Alvarion, a provider of 4G WiMAX (News - Alert) and wireless broadband solutions, and Iberbanda, Spain’s leading WiMAX carrier, have now reportedly deployed 1,000 WiMAX base stations in Spain.

Iberbanda, which focuses in rural and underserved areas, is working through direct as well as indirect channels to offer wireless broadband services in many autonomous communities in Spain including Castilla y Leon, Catalunya, Navarra, and Andalucia, the company said in a release.

The deployment is supported by Alvarion’s (News - Alert) BreezeMAX base station solution at 3.5 GHz frequency.

Alvarion offers an integrated all IP, 4G WiMAX solution coupled with turnkey professional services, the company said. The BreezeMAX solution is based on fourth generation Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing or “OFDM” radio innovation and provides a carrier class stable platform that allows rapid development of new features.

Alvarion’s products use advance technologies to increase power efficiency and reduce product foot print thus minimizing the environmental impact of its solutions and improving operators' business case with lower total cost of ownership.

“We are committed to bring advanced broadband services and applications to our customers,” said Ricardo Gomez Villagran, CEO of Iberbanda, in the release. “Through Alvarion’s robust cutting-edge WiMAX solutions, top quality radio performance and highly stable networks, we are able to offer efficient high-quality broadband services to our customers.”

According to Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum (News - Alert), WiMAX networks continue to expand at a very healthy pace despite challenges from the slowly recovering global economy. He expects more meaningful progress from the ecosystem in 2010.

“We are pleased to be supporting Iberbanda’s commitment to enable broadband services throughput the country to bridge the digital divide,” said Eran Gorev, president and CEO of Alvarion. “Our experience in rolling out high-speed wireless broadband networks, combined with our expertise in all-IP WiMAX solutions, has been instrumental in reaching this milestone.”

Recently Infonetics Research (News - Alert) rated Alvarion, Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola as the top WiMAX carriers in its recently published, “Mobile WiMAX Infrastructure Vendor Ratings: Global Service Provider Survey,” TMCnet reported.

The rating was given based on a survey conducted on mobile WiMAX network equipment purchase decision-makers at 21 service providers from around the world about their choices of equipment and decision criteria for choosing vendors.