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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">FORM&nbsp;8-K</font></b></p>
  
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  REPORT</font></b></p>
  
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  to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d)&nbsp;of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</font></b></p>
  
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  reported): </font></b>April&nbsp;25, 2008</p>
  
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;">UTSTARCOM,
  INC.</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>
  
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    jurisdiction of incorporation)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">000-29661</font></b></p>
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    Number)</font></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">52-1782500</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1275 Harbor Bay Parkway</font></b></p>
  
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Alameda, California 94502</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Item&nbsp;5.02
  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
  of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</font></b></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Option Grant to New Director</font></u></i></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As
  previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on April&nbsp;16, 2008, the Board of
  Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of UTStarcom,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) appointed Bruce
  J. Ryan to serve as a non-employee director of the Company effective April&nbsp;25,
  2008.&#160; On April&nbsp;25, 2008, the Nominating
  and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board recommended and the Board
  approved the grant to Mr.&nbsp;Ryan of an option to purchase 80,000 shares of
  common stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Company&#146;s 2006 Equity
  Incentive Plan (the &#147;2006 Plan&#148;), such grant to be effective April&nbsp;30,
  2008.&#160; The exercise price per share of
  the options will be the closing price of the Company&#146;s common stock on the
  Nasdaq Stock Market on April&nbsp;30, 2008, the effective date of grant, and
  the options will vest 25% per year on each of April&nbsp;30, 2009, 2010, 2011
  and 2012, subject to Mr.&nbsp;Ryan remaining a service provider to the Company
  (as defined in the 2006 Plan) on each such date</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Amendment of Vice President Change in Control and Involuntary
  Termination Severance Pay Plan</font></u></i></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On
  April&nbsp;25, 2008, the Compensation Committee approved the amendment and
  restatement of the Company&#146;s Vice President Change in Control and Involuntary
  Termination Severance Pay Plan (the &#147;Vice President Severance Plan&#148;) to bring
  the Vice President Severance Plan into compliance with Section&nbsp;409A (&#147;Section&nbsp;409A&#148;)
  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;) and any final
  regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder, and as noted below.&nbsp; The
  material terms of the Vice President Severance Plan were previously disclosed
  by the Company in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.&nbsp;
  The material terms of the Vice President Severance Plan, as amended and
  restated, are as follows.</font></p>
  
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  <h3 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Vice
  President Severance Plan, as amended and restated effective April&nbsp;25,
  2008, provides for the payment of severance benefits to certain eligible
  employees, as defined in the Vice President Severance Plan (each a &#147;Covered
  Employee&#148;).&nbsp; Covered Employees under the Vice President Severance Plan are
  designated by the Plan administrator.</font></h3>
  
  <h3 style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;">&nbsp;</h3>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Vice President Severance Plan provides that if the Company (or any parent or
  subsidiary of the Company) terminates a Covered Employee&#146;s employment for other
  than &#147;cause,&#148; death or &#147;disability,&#148; or a Covered Employee terminates his or
  her employment with the Company for &#147;good reason&#148; (as such terms are defined in
  the Vice President Severance Plan) within eighteen (18) months of a Change in
  Control of the Company (as defined in the Vice President Severance Plan), the
  Covered Employee shall receive the following severance benefits:&nbsp; (i)&nbsp;a
  lump sum cash payment equal to one (1)&nbsp;year of base pay plus one hundred
  percent (100%) of the Covered Employee&#146;s target bonus for the year of termination,
  (ii)&nbsp;an amount equal to twelve (12) months of the premiums for
  continuation coverage under COBRA of each Covered Employee (and any eligible
  dependents) under the Company&#146;s medical, dental and vision plans at the same
  level of coverage in effect on the severance date, (iii)&nbsp;the Covered
  Employee shall fully vest in and, if applicable, have the right to exercise,
  all of his or her outstanding and unvested equity compensation awards, and (iv)&nbsp;all
  such equity awards (including awards that vest as a result of the Vice
  President Severance Plan) shall be exercisable until the earliest of (a)&nbsp;twelve
  (12) months from the Covered Employee&#146;s date of termination, (b)&nbsp;the
  latest date the equity award could have expired by its original terms under any
  circumstances, (c)&nbsp;the tenth (10th) anniversary of the original date of
  grant of the equity award, or (d)&nbsp;the date provided for under the equity
  plan under which the award was granted.</font></p>
  
