Alvarion and Accton Form Company to Develop Mass Market Consumer Devices for Wimax

Alvarion and Accton Form Company to Develop Mass Market Consumer Devices for Wimax

January 08, 2007

Accton Wireless Broadband To Supply Carriers, Service
Providers And Other WiMAX Equipment Manufacturers
Worldwide


    TEL AVIV, ISRAEL and TAIPEI, Taiwan, Jan. 8
/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Alvarion Ltd. (Nasdaq: ALVR), the
world's leading provider of wireless broadband and WiMAX
solutions, and Accton Technology Corporation (TAIEX: 2345),
the Asian provider of networking and communications
equipment, today announced that together they have formed
Accton Wireless Broadband (AWB)-a new company based in
Taiwan-to develop mass market WiMAX consumer electronic
devices in order to complement Alvarion's WiMAX offerings
while facilitating the transition of WiMAX and Personal
Broadband services to worldwide availability.

    AWB ( http://www.awbnetwork.com ) will be an
innovative, fast-moving organization designing and
developing high volume customer premises equipments (CPEs)
and other end user devices based on the 802.16e-2005 WiMAX
specifications, or what is commonly referred to as mobile
WiMAX.  AWB will sell its devices to Alvarion to be part of
its Open WiMAX solution 4Motion which uses Best of Breed
systems, as well as other broadband wireless systems and
solutions to be delivered as part of their offerings to
carriers, service providers, and end-users worldwide. 

    Mass market consumer devices connecting to Open
WiMAX(TM) networks will be the standard technology for
business and personal users to access media centric
Personal Broadband telecommunications services including
voice, video, and data offerings.  This cooperation
augments Alvarion's 4Motion(TM) Open  WiMAX solution to
include a wide variety of industry-standard, WiMAX enabled
devices and customer-premise equipment while significantly
enhancing the number and types of self-installable and
outdoor WiMAX CPEs.

    "This is a great opportunity to partner with one
of the biggest broadband wireless companies in the
world," said A.J. Huang, CEO of Accton Group. 
"The combination of Alvarion's market leading core
technology and long deployment history with Accton's
research and development capabilities in wireless OEM
products will greatly accelerate the introduction of next
generation wireless broadband consumer products with
advanced features.  We are extremely pleased to have the
opportunity to work with Alvarion in creating AWB, and in
driving it to being a leading company in WiMAX end user
devices."   

    With the formation of AWB, Accton is leveraging its IP
networking and communications equipment experience,
high-volume, cost-effective manufacturing, and vast working
knowledge of using strategic partnerships to design, develop
and manufacture innovative, leading-edge products.  Alvarion
is contributing its experience from helping to lead the
development of the WiMAX specification and the development
of its own WiMAX products from the beginnings of the
industry, in addition to its current position as the
world's leading vendor of WiMAX equipment.  Initially, AWB
will concentrate on the production of PCMCIA cards, indoor
self-installable, and outdoor Residential Gateways with an
expected release date in Q2 of 2007.

    "Alvarion's core WiMAX expertise, experience and
strong sales channels combined with Accton's experience in
consumer electronics, innovation, and creativity will
propel AWB to becoming a world-class supplier of WiMAX
devices and CPEs," said Tzvika Friedman, chief
executive officer of Alvarion.  "In addition, AWB
allows Alvarion to economically expand its leadership in
WiMAX CPEs as it transitions to a mass market, offering a
wider variety of innovative end user devices to our
customers. It is a strategic element of our 4Motion Open
WiMAX solution, as we continue to focus on building all the
element of the 4Motion solution."

    According to a recent Maravedis market research, the
WiMAX and proprietary CPE equipment market will reach an
annual US$3.7 billion in 2012, rising from US$490 million
in 2006.

    A catalyst for this venture is M-Taiwan, a government
initiative to create a mobile 'Ubiquitous Network' and
provide e-services throughout Taiwan. "The
establishment of this promising AWB joint venture is an
important industry endorsement of the M-Taiwan
initiative," said Ho Mei-Yueh, Minister without
portfolio, Taiwan Executive Yuan. "The winning
combination of Alvarion, the worldwide WiMAX leader, and
Accton, a leading IP device vendor in Asia, is strategic
for the WiMAX industry in creating strong synergies to
advance the creation of a worldwide WiMAX ecosystem while
being something that benefits Taiwan overall."

    About Accton Technology Corporation

    Accton Technology Corporation (TAIEX: 2345) is a global
premier provider of networking and communications solutions
for top tier networking, computer, and telecommunications
vendors.  Leveraging its advanced software applications and
state-of-the-art ASIC, Accton collaborates with its
strategic partners to design, develop and manufacture
innovative, leading-edge technologies.  The company's
constantly-evolving core technology, highly-qualified
employees and aggressive cost engineering make it possible
for Accton to deliver superior products that are as
affordable as they are robust.  For more information about
Accton and its subsidiaries, visit http://www.accton.com .
 
    About Alvarion

    With more than 2 million units deployed in 150
countries, Alvarion is the world's leading provider of
innovative wireless network solutions enabling personal
broadband services to improve lifestyles and productivity
with portable and mobile data, VoIP, video and other
applications.  Providing systems to carriers, ISPs and
private network operators, the company supplies solutions
in both developed and developing countries. 
 
    Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most
extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the
industry covering the full range of frequency bands with
both fixed and mobile solutions. 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, public safety communications, and mobile
voice and data.  Alvarion works with several global OEM
providers and more than 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 more than 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 in
deploying OFDM-based systems, the Company's prominent work
in the WiMAX Forum(TM) is focused on increasing the
widespread adoption of standards-based products in the
wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry
to mobile WiMAX solutions.  For more information, visit
Alvarion's World Wide Web site at http://www.alvarion.com 

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