UK Broadband Selects Utstarcom's MovingMedia 6000 UMTS TDD Solution for Wireless Broadband Deployment in Great Britain UMTS TDD Standard Delivers Wireless Broadband Access Today ALAMEDA, Calif., Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTSI), a global leader in IP access networking and services, today announced a contract to deliver its MovingMedia(TM) 6000 UMTS Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless broadband solution to UK Broadband for the continuing rollout of its NETVIGATOR wireless broadband service in the UK. Under the terms of the contract, UTStarcom will provide its wireless modems (customer premises equipment or CPEs) and base station equipment to UK Broadband, a wholly owned subsidiary of leading Asian telecoms group, PCCW Limited. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031229/UTSLOGO ) (For more information on MovingMedia 6000, see the companion announcement, "UTStarcom Introduces New MovingMedia 6000 Solution that Enables End-to-End Wireless Broadband Services Based on 3G UMTS TDD Standard," also released today.) "One of the biggest trends in telecommunications today is the migration to wireless broadband," said Ian Stone, UK Broadband interim chief executive officer. "UTStarcom's wireless solution enables UK Broadband to offer subscribers bundled high-speed data, voice and additional value-added services over a portable, standards-based wireless broadband connection, which supports NETVIGATOR's 'Ready when you are' concept." Soft-launched in May 2004 in the Thames Valley west of London, UK Broadband's NETVIGATOR service offers subscribers plug-and-play wireless broadband, with an initial choice of a 512 kbps or 1 Mbps connection. UK Broadband will pursue a continued phased rollout of the service during 2005. In addition to its portable high-speed wireless broadband access, UK Broadband plans to offer a voice service over wireless broadband that can replace subscribers' landlines. UTStarcom's MovingMedia 6000 product line, enabled by the company's licensing partnership with IPWireless, is the first complete UMTS TDD solution available on the market today. The distinct advantage of the UMTS TDD solution, compared with other wireless broadband technologies, is the ability to offer low-cost standards-based broadband data solutions today that are truly portable. "UTStarcom's MovingMedia 6000 solution offers operators a UMTS standards-based, end-to-end solution that supports higher performance and full portability for voice and data," said James Teel, senior director of 3G product management at UTStarcom. "Equally important, our mSwitch IP-based softswitch platform serves as the foundation of MovingMedia 6000, as it does with many of our other wireless and wireline solutions. In addition, Moving Media 6000 also leverages a proven UMTS core, which lowers the investment risk and helps speed time to revenue." About UTStarcom Inc. UTStarcom is a global leader in IP access networking solutions and international service and support. The company sells its wireline, wireless, optical and switching solutions to operators in both fast growth 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 New Jersey, China, and India. UTStarcom is a FORTUNE 1000 company. For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at http://www.utstar.com/. About UK Broadband UK Broadband Limited is currently introducing its fast and easy wireless broadband service NETVIGATOR to the UK. NETVIGATOR brings high-speed broadband through a wireless network, providing flexibility and portability for use in the home and office. The company acquired a nationwide footprint of licenses auctioned in the UK last year to enable wireless broadband services. UK Broadband Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW Limited (SEHK:0008SEHK:ADR-NYSE:SEHK:PCW). http://www.ukbroadband.co.uk/ About PCCW PCCW Limited is one of Asia's leading integrated communications companies, with group revenues of approximately 2.6 billion U.S. dollars. The Company has approximately 12,500 employees and operations spanning Asia, Europe and the U.S. PCCW is also a 50 percent owner of Reach, Asia's largest international traffic carrier. PCCW provides innovative products and services in areas such as new generation fixed-line telephony, broadband, IT, wireless and delivery of home entertainment. PCCW is the operator of one of the world's most advanced broadband networks and has over 700,000 broadband customers. Internationally, PCCW provides technical services to network operators and enables organizations to bring their business to Asia, and take Asian business to the rest of the world. Forward-Looking Statements The foregoing statements regarding, without limitation, expectations regarding the rollout of the NETVIGATOR wireless broadband service in the UK, the migration to wireless broadband, the ability of the MovingMedia 6000 solution to support higher performance and full portability for voice and data, MovingMedia 6000's ability to leverage the UMTS core to lower investment risk and help speed time to revenue and MovingMedia 6000's advantage of offering low-cost standards based broadband data solutions are forward-looking in nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These factors include rapidly changing technology, possible downturns in the telecommunications markets worldwide, the termination of new contracts, partnerships or alliances, possible delays in system deployments or product introductions, and other uncertainties, such as changes in government regulation and licensing requirements. UTStarcom also refers readers to the risk factors identified in its 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. http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031229/UTSLOGO http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: UTStarcom, Inc. CONTACT: Chesha Kamieniecki, Senior Manager of Investor Relations of UTStarcom, Inc., +1-510-749-1560; or press, Stephanie Gallagher of Engage PR, +1-510-748-8200, ext. 213, +1-510-388-3287, or , for UTStarcom Inc. Web site: http://www.ukbroadband.co.uk/ Web site: http://www.utstar.com/

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