UTStarcom Announces New Contract With China's Bureau of Radio and Television of Santai County, Sichuan Province, a Subsidiary of SARFT

UTStarcom Announces New Contract With China's Bureau of Radio and Television
of Santai County, Sichuan Province, a Subsidiary of SARFT
Deployment in Sichuan Province to Aid Earthquake Recovery; Provide Interactive
Streaming Media and Long-term Multimedia Entertainment Platform

ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq:
UTSI) today announced a new customer deployment with the Bureau of Radio and
Television of Santai County, Sichuan Province, a subsidiary of Beijing-based
government agency SARFT, to resume their radio and television network
capability following last year's traumatic earthquake. The Bureau of Radio and
Television of Santai County, Sichuan province is the project contractor.

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UTStarcom will help resume radio and television networks in
earthquake-stricken areas in Sichuan province via its end-to-end
RollingStream® IPTV platform. Phase one of the deployment will cover 20,000
users, providing them with access to delivery channels, such as television and
radio, for critical information. Upon completion, users will have access to
ongoing rich and colorful TV programs, as well as a broad platform for
communication.

"UTStarcom, with our interactive IPTV technology, is the ideal partner to
support SARFT and help the local Sichuan province and other regions resume
television and radio networks following last year's major earthquake," said
Peter Blackmore, UTStarcom's chief executive officer and president. "The IPTV
RollingStream® platform will improve the technology and operation levels of
Sichuan's radio and television sector by transitioning from a simple, one-way
network to a dual high-speed network. In the future, SARFT and UTStarcom could
work together to make similar network enhancements in numerous other
provinces."

After facilitating the first-response phase of the deployment including an
improved technology adaptation, the long-term goal is to provide a benchmark
of interactive multimedia services for radio and television content providers
to develop their dual, broadband and multiple-services operations. Once
completed, the residents of Santai County in the Sichuan province will have
access to rich television programming at their fingertips, provided by the
RollingStream® platform which is able to simultaneously launch 7,000 video
streams.

According to the contract, the deployment is scheduled to start in November
2009. The project will be carried out in every earthquake-hit area in the
Sichuan province, though the applied technologies will vary. Some areas will
apply the traditional one-way digital TV model, while others will use
interactive streaming media technology.

Specifically, UTStarcom's integrated solution will include five sets of
Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) TN715 in an urban trunk network to constitute a
10G RPR, satisfying all data services of users. Additionally, five sets of
BBS4000 Ethernet passive optical networks (EPON) and local area networks (LAN)
will be deployed at the end user side with 1,200 sets of optical network units
(ONU) at the first phase.

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 SARFT
The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, an organization
directly under the State Council, the former Ministry of Radio, Film and
Television, is the competent administrative authority in charge of Chinese
radio, film and television industry.

The terms of reference of the State Administration of Radio, Film and
Television includes: draft laws and regulations governing the radio, film and
television industry in accordance with relevant state laws and the power
granted by the State Council; formulate regulations and rules and development
plans for the radio, film and television industry; examine and approve the
set-up and removal of radio, film and television broadcasting institutions and
program-making institutions above county level (inclusive); censor the
contents and quality of films, TV dramas and other programs; govern and guide
the radio, film and television industry's exchange with foreign countries and
with the Hong Kong SAR, the Macao SAR and the Taiwan region; grant and lift
license for shooting and publishing films and TV dramas; set up technical
policies and standards for the radio, film and television industry and direct
scientific research, development and application of high-tech for the radio,
film and television industry; conduct research of economic policies for the
radio, film and television industry; and manage the special network for radio
and television and participate in making the overall plan for the state
information network.

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 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 regulations 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.