TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it is filling commercial orders and shipping its WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which includes Intel’s PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface chip.
The company said BreezeMAX is Alvarion’s WiMAX-ready platform that uses OFDM technology for advanced non-line-of-sight functionality and is designed for operators to offer broadband Internet Protocol-based data and voice services. Its carrier-class design supports broadband speeds to enable carriers to offer multiple services to thousands of subscribers in one base station. In addition, the company said the BreezeMAX platform has been designed from the ground up according to the 2004 IEEE 802.16 standard and serves as a base for Alvarion’s future mobile solution targeted toward the emerging IEEE 802.16e standard for mobile broadband services.
“With the commercial launch of the BreezeMAX PRO, the first Intel-based CPE, we have now taken the next major step as a company, and as an industry, toward the mainstream use of WiMAX services worldwide,” said Zvi Slonimsky, chief executive of Alvarion. “The economic and technological advantages WiMAX offers operators are clearly demonstrated when deploying the BreezeMAX PRO. BreezeMAX PRO is further proof of our dedication to lead the WiMAX market to standards-based fixed, portable and mobile solutions.”
