23-06-2009 - 09:00

Alvarion® Chosen by Aria to Deploy a Nationwide Mobile WiMAX™ Network in Italy

Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and

wireless broadband solutions, and Aria, the only telecom operator in

Italy with a national WiMAX license, today announced an agreement to

deploy Mobile WiMAX network throughout Italy. Under the agreement, Aria

will build a network at the 3.5 GHz frequency to offer broadband

services to all 21 Italian regions using Alvarion’s 4Motion Mobile WiMAX

solution incorporating the WiMAX Forum® Certified™ BreezeMAX platform.

Given Italy’s 58 million highly-dense population, WiMAX is the most

economical and high-performance technology to deliver 4G broadband to

businesses and residential subscribers in a wide geographic area.

Alvarion’s 4Motion is an advanced and field-proven solution for

delivering innovative WiMAX services for a range of broadband

applications in rural, suburban and urban environments.

“At Aria, we are committed to empowering businesses and consumers to

realize the impact of high bandwidth, quality data and voice services,

and we have full confidence in Alvarion’s innovative WiMAX platform and

services to ensure we deliver on this promise,” said Davidi Gilo, CEO of

Aria. “Alvarion’s 4Motion solution will enable us to bring highly

advanced broadband services throughout the country.”

Aria currently holds nationwide WiMAX licenses at the 3.5 GHz frequency

bands in Italy. By using Alvarion’s Open WiMAX solution, Aria will be

able to build a state of the art network with exceptional coverage to

meet the growing demand for broadband services in the country.

“We are pleased to be selected for another large WiMAX project through

our partnership with Aria, one of Italy’s leading telecommunications

providers,” said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO, Alvarion Ltd. “This

contract confirms Alvarion’s Mobile WiMAX solution as the most advanced

solution in the market, and our leading position as a long-term partner

for WiMAX. Our cutting edge technology, proven business model and

tailored solutions will provide the ultimate broadband services to the

consumers and businesses in Italy.”

WiMAX is the only 4G technology commercially available today that

enables mass broadband services. With a thriving ecosystem, WiMAX

continues to evolve globally through multiple differentiated mobile and

broadband wireless offerings.

About Aria S.P.A.

Aria S.P.A., founded in 2005, became one of the most important Italian

WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provide) in only 2 years. In October

2007, thanks to new partners entry and new company structure, Aria

became more competitive. In January 2008, Aria won the auction of the

WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) 3.5GHz radio

frequencies in all Italian regions.

About Alvarion

Alvarion (NASDAQ: ALVR) is the largest WiMAX pure-player with the most

extensive WiMAX customer base and over 250 commercial deployments around

the globe. Committed to growing the WiMAX market, the company offers

solutions for a wide range of frequency bands supporting a variety of

business cases. Through its OPEN WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA

know-how, and ability to deploy end-to-end turnkey WiMAX projects,

Alvarion is shaping the new wireless broadband experience (www.alvarion.com).

This press release contains 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: potential impact on our business of the spread of the U.S.

credit crisis and current global recession; the failure of the market

for WIMAX products to develop as anticipated; Alvarion’s inability to

capture market share in the expected growth of the WiMAX market as

anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons or failure

to execute in our sales, services provisioning, marketing or

manufacturing objectives; 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 the
Company’s 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other

filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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