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Norwalk, Ohio USA, December 26, 2005 –Alvarion Ltd, (NASDAQ: ALVR) the world’s leading provider of wireless broadband solutions and specialized mobile networks, and the City of Scottsburg, Indiana today announced that Scottsburg was selected by The Wireless Internet Institute (www.W2i.org) as an award winner in the category of “Local Municipal Initiative” of W2i Wireless Communities Best Practices along with the City of Lenexa, Kansas and Corpus Christi, Texas.
The award, open to entries from around the world that have implemented a community wide wireless broadband network, was given to Scottsburg in recognition of its achievement in meeting social and economic challenges using broadband wireless technology. Scottsburg partnered with Norwalk, Ohio based Wireless Connections to design and implement their Broadband system. Wireless Connections has distinguished itself as an Alvarion Platinum level reseller in recent years.
The City of Lenexa, Kansas deployed a metro-area mobile and fixed-wireless broadband network to connect government buildings, municipal vehicles, traffic signals, and video cameras. Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS VL system enabled the city to improve its operating efficiency while reducing annual expenses. Similarly, Corpus Christi, Texas deployed a large broadband wireless network spanning 147 square miles. The multi-use network used Alvarion BreezeACCESS VL systems as well as several other vendors’ systems. “Through the forward thinking leadership of Mayor Graham, Scottsburg has been quick to realize the enormous benefits of community broadband as delivered by Alvarion’s wireless broadband solutions,” commented Amir Rosenzweig, president of Alvarion, Inc. “With wireless broadband, every aspect of a community can leverage and benefit greatly from the same infrastructure whether it is in Indiana, Kansas, Texas, or the numerous communities using Alvarion equipment today. We are pleased to see Scottsburg, Lenexa, and Corpus Christi getting some well-earned recognition for their innovations. These examples demonstrate Alvarion’s participation in the municipal market and commitment to bring broadband to local communities.”
Wireless Connections is one of Alvarion’s preferred Systems Integrator in the U.S., and serves 7 states as the system design and implementation specialists. They head into 2006 as one of the leading resellers of Alvarion products in North America. Additional information about making broadband wireless a reality for your community can be obtained by contacting Wireless Connections at (419) 668-4080 .
About Wireless Connections
Wireless Connections is a division of Advanced Computer Connections Inc. Wireless Connections provides wireless solutions for organizations, and is one of the premier systems integrators for a number of major suppliers competing in the broadband wireless market worldwide. Wireless Connections has established a reputation as experts in the field nationally, and their team of Certified Network Engineers has achieved a reputation for designing and installing reliable networks in a variety of applications. Wireless Connections offers products and support for ISPs to establish wireless point-to-point and/or point-to-multipoint connections. The Internet networking solutions that Wireless Connections has implemented will help ISPs develop and maintain a wireless broadband internet service for their customers. Wireless Connections is dedicated to providing a “turn-key solution” for broadband wireless for small business, and incomparable support for all of the products they sell. Wireless Connections can help your company explore the best direction for expanding communication and data transmission processes into the wireless realm. |
