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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-002810
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170119
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170119
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170119

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:		17534770

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

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
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    <TD STYLE="width: 45%">UTStarcom Holdings Corp.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Eric Lam</TD></TR>
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    <TD>Eric Lam</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Date: January 19, 2017</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 Disengagement from its Auditor.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin: 0; text-align: right"><B>Exhibit 99.1</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; text-align: center"><B>UTStarcom Announces Disengagement from
its Auditor</B></P>

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

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">HONG KONG, January 19, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- UTStarcom (NASDAQ:UTSI),
a global telecommunications infrastructure provider, today announced that it ceased its relationship with its current auditor,
GHP Horwath, P.C. (&ldquo;GHP&rdquo;). The relationship was concluded at the request of GHP as its partners and employees have
joined another accounting firm, Crowe Horwath LLP.</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">Eric Lam, UTStarcom&rsquo;s Vice President of Finance, commented,
&ldquo;We thank the team at GHP for their support during our engagement. We want to emphasize that this change is due to GHP partners
and employees joining another accounting firm, and GHP will not be providing accounting services in the future&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">Both the Company and GHP stated that there are no disagreements
regarding any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure.</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">The Company intends to announce the appointment of a new auditor
for fiscal 2016 in the near future.</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"><B>About UTStarcom Holdings Corp. </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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; Hangzhou, China; Delhi and Bangalore, India. For more information about UTStarcom, please visit <FONT STYLE="color: Blue"><U>http://www.utstar.com</U></FONT>.</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: left">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">For investor and media inquiries, please contact:</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">UTStarcom Holdings Corp.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Tel: +852-3951-9757</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Fei Wang, IR Director</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">Ning Jiang, Investor Relations</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: left">Mr. Ralph Fong +1 (415) 489-2195</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="color: Blue"><U>ralph@blueshirtgroup.com</U></FONT></P>



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