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Company to Present 'IPTV in Asia: Lessons Learned from Real Deployments in China and Japan' in TelecomNEXT Papers Program

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UTStarcom also plans to exhibit for the first time a mobile CDMA
communications system in its Emergency Response Communications Vehicle. In
addition, the company will have live demonstrations of its MovingMedia(TM)
2000 all-IP CDMA2000 wireless infrastructure solution; its IP-based Personal
Access System (iPAS(TM)) solution; its F1000G portable WiFi handset running
over its IP-based mSwitch(R) softswitch platform; and its RollingStream(TM)
end-to-end Television over IP (IPTV) solution over its Gigabit Ethernet
Passive Optical Network (GEPON) solution. The IPTV implementation UTStarcom
will demonstrate over GEPON is also deployed in the field via the company's
complete access platform portfolio, including its IP DSLAM family of products.

UTStarcom Presents IPTV in Asia Paper

Brian Caskey, vice president of worldwide marketing, will present 'IPTV in
Asia: Lessons Learned from Real Deployments in China and Japan' in the
TelecomNEXT Papers Program on Sunday, March 19 at 4:20 p.m. PST.

Caskey will share UTStarcom's experiences in Asia from technologies and
network topologies with large-scale subscriber deployments with China Telecom
and Softbank BB.

About UTStarcom, Inc.

UTStarcom is a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions
and international service and support. The company sells its broadband,
wireless, and handset solutions to operators in both emerging and established
telecommunications markets around the world. UTStarcom enables its customers
to rapidly deploy revenue-generating access services using their existing
infrastructure, while providing a migration path to cost-efficient, end-to-end
IP networks. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Alameda, California, the
company has research and design operations in the United States, China, Korea
and India. UTStarcom is a FORTUNE 1000 company

For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at
www.utstar.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release includes forward-looking statements, including the foregoing
statements regarding the anticipated exhibits and demonstrations at
TelecomNEXT, the anticipated content and the identity of the presenter at the
TelecomNEXT Papers Program and the accuracy of the subject matter covered
therein. These statements are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These
risk factors include rapidly changing technology, the changing nature of
global telecommunications markets, evolving product and applications
standards, and reduction or delays in system deployments. The Company also
refers readers to the risk factors identified in its latest Annual Report on
Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SOURCE UTStarcom, Inc.