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Lisa Communications Uses Alvarion’s OFDM Solution To Link Trinidad and Tobago

Expands Broadband Wireless Deployment and Places Follow-On Order for BreezeACCESS™ Equipment in the 3.5GHz Band
 
 Tel Aviv, Israel, March 04, 2003 – Alvarion, Ltd., a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, today announced that Lisa Communications, a major provider of broadband Internet services in Trinidad, has embarked upon an expansion of its Alvarion network and placed a follow-on order for Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS™ OFDM equipment in the 3.5 GHz licensed band. Alvarion’s powerful OFDM technology has enabled Lisa Communications to offer high-bandwidth services to large corporations and to establish a 69-mile (111 km) broadband link between Tobago and Trinidad.

Founded in 1992, Lisa Communications is Trinidad and Tobago’s largest wireless network provider and second largest provider of broadband access. Since 2001, it has used Alvarion’s flexible BreezeACCESS™ solutions for the licensed 3.5GHz spectrum as the basis for its BlueSky service. It has deployed Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS™ XL technology extensively throughout Trinidad to provide Internet access to the islands’ small, medium and large business customers. In addition, it has deployed Alvarion’s cutting-edge BreezeACCESS™ OFDM as a powerful backbone solution, enabling it to bring high-speed Internet access to the island of Tobago for the first time, and to meet the high-bandwidth access needs of large corporations. The OFDM solution allows broadband access to be provided in non-line-of-sight (NLOS) and obstructed-line-of-sight conditions, overcoming obstacles such as mountains in rural areas, and buildings in densely populated urban areas. To link to the Internet backbone, Lisa Communications uses a satellite connection to the U.S.

Commenting on the news, Jerry Chin Lee, Managing Director of Lisa Communications, said, “Alvarion’s flexible solutions have proven to be a cost-effective way to provide reliable, high-quality services to the full range of customers in our service areas. Its impressive OFDM technology allows us to bring broadband access to Trinidad and Tobago, and to address the needs of many customers in NLOS conditions. This is translating into an expanded and satisfied customer base for us, and a strong basis for a profitable business.”

Zvi Slonimsky, CEO of Alvarion, added, “Our field-proven BreezeACCESS™ technology is ideal for regions like the West Indies, whose operators must provide services in such challenging terrain and to such a wide variety of customers. We are pleased that all of Alvarion’s technologies – and especially our state-of-the-art OFDM technologies -- are performing so well for Lisa Communications, and look forward to continued cooperation as its business grows.”

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About Alvarion

Alvarion is a premier provider of solutions based on Point-to-Multipoint (PMP) Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) used by telecom carriers, service providers, and enterprises worldwide. Alvarion systems provide Internet access and voice and data services in the last mile, cellular network feeding, building-to-building and wireless local area network (LAN) connectivity.

Alvarion offers the broadest range of BWA solutions by market segment and frequency band, designed to address all carrier’s and service provider’s business models. With its combined market experience, strong customer base, diversified distribution channels and field-proven deployments, Alvarion is a leading BWA pure play provider for every end user profile, from residential subscribers to business customers.

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