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Company to Explore the Future of IPTV in the Connected Home and the Best IPTV Services for Carriers to Compete

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Brian Caskey, vice president of worldwide marketing, will participate in a
roundtable discussion on 'The Future of IPTV in the Connected Home' on
Wednesday, October 11 from 4:15 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. PDT. During the roundtable,
Caskey will discuss the future landscape of the connected home and where IPTV
fits in.

Ellis Reid, director of strategic broadband marketing at UTStarcom, will
speak on the 'Marketing IPTV 101' panel at IPTV Evolution. The session will
take place from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. PDT on Wednesday, October 11. Reid
will discuss how the advent of IPTV has given consumers a wide array of
television services to choose from. The panel will explore how carriers can
best market IPTV services to compete against cable and satellite services.

For more information on these panels, please go to
www.iptvevolution.com.

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, Canada,
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.

SOURCE UTStarcom, Inc.