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Alvarion Mobile WiMAX Solution, 4Motion(TM), Targeted for Multiple
Markets, Now Leverages Texas Instruments Wireless Infrastructure
Technology Flexible TI Technology Enables Alvarion to Quickly Roll Out Advanced
BreezeMAX(TM) Products
LAS VEGAS, April 5, 2006 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today announced that Alvarion (Nasdaq: ALVR), the world's leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile networks, has selected the company's portfolio of WiMAX infrastructure technologies as part of its mobile WiMAX solution, 4Motion. Alvarion's BreezeMAX system, the primary building block of 4Motion's radio access network, will leverage TI technology to address the growing demand for mobile broadband wireless technologies, including support for IEEE 802.16e standards, across a broad range of spectrum. These products enable carriers to offer high-performance broadband data, voice and multimedia services over wider coverage areas.
Alvarion's current BreezeMAX WiMAX platform is designed from the ground up according to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS) to enable carriers to offer triple play services to thousands of subscribers in a single base station. Since its launch in mid-2004, Alvarion's BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in over 150 installations in more than 30 countries around the world.
Alvarion is the first to provide WiMAX equipment incorporating TI's flexible analog and DSP-based infrastructure technology, compliant with the IEEE 802.16e standard and its BreezeMAX system is well suited to meet the needs of fixed, portable and mobile wireless broadband applications. Developing products for fixed, portable and mobile WiMAX markets is a key to success in this growing industry, as Forward Concepts estimates that by 2009, sales of WiMAX equipment for both segments will total $2 billion.
"Alvarion works closely with carriers around the world to understand the diverse needs in different regions for delivering 'personal broadband' to everyone, everywhere," said Rudy Leser, corporate vice president, strategy and marketing, Alvarion. "TI's WiMAX products offer us the high-performance and flexibility we need to meet this growing demand for current as well as next generation of services. Alvarion and TI have collaborated on past generations of broadband wireless products, and we are pleased to extend those efforts to the 802.16e market."
TI recently announced its complete solution for the WiMAX market based on its TMS320TCI6482 1GHz DSP, designed for wireless infrastructure applications. The chip is complemented with an advanced software library that reduces product development time, while allowing manufacturers to customize the software and add their own intellectual property. TI's flexible solution supports both fixed and mobile applications across multiple frequency bands, enabling equipment manufacturers to create cost-effective system configurations that can be used for multiple broadband wireless applications.
"We have worked closely with Alvarion to help define the right solution for this growing market and will continue to focus on providing optimized solutions to best meet industry demands," said Sandeep Kumar, worldwide strategic marketing manager with TI's Communications Infrastructure Group. "Our newest mobile WiMAX offering easily integrates with Alvarion's existing infrastructure products, allowing service providers to quickly meet market requirements."
Alvarion will continue to deploy products incorporating TI's WiMAX technology this year.
About Alvarion
With more than 2 million units deployed in 150 countries, Alvarion is the worldwide leader in wireless broadband, providing systems to carriers, ISPs and private network operators, and also in extending coverage of GSM and CDMA mobile networks to developing countries and other hard to serve areas.
Leading the WiMAX revolution, Alvarion has the most extensive deployments and proven product portfolio in the industry covering the full range of frequency bands with both fixed and mobile solutions. Alvarion's products enable the delivery of business and residential broadband access, corporate VPNs, toll quality telephony, mobile base station feeding, hotspot coverage extension, community interconnection, public safety communications, and mobile voice and data. Alvarion works with several global OEM providers and more than 200 local partners to support its diverse global customer base in solving their last-mile challenges.
As a wireless broadband pioneer, Alvarion has been driving and delivering innovations for more than 10 years from core technology developments to creating and promoting industry standards. Leveraging its key roles in the IEEE and HiperMAN standards committees and experience in deploying OFDM-based systems, the Company's prominent work in the WiMAX Forum(TM) is focused on increasing the widespread adoption of standards-based products in the wireless broadband market and leading the entire industry to mobile WiMAX solutions.
For more information, visit Alvarion's World Wide Web site at http://www.alvarion.com
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements. In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors & Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than 25 countries.
Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.ti.com .
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