TEL AVIV (Press Release). Alvarion Ltd. today announced that NTT West Corporation Okinawa Branch Group has successfully deployed the multiple broadband networks in Okinawa using its market leading BreezeACCESS® VL system. The deployment came after the request by the Okinawa Prefecture to the NTT West Okinawa Branch Group.

Building on the ongoing and long term relationship between the two parties, NTT WEST Okinawa Branch Group adopted the VL at 4.9 GHz to answer its Tier 1 carrier requirements for offering wireless broadband services and fast Internet access to residences and municipalities on the Okinawa islands of Tokashiki, Zamami and Aka.

“Okinawa’s hundreds of hilly and spread out islands make using wired infrastructure for broadband extremely expensive and impractical, so instead we turned to Alvarion’s easy to install BreezeACCESS VL,” said leader of NTT West Okinawa Branch Group. “After long and comprehensive field trials in severe weather conditions including typhoons, we verified that the VL is the most reliable and cost effective broadband system available today. The VL and Alvarion’s flexibility, dedication and strict timetable have enabled us to overcome the digital divide throughout our region, and we look forward to expanding broadband availability across Okinawa using the VL.”

BreezeACCESS VL’s advanced features such as NLOS operation resulting from long experience of OFDM technology implementation, extended reach of more than 30 kilometers, high capacity of up to 54 Mbps, encryption, and quality of service (QoS), enable carriers, mobile operators, ISPs, enterprises and other service providers to offer triple play services to both business and residential subscribers. Operating in the 5 GHz bands, VL supports great flexibility in frequency planning with its 20 MHz channel spacing, automatic clear channel selection (ACCS) and built-in spectrum analyzer, which monitors and avoids noise on any given channel.

The BreezeACCESS VL is supported by AlvariSTAR™, a comprehensive network management solution for managing broadband wireless and WiMAX networks and related equipment.

“Alvarion, supplying broadband wireless systems to one of the largest incumbent carriers in the world to bring broadband throughout their region, is testament to the quality of our products and people,” said Tzvika Friedman president and CEO of Alvarion. “The BreezeACCESS VL is the best solution for Okinawa where wire line networks are too costly to deploy for broadband. And the success of this milestone project in Okinawa is a catalyst for additional and larger deployment projects in Okinawa and throughout Japan, which will further strengthen our relationship with NTT West Group.”