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SUPERCOMM, CHICAGO, June 6, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- UTStarcom Personal Communications today announced its first wireless handset for WCDMA/GSM/GPRS networks, the GW200. The 3G-enabled GW200 combines innovation and practicality in a truly global phone that provides wireless voice and data communications capabilities anywhere around the world where WCDMA wireless networks are operational. UTStarcom Personal Communications is the wireless device division of UTStarcom Inc., a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services.
The GW200 is a dual-mode WCDMA/GPRS/GSM handset that operates on WCDMA, or Wideband Code Division Multiple Access networks, the main technology for 3G wireless systems globally. WCDMA networks utilize a wide 5MHz bandwidth that offers data rates up to 2 Mbps, or ten times faster than present GPRS networks. With the WAP-2.0-enabled GW200 on a WCDMA network, consumers will have swift access to data, web browsing, streaming video and other over-the-air downloads. The GSM mode offers tri-band operation: 900/1800/1900 MHz.
"UTStarcom is a global telecommunications leader that is bringing its technology into the hands of people through a device that will influence the way we communicate. The GW200 handset, operating on the most widely implemented 3G network platform, WCDMA, has the potential to provide more seamless global wireless voice connectivity and faster wireless data access than was previously possible," said Philip Christopher, president of UTStarcom Personal Communications Division.
The bar-style GW200 handset has an elegant yet edgy industrial design and measures 4.5" high by 1.8" wide by 0.86" thick and weighs only 3.8 ounces. The GW200 features a large 1.8" 65K color TFT LCD screen and the most desired wireless device functions including:
-- BREW(TM) enabled
-- Streaming Media
-- Call waiting/call forwarding/speed dial
-- Internal antenna
-- Internal flashlight
-- Single-key web browsing
-- Text messaging through SMS and MMS. 300 SMS storage capacity.
-- 72 chord ringers
-- Embedded MP3 player with integrated speakerphone
-- Stores up to 300 phonebook entries
-- Scheduling, calendar, calculator, alarm and world clock
About UTStarcom Personal Communications
UTStarcom Personal Communications is changing the way the world communicates through innovative wireless technology applications that deliver practical, reliable and flexible communications solutions to improve professional productivity and enhance personal lifestyles.
UTStarcom Personal Communications (formerly Audiovox Communications Corp.) provides wireless communications devices including handsets, PocketPCs and air cards to carriers throughout North and South America and supplies every CDMA carrier in the U.S. and Canada. The company's products are manufactured by its parent company, UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI), and by third-party original equipment manufacturers. UTStarcom Personal Communications is based in Hauppauge, New York, and maintains offices and support facilities throughout the U.S., Canada and Latin America.
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 broadband, wireless, and handset 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 design operations in the United States, China, Korea and India. UTStarcom is a FORTUNE 1000 company.
For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's Web site at www.utstar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The foregoing statements regarding, without limitation, the anticipated benefits to service providers and subscribers of, and the reliability of, the GW200 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, the changing nature of the telecommunications market in general, the possibility of slower than expected growth in the telecommunications markets, evolving product and application standards, changes or delays in product introductions and deployments, the termination or material amendment of significant contracts, partnerships or alliances, and other uncertainties, such as changes in government regulation and licensing requirements in relevant markets. 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.
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Supercomm Booth # 64073, Alysia Lew or Joan Cear of G.S. Schwartz & Co. Inc., alew@schwartz.com, for UTStarcom, Inc.
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