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Alvarion's BreezeACCESS™ To Bring Internet Access To Hundreds Of Schools In Namibia

SchoolNet, A Bold Initiative of Namibia’s School Authority, Will Use A BWA Network To Hook Up 900 Schools Throughout a 54,000 km2 Region
 
 Tel – Aviv, Israel, January 23, 2003 – Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), a leading provider of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) solutions, today announced that it will deploy an Alvarion BWA network in the 2.4GHZ and 5.8Ghz frequency bands for Namibia’s ambitious SchoolNet program. SchoolNet in partnership with state-owned Telecom Namibia and a consortium of civil society organizations is building an unprecedented and innovative fixed-rate telecommunications network which will serve affordable Internet to all of Namibia’s educational institutions. The Telecom-SchoolNet partnership will erect 45 BreezeACCESS base stations to bring Internet access and voice services to more than 900 rural schools, two thirds of which do not even have a telephone line.

The order was secured with Satellite & Wireless Networking, South Africa’s leading integrator of wireless networks that distributes Alvarion’s products in Africa.

Commenting on the success, Lofty von Brandis of Satellite & Wireless Networking, said, “Given Namibia’s sparse copper infrastructure, Internet access has been an unattainable dream for schools outside of Namibia’s municipal centers. Alvarion’s extraordinary wireless technology gives us an affordable way to bring the Internet to the majority of Namibian schools and students. We believe this exposure will make a profound impact on the education in Namibia with the potential to make such innovations a significant model for replication elsewhere in Africa. We are proud to be part of this project, in which the Alvarion wireless solution was the only feasible one.”

Zvi Slonimsky, CEO of Alvarion, added, “We are delighted that our technology is contributing to higher quality education in emerging regions like Namibia. SchoolNet’s use of our equipment illustrates just how practical and cost-effective our BWA solutions can be, especially when infrastructure is lacking. We congratulate the program’s visionary founders for launching this ambitious project, and look forward to continued cooperation as SchoolNet becomes a reality.”

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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 carriers’ and service providers’ 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.

This press release may contain 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 a number of 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: 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; as well as the inability to establish and maintain relationships with commerce, advertising, marketing, and technology providers and other risks detailed from time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

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