UK Broadband Selects Utstarcom's MovingMedia 6000 UMTS TDD Solution for Wireless Broadband Deployment in Great Britain
08 12월 2004 - 11:05PM
PR Newswire (US)
UK Broadband Selects Utstarcom's MovingMedia 6000 UMTS TDD Solution
for Wireless Broadband Deployment in Great Britain UMTS TDD
Standard Delivers Wireless Broadband Access Today ALAMEDA, Calif.,
Dec. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- UTStarcom, Inc. (NASDAQ:UTSI), a
global leader in IP access networking and services, today announced
a contract to deliver its MovingMedia(TM) 6000 UMTS Time Division
Duplex (TDD) wireless broadband solution to UK Broadband for the
continuing rollout of its NETVIGATOR wireless broadband service in
the UK. Under the terms of the contract, UTStarcom will provide its
wireless modems (customer premises equipment or CPEs) and base
station equipment to UK Broadband, a wholly owned subsidiary of
leading Asian telecoms group, PCCW Limited. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031229/UTSLOGO ) (For more
information on MovingMedia 6000, see the companion announcement,
"UTStarcom Introduces New MovingMedia 6000 Solution that Enables
End-to-End Wireless Broadband Services Based on 3G UMTS TDD
Standard," also released today.) "One of the biggest trends in
telecommunications today is the migration to wireless broadband,"
said Ian Stone, UK Broadband interim chief executive officer.
"UTStarcom's wireless solution enables UK Broadband to offer
subscribers bundled high-speed data, voice and additional
value-added services over a portable, standards-based wireless
broadband connection, which supports NETVIGATOR's 'Ready when you
are' concept." Soft-launched in May 2004 in the Thames Valley west
of London, UK Broadband's NETVIGATOR service offers subscribers
plug-and-play wireless broadband, with an initial choice of a 512
kbps or 1 Mbps connection. UK Broadband will pursue a continued
phased rollout of the service during 2005. In addition to its
portable high-speed wireless broadband access, UK Broadband plans
to offer a voice service over wireless broadband that can replace
subscribers' landlines. UTStarcom's MovingMedia 6000 product line,
enabled by the company's licensing partnership with IPWireless, is
the first complete UMTS TDD solution available on the market today.
The distinct advantage of the UMTS TDD solution, compared with
other wireless broadband technologies, is the ability to offer
low-cost standards-based broadband data solutions today that are
truly portable. "UTStarcom's MovingMedia 6000 solution offers
operators a UMTS standards-based, end-to-end solution that supports
higher performance and full portability for voice and data," said
James Teel, senior director of 3G product management at UTStarcom.
"Equally important, our mSwitch IP-based softswitch platform serves
as the foundation of MovingMedia 6000, as it does with many of our
other wireless and wireline solutions. In addition, Moving Media
6000 also leverages a proven UMTS core, which lowers the investment
risk and helps speed time to revenue." 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. UTStarcom is a FORTUNE 1000
company. For more information about UTStarcom, visit the company's
Web site at http://www.utstar.com/. About UK Broadband UK Broadband
Limited is currently introducing its fast and easy wireless
broadband service NETVIGATOR to the UK. NETVIGATOR brings
high-speed broadband through a wireless network, providing
flexibility and portability for use in the home and office. The
company acquired a nationwide footprint of licenses auctioned in
the UK last year to enable wireless broadband services. UK
Broadband Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of PCCW Limited
(SEHK:0008SEHK:ADR-NYSE:SEHK:PCW). http://www.ukbroadband.co.uk/
About PCCW PCCW Limited is one of Asia's leading integrated
communications companies, with group revenues of approximately 2.6
billion U.S. dollars. The Company has approximately 12,500
employees and operations spanning Asia, Europe and the U.S. PCCW is
also a 50 percent owner of Reach, Asia's largest international
traffic carrier. PCCW provides innovative products and services in
areas such as new generation fixed-line telephony, broadband, IT,
wireless and delivery of home entertainment. PCCW is the operator
of one of the world's most advanced broadband networks and has over
700,000 broadband customers. Internationally, PCCW provides
technical services to network operators and enables organizations
to bring their business to Asia, and take Asian business to the
rest of the world. Forward-Looking Statements The foregoing
statements regarding, without limitation, expectations regarding
the rollout of the NETVIGATOR wireless broadband service in the UK,
the migration to wireless broadband, the ability of the MovingMedia
6000 solution to support higher performance and full portability
for voice and data, MovingMedia 6000's ability to leverage the UMTS
core to lower investment risk and help speed time to revenue and
MovingMedia 6000's advantage of offering low-cost standards based
broadband data solutions 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, possible downturns in the telecommunications markets
worldwide, the termination of new contracts, partnerships or
alliances, possible delays in system deployments or product
introductions, and other uncertainties, such as changes in
government regulation and licensing requirements. 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.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20031229/UTSLOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: UTStarcom, Inc. CONTACT:
Chesha Kamieniecki, Senior Manager of Investor Relations of
UTStarcom, Inc., +1-510-749-1560; or press, Stephanie Gallagher of
Engage PR, +1-510-748-8200, ext. 213, +1-510-388-3287, or , for
UTStarcom Inc. Web site: http://www.ukbroadband.co.uk/ Web site:
http://www.utstar.com/
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