UTStarcom Announces Enhanced Sales Alliance With Logicalis in South America

Expanded Strategic Alliance to Provide UTStarcom with Access to Peru,
Argentina, Chile and Paraguay

ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq:
UTSI) today announced a growing sales association with Logicalis, a UK-based
international provider of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) and a
wholly owned division of Datatec Limited (DTC). The collaboration will help
accelerate the growth of UTStarcom's IPTV product offerings and broadband
access solutions to tier-one and tier-two service providers in South America.

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"UTStarcom continues to engage in opportunities to expand the reach of our
broadband and IPTV portfolios," said Diego Martinez, UTStarcom's Americas
Regional Vice President. "Our extended sales arrangement with Logicalis aligns
with our efforts to grow sales channels and strengthen relationships outside
of China and India."

This growing relationship between UTStarcom and Logicalis benefits both
companies by targeting new sales opportunities within the South American
region via the combined customer base and managed service offerings.
Additionally, both companies will collaborate to help ensure the quality
deployment of the infrastructure products and services. There is also a sales
pipeline identified with countries throughout the Southern Cone, indicating
potential areas of additional growth for this agreement.

"Logicalis is committed to providing its customers with innovative products
and solutions that leverage the widespread use of broadband and IP-based
services," said Rodrigo Parreira, Logicalis' Chief Operating Officer for the
Southern Cone. "We are pleased to have signed an enhanced cooperative
agreement with UTStarcom and we look forward to offering an expanded portfolio
of solutions to our customers throughout Latin America."

According to the agreement, UTStarcom's portfolio of solutions will be
marketed and distributed through Logicalis' sales force in Argentina, Chile,
Peru, Uruguay and Paraguay. UTStarcom will also support the sales of
Logicalis' solutions throughout the Americas region.

UTStarcom's broadband solutions enable the deployment of IP-based, high-speed
Internet, voice, data and multimedia services over wireline and optical
networks for service providers such as Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) and
United Telecoms Ltd. In addition, UTStarcom's RollingStream® IPTV system
provides customers with advanced video services such as interactive
television, digital signage, mobile TV and distance learning programs.
UTStarcom has announced IPTV deployments with Bharti Airtel, BSNL/Aksh,
Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL)/Aksh and United Telecoms Limited in
India; China Unicom and China Telecom in China; Sri Lanka Telecom in Sri
Lanka; Softbank in Japan, Brasil Telecom in Latin America and Markwell in
Taiwan. UTStarcom is the IPTV market share leader in both China and India.
UTStarcom is also the market share leader in India's broadband market.

About Logicalis

Headquartered in the UK, Logicalis is an international provider of integrated
information and communications technology (ICT) solutions and services founded
on a superior breadth of knowledge and expertise in communications &
collaboration; data centre; and professional and managed services.

With its international headquarters in the UK, Logicalis Group employs over
1,600 people worldwide, including highly trained service specialists who
design, specify, deploy and manage complex ICT infrastructures to meet the
needs of over 5,000 corporate and public sector customers.

Logicalis partners with Cisco, HP and IBM on an international basis and has
specialised solutions for enterprise and medium sized companies in the
financial services, retail, manufacturing, and professional service sectors
helping these companies benefit from cutting-edge technologies in a cost
effective way. We also work with Service Providers and many public sector
organisations in local government, education and healthcare.

The Logicalis Group has annualized revenues in excess of $1 billion, from
operations in the UK, US, Germany and Latin America, and is fast establishing
itself as one of the leading IT and Communications service providers,
specialising in the areas of advanced technologies and services.

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. The
company was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Alameda, California. For
more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at
http://www.utstar.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding UTStarcom's
future strategy, including statements regarding the company's IPTV technology
and broadband portfolios. These statements are forward-looking in nature and
subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ
materially. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from
those contained in our forward-looking statements include: risks associated
with delays in product development or customer acceptance and implementation
of new products and technologies; economic issues in the identified geographic
markets; and changes in government regulation and licensing requirements.
Please also refer to UTStarcom's periodic reports that are filed from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange commission, including our latest Annual
Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on
Form 8-K. UTStarcom assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend
to, update these forward-looking statements.

SOURCE UTStarcom, Inc.

Barry Hutton, Senior Director, Investor Relations of UTStarcom, Inc.,
+1-510-769-2807, barry.hutton@utstar.com; or Sara Zavala of Edelman,
+1-702-644-2465, sara.zavala@edelman.com, for UTStarcom, Inc.