UTStarcom builds on broadband success in Europe with new contract from Tiscali Italia

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New Delhi, June 15

UTStarcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTSI), a global leader in IP-based, end-to-end networking solutions and services, today announced a contract to supply its iAN8K® B1000 Multiservice Access Node / Gateway (MSAN / MSAG) to Tiscali Italia S.p.A., the Italian operation of Tiscali, one of the main European independent telecommunication companies. Tiscali Italia will deploy over 350,000 lines of UTStarcom’s iAN8K® B1000 to support the delivery of high-speed data, voice over IP (VoIP) and IPTV services to all major markets in Italy.

“UTStarcom’s iAN8K B1000 MSAN technology improves our network efficiency and management by enabling us to support the full range of multimedia services Tiscali offers its customers on a single, IP-based platform,” said Andrea Podda, chief technology officer at Tiscali Italia. “UTStarcom’s iAN8K solution also enables us to deliver VDSL and PON access. Additionally, UTStarcom showed great flexibility in customizing the solution and adapting their product’s VoIP protocols to work seamlessly with our VoIP Class 5 softswitch and other existing elements installed in our network.”

In July 2006, UTStarcom announced that it had deployed more than one million broadband access ports in Europe with carriers in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and Austria. Tiscali has been a broadband customer of UTStarcom’s since 2004, when it selected UTStarcom’s AN-2000™ IP DSLAM to serve as the cornerstone of its multiservice broadband network in delivering ADSL2+, a first for any operator in Italy.

“UTStarcom is a key provider of broadband access technologies to Tiscali Italia with more than 300,000 ports deployed to date,” said Vijay Yadav, Managing Director, South Asia Operations at UTStarcom, Inc. “This new contract will more than double our installed base in Tiscali’s network, further proof of Tiscali’s complete confidence in UTStarcom to provide reliable broadband access and VoIP solutions that integrate seamlessly into their network to help drive revenue-generating services.”

For more information, please contacts:

Rachana Panda

Senior Manager, Corporate Communications

UTStarcom, South Asia

+91 124 4166114

rachana.panda@utstar.com

Chitrangada Maitra

Genesis Burson-Marsteller

+91 124 4044999, +91 9811015756

chitrangada.maitra@bm.com

Sadaf Khan

Genesis Burson-Marsteller

+91 124 4044999, +91 9899309389

sadaf.khan@bm.com