GURGAON, INDIA: UTStarcom, Inc. was named the leading Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) provider in Asia in Multimedia Research Group's (MRG, Inc.) latest Global IPTV Market Leaders Report. 

UTStarcom's strategic IPTV deployments and strong subscriber gains drove the company's rise to the top in the access, video-on-demand (VOD), set-top-boxes, middleware and content protection categories. 

Jose Alvear, IPTV analyst, MRG, said: "UTStarcom's Asia deployments have moved it into the first place ranking in five key areas of our Market Leaders Report. This kind of regional category takeover is unprecedented, and illustrates how IPTV providers are successfully applying their market-specific technology innovation and experience."

UTStarcom was also recently selected as the only technology supplier for the first mobile television system across Hainan province in China, driven by China Telecom's Hainan branch.tar.com.