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SYDNEY, Australia and ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov 05, 2003 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via Comtex/ -- Personal Broadband Australia (PBBA), a wireless broadband access service provider to ISPs, carriers, enterprises, and mobile operators, and UTStarcom (Nasdaq: UTSI), a global leader in IP access networking and services, today announced the successful completion of interoperability testing of PBBA's iBurst service utilizing UTStarcom's Total Control 1000 Packet Data Serving Node (PDSN) technology.
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These successful tests highlight the readiness of iBurst for commercial launch in Sydney later this year. In the course of the testing, PBBA successfully established iBurst's capacity to provide a reliable, fully ubiquitous, wireless broadband access experience.
"We have demonstrated full IP handover capability, which ensures that Personal Broadband's iBurst service will be truly mobile and operate reliably and consistently at optimum performance levels," said Jonathan Withers, chief technology officer at PBBA.
The iBurst Personal Broadband System is a wide-area wireless data network designed for people to have high-speed mobile Internet access. PBBA has built a network in Sydney covering more than 100 square kilometers, which includes more than 1,000,000 people and 200,000 homes, and plans to develop more base stations to increase coverage over the next six months.
UTStarcom's Total Control 1000 PDSN serves as the point of entry for users into the iBurst packet data network. It identifies and authenticates the mobile users and performs the exchange of packets between mobile stations over the iBurst radio network and other IP networks, such as the Internet and private corporate networks. Working in conjunction with UTStarcom's 4302 Foreign Agent Control Node (FACN), the network is able to offer users uninterrupted access to their data applications as they move throughout the network, via the use of highly advanced mobile IP signalling applications.
"It is rewarding to contribute to the roll out of a revolutionary wireless service with as much potential as iBurst," said Ben Cardwell, managing director of UTStarcom, Australia and New Zealand. "With the Total Control 1000 PDSN, PBBA has implemented a truly seamless experience for their customers, making the system easy to use and efficient to operate."
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.
For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at www.utstar.com.
About the iBurst Personal Broadband System
The iBurst Personal Broadband System is a carrier-grade wide area wireless data network designed for people to have high-speed Internet access wherever they are. Distinct and complementary to traditional 2G and emerging 3G systems as well as short-range 802.11 WLAN (WiFi) networks, Personal Broadband technology delivers a revolutionary Internet experience, combining the freedom of mobility, low cost infrastructure and transmission speeds similar to a typical home broadband DSL or cable line. The system is architected to support the full range of IP applications in a mobile environment, including e-mail, virtual private networking, high speed Web access, streaming video, gaming and voice over IP (VoIP). ArrayComm's patented adaptive antenna technology is at the heart of the system, providing incredible gains in spectral efficiency and thereby dramatically lowering per-user service costs on a network.
About Personal Broadband Australia (formerly CKW Wireless)
Personal Broadband Australia is an Australian company that will provide wireless personal broadband access services on a wholesale basis to distributors such as ISPs, carriers, enterprises and mobile operators. These services will give customers high speed, low cost broadband access to the Internet, e-mail and other applications, while also giving them complete freedom to move. Personal Broadband Australia uses ArrayComm, Inc.'s iBurst Personal Broadband technology. Investors include ArrayComm, Mitsubishi Corporation, Mitsubishi Australia and Kyocera.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes forward-looking statements, including the foregoing statements regarding the expected benefits to the customer from using the Company's products. These statements are forward-looking in nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially. These risks include rapidly changing technology, the changing nature of global telecommunications markets, particularly in China, the termination of significant contracts, the direction and results of future research and development efforts, evolving product and applications standards, reduction or delays in system deployments, product transitions, potential non- realization of backlog, changes in demand for and acceptance of the Company's products, general adverse economic conditions, and trends and uncertainties such as changes in government regulation and licensing requirements, particularly in China. The Company also refers readers to the information contained in its filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including its latest Annual Report on Form 10-K, especially in the Risk Factors and Management's Discussion and Analysis sections, its most recent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, and its Current Reports on Form 8-K. Other unknown or unpredictable factors also could have material adverse effects on the Company's future results, performance or achievements. In light of these risks, uncertainties, assumptions and factors, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release.
SOURCE UTStarcom, Inc.
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Chesha Kamieniecki, Investor Relations Manager of UTStarcom, Inc., +1-510-749-1560; or Stephanie Gallagher of Engage PR, +1-510-748-8200, ext. 213, or stephanie@engagepr.com, for UTStarcom, Inc.; or Natalie Clayton of Red Agency, +61-2-9955-7877, or Natalie.clayton@redagency.com.au, for Personal Broadband Australia
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