Document:

EXHIBIT
10.6

 

November 2, 2005

(Delivery by Facsimile and
Overnight Courier)

Viraj J. Patel

[address]

Dear Viraj:

I am pleased to confirm UTStarcom’s job offer to you
for the position of Vice President, Chief
Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller, with a starting date
of November 7, 2005.  This position
reports directly to Fran Barton, the Company’s Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, and is located at the Company’s headquarters in
Alameda, California.

The key elements of this employment offer are as
follows:

Salary: Your gross annual salary
is $240,000.  Paydays are on the 15th and
the last day of each month.  Direct
deposit is available.

Signing Bonus: You will be paid
a gross signing bonus amount of $50,000, payable upon the completion of your
first sixty (60) days of employment with the Company.

Options: You will be granted
UTStarcom stock options and share purchase rights, as follows:

a)             Stock
Options: You will be granted UTStarcom stock options in the
total amount of 50,000 shares, at the Fair Market
Value on the grant date.  Option shares
are granted at the next Compensation Committee Meeting following your start
date.  These options will be vested in
four years from the grant date: 25% of the options will be vested after one
year, and the remaining shares will be vested at 1/36th per month thereafter.

b)            Share Purchase Rights:
You will be granted UTStarcom share purchase rights (SPRs) in the total amount
of 50,000 shares, with the opportunity for
you to exercise these rights at a per share price of $0.00125 within 30 days of
the date of this offer letter.  These
SPRs will be vested in four years from the grant date: 25% of the SPRs will be
vested after one year from the date of grant, 25% after two years, 25% after
three years, and 25% after four years from the date of grant.

Annual Bonus: For calendar year
2005, you will be eligible for a total gross cash bonus amount of up to 35% of
your annual gross salary.  Your total
aggregate bonus will be based upon completion of mutually agreed upon
performance objectives as determined by Fran Barton, and would be paid in
February 2006.

Change of Control Agreement: You
will be offered a change in control agreement to be entered into between
yourself and the Company, which shall provide for the accelerated vesting of

any unvested stock
options and SPRs in the event of a “Change in Control,” as so defined within
the agreement.

Other Benefits: Please find
enclosed further information regarding UTStarcom’s health, dental, financial
and retirement benefits.  Most benefits
allow for eligibility upon your first day of service with the Company.

Please be prepared to provide proof of eligibility for
employment in the United States on your first day of work, in compliance with
the Immigration Reform and Control Act (Form I-9).  Additionally, this offer of employment is
contingent upon completion of both personal reference verifications, and a criminal
background check.  UTStarcom reserves the
right to withdraw its offer of employment to you if the results of the
reference verifications and/or the criminal background check are not
satisfactory, in the sole judgment of UTStarcom.

As an employee of the Company, you will be expected to
abide by Company rules and regulations. 
You will be expected to sign and comply with an agreement, which
requires, among other provisions, the nondisclosure of proprietary information.

We are pleased that you have chosen to become part of
the UTStarcom team, and wish you the very best as you begin your employment
with UTStarcom.  If you have any
questions about UTStarcom or its benefit programs, please feel free to contact
either myself at 510-749-1530 (or Russell@utstar.com), or Ed
Hudson, the Company’s Director of Human Resources, at 510-769-2828
(or ed.hudson@utstar.com).

Please sign one copy of this letter to indicate your
intent to accept the terms and conditions of this offer letter, and please
return the signed copy to the Human Resource Department confidential fax at
(510) 338-4395.

Sincerely,

/s/ Russell L. Boltwood

Russell L. Boltwood

General Counsel/CHRO

I accept the terms and conditions of this offer
letter, and I understand that it replaces those of any earlier offers of
employment (if any).

	
  Signed:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Viraj J. Patel

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  Print Name:

  	
   

  	
  Viraj J. Patel

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
  November 3, 2005

  	
   

  

 

 2EXHIBIT
10.7

 

December 19, 2005

(Delivery by E-Mail and Overnight
Courier)

Mark Green

[address]

Dear Mark:

I am pleased to confirm UTStarcom’s job offer to you
for the position of Vice President, Human
Resources, with a starting date of January 16, 2006.  This position reports directly to Hong Liang
Lu, Chief Executive Officer, and is located at the Company’s headquarters in
Alameda, California.

The key elements of this employment offer are as
follows:

Salary: Your gross annual salary
is $290,000.  Paydays are on the 15th and the last day of
each month.  Direct deposit is available.

Signing Bonus: You will be paid
a gross signing bonus amount of $50,000,
payable upon commencement of your employment with the Company.

Share Purchase Rights: You will
be granted UTStarcom share purchase rights (SPRs) in the total amount of 50,000 shares, with the opportunity for you to exercise
these rights at a per share price of $0.000125 within 30 days of the date of
this offer letter.  These SPRs will be
vested in four years from the grant date: 25% of the SPRs will be vested after
one year from the date of grant, 25% after two years, 25% after three years,
and 25% after four years from the date of grant.

