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Bloosurf ISP Selects Alvarion Solution for Rural Wireless Broadband Network in Maryland

Bloosurf was awarded Federal Stimulus funds to bring broadband to Worcester, Wicomico and Somerset counties, as well as Smith Island. Alvarion's 4Motion solution will enable Bloosurf to offer reliable, ultra-fast service to educational, residential and commercial customers. 4Motion combines BreezeMAX and other best-of-breed systems to provide a complete ecosystem at the network level, enabling operators to be most responsive to a diversity of subscriber needs.

Bloosurf will provide broadband services which will benefit around 126,000 people, 6,000 businesses and 351 community institutions. Paul Carliner, president of Bloosurf called the service an unprecedented offer that would be better than anything offered in Baltimore or Washington. In areas such as the regional university campuses that are more populated, Bloosurf will offer wireless broadband service through partnerships with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Salisbury University and Wor-Wic Community College. Bloosurf has partnered with the universities to provide thousands of students on three campuses with consistent, high-speed connectivity to the university networks and to the Internet.

"The flexibility of Alvarion's solution will enable us to roll out the wireless network so that the higher density areas, such as campuses serving thousands of savvy users, are consistently connected, while we continue to deliver optimally to our business and residential users," commented Carliner. "Its comprehensiveness will allow us to do so in the most cost-effective manner."

"Rural wireless broadband has been an important market for us throughout our history. Our focus on continuous technology advancements has enabled us to provide more flexible, cost-effective solutions that can be deployed more quickly," commented Eran Gorev, president and CEO of Alvarion. "From the underserved to the unconnected, high-speed wireless is transforming lives for hundreds of thousands every day, regardless of their location or financial capability - we are excited to be a part of it."

About Bloosurf

Bloosurf is a leading provider of rural broadband service through its wireless last mile hybrid networks combining WiMAX, WiFi and FTTH solutions that provide affordable and reliable high speed internet service to its customers in the rural marketplace. The recipient of U.S. government funding, Bloosurf is building a state-of-the-art last mile broadband network in rural Maryland combining fiber, WiFi, WiMAX, Mobile 4G broadband and VOIP service to residences, businesses, universities, non-profits and local governments to help rural communities bridge the digital divide.

About Alvarion

Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR) is a global leader in 4G wireless communications with the industry's most extensive customer base with hundreds of commercial WiMAX deployments. Alvarion's industry leading solutions enable true open 4G and vertical applications for service providers and enterprises. Through an OPEN WiMAX strategy, superior IP and OFDMA know-how, and ability to deploy large scale end-to-end turnkey networks, Alvarion is delivering the true 4G broadband experience today (www.alvarion.com)

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current expectations or beliefs of Alvarion's management and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements: potential impact on our business of the current global recession, the inability of our customers to obtain credit to purchase our products as a result of global credit market conditions, the failure to fund projects under the U.S. broadband stimulus program, continued delays in 4G license allocation in certain countries; the failure of the products for the 4G market to develop as anticipated;, Alvarion's inability to capture market share in the expected growth of the 4G market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing objectives; the failure of the Alvarion's strategic initiatives to enable Alvarion to more effectively capitalize on market opportunities as anticipated; inability to further identify, develop and achieve success for new products, services and technologies; increased competition and its effect on pricing, spending, third-party relationships and revenues; as well as the inability to establish and maintain relationships with commerce, advertising, marketing, and technology providers and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's 20-F Annual Report Risk Factors section as well as in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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