Alvarion Ltd. announced the extension of its BreezeMAX solution to 3.6 GHz with the introduction of the BreezeMAX 3600. Operating from 3.6 GHz to 3.8 GHz and targeted to fixed WiMAX operators in Europe and other countries, the BreezeMAX 3600 enables carriers to offer broadband data, voice and multimedia services with high performance over wide coverage areas. Currently in field trials, the BreezeMAX 3600 is expected to be commercially available in the second quarter of this year.

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BreezeMAX is Alvarion's WiMAX platform designed from the ground up according to the IEEE 802.16 standards and uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight (NLOS) functionality. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds and quality of service (QoS) to enable carriers to offer triple play broadband services to thousands of subscribers in a single base station. The company stated that since its launch in mid-2004, BreezeMAX has been successfully deployed in more than 150 installations in more than 30 countries around the world.