Alvarion Building Island-Wide Broadband Wireless Network in Hokkaido, Japan

November 16, 2005

Alvarion announced additional orders to extend the BreezeACCESS VL network, following a successful initial deployment in the town of Koshimizu, located on Hokkaido Island, Japan. Hokkaido Seiko Time Systems, Alvarion’s local partner and the system integrator, is responsible for extending the network to additional municipalities throughout the island.

“We are pleased to be part of bringing the broadband revolution to northern Japan,” said Mr.Yasumasa Ito, President of Hokkaido STS. “We began deployment in Koshimizu with a 2.4GHz wireless network, but we soon realized that the band had too many limitations preventing access to many of the city’s residents, including line-of-sight, coverage, and slow speeds. Alvarion’s BreezeACCESS VL solved these challenges for us, due to its advanced OFDM technology for non line-of-sight operation (NLOS) and its use of the less congested 4.9GHz band where the channels are larger. Since this deployment, several other major cities in Hokkaido have contacted us to understand how they could take advantage of the system, and we are now following through on deployments and plans with each of them. We look forward to continued successful network launches with Alvarion,” Mr. Ito-san added.

Within the next three years, Hokkaido Seiko Time Systems plans to deploy thousands more Alvarion CPEs throughout Hokkaido Island and expand its installation in and around the city of Koshimizu to supply residences with broadband data services as well as provide connectivity among the municipality’s offices, libraries, schools, and in and around the train station.