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UTStarcom will display three classes of broadband products encompassing integrated Wi-Fi solutions, packet optical transport products and Software Defined Networking. The Company's products help cable service operators easily and cost-effectively add functionality to their networks while controlling capital and operating expenditures, consistent with UTStarcom's "simple network, simple operation" product design philosophy.

UTStarcom's R&D and product development teams have recently unveiled innovations in these product lines that put the Company at the forefront of cable network technology. UTStarcom's carrier class Wi-Fi access controller (AC) solution supports over 120,000 access points within a single chassis, which is unrivaled in the market. The Company's latest packet optical transport solution supports 100Gigabit transmission. In addition, UTStarcom recently completed a successful proof of concept of its Software Defined Open Packet Optical Network technology that demonstrated its ability to enable dynamic and pre-planned "bandwidth on demand" provisioning on a Tier-1 carrier network.

CableLabs is a non-profit research and development consortium whose summer conference convenes cable service providers from around the world as well as technology suppliers. It is an important venue for UTStarcom to showcase its broadband technology to industry insiders including chief technology officers who work for potential new customers.

This is the first time that UTStarcom has participated in the CableLabs conference.The UTStarcom delegation includes Mr. William Wong, Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Steven Chen, Vice President of Product Management and Marketing and Mr. Zhaochen Huang, Vice President of Global Sales.

About UTStarcom Holdings Corp.

UTStarcom (Nasdaq:UTSI) is a global telecom infrastructure provider dedicated to developing technology that will serve the rapidly growing demand for bandwidth from cloud-based services, mobile, streaming and other applications. We work with carriers globally, from Asia to the Americas, to meet this demand through a range of innovative broadband packet optical transport and wireless/fixed-line access products and solutions. The Company's end-to-end broadband product portfolio, enhanced through in-house Software Defined Networking (SDN)-based orchestration, enables mobile and fixed-line network operators and enterprises worldwide to build highly efficient and resilient future-proof networks for a range of applications, including mobile backhaul, metro aggregation, broadband access and Wi-Fi data offload. Our strategic investments in media operational support service providers expand UTStarcom's capabilities in the field of next generation video platforms. UTStarcom was founded in 1991, started trading on NASDAQ in 2000, and has operating entities in Tokyo, Japan; San Jose, USA; Delhi and Bangalore, India; Hangzhou, China. For more information about UTStarcom, please visit http://www.utstar.com.

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         Jane Zuo
         UTStarcom Holdings Corp.
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