Press Releases

Apr 25, 2005

Microcom, ISP In Democratic Republic Of Congo, First To Deploy Alvarion�s WIMAX-READY Network In Central Africa

BreezeMAX� 3500 to Provide Corporate and Resident Users with Broadband Internet Service

TEL AVIV, Israel, April 25, 2005 � Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world�s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile networks, today announced that Microcom, the leading Internet Wireless Access services provider in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has ordered a large-scale BreezeMAX� 3500 system to be deployed in the country in the coming year. When this first WiMAX-ready network in Central Africa goes live, corporate and residential users in the city of Kinshasa will receive high-speed data services. Microcom previously deployed Alvarion�s BreezeACCESS� II networks.

�Wireless broadband is the most cost effective means to provide high-speed data to our customers in the city of Kinshasa, a city of approximately 8 million inhabitants with little wired infrastructure. Our selection of Alvarion as the preferred vendor was easy due to our positive past experience with the company and their equipment,� said Mr. Leon NTALE, President of Microcom. �Our decision was finalized to expand with WiMAX to offer our customers wider coverage, higher data speeds for Internet access and VoIP, and other services which were not possible with our previous network. Our first deployments will be in the areas where connectivity was proved to be extremely difficult due to the non-line-of-sight conditions. With Alvarion�s BreezeMAX� 3500, we believe that Microcom will be in a position to easily expand its service offering in DRC and quickly increase capacity for its customers,� Mr. NTALE added.

BreezeMAX� is an OFDM platform with advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality designed for operators to offer broadband IP-based data and voice services, allowing for the easy, cost-effective transition to WiMAX. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS) to enable carriers to offer multi-services to thousands of subscribers in a single cell. BreezeMAX networks are already installed in more than 30 countries worldwide.

�Microcom�s decision to go with our BreezeMAX� network reflects Alvarion�s strategy that WiMAX wireless broadband represents the best economic alternative to traditional wired access, especially for areas with little existing telecommunications infrastructure,� said Mr. Tzvika Friedman, President and COO of Alvarion. �Microcom is another customer in a series of service providers that have jumped at the opportunities offered by a commercial deployment of our WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX. We are pleased to serve the increasing demand to provide data connectivity around the world.�

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Microcom DRC

MICROCOM is the leading Wireless Internet Access service provider (WISP) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, founded in 1982. From its establishment, Microcom has gathered experience in telecommunications and computers with the deployment of their private satellite network in twelve cities in DRC, covering the most important cities of the country. In each city, Internet access is provided by a broadband wireless access network designed for providing high speed-data to the Internet users in the Congo. By providing new Information Technology and Communications (NTIC), Microcom is pleased to offer to its subscribers a broadband wireless network in Kinshasa with WIMAX technology, the first implementation in the Central Africa.

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, and also in extending coverage of GSM and CDMA mobile networks to developing countries and other hard to serve areas.

Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile solutions. 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, public safety communications, and mobile voice and data. Alvarion works with several global OEM providers and more than 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 more than ten years from core technology developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum is focused on increasing widespread adoption of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry to mobile WiMAX solutions.

For more information, visit Alvarion�s World Wide Web site at www.alvarion.com

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