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India's Gateway Systems Extends BWA Network Using Alvarion Products - Both BreezeACCESS and WALKair Gateway Continues to Expand Rapidly and Launches Services in New Cities. |
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TEL - AVIV, Israel--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001--Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR - news), a leading provider of Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) solutions, today announced the receipt of follow-on orders from Gateway Systems, India's first Broadband Wireless Access provider. The orders are for additional WALKair terminal equipment in the 10.5Ghz band, and for new BreezeACCESS systems in the 2.4Ghz bands. Following the success in serving business customers in four cities, Gateway is now expanding its advanced BWA network to additional cities and continues to connect new customers. Furthermore, Gateway is adding capability in the 2.4GHz bands, leveraging its network investment to target entry-level Internet access applications. Gateway is a well-financed company owned in part by Sakon, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Titan Corporation (NYSE:TTN - news), Initially Gateway installed WALKair base stations in the 10.5GHz frequency band in the Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune and Delhi regions. Gateway has launched commercial services via WALKair to corporate customers since 1st September 2000. Commenting on the news, Andy Goorno, CEO of Sakon, said, ``We are delighted with Gateway's impressive BWA success in the emerging Indian market. Gateway's 10.5GHz spectrum license covers all of Indian's strategic markets and enables the provision of wireless broadband services to more than 70% of India's businesses. The BreezeAccess will allow us to expend our business to additional markets in India.'' Amnon Yacoby, co-CEO of Alvarion, added, ``Having deployed services based on the 10.5 GHz spectrum to a number of customers, Gateway is now leveraging its investment with new services in the 2.4 GHz bands. This is a winning proposition for all involved - more affordable Internet access for the businesses of India, and additional revenues for Gateway. As such, Gateway proves the cross-selling model underlying the merger of BreezeCOM and Floware.''
About Gateway The company seeks to empower corporate network/IT managers by taking the burden out of managing access media.
About Sakon
Through its network, Sakon offers customers dedicated Internet access, Virtual Private Networks, clear-channel voice, International Private Line (IPL), and Videoconferencing services. This portfolio can be of great value to corporate customers needing to communicate securely and reliably with their offices, mobile sales force, business partners, vendors, and customers.
About Titan
Titan has financed and installed equipment for Sakon's wholesale and corporate retail projects throughout Central America, Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. In addition, Titan has deployed telephony solutions for rural markets in Africa and Latin America. Together, Titan and Sakon can offer integrated, countrywide coverage that links urban and rural users in one seamless network.
About Alvarion
The merger of BreezeCOM and Floware to form Alvarion has created a company with the broadest range of BWA solutions by market segment and frequency band, designed to address all carriers' and service providers' business models. With its combined market experience, strong customer base, diversified distribution channels and field-proven deployments, Alvarion is a leading BWA pure play provider for every end user profile, from residential subscribers to business customers. For more information, visit Alvarion's World Wide Web site at http://www.alvarion.com. This press release may contain 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: 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 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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