MANUFACTURING LICENSE AGREEMENT

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[***] CERTAIN INFORMATION IN THIS EXHIBIT HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED WITH RESPECT TO THE OMITTED PORTIONS.

Exhibit 10.63

MANUFACTURING LICENSE AGREEMENT

THIS AGREEMENT DATED THIS 6TH DAY OF MARCH 2001 IS MADE BETWEEN:

HIMACHAL FUTURISTIC COMMUNICATIONS LTD, a company incorporated under the Companies Xxx, 0