Alvarion

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. The company has offices in 23 countries; the corporate headquarters is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company directly employs 1000 people worldwide and reported net revenue of US$ 281.28 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. Alvarion was originally incorporated ... more

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. The company has offices in 23 countries; the corporate headquarters is located in Tel Aviv, Israel. The company directly employs 1000 people worldwide and reported net revenue of US$ 281.28 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. 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 acquired InnoWave Ltd. in April, 2003. Finally, with the acquisition of interWAVE Communications International Ltd., completed in December, 2004, Alvarion expanded into the mobile GSM equipment market and gained expertise in mobile systems. Most of the interWAVE operations became their Cellular Mobile business unit, which was sold to LGC Wireless, Inc. in November, 2006.... less