Exhibit 21.1

UTSTARCOM SUBSIDIARIES

|Name                                                           |  | Place of Incorporation or Organization
|-------------------------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------------
|ACD Labs Inc.                                                  |  | U.S.A                                 
|UTStarcom International Products, Inc.                         |  | U.S.A                                 
|UTStarcom International Services, Inc.                         |  | U.S.A                                 
|UTStarcom (China), Co., Ltd.                                   |  | China                                 
|Universal Communication Technology (Hangzhou) Company Limited. |  | China                                 
|UTStarcom Telecom Co., Ltd.                                    |  | China                                 
|Hangzhou Starcom Telecom Co., Ltd.                             |  | China                                 
|UTStarcom (Chongqing) Telecom Co., Ltd.                        |  | China                                 
|UTStarcom Hong Kong Ltd.                                       |  | Hong Kong SAR                         
|UTStarcom Ltd.                                                 |  | Thailand                              
|UTStarcom Japan KK                                             |  | Japan                                 
|UTStarcom, S.A. de C.V.                                        |  | Mexico                                
|UTStarcom GmbH                                                 |  | Germany                               
|UTStarcom Canada Company                                       |  | Canada                                
|UTStarcom Ireland Limited                                      |  | Ireland                               
|UTStarcom Singapore PTE.LTD                                    |  | Singapore                             
|UTStarcom Taiwan Ltd.                                          |  | Taiwan                                
|UTStarcom Network SolutionsRedes de Nova GeraPARA.o Ltda.     |  | Brazil                                
|UTStarcom Australia Pty Ltd.                                   |  | Australia                             
|UTStarcom France SARL                                          |  | France                                
|UTStarcom Korea Limited.                                       |  | Korea                                 
|UT Starcom Honduras, S. de R.L.                                |  | Honduras                              
|UTStarcom Chile Soluciones De Redes Limitada                   |  | Chile                                 
|UTStarcom Argentina S.R.L.                                     |  | Argentina                             
|UTStarcom India Telecom Pvt.                                   |  | India                                 
|UTStarcom UK Limited                                           |  | UK                                    
|UTStarcom Personal Communication LLC                           |  | U.S.A                                 
|UTStarcom CDMA Technologies Korea Limited                      |  | Korea                                 
|Hangzhou Starcom CEC Telecom Company Limited                   |  | China                                 
|UTStarcom (Thailand) Limited                                   |  | Thailand                              
|UTStarcom Italy S.R.L                                          |  | Italy                                 

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