UHT to build the first commercial WiMAX network in the Ukraine

February 08, 2007

Alvarion announced that telecommunications provider Ukrainian High Technologies Ltd. (UHT) is using its BreezeMAX 3500 to build the first commercial WiMAX network in the Ukraine. Building on successful deployments in Kiev and Kharkov, UHT plans to use its exclusive IEEE 802.16 license in 3.5 GHz spectrum to extend its WiMAX network starting with Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Odessa, and Lviv. Alvarion local partner S&T Soft-Tronik, being a leading systems integrator in Ukraine, has performed system delivery, network deployment and will provide ongoing support.

"BreezeMAX gives us many technological and economic advantages in bringing WiMAX services to the Ukraine," said Yuriy Chuikov, General Director of Ukrainian High Technologies. "Our successful launch of WiMAX networks in Kiev and Kharkov--with their demanding business and private subscribers--demonstrates the viability of using the BreezeMAX 3500 to serve densely populated urban areas. Alvarion is our WiMAX partner in fulfilling our commitment to provide broadband services to the general population of the Ukraine."

"We are pleased to be working with two world leaders--UHT and Alvarionin deploying advanced networks delivering WiMAX services," said Yuri Lisetsky, General Director of S&T Soft-Tronik. "Our relationship with Alvarion is for the long term, and we welcome the opportunity to help bring broadband to all parts of the Ukraine. Being a leading system integrator in Ukraine we pay special attention to complex and innovative projects. They are both an opportunity and challenge that only a few companies in our market can take. This project has been of this kind and we are pleased with its current development."

"The Ukraine is an expansive country with a large population, and Ukrainian High Technologies is an innovative challenger that sees the vast potential of using WiMAX to make broadband widely available there," commented Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. "This is another example of BreezeMAX being the industry benchmark by bringing WiMAX services quickly and cost-effectively to new areas of the world. With our initial deployment successes, we look forward to strengthening our relationship with UHT as they deploy BreezeMAX throughout the Ukraine."