AT&T Alascom Selects Alvarion's BreezeMAX For New Commercial WiMAX Rollout

Mountain View, CA - Alvarion Ltd. recently announced a contract to provide AT&T Alascom with Alvarion's BreezeMAX 2.3 GHz TDD equipment as part of AT&T Alascom's deployment of WiMAX broadband in Alaska.

AT&T Alascom recently announced the availability of WiMAX-based broadband in select areas of Juneau. The company plans to announce deployment in additional Alaska communities in 2008. As part of this deployment, AT&T Alascom selected Alvarion's IEEE 802.16e-based WiMAX solution for offering extended broadband data services in urban, suburban and rural areas alike.

"We are proud to be selected by AT&T Alascom," said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. "This top-tier company's rigorous requirements and focus on innovation enable them to continually offer new advanced services, demonstrating their commitment to customers."

Alvarion's extensively-tested solution supports up to fourth order diversity for delivering flexible and improved coverage even in difficult terrain, such as the mountainous and wooded areas common to Alaska. Alvarion's nomadic self-install Si CPE is designed to incorporate a patent-pending fast-switching algorithm with six integrated antennas.

SIM-card enabled, the Si can be quickly self-provisioned by the user and is available with a wide variety of options, from multiple POTS interfaces to built-in Wi-Fi. AT&T Alascom is using a combination of Si CPEs, with the outdoor Pro model for maximizing cell radius.

SOURCE: Alvarion