UTStarcom Personal Communications today announced its first wireless handset for WCDMA/GSM/GPRS networks, the GW200. The 3G-enabled GW200 combines innovation and practicality in a truly global phone that provides wireless voice and data communications capabilities anywhere around the world where WCDMA wireless networks are operational.

The GW200 is a dual-mode WCDMA/GPRS/GSM handset that operates on WCDMA, or Wideband Code Division Multiple Access networks, the main technology for 3G wireless systems globally. WCDMA networks utilize a wide 5MHz bandwidth that offers data rates up to 2 Mbps, or ten times faster than present GPRS networks. With the WAP-2.0-enabled GW200 on a WCDMA network, consumers will have swift access to data, web browsing, streaming video and other over-the-air downloads. The GSM mode offers tri-band operation: 900/1800/1900 MHz.

The bar-style GW200 handset has an elegant yet edgy industrial design and measures 4.5" high by 1.8" wide by 0.86" thick and weighs only 3.8 ounces. The GW200 features a large 1.8" 65K color TFT LCD screen and the most desired wireless device functions including:

• BREW enabled
• Streaming Media
• Call waiting/call forwarding/speed dial
• Internal antenna
• Internal flashlight
• Single-key web browsing
• Text messaging through SMS and MMS.  300 SMS storage capacity.
• 72 chord ringers
• Embedded MP3 player with integrated speakerphone
• Stores up to 300 phonebook entries
• Scheduling, calendar, calculator, alarm and world clock