Alvarion and Iberbanda Expand WiMAX Network

Alvarion and Iberbanda Expand Broadband Network Coverage in Catalonia Using
WiMAX Technology
TEL AVIV, Israel & MADRID--(Business Wire)--
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world`s leading provider of WiMAX and wireless
broadband solutions, announced today it was selected by Iberbanda, Spain`s
leading WiMAX carrier partially owned by Telefonica, to expand the current WiMAX
network at 3.5GHz in Catalonia. The expansion results from a tender won by
Iberbanda to supply WiMAX services to the Government of Catalonia.

Catalonia, covering an area of over 32,000 square kilometers, is divided into
four provinces: Barcelona, Tarragona, Lleida and Girona. As a result of this
deployment, these provinces will double their broadband capacity, specifically
in rural areas. Using Alvarion`s innovative technology, Iberbanda will double
the offered throughput to its end users.

"This contract is another key milestone in our long standing partnership with
Alvarion. Our team conducted several successful tests together with the
Government of Catalonia for this specific implementation before awarding the
expansion to Alvarion," said Mr. Ricardo Gomez Villagran, CEO of Iberbanda.
"This project reflects Iberbanda`s continuous commitment to bring its customers
the latest advanced broadband services and applications. Alvarion`s unparalleled
experience in WiMAX network deployments with end-to-end solution and support
capabilities makes them the ideal partner for this deployment."

"Being selected once again by Iberbanda to service their customers is proof of
the excellent business case our solution provides," added Tzvika Friedman,
president and CEO of Alvarion. "We are proud to provide Iberbanda and Government
of Catalonia with the latest in broadband wireless technology. Alvarion`s
market-leading WiMAX solution offers enhanced capacity with extended coverage,
allowing our customers to deploy WiMAX for a variety of business cases."

The BreezeMAX platform encompasses an extensive range of advanced features,
enabling operators to customize the network configuration fit for their specific
needs. This includes indoor, outdoor, rural, suburban and dense urban deployment
options.

About Iberbanda

Iberbanda (www.iberbanda.es) is an innovative broadband communications provider
that offers its customers a wide variety of High Speed Internet, Telephony, Data
Transmission and Value Added Services. Iberbanda shareholders are leading
companies in its sectors: Telefonica, El Corte Ingles, Grupo PRISA and Omega
Capital. Nowadays Iberbanda covers near 30 % of Spain with very singular
projects: Andalucia, Castilla y Leon, Navarra, Cataluña with more than 800 WIMAX
base stations that almost fully covers those territories.

Iberbanda has the most significant WiMAX network in operation in Europe. WiMAX
as a wireless access allows Iberbanda to make a fast deployment, highly cost
efficient and minimum environmental impact technology. Iberbanda has been
increasing dramatically the number of customers during 2007, with a growth of
82% in the whole year. Iberbanda is one of the first operator members of the
WiMAX Forum.

About Alvarion

Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR) is the largest WiMAX pure-player with the most extensive
WiMAX customer base and over 250 commercial deployments around the globe.
Committed to growing the WiMAX market, the company offers solutions for a wide
range of frequency bands supporting a variety of business cases. Through its
OPEN WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy
end-to-end turnkey WiMAX projects, Alvarion is shaping the new wireless
broadband experience (www.alvarion.com).

This press release contains 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: potential impact on our business of the spread of the U.S. credit
crisis and current global recession; the failure of the market for WIMAX
products to develop as anticipated; Alvarion`s inability to capture market share
in the expected growth of the WiMAX market as anticipated, due to, among other
things, competitive reasons or failure to execute in our sales, services
provisioning, marketing or manufacturing objectives; 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 the Company`s 20-F
Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.

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been independently verified by Alvarion and is based solely on publicly
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this press release will be a part of.

You may request Alvarion's future press releases or a complete Investor Kit by
contacting Kika Stayerman, kika.stayerman@alvarion.com or +972.3.767.4159.

"WiMAX Forum" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," the WiMAX
Forum logo, "WiMAX Forum Certified" and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are
trademarks of the WiMAX Forum.
"Alvarion" and "BreezeMAX" are the registered trademarks of Alvarion Ltd.in
certain jurisdictions
All other companies' names, products, services may be the properties of their
respective owners.

Alvarion Ltd.
Investor:
Efrat Makov, CFO
+972.3.645.6252
+1-650-314-2652
efrat.makov@alvarion.com
or
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claudia.gatlin@alvarion.com
or
Press:
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or
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