- Alvarion
Infobox Company
company_name = Alvarion
company_
company_type = Public (nasdaq|ALVR)
foundation = 1992
location =Tel Aviv ,Israel
industry =Electronics
products = Wireless Communications
num_employees = 864
homepage = [http://www.alvarion.com www.alvarion.com]Alvarion Ltd. (
NASDAQ :ALVR, TASE:ALVR) is a leading provider of WiMAX and non-WiMAX wireless broadband systems to carriers, ISPs and private network operators around the world. They have offices in 23 countries, including their corporate headquarters inTel Aviv ,Israel . The company directly employs 444 people worldwide and reported net revenue of US$236.6 million for their most recent fiscal year, which ended on December 31, 2007.Alvarion was originally incorporated as
BreezeCOM Ltd. in September, 1992. In August, 2001, BreezeCOM was merged with another Israeli company,Floware Wireless Systems Ltd., and changed its name to Alvarion. They acquiredInnoWave Ltd. in April, 2003. Finally, with the acquisition ofinterWAVE Communications International Ltd., completed in December, 2004, Alvarion expanded into the mobileGSM equipment market and gained expertise in mobile systems. Most of the interWAVE operations became their Cellular Mobile business unit, which was sold toLGC Wireless , Inc. in November, 2006. [http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1108332/000114420408020367/v109542_20f.htm]Alvarion was one of the first companies to produce
IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN equipment and made a major contribution to the development of the IEEE 802.11 standard itself. In collaboration with theSwedish Space Corporation and using its own BreezeNET DS.11 product, it also claims to hold aWorld record of longest Wireless LAN link ever achieved - 310km from ground to a weather balloon (although it has been heavily amplified, used a huge dish antennae, and had an automatic tracking system). [ [http://www.alvarion.com/presscenter/pressreleases/3263/ News & Events - Press Releases ] ] [ [http://www.newswireless.net/index.cfm/article/1146/] This record is not found in The Guinness Book of Records, however.Alvarion is also active in the development of the new
IEEE 802.16 xWiMAX standards and is one of the first manufacturers to offer mobile WiMAX systems.References
External links
* [http://www.alvarion.com/ Alvarion website]
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