UTSTARCOM TO PARTICIPATE AT CONVERGENCE INDIA 2009

South Asia MD Vijay Yadav among speakers at the event

UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI) today announced its participation in South Asia’s largest ICT event, the 17th Convergence India 2009, international exhibition and conference that begins on March 18 at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi. The event is supported by the Ministry of Communications & IT, Govt. of India and the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Govt. of India, and certified by the US Commercial Service.

Mr. Vijay Yadav, UTStarcom’s Managing Director for South Asia operations, is part of the panel discussion in the inaugural conference session of the event, on the theme, “Digital Convergence…Empowering a Billion Lives”.

On the concluding day of the conference, Mr. Yadav is also a panelist for the session, “Transition to a new television experience: Indian perspective on the myths and reality of offering IPTV”

UTStarcom has been recognized through various industry awards as the leader in broadband and IPTV in India. As of 2008- end, UTStarcom’s RollingStream end-to-end IPTV system supported more than 1.27 million live IPTV subscribers globally and had a total live system capacity of more than 2.5 million subscribers. UTStarcom, Inc. was recently recognized for its Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) innovation by Informa and the IPTV World Forum during the initial round of the 2009 IPTV World Awards program. UTStarcom, the leading IPTV provider in Asia, was selected as a finalist in the “Most Innovative New Service” category for its development and deployment of the iControl IPTV service with Aksh Optifibre Ltd.

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 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 development operations in the United States, Canada, China, Korea and India. For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company’s Web site at www.utstar.com.

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