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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-15-043542
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150722
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150722
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150722

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			UTSTARCOM HOLDINGS CORP.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001030471
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NEC [3669]
		IRS NUMBER:				521782500
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			E9
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35216
		FILM NUMBER:		15998962

	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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	UTSTARCOM INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970110
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>For the month of July&nbsp;2015</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UTSTARCOM HOLDINGS CORP.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Level 6, Hennessy Road, Admiralty,</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will
file annual reports under cover of Form&nbsp;20-F or Form&nbsp;40-F.</P>

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contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule&nbsp;12g3-2(b)&nbsp;under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 26.4pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
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    <td style="width: 46%">UTStarcom Holdings Corp.</td></tr>
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    <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Min Xu</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: July 22, 2015</P>

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    <td style="vertical-align: top">99.1</td>
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    <td style="vertical-align: top">Press release regarding UTStarcom Holdings Corp.&rsquo;s Change of Auditor.</td></tr>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UTStarcom Announces Change of Auditor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">HONG KONG, July 21, 2015 &mdash; UTStarcom
(&ldquo;UTStarcom&rdquo; or &ldquo;the Company&rdquo;) (NASDAQ: UTSI), a global telecommunications infrastructure provider, today
announced that it has dismissed PricewaterhouseCoopers Zhong Tian LLP (&ldquo;PwC&rdquo;) and appointed GHP Horwath, P.C. (&ldquo;GHP
Horwath&rdquo;) as the Company&rsquo;s independent auditor effective July 21, 2015. The Company&rsquo;s Audit Committee and Board
of Directors participated in and approved the decision to change the Company&rsquo;s independent registered public accounting firm.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">During the two most recent fiscal years
and through the July 21, 2015 date of termination, there were no</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(1) Disagreements between the Company and
PwC on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements
if not resolved to the satisfaction of PwC would have caused them to make reference thereto in their reports on the financial statements
for such years, or</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(2) Reportable events (as defined in Form
20-F Item 16F (a)(1)(v)) other than the material weaknesses reported in the Company&rsquo;s Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) on May 19, 2015. The reports of PwC on the financial statements for the fiscal years ended December
31, 2013 and 2014 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit
scope or accounting principle.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Company will endeavor to work with
GHP Horwath to complete interim procedures in conjunction with the Company&rsquo;s second quarter earnings announcement. The Company
is currently working with PwC and GHP Horwath to ensure a smooth transition.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Mr. William Wong, UTStarcom&rsquo;s Chief
Executive Officer, commented, &quot;PwC has been the Company&rsquo;s auditor since its IPO in 2000. We would like to thank them
for the quality service they have provided and the professionalism they have demonstrated over many years. We look forward to working
with GHP Horwath going forward and do expect to effect a smooth transition with the assistance of both firms.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>About UTStarcom Holdings Corp.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">UTStarcom (NASDAQ: UTSI) is a global telecom
infrastructure provider dedicated to developing technology that will serve the rapidly growing demand for bandwidth from cloud-based
services, mobile, streaming and other applications. We work with carriers globally, from Asia to the Americas, to meet this demand
through a range of innovative broadband packet optical transport and wireless/fixed-line access products and solutions. The company&rsquo;s
end-to-end broadband product portfolio, enhanced through in-house Software Defined Networking (SDN)-based orchestration, enables
mobile and fixed-line network operators and enterprises worldwide to build highly efficient and resilient future-proof networks
for a range of applications, including mobile backhaul, metro aggregation, broadband access and Wi-Fi data offload. Our strategic
investments in media operational support service providers expand UTStarcom&rsquo;s capabilities in the field of next generation
video platforms. UTStarcom was founded in 1991, started trading on NASDAQ in 2000, and has operating entities in Tokyo, Japan;
San Jose, USA; Delhi and Bangalore, India; Hangzhou, China. For more information about UTStarcom, please visit http://www.utstar.com.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><B>Forward-Looking Statements</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">This press release includes forward-looking
statements, including statements regarding the Company&rsquo;s strategic initiatives and the Company&rsquo;s business outlook.
These statements are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially
and adversely from the Company&rsquo;s current expectations. These include risks and uncertainties related to, among other things,
changes in the financial condition and cash position of the Company, changes in the composition of the Company&rsquo;s management
and their effect on the Company, the Company&rsquo;s ability to realize anticipated results of operational improvements and benefits
of the divestiture transaction, the ability to successfully identify and acquire appropriate technologies and businesses for inorganic
growth and to integrate such acquisitions, the ability to internally innovate and develop new products, assumptions the Company
makes regarding the growth of the market and the success of the Company&rsquo;s offerings in the market, and the Company&rsquo;s
ability to execute its business plan and manage regulatory matters. The risks and uncertainties also include the risk factors identified
in the Company&rsquo;s latest annual report on Form 20-F and current reports on Form 6-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Company is in a period of strategic transition and the conduct of its business is exposed to additional risks as
a result. All forward-looking statements included in this press release are based upon information available to the Company as
of the date of this press release, which may change, and the Company assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.</P>

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