Alvarion (ALVR) Highlights Growing Portfolio of Wireless Broadband Solutions at 4G World

Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world’s leading provider of 4G networks in the Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) market, is returning to 4G World 2011, October 24 – 27, at McCormick Place, Chicago, to unveil its latest 4G wireless broadband solutions, as well as present executive perspectives during keynotes and panel sessions. Alvarion’s presence at the show is titled “Going the Extra Mile” to reflect the company’s commitment to meeting its customers’ current and future needs.

Alvarion will feature a keynote presentation on October 26^th and Power Breakfast on October 25^th. Alvarion’s Vice President, Innovation and Marketing, Dr. Mo Shakouri will also be speaking at the WCAI Spectrum Summit about “Spectrum for Smart Grid and Government Networks”. Alvarion executives will be hosting meetings at executive meeting room number 2807. In the executive meeting room, Alvarion will also be presenting a few of its recent portfolio enhancements, including the new BreezeCELL^® TrueActive™ DAS solution for in-building capacity, the new BreezeCOMPACT micro base station, WALKair 5000 and the BreezeMAX^® Extreme 1.8.

“The keystone of our business has always been our commitment to meeting our customers’ network needs and we continue to grow and advance our offering in line with this principle,” said Eran Gorev, Alvarion’s President and CEO. “We offer a flexible, powerful line-up of wireless broadband solutions that are designed to support the growth of our customers in a variety of carrier and vertical markets. We are excited about the 4G World show in Chicago and looking forward to another invaluable industry encounter.”

Show activities featuring Alvarion executives and customers include:

Keynote/Featured Session: The Promise of Wireless Broadband Connectivity – From Smart City To Education To National Broadband – Wednesday, October 26 at 09:40 a.m. CT in South Building Grand Ballroom; Speaker: Eran Gorev, Alvarion’s President and CEO, and Alvarion customers: Brian Anderson, Senior Consultant and Program Director, City of Houston Wireless Broadband Initiative; Margarita Solís, Director of IJALTI (Technology Institution of Jalisco, Mexico) and Jeff Burlock, Senior Vice President Strategic Technology, Xplornet Communications Inc.

• WCAI Spectrum Summit: Spectrum for Smart Grid and Government Networks – Monday, October 24 at 03:00 p.m. CT in room S-404D; Speaker: Dr. Mo Shakouri, Corporate Vice President, Innovation and Marketing, Alvarion
• Alvarion Power Breakfast: Wireless Capacity and Coverage in the 4G Era – Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 8:00 a.m. CT in South Building Grand Ballroom; presented by Alvarion Senior Director Marketing, Gil Shacham; Additional speakers: Mo Shakouri of Alvarion and Haig Sarkissian, Consultant at Wireless 20/20
• Solutions Theater: Upgrading 3G Indoor Solutions to Meet 4G Capacity Requirements – Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 1:00 p.m. CT in the Solutions Theater on the Expo floor; Speaker: Alvarion Senior Director Marketing and BD, Gil Shacham
• Conference Track: 4G Applications: WiMAX and LTE Coexistence and Convergence; Opportunities for Network Operators Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 3:30 p.m. CT in room S-404abc; Speaker: Shaul Ben Nun, General Manager, Alvarion Carrier Global Business Unit with Jeff Burlock, Senior Vice President Strategic Technology, Xplornet Communications Inc.
• Panel: Beyond the Macro: In-Building DAS Considerations for 4G – Thursday, Oct. 27 at 1:30 p.m. CT in room S-401; Speaker: Ron Agam, General Manager of the Wireless Capacity and Coverage Business Unit, Alvarion

If you are interested in meeting with Alvarion at the show, please contact John Conrad at conrad@merrittgrp.com or follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/Alvarion4G.

About Alvarion

Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR) is a global 4G communications leader with the industry’s most extensive customer base, including hundreds of commercial 4G deployments. Alvarion’s industry leading network solutions for broadband wireless technologies WiMAX, TD-LTE and WiFi, enable broadband applications for service providers and enterprises covering a variety of industries such as mobile broadband, residential and business broadband, utilities, municipalities and public safety agencies. Through an open network strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy large scale end-to-end turnkey networks, Alvarion is delivering the true 4G broadband experience today (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 current global recession, the inability of our customers to obtain credit to purchase our products as a result of global credit market conditions, the failure to fund projects under the U.S. broadband stimulus program, continued delays in 4G license allocation in certain countries; the failure of the products for the 4G market to develop as anticipated;, Alvarion’s inability to capture market share in the expected growth of the 4G market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing objectives; the failure of the Alvarion’s strategic initiatives to enable Alvarion to more effectively capitalize on market opportunities as anticipated; 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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