<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-11-009940.txt : 20110620
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-11-009940.hdr.sgml : 20110620
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20110620202021
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-11-009940
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110616
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110620
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110620

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lu Ying (Jack)
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001486123

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-29661
		FILM NUMBER:		11922083

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		UTSTARCOM, INC.
		STREET 2:		1275 HARBOR BAY PKWY
		CITY:			ALAMEDA
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94502

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UTSTARCOM INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001030471
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC [3669]
		IRS NUMBER:				521782500
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52-2 BLDG. BDA INTL ENTERPRISE AVE
		STREET 2:		NO. 2 JINGYUAN NORTH ST. DAXING DISTRICT
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100176
		BUSINESS PHONE:		86 (10) 85205588

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		52-2 BLDG. BDA INTL ENTERPRISE AVE
		STREET 2:		NO. 2 JINGYUAN NORTH ST. DAXING DISTRICT
		CITY:			BEIJING
		STATE:			F4
		ZIP:			100176
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        <issuerCik>0001030471</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>UTSTARCOM INC</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>UTSI</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerId>
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            <rptOwnerName>Lu Ying (Jack)</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>52-2 BLDG., BDA INT'L ENTERPRISE AVE.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>#2 JINGYUAN NORTH ST., DAXING DISTRICT</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>BEIJING</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>F4</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>100176</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription>CHINA</rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>CEO &amp; President</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
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    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2011-06-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>35878</value>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>1.5304</value>
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                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>564122</value>
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            </postTransactionAmounts>
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                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Mr. Lu was awarded 300,000 shares of restricted common stock on March 31, 2010, which vest over a four-year period. One-fourth of the shares of common stock vested on March 31, 2011 and the shares included in Table I were disposed of in payment of tax payments due from the vesting of such restricted stock. The 35,878 shares were sold through separate trades, with the sale prices ranging from $1.53 to $1.54, and at a weighted average sale price of $1.5304303. The reporting person undertakes to provide upon request by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the issuer or a security holder of the issuer, full infomration regarding the number of shares sold at each separate purchase price.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/Yun Yun Huang, as Attorney-in-Fact on behalf of Ying (Jack) Lu</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2011-06-20</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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