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 5 MHz 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 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

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