6-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July 2008

Commission File Number: 0-30628

ALVARION LTD.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

21A Habarzel Street, Tel Aviv 69710, Israel

(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F x Form 40-F o

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The following are included in this report on Form 6-K:

Exhibit
Description
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  1. Press release on Alvarion® Reports Record
Revenues for Second Quarter 2008.

Dated July 30th, 2008
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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.




Date: July 30th, 2008
ALVARION LTD.


By: /s/ Efrat Makov
——————————————
Efrat Makov
CFO

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EXHIBIT 1

Contacts  
Efrat Makov, CFO Claudia Gatlin, Investor Relations
+972-3-645-6252 +212-830-9080
+760-517-3187 claudia.gatlin@alvarion.com
efrat.makov@alvarion.com  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Alvarion® Reports Record Revenues for Second Quarter 2008

TEL AVIV, Israel – July 30, 2008 – Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2008.

Highlights:

  Record revenues of $69.7 million, up 21% from Q2 2007;

  Non-GAAP EPS of $0.03; GAAP loss per share of ($0.01);

  Cash reserves increased to $149 million;

  WiMAX revenues of $38 million, up 36% from Q2 2007;

  Cumulative WiMAX shipments of over $340 million;

In the second quarter of 2008, revenues increased to $69.7 million, a 21% increase from $57.6 million in the second quarter of 2007, and a 4% increase from $67.2 million in the first quarter of 2008. BreezeMAX® revenues in Q2 2008 were over $38 million, or about 55% of total revenues.

GAAP net loss in the second quarter of 2008 was ($812,000), or ($0.01) per share, compared to GAAP net income of $136,000, or $0.00 per share, in Q2 of 2007, which included income from discontinued operations of $618,000 , and GAAP net loss of $(601,000), or $(0.01) per share, in Q1 2008.

Excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, stock based compensation expenses and discontinued operations, the company reported non-GAAP net profit of $1.7 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, compared with non-GAAP net profit of $2.0 million, or $0.03 per diluted share, in Q2 2007, and in the first quarter of 2008. The sequential decline in net income was primarily the result of unfavorable currency exchange rates.

During Q2 2008, the company generated positive cash flow of approximately $0.9 million. Cash reserves as of June 30, 2008 totaled approximately $149 million, up from about $148 million in the previous quarter.

For supplemental information to facilitate evaluation of the impact of non-cash charges, results of discontinued operations and comparisons with historical results, see the attached table showing the detailed reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results for Q2 and the first six months of 2008 and the comparative periods.

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Comments from Management

“We are proud of our continued growth in Q2 as well as the achievement of several strategic milestones,” said Tzvika Friedman, president and CEO of Alvarion. “In addition to reporting record revenues and WiMAX shipments, we continued to compete successfully against the major telecom equipment manufacturers and won a large WiMAX project in Latin America. We concluded an important strategic agreement with Nortel Networks, which brings numerous advantages such as R&D support and funding, wider market reach, and extensive planning and rollout capabilities for large deployments. We were one of only four base station vendors to achieve Mobile WiMAX™ Wave 2 certification from the WiMAX Forum®, and during Q2 our customer DigitalBridge Communications, launched the first Mobile WiMAX Internet service in the United States over our WiMAX solution.”

“On a constant dollar basis, we have also achieved our profitability targets for Q2; however, the significant change in the dollar versus the shekel masks the excellent progress we have made in improving our operating leverage. The dollar has declined approximately 6% from the end of Q1 until the end of Q2, and has declined over 12% since the end of 2007 and we continue to focus on mitigating the unfavorable currency impact to the maximum extent possible.

“Meanwhile, current customers are expanding their networks, bookings are strong, and the pipeline of potential new business is large and growing. This further increases our confidence in our ability to achieve the upper end of our target revenue range of $275 to $300 million for 2008.”

Q3 2008 Guidance

The company’s revenue guidance for Q3 2008 is $73 to $77 million. Based on this revenue range, non-GAAP per share results are expected to range between $0.02 and $0.06, based on approximately 65.0 million of estimated weighted average diluted shares outstanding. GAAP results are expected to range between a loss of ($0.02) and earnings per share of $0.02.

Alvarion’s management will host a conference call today at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
Please call the following dial in number to participate:
USA: (888) 428-4480; International: +1-(612) 332-0637.

The public is invited to listen to the live webcast of the conference call.
For details please visit Alvarion’s website at www.alvarion.com.
An archive of the online broadcast will be available on the website. 


A replay of the call will be available from 11:30 a.m. EDT on July 30, 2008 through 11:59 p.m. EDT on August 30, 2008.

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To access the replay, please call:
USA: (800) 475-6701
International: +1(320) 365-3844.
To access the replay, users will need to enter the following code: 951932.

