Israeli WiMax bellwether Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR) reported a record revenue in the second quarter ($48.8 million, or roughly a 9% increase over the $44.7 million amassed in Q1).  This comes on the heels of the company's purchase of 3G equipment (CDMA and GSM) maker interWAVE last week, at a price tag of $56 million.  The goal behind that acquisition is to boost WiMax, since 3G wireless phone mobility will be fundamental in the development of the 802.16 standard.

Alvarion remained quite active thus far in 2004, achieving quite a few milestones, such as the introduction of various versions of its Breeze Access VL products (one in the 5.4 GHz band and another in the 5.2 GHz frequency, in order to meet broadband specs in regions such as Asia/Pacific and Russia).  Another key introduction was the BreezeMAX platform, a WiMax-ready platform that enables customers to deploy WiMax in anticipation of the availability of WiMAX CPEs.  Finally, Alvarion also successfully completed its trials with British Telecom (NYSE:BTY), having deployed wireless broadband access in four cities around the UK.