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Mobilecity Selects Alvarion's BREEZEMAX™ to Create the First WiMAX-Ready Network in Scandinavia

Intel Nordic, UpGrade and Alvarion Partner to Provide Advanced Broadband Wireless Broadband Services to Residents of Northern Sweden  
 
Tel- Aviv, Israel, October 12, 2004 - Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the leading provider of wireless broadband solutions worldwide, today announced the completion of the first WiMAX-ready network in Scandinavia using its BreezeMAX™ platform. MobileCity chose BreezeMAX as the most cost-effective way to extend top-quality broadband coverage throughout the region and as a solution to the limited reach previously provided by WiFi technology. The network, located in Skelleftea, Sweden, was built in cooperation with Intel Nordic and UpGrade Communication AB for MobileCity, a consortium of commercial and academic partners dedicated to promoting technology.

The BreezeMAX network is part of MobileCity’s showcase Wireless Internet initiative providing broadband services throughout the area’s cafes, hotels, shopping centers, sporting facilities, airports, and campsites.

"Our vision is to create an out-of-the box wireless broadband solution for everyone. An access that is easy to set up and use, cost effective and available 24/7. By working together with Intel and Alvarion, we are turning this vision into reality," commented G?ran Eriksson, CEO of MobileCity, Sweden. "And since we’ve proven that this technology works not only in test labs but in a real world environment, cities throughout Scandinavia and Europe, especially those in remote areas underserved by wireline infrastructure can immediately benefit from MobileCity In-a-Box. This is the next step in Internet connectivity, and a business opportunity for cities and companies in general and for ISPs in particular."

Mr. Carl-Daniel Norenberg, Business Development Manager of Intel Nordic, added, "As expected, Alvarion’s BreezeMAX network has delivered an outstanding broadband service. This has convinced us that WiMAX should be the standard technology deployed by carriers for Internet access and last-mile connectivity services, especially in large communities."

"We are very excited to see such a distinguished organization selecting our BreezeMAX technology," said Zvi Slonimsky, CEO of Alvarion. "The success of the MobileCity initiative is a model that showcases the potential of wireless broadband, and cities worldwide are likely to launch similar services. As the company with the most wireless broadband deployment experience and extensive selection of WiMAX-ready solutions, we believe this trend plays to our strengths and will contribute to the growth of our sales in the future."

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About MobileCity
MobileCity is a profit and competence center in Skellefte, Sweden, where industrial businesses and universities collaborate on research and product development within one of the most expansive and exciting fields in today's world: wireless communications. MobileCity is located on Campus Skellefte, a melting pot for innovative businesses and universities.

About UpGrade Communication AB
A wholly-owned subsidiary of DORO AB UpGrade is a value added distributor of broadband infrastructure products, concentrating on wireless infrastructure solutions including relevant services such as site surveys, project management, technical support, training and maintenance, to system integrators, operators and ISPs in the Nordic markets. With more than 30.000 outdoor wireless radios installed in the Scandinavian market, UpGrade has an extensive knowledge and field experience in wireless broadband solutions. UpGrade’s head office is in Lund, Sweden, where central functions such as administration and logistics are based. Regional offices in Denmark and Norway manage sales and technical support in the Nordic region.

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. Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the full range of frequency bands. 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, and public safety communications. Alvarion works with several top OEM providers and over 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 over 10 years from core technology developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and experience deploying OFDM-based systems, the company's prominent work in the WiMAX ForumTM is focused on increasing widespread adoption of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market.

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

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