Annual Bonus: For calendar year
2006, you will be eligible for a total gross cash bonus amount of up to 50% of
your annual gross salary.  Your total
aggregate bonus will be based upon completion of mutually agreed upon performance
objectives as determined by you and Hong Liang Lu, and would be paid in
February 2007.

Change of Control Agreement: You
will be offered a change in control agreement between yourself and the Company,
which shall provide that if you are not offered an equivalent position
following a change in control, the Company will provide you with 12 months of
your base salary and target bonus, as well as 12 months of accelerated vesting.

Other Benefits: Please find
enclosed further information regarding UTStarcom’s health, dental, financial
and retirement benefits.  Most benefits
allow for eligibility upon your first day of service with the Company.

Please be prepared to provide proof of eligibility for
employment in the United States on your first day of work, in compliance with
the Immigration Reform and Control Act (Form I-9).  Additionally, this offer of employment is
contingent upon completion of both personal reference verifications, and a
criminal background check.  UTStarcom
reserves the right to withdraw its offer of employment to you if the results of
the reference verifications and/or the criminal background check are not
satisfactory, in the sole judgment of UTStarcom.

As an employee of the Company, you will be expected to
abide by Company rules and regulations. 
You will be expected to sign and comply with an agreement, which
requires, among other provisions, the nondisclosure of proprietary
information.  While we hope your
employment relationship with UTStarcom will be both long and mutually rewarding,
please note that this offer letter, which supersedes any other offers of
employment, is not a promise of employment for any period of time.  You or UTStarcom may end your employment at
any time, with or without notice or cause.

We are pleased that you have chosen to become part of
the UTStarcom team, and wish you the very best as you begin your employment
with UTStarcom.  If you have questions
about UTStarcom, its benefit programs, of any of the information provided in
this letter, please feel free to contact me directly at 510-749-1510
(or msophie@utstar.com).

Please sign one copy of this letter to indicate your
intent to accept the terms and conditions of this offer letter, and please
return the signed copy to me on my personal fax at 925-426-1659.

Sincerely,

/s/ Mike Sophie

Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

I accept the terms and conditions of this offer
letter, and I understand that it replaces those of any earlier offers of
employment (if any).

	
  Signed:

  	
   

  	
  /s/ Mark Green

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
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  Print Name:

  	
   

  	
  Mark Green

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
   

  	
  12/22/2005

  	
   

  	
   

  

 

 2EXHIBIT
10.8

 

April
3, 2006

David
King

(Deliver
via email)

Dear David:

I am pleased to confirm UTStarcom’s job offer to
you for the position of Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing with a start
date of April 3, 2006.  This position currently
reports directly to Hong Lu, the Company’s President and Chief Executive
Officer, and will report to the Chief Operating Officer once the position has
been filled.

Further, as an incentive offer of employment,
the contents shown here reflect the basic terms, compensation and benefits to
be offered to you as a UTStarcom employee, and is an invitation to enter into a
subsequent, formalized employment relationship with UTStarcom.  If you choose to accept this indicative offer
of employment, the terms, compensation and benefits contained here shall be
incorporated in a final employment letter which will be consistent with the
applicable laws and regulations of the country in which you work.  This final employment letter shall be offered
to you by no later than one month after your start date.  This offer of employment is contingent upon
completion of a satisfactory reference check. 
UTStarcom reserves the right to withdraw its offer of employment to you
if the results of the reference check are not satisfactory, in the sole
judgment of UTStarcom.

The key elements of this employment offer are as
follows:

1)             Salary: 
Your gross annual salary is £194,079.00.  Paydays are on the last day of each month by
credit transfer.  In due course we will
ask that you provide your bank details to facilitate your pay credit transfer.

2)             Commission: 
You will be eligible to earn a gross commission of £64,127.50 (pro-rated
for 2006) based on 100% quota attainment of bookings and collections
quotas.  Commissions will be payable
subject to the terms and conditions of the Company’s Sales and Incentive plan.

3)             MBO Bonus: 
You will be eligible for an annual bonus of up to an annual gross amount
of £64,127.50 (pro-rated for 2006) based
upon mutually agreed upon performance objectives determined by you and your
manager, in each of the following areas: 
Financial, Quality, HR, Customer Expansion, Strategic Product, and
Business Systems/Process.

4)             Options:  You will be granted UTStarcom stock options and share purchase rights, as
follows:

·                  Consistent
with the terms of both UTStarcom’s Stock Option Plans, and the relevant laws
and regulations of the Republic of Ireland, you will be granted UTStarcom stock
options as follows: in the total amount of 50,000 stock
options, to be granted at the Fair Market Value on the grant date.  Option shares are granted at the next
Compensation Committee Meeting following your start date.  These options will be vested in four years
from the grant date: 25% of the options will be vested after one year, and the
remaining shares will be vested at 1/36th per month thereafter.

