Alvarion is a worldwide provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband network solutions with about 3 million units deployed in 150 countries, headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

The company has strategic relationships with Siemens, Alcatel- Lucent, Nera, and IBM. Alvarion was founded in 1992. It was formerly known as BreezeCOM, Ltd. and changed its name to Alvarion, Ltd. in 2001. Alvarion’s products are designed to enable the delivery of personal mobile broadband, business and residential primary broadband access, corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection and public safety communications.

Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and with experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, Alvarion’s work in the WiMAX Forum™ is focused on increasing the widespread adoption of standard-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry to Open WiMAX solutions.

The Alvarion’s WiMAX-based product includes :

• BreezeMAX, which supports fixed, nomadic, and portable services.
• BreezeACCESS products that enable fixed high-speed data and voice, and point-to-multipoint wireless broadband applications
• BreezeNET products, which provide building-to-building bridging solutions, support mobile connectivity, and provide wireless access to a local area network
• MultiGain Wireless (MGW) and enhanced MGW solutions that provide data and voice services for both residential and small business users, mainly in suburban and rural environments
• Walkair products that enable carriers to provide high-speed Internet access, other data services, and voice services primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises.
• Network management solutions for Wimax & wireless broadband solutions and a wide range of accessories (antennas, cables, surge arrestors, amplifiers, and other components…)
• 4Motion solution that includes radio access network, which is based on Alvarion’s BreezeMAX product and comprises third parties’ core network, radio, and IP networking elements and end-user devices. It serves cellular operators, competitive local exchange carriers, service providers, regional carriers, government, municipalities and private network operators.

Additional Information

• Headquarters : Tel Aviv, Israel
• Company Size : 501-1000 employees
• Revenue : $182 mil (3%) 2006
• NASDAQ : ALVR
• Founded : 1992