an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . march 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message utstarcom inc. type public nasdaq utsi founded 1991 headquarters hangzhou china key people william wong ceo ; robert pu cfo products telecommunications equipment revenue 320 million usd 2011 1 net income 13 million usd 2011 number of employees 6400 2007 website www.utstar.com utstarcom logo utstarcom is a fortune 1000 company that specializes in mobile broadband access and data network solutions . history edit the company was founded in 1991 by hong liang 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 and chauncey shey to form utstarcom . after several years of trying to build its business in china utstarcom launched the personal handy phone system also known as the personal access system . is a scaled down version of a cellular network and had 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 assumed the role of president and ceo as of july 1 2008 replacing hong liang lu who went to serve as the executive chairman of utstarcom s board . peter blackmore served on the board of directors at utstarcom inc. as well as the board of directors at memc . utstarcom sold its personal communications devices to aig investments in july 2008 . references edit ut 2011 1300 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title utstarcom & oldid 699430404 categories companies based in alameda californiaelectronics companies of the united statesvoip companies of the united statesinternet televisioncompanies established in 1991companies listed on nasdaqtechnology companies based in the san francisco bay area1991 establishments in chinahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2015all articles with a promotional tonearticles needing additional references from march 2015all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages edit links this page was last modified on 12 january 2016 at 07 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view