·                  Share
Purchase Rights:  You will be granted
UTStarcom share purchase rights (SPRs) in the total amount of 50,000 shares, with the opportunity for you to exercise
these rights at a per share price of $0.00125. 
These SPRs will be vested in four years from the grant date:  25% of the SPRs will be vested after one year
from the date of grant, 25% after two years, 25% after three years, and 25%
after four years from the date of grant.

5)             Benefits:

·                  Taxation
equalization services as provided by Deloitte & Touche, these services will
be effective January 2006

·                  Medical and
Dental Plan will be covered under Aetna Global

6)             Expense Reimbursement: Consistent with its expense reimbursement
policies, UTStarcom shall reimburse expenses necessarily incurred in the
performance of your duties.  All claims
for expense reimbursement must be approved by your supervisor.  Further information regarding UTStarcom’s
expense reimbursement policies shall be sent to you in due course.

7)             Relocation Assistance:  You are
eligible for relocation assistance under UTStarcom’s relocation program to
include temporary housing administered by Cendant Mobility and visa
assistance.  If you voluntarily cancel your
move or resign within one year of your effective date, all relocation payments
will cease and you will be required to repay all the expenses incurred by
UTStarcom for your relocation per the attached Relocation Repayment Agreement.

8)             Change in Control Agreement:  You will be
offered a change in control agreement to be entered into between yourself and
the Company, which will provide for the accelerated vesting of any unvested
stock options and SPRs in the event of a “Change in Control,” as so defined within
the agreement.

Payroll Administration:  Your payroll and benefits shall be
centrally administered via UTStarcom Ireland Ltd, located in Dublin,
Ireland.  As such, you will be officially
employed by UTStarcom Ireland.  However,
UTStarcom shall abide by all relevant labor and employment laws and regulations
that are applicable within your country of service.

9)             Termination: Notice of termination of employment is
determined by the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act of 1973.  One month’s notice on either side applies to
this contract.  Normal retirement age is
when you reach your 65th birthday on which day this contract
automatically expires.

10)      Dismissal: In keeping with the relevant provisions
of the Unfair Dismissals Act of 1977, you are advised of the following
procedure:

-                                A full
investigation will be carried out by UTStarcom. 
You may be suspended with pay pending this investigation, or without pay
as a disciplinary result of the outcome of this investigation.

-                                You will be
informed of the reasons for the proposed dismissal and you will have the right
to state your case. You may be accompanied by a fellow employee of your choice.

-                                You may
appeal to a higher-ranking company official if a decision to dismiss is taken
at the conclusion of the above.

11)      Safety: It is the policy of UTStarcom to comply
with the requirements of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act of
1989.  A Safety Statement shall be issued
in due course following the commencement of your employment.  If you should become aware of anything, which
could be considered unsafe for yourself, colleagues or customers, please ensure
your supervisor is advised.

12)      Confidentiality Agreement: In due
course, you will be required to sign a confidentiality agreement relating to
the technical and commercial matters of UTStarcom.

EU Privacy Notification
and Consent: As an employee of UTStarcom Ireland,
Ltd., please note that the company’s parent company, UTStarcom, Inc.,
incorporated under Delaware law and based in Alameda, California, USA, will
collect and transfer personal data abroad regarding the personnel in UTStarcom
GmbH, Ltd.  By signing this offer letter
of employment, you are consenting to UTStarcom, Inc., and its subsidiaries
collecting and via email exporting personal data concerning you as an employee
of UTStarcom Ireland Ltd.

We are pleased to offer you the opportunity to
join the UTStarcom team, and wish you the very best as you begin your
employment with UTStarcom.  We require
that the terms and conditions contained in this offer, as well as the
attachments included herewith, be kept strictly confidential by you.  If you have any questions about UTStarcom’s
benefit programs, please feel free to contact me at (510) 749-1503.

Please sign this letter to indicate your intent
to accept the terms and conditions of this offer return the signed copy to my
confidential fax +1-510-747-0129.  If you
have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

/s/ Ed Hudson

Human Resources Director

UTStarcom, Inc.

      X       I accept
this invitation of employment by UTStarcom, and understand that the terms,
compensation and benefits contained here shall be incorporated in a final
employment letter which will be consistent with the applicable laws and
regulations of the country in which I work.

_______ I reject this invitation of employment
by UTStarcom

	
  Signed: /s/

  	
  David King

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Employee Signature

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
  Print Name:

  	
  David King

  	
   

  
	
  Date:

  	
  April 3, 2006

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