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October 12, 2010

Barrett Selects Alvarion for Significant 4G Rollout

Alvarion Ltd., the world’s premier provider of 4G networks in the Broadband Wireless Access market entered into a partnership with Barrett Xplore, Inc., Canada’s largest rural broadband Internet provider, to deploy the first national 4G network in Canada.

As per the agreement, Alvarion will offer its end-to-end 4Motion 4G solution, including subscriber devices, along with professional services to support this significant country-wide rollout. Barrett, through the new state-of-the-art network will be allowed to expand its rural broadband offerings into new service areas while allowing additional service options to existing customers.

Services across Canada’s vast geography will be provided by Barrett’s planned 4G wireless network. Initially, services will focus on high-speed data with expansion to include VoIP and other services in the future. Only after a comprehensive evaluation process that Barrett selected Alvarion as the sole provider for its 4G wireless network.

“We are pleased to be working with Alvarion to expand our broadband offerings in large areas of the country. We plan to introduce the latest 4G services so our customers can enjoy the benefits of top-quality broadband, at competitive prices” said John Maduri, CEO of Barrett, in a press release. “Alvarion has a strong track record of deploying 4G networks around the globe and its solution provides the flexibility to evolve toward a TD-LTE network.”

Alvarion’s success in deploying large 4G projects is reflected by this win. It also indicates its continued focus on high growth markets where the adoption of broadband services is expected to accelerate over the coming years.

“We are proud to have been chosen by Barrett for this significant 4G rollout that will bring broadband services to many underserved areas in Canada. We are known for delivering tailored, end-to-end broadband wireless networks that meet the specific requirements of our customers,” said Eran Gorev, president and CEO of Alvarion. “Our future-proof 4G network platform enables real-time high speed wireless services through a flexible architecture that helps operators minimize the total cost of ownership of networks. Together with Barrett, we will build the network with the latest 4G features and functionalities, some of which don’t exist in the market today.”

The state-of-the-art functionality in one of the industry’s most deployed 4G platforms with hundreds of commercial deployments in service around the globe is provided by Alvarion’s 4Motion 4G solution.

In related news, Alvarion’s Corporate Vice President, Dr. Mohammad Shakouri, was added to the list of keynote presenters at the 4G Wireless Evolution Conference, which took place at ITEXPO on Oct. 4-6 in the Los Angeles Convention Center.


Deepika Mala is a contributing editor for MobilityTechzone. To read more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.

Edited by Jaclyn Allard


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