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If
  the Company (or any parent or subsidiary of the Company) terminates a Covered
  Employee&#146;s employment for other than &#147;cause,&#148; death or &#147;disability,&#148; or a
  Covered Employee terminates his or her employment with the Company for &#147;good
  reason&#148; (as such terms are defined in the Vice President Severance Plan) other
  than in connection with a Change of Control, the Covered Employee shall receive
  the following severance benefits:&nbsp; (i)&nbsp;two (2)&nbsp;weeks of base pay
  for each year of service with the Company, with a minimum payment equal to six (6)&nbsp;months
  of base pay; (ii)&nbsp;an amount equal to six (6)&nbsp;months of the premiums
  for continuation coverage under COBRA of each Covered Employee (and any
  eligible dependents) under the Company&#146;s medical, dental and vision plans at
  the same level of coverage in effect on the severance date, and (iii)&nbsp;all
  of the Covered Employee&#146;s vested equity awards shall be exercisable until the
  earliest of (a)&nbsp;twelve (12) months from the Covered Employee&#146;s date of
  termination, (b)&nbsp;the latest date the equity award could have expired by
  its original terms under any circumstances, (c)&nbsp;the tenth (10th)
  anniversary of the original date of grant of the equity award, or (d)&nbsp;the
  date provided for under the equity plan under which the award was granted.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Severance
  benefits payable under the terms of the Vice President Severance Plan are
  payable in a lump sum within thirty (30) days of the date of termination;
  however, if the Covered Employee is a Specified Employee within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A
  at the time of such termination, then the severance and benefits payable to the
  Covered Employee pursuant to the Vice President Severance Plan (other than due
  to death), if any, and any other severance payments or separation benefits
  which may be considered Deferred Compensation Separation Benefits, which are
  otherwise due to the Covered Employee on or within the six (6)&nbsp;month
  period following the Covered Employee&#146;s termination will accrue during such six
  (6)&nbsp;month period and will become payable in a lump sum payment on the date
  six (6)&nbsp;months and one (1)&nbsp;day following the date of the Covered
  Employee&#146;s termination of employment or the date of the Covered Employee&#146;s
  death, if earlier.&nbsp; All subsequent Deferred Compensation Separation
  Benefits, if any, will be payable in accordance with the payment schedule
  applicable to each payment or benefit.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As
  a condition to receiving benefits under the Vice President Severance Plan, the
  Covered Employee is required to sign and not revoke a waiver and release of all
  claims arising out of the Covered Employee&#146;s termination of employment and a
  nondisparagement agreement.&nbsp; The benefits provided under the Vice
  President Severance Plan are in lieu of any other severance or retention plan
  benefits available to the Covered Employee and shall be reduced by any severance
  paid to a Covered Employee under any other plan or arrangement.</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>
  
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A
  copy of the Vice President Severance Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;10.1.</font></p>
  
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    <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Financial Statements and Exhibits</font></u></b><b>. </b></p>
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Exhibits
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  following exhibit is filed pursuant to Item&nbsp;5.02:</font></p>
  
