of telecom operators, smart cities, security, and enterprise customers.
Our innovative solutions are based on multiple technologies across
licensed and unlicensed spectrums. (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
various 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: our failure to fully implement our 2012 strategic plan, our
inability to reallocate our resources and rationalize our business in a
more efficient manner, potential impact on our business of the current
global macro-economic uncertainties, the inability of our
customers to obtain credit to purchase our products as a result of
global credit market conditions, the failure to fund projects under the
U.S. broadband stimulus program, continued delays in 4G license
allocation in certain countries; the failure of the products for the 4G
market to develop as anticipated; our 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 our sales,
marketing or manufacturing objectives; the failure of our strategic
initiatives to enable us to more effectively capitalize on market
opportunities as anticipated; delays in the receipt of orders from
customers and in the delivery by us of such orders; our failure to
effectively integrate the business and technology of Wavion Inc.,
acquired by us in November 2011, into our products and realize the
expected synergies from the acquisition; the failure of the markets for
our (including Wavion's) products to grow as anticipated; our 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; our 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 annual reports on Form 20-F as well as in other
filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
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parties has not been independently verified by Alvarion and is based
solely on publicly available information or on information provided to
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