About Alvarion

Alvarion is the largest WiMAX pure player, ensuring customer long-term success with fixed and mobile solutions for the full range of frequency bands. Based on its OPEN™ WiMAX strategy, the company offers superior wireless broadband infrastructure and an all-IP best-of-breed ecosystem in cooperation with its strategic partners. Alvarion boasts over 200 commercial WiMAX deployments worldwide (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: the failure of the market for WIMAX products to develop as anticipated; Alvarion’s inability to capture market share in the expected growth of the WIMAX market as anticipated, due to, among other things, competitive reasons or failure to execute in our sales, marketing or manufacturing objectives; 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, the failure of the agreement with Nortel networks limited to generate increased sales as anticipated 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.

Information set forth in this press release pertaining to third parties has not been independently verified by Alvarion and is based solely on publicly available information or on information provided to Alvarion by such third parties for inclusion in this press release. The web sites appearing in this press release are not and will not be included or incorporated by reference in any filing made by Alvarion with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which this press release will be a part of.

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In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, Alvarion uses non-GAAP measures of net income, operating income and earnings per share, which are adjustments from results based on GAAP to exclude non-cash equity-based compensation charges in accordance with SFAS 123R, amortizations of intangibles and results of discontinued operations. Alvarion’s management believes the non-GAAP financial information provided in this release is useful to investors’ understanding and assessment of Alvarion’s on-going operations and prospects for the future. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Management uses both GAAP and non-GAAP information in evaluating and operating business internally and as such has determined that it is important to provide this information to investors.

You may request Alvarion’s future press releases or a complete Investor Kit by contacting Kika Stayerman, kika.stayerman@alvarion.com or +972.3.767.4159.

"WiMAX Forum" is a registered trademark of the WiMAX Forum. "WiMAX," the WiMAX Forum logo,
"WiMAX Forum Certified" and the WiMAX Forum Certified logo are trademarks of the WiMAX Forum.

“Alvarion” and “BreezeMAX” are the registered trademarks of Alvarion Ltd.

“OPEN” is the trademark of Alvarion Ltd.

All other companies’ names, products, services may be the properties of their respective owners.

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ALVARION LTD. & ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)

Six
Months Ended
June 30,

Six
Months Ended
June 30,

Three
Months Ended
June 30,

Three
Months Ended
June 30,

Three
Months Ended
March 31,

2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
 
Sales     $ 136,908   $ 109,623   $ 69,740   $ 57,546   $ 67,168  
   
Cost of sales     69,934    54,221    35,591    28,420    34,343  





Gross profit     66,974    55,402    34,149    29,126    32,825  





   
Operating expenses:   
Research and development, net    30,904    24,849    15,791    13,075    15,113  
Selling and marketing    29,559    26,265    14,905    13,621    14,654  
General and administrative    9,309    7,700    4,696    3,787    4,613  
Amortization of intangible assets    1,266    1,272    633    636    633  





Total operating expenses     71,038    60,086    36,025    31,119    35,013  





   
Operating loss     (4,064 )  (4,684 )  (1,876 )  (1,993 )  (2,188 )
   
Financial income, net     2,651    3,143    1,064    1,511    1,587  





Loss from continuing operations     (1,413 )  (1,541 )  (812 )  (482 )  (601 )





   
Income from discontinued operations, net (*)     -    1,054    -    618    -  





Net income (loss)    $ (1,413 ) $ (487 ) $ (812 ) $ 136   $ (601 )





   
Basic net earnings (loss) per share:   
    Continuing operations    $ (0.02 ) $ (0.02 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 )
    Discontinued operations    $-   $ 0.02   $ -   $ 0.01   $ -  
    Total    $ (0.02 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ 0.00   $ (0.01 )





   
Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net earnings (loss) per share    63,099    61,933    63,140    62,097    63,058  





   
Diluted net earnings (loss) per share:   
    Continuing operations    $ (0.02 ) $ (0.02 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 )
    Discontinued operations    $-   $ 0.02   $ -   $ 0.01   $ -  
    Total    $ (0.02 ) $ (0.01 ) $ (0.01 ) $ 0.00   $ (0.01 )





   
Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net earnings (loss) per share    63,099    61,933    63,140    64,316    63,058  






(*) Results of Cellular Mobile Unit that was sold in November 2006, are classified as discontinued operations and are not included in the results from continuing operations.

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ALVARION LTD. & ITS SUBSIDIARIES

DISCLOSURE OF NON-US GAAP NET INCOME

FOR COMPARATIVE PURPOSES NET INCOME AND EARNINGS PER SHARE FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS EXCLUDING AMORTIZATION OF ACQUIRED INTANGIBLES, STOCK BASED COMPENSATION EXPENSES AND INCOME FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)

Six
Months Ended
June 30,

Six
Months Ended
June 30,

Three
Months Ended
June 30,

Three
Months Ended
June 30,

Three
Months Ended
March 31,

2008
2007
2008
2007
2008
 
Net income (loss) according to US GAAP     $ (1,413 ) $ (487 ) $ (812 ) $ 136   $ (601 )
   