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    <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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    <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Description</font></b></p>
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    President Change in Control and Involuntary Termination Severance Pay Plan as
    amended and restated April&nbsp;25, 2008</font></p>
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  to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
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text: UNITED
  STATES
  SECURITIES
  AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
  Washington,
  D.C. 20549
  FORM 8-K
  CURRENT
  REPORT
  Pursuant
  to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  Date of Report (Date of earliest event
  reported):
  April 25, 2008
  UTSTARCOM,
  INC.
  (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  Delaware
  (State or other
    jurisdiction of incorporation)
  000-29661
  (Commission File
    Number)
  52-1782500
  (I.R.S. Employer
    Identification No.)
  1275 Harbor Bay Parkway
  Alameda, California 94502
  (Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip code)
  (510) 864-8800
  (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  N/A
  (Former name or former address, if changed since last
  report.)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended
  to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of
  the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
  o
  Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
  under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  o
  Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
  under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  o
  Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.02
  Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
  of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
  Option Grant to New Director
  As
  previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the
  Securities and Exchange Commission on April 16, 2008, the Board of
  Directors (the "Board") of UTStarcom, Inc. (the "Company") appointed Bruce
  J. Ryan to serve as a non-employee director of the Company effective April 25,
  2008.  On April 25, 2008, the Nominating
  and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board recommended and the Board
  approved the grant to Mr. Ryan of an option to purchase 80,000 shares of
  common stock of the Company pursuant to the terms of the Company's 2006 Equity
  Incentive Plan (the "2006 Plan"), such grant to be effective April 30,
  2008.  The exercise price per share of
  the options will be the closing price of the Company's common stock on the
  Nasdaq Stock Market on April 30, 2008, the effective date of grant, and
  the options will vest 25% per year on each of April 30, 2009, 2010, 2011
  and 2012, subject to Mr. Ryan remaining a service provider to the Company
  (as defined in the 2006 Plan) on each such date
  Amendment of Vice President Change in Control and Involuntary
  Termination Severance Pay Plan
  On
  April 25, 2008, the Compensation Committee approved the amendment and
  restatement of the Company's Vice President Change in Control and Involuntary
  Termination Severance Pay Plan (the "Vice President Severance Plan") to bring
  the Vice President Severance Plan into compliance with Section 409A ("Section 409A")
  of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code") and any final
  regulations and guidance promulgated thereunder, and as noted below.  The
  material terms of the Vice President Severance Plan were previously disclosed
  by the Company in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  The material terms of the Vice President Severance Plan, as amended and
  restated, are as follows.
  The Vice
  President Severance Plan, as amended and restated effective April 25,
  2008, provides for the payment of severance benefits to certain eligible
  employees, as defined in the Vice President Severance Plan (each a "Covered
  Employee").  Covered Employees under the Vice President Severance Plan are
  designated by the Plan administrator.
  The
  Vice President Severance Plan provides that if the Company (or any parent or
  subsidiary of the Company) terminates a Covered Employee's employment for other
  than "cause," death or "disability," or a Covered Employee terminates his or
  her employment with the Company for "good reason" (as such terms are defined in
  the Vice President Severance Plan) within eighteen (18) months of a Change in
  Control of the Company (as defined in the Vice President Severance Plan), the
  Covered Employee shall receive the following severance benefits:  (i) a
  lump sum cash payment equal to one (1) year of base pay plus one hundred
  percent (100%) of the Covered Employee's target bonus for the year of termination,
  (ii) an amount equal to twelve (12) months of the premiums for
  continuation coverage under COBRA of each Covered Employee (and any eligible
  dependents) under the Company's medical, dental and vision plans at the same
  level of coverage in effect on the severance date, (iii) the Covered
  Employee shall fully vest in and, if applicable, have the right to exercise,
  all of his or her outstanding and unvested equity compensation awards, and (iv) all
  such equity awards (including awards that vest as a result of the Vice
  President Severance Plan) shall be exercisable until the earliest of (a) twelve
  (12) months from the Covered Employee's date of termination, (b) the
  latest date the equity award could have expired by its original terms under any
  circumstances, (c) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the original date of
  grant of the equity award, or (d) the date provided for under the equity
  plan under which the award was granted.
  2
  If
  the Company (or any parent or subsidiary of the Company) terminates a Covered
  Employee's employment for other than "cause," death or "disability," or a
  Covered Employee terminates his or her employment with the Company for "good
  reason" (as such terms are defined in the Vice President Severance Plan) other
  than in connection with a Change of Control, the Covered Employee shall receive
  the following severance benefits:  (i) two (2) weeks of base pay
  for each year of service with the Company, with a minimum payment equal to six (6) months
  of base pay; (ii) an amount equal to six (6) months of the premiums
  for continuation coverage under COBRA of each Covered Employee (and any
  eligible dependents) under the Company's medical, dental and vision plans at
  the same level of coverage in effect on the severance date, and (iii) all
  of the Covered Employee's vested equity awards shall be exercisable until the
  earliest of (a) twelve (12) months from the Covered Employee's date of
  termination, (b) the latest date the equity award could have expired by
  its original terms under any circumstances, (c) the tenth (10th)
  anniversary of the original date of grant of the equity award, or (d) the
  date provided for under the equity plan under which the award was granted.
  Severance
  benefits payable under the terms of the Vice President Severance Plan are
  payable in a lump sum within thirty (30) days of the date of termination;
  however, if the Covered Employee is a Specified Employee within the meaning of Section 409A
  at the time of such termination, then the severance and benefits payable to the
  Covered Employee pursuant to the Vice President Severance Plan (other than due
  to death), if any, and any other severance payments or separation benefits
  which may be considered Deferred Compensation Separation Benefits, which are
  otherwise due to the Covered Employee on or within the six (6) month
  period following the Covered Employee's termination will accrue during such six
  (6) month period and will become payable in a lump sum payment on the date
  six (6) months and one (1) day following the date of the Covered
  Employee's termination of employment or the date of the Covered Employee's
  death, if earlier.  All subsequent Deferred Compensation Separation
  Benefits, if any, will be payable in accordance with the payment schedule
  applicable to each payment or benefit.
  As
  a condition to receiving benefits under the Vice President Severance Plan, the
  Covered Employee is required to sign and not revoke a waiver and release of all
  claims arising out of the Covered Employee's termination of employment and a
  nondisparagement agreement.  The benefits provided under the Vice
  President Severance Plan are in lieu of any other severance or retention plan
  benefits available to the Covered Employee and shall be reduced by any severance
  paid to a Covered Employee under any other plan or arrangement.
  A
  copy of the Vice President Severance Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.
  Item 9.01.
  Financial Statements and Exhibits
  .
  (d)
  Exhibits
  The
  following exhibit is filed pursuant to Item 5.02:
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  10.1
  Vice
    President Change in Control and Involuntary Termination Severance Pay Plan as
    amended and restated April 25, 2008
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  SIGNATURES
  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 hereunto
  duly authorized.
  UTSTARCOM, INC.
  Date: May 1, 2008
  By:
  /s/ Francis P. Barton
  Name:
  Francis P. Barton
  Title:
  Executive Vice President and Chief
  Financial Officer
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  Exhibits
  Exhibit No.
  Description
  10.1
  Vice
    President Change in Control and Involuntary Termination Severance Pay Plan as
    amended and restated April 25, 2008
  5