UTStarcom
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Fortune 1000
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company that specializes in IP
Internet Protocol
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-based networking products for telecommunication
Telecommunication
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s companies and service providers. Its core markets are multimedia communications and broadband
Broadband
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, including IP and entertainment (IPTV
IPTV
Internet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
), next generation broadband networks and optical network solutions. It also sells handsets and other consumer products including DSL
Digital Subscriber Line
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modems and Voice over IP terminal adapters. It has a large customer base in Asia, particularly in China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
, where it manufactures the majority of its products and where most of its employees are located. It also has business operations in the United States
United States
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, India
India
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, Ireland
Ireland
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, France
France
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and Japan
Japan
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as well as research and design operations in the United States, China, Korea and India.
History
The company was founded in 1991 by Hongliang Lu, a Chinese-born, American-educated entrepreneur, as Unitech Telecom. In its early years, the company was focused on the telecommunications markets in China. In 1995, Unitech merged with Starcom Networks, founded by Ying Wu, to form UTStarcom . After several years of trying to build its business in China, UTStarcom launched the Personal Handy-phone SystemPersonal Handy-phone System
The Personal Handy-phone System , also marketed as the Personal Access System and commercially branded as Xiaolingtong in China, is a mobile network system operating in the 1880–1930 MHz frequency band, used mainly in Japan, China, Taiwan, and some other Asian countries and...
(PHS), also known as the Personal Access System. PHS is a scaled-down version of a cellular network and has 56 million subscribers in China . UTStarcom went public in March 2000. The IPO and a series of acquisitions helped the company expand its business and technology beyond its base in China to other emerging economies in Asia and Latin America as well as to Japan, the United States and Europe. Between 2002 and 2004, UTStarcom acquired several companies to expand its technology portfolio and market opportunities in areas such as handsets, CDMA technology, broadband and IP-based communications.
In June 2008, UTStarcom expressed their intent to sell their mobile unit.
Peter Blackmore
Peter Blackmore
Peter Blackmore may refer to either of the following people:*Peter Blackmore , an Australian politician and Mayor of the city of Maitland...
assumed the role of president and CEO as of July 1, 2008 – replacing Hong Lu, who now serves as the executive chairman of UTStarcom’s board. Peter Blackmore
Peter Blackmore
Peter Blackmore may refer to either of the following people:*Peter Blackmore , an Australian politician and Mayor of the city of Maitland...
is also currently serving on the board of directors at UTStarcom, Inc. as well as the board of directors at MEMC.
UTStarcom sold its Personal Communications Division to AIG Investments in July 2008 and has restructured UTStarcom around three core areas: IPTV, broadband and NGN.
See also
- IPTVIPTVInternet Protocol television is a system through which television services are delivered using the Internet protocol suite over a packet-switched network such as the Internet, instead of being delivered through traditional terrestrial, satellite signal, and cable television formats.IPTV services...
- Personal Handy-phone SystemPersonal Handy-phone SystemThe Personal Handy-phone System , also marketed as the Personal Access System and commercially branded as Xiaolingtong in China, is a mobile network system operating in the 1880–1930 MHz frequency band, used mainly in Japan, China, Taiwan, and some other Asian countries and...
- UTStarcom F1000
- UTStarcom PCS1400
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