Amortization of acquired current technology and customer relationships    1,266    1,272    633    636    633  
   
Stock based compensation expenses related to SFAS 123R    3,880    3,555    1,867    1,802    2,013  
   
Income from discontinued operations, net    -    (1,054 )  -    (618 )  -  





Net Income from continuing operations excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, stock based compensation expenses and income from discontinued operations     $ 3,733   $ 3,286   $ 1,688   $ 1,956   $ 2,045  





   
Basic net earnings per share from continuing operations excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, stock based compensation expenses and income from discontinued operations    $ 0.06   $ 0.05   $ 0.03   $ 0.03   $ 0.03  





   
Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net earnings per share    63,099    61,933    63,140    62,097    63,058  





   
Diluted net earnings per share from continuing operations excluding amortization of acquired intangibles, stock based compensation expenses and income from discontinued operations    $ 0.06   $ 0.05   $ 0.03   $ 0.03   $ 0.03  





   
Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net earnings per share    64,549    64,152    64,565    64,316    64,532  






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ALVARION LTD. & ITS SUBSIDIARIES
RECONCILIATION BETWEEN GAAP TO NON-GAAP STATEMENT OF INCOME
U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share data)

Three
Months Ended
June 30,
2008

Three
Months Ended
March 31,
2008

GAAP
Adjustments
Non-GAAP
Non-GAAP
 
Sales     $ 69,740   $-   $ 69,740   $ 67,168  
   
Cost of sales     35,591    (176 )(a)  35,415    34,176  




Gross profit     34,149    176    34,325    32,992  




   
Operating expenses:   
Research and development, net    15,791    (574 )(a)  15,217    14,569  
Selling and marketing    14,905    (507 )(a)  14,398    14,149  
General and administrative    4,696    (610 )(a)  4,086    3,816  
Amortization of intangible assets    633    (633 )(b)  -    -  




Total operating expenses     36,025    (2,324 )  33,701    32,534  




Operating profit (loss)     (1,876 )  2,500    624    458  
   
Financial income, net     1,064    -    1,064    1,587  




Net income (loss) from continuing operations (*)     (812 )  2,500    1,688    2,045  




   
Basic net earnings (loss) per share from contiuing operation:    $ (0.01 )       0.03   $ 0.03  

 

   
Weighted average number of shares used in computing basic net earnings (loss) per share    63,140         63,140    63,058  

 

   
Diluted net earnings (loss) per share from contiuing operation:    $ (0.01 )      $ 0.03   $ 0.03  

 

   
Weighted average number of shares used in computing diluted net earnings (loss) per share    63,140         64,565    64,532  

 


(*) Results of Cellular Mobile Unit that was sold in November 2006, are classified as discontinued operations and are not included in the results from continuing operations.

(a) The effect of stock-based compensation. The Company adopted the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), "Share-Based Payment" on January 1, 2006 using the modified-prospective transition method.

(b) The effect of amortization of intangible assets.

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ALVARION LTD. & ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. dollars in thousands

June 30,
2008

December 31,
2007

 
          ASSETS            
Cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments   $ 149,055   $ 138,874  
Trade receivables    41,300    31,224  
Other accounts receivable    9,701    16,250  
Inventories    43,471    42,746  
Severance pay fund    13,953    11,667  
   
INVESTMENT IN AFFILIATES     906    605  
   
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET     14,572    13,078  
   
GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS     57,433    58,699  


   
TOTAL ASSETS    $ 330,391   $ 313,143  


   
   
          LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY   
   
CURRENT LIABILITIES   
   
Trade payables   $ 40,225   $ 24,091  
Other accounts payable and accrued expenses    48,316    52,257  


   
Total current liabilities     88,541    76,348  
   
ACCRUED SEVERANCE PAY     19,182    16,242  


   
TOTAL LIABILITIES     107,723    92,590  
   
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY     222,668    220,553  


   
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY    $ 330,391   $ 313,143  



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ALVARION LTD.& ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
U.S. dollars in thousands

Three
Months ended
June 30, 2008

 
Cash flows from operating activities:        
Net loss   $ (812 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used by operating activities:  
Depreciation    1,414  
Stock based compensation expenses related to SFAS 123R    1,867  
Amortization of intangibles assets    633  
Increase in trade receivables    (6,736 )
Increase in other accounts receivable and prepaid expenses    (2,406 )
Increase in inventories    (353 )
Increase in trade payables    11,274  
Decrease in other accounts payables and accrued expenses    (2,225 )
Accrued severance pay, net    10  

Net cash provided by operating activities     2,666  

   
Cash flows from investing activities:   
Purchase of fixed assets    (1,897 )

Net cash used in investing activities     (1,897 )

   
Cash flows from financing activities:   
Proceeds from exercise of employees' stock options    171  

Net cash provided by financing activities     171  

   
Increase in cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments     940  

   
Cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments at the beginning of the period     148,115  

Cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments at the end of the period    $ 149,055  


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