WiMAX solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. (Nasdaq: ALVR; TASE: ALVR) today announced the commercial rollout of Mobile WiMAX Internet service by DigitalBridge Communications Inc. (DBC) using Alvarion’s WiMAX Forum Certified BreezeMAX 2.5 GHz solution. The network is providing broadband Internet to businesses and homes in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
Two weeks ago, Alvarion Ltd. was one of the first four companies to get mobile WiMAX certification - for its 802.16e BreezeMAX 2.5 Gigahertz base station - from the WiMAX Forum. The other firms were Motorola Corp. (NYSE: MOT), Samsung Corp. (KSX: 830), and Sequans Communications Inc.
DBC’s new network enables wireless connectivity with full coverage for businesses and public offices, enabling employees to stay online via a mobile office in their vehicles and access to services such as video, voice, and data communications on the go. New mobile Internet service will offer consumers the benefits of anytime anywhere broadband connectivity using WiMAX PC cards in their laptops.
Visitors at the resort can also use the service to send real-time pictures and movies while on vacation. Using a certified solution to build the network will allow the introduction of third party devices from the open market into the network.
Alvarion president and CEO Tzvika Friedman said, “We are pleased to turn on mobility using our certified Mobile WiMAX solution for the first such network in the US together with our long standing partner DBC."
Alvarion fell 1% to $7.14 in early afternoon trading on Nasdaq today. Its share price, which reflects a market cap of $450.2 million, is at the low end of its 52-week range of between $5.20 and $15.21.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on June 30, 2008
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