African broadband provider Gulfsat Madagascar expands network with Alvarion's WiMAX system.(CONTRACTS)

Wi-Max, February, 2006

Alvarion Ltd., a provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile networks, announced that African broadband provider Gulfsat Madagascar will expand its current network using Alvarion's BreezeMAX WiMAX system. Since 2003, Gulfsat has been providing broadband services to corporate subscribers using Alvarion's BreezeACCESS OFDM system operating in 3.5GHz. The addition of the BreezeMAX network, also operating at 3.5GHz, is part of the operator's strategy to target residential subscribers with greater coverage and increased capacity. As part of the deployment, Gulfsat plans to use Alvarion's BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment (CPE) that uses the Intel PRO/ Wireless 5116 WiMAX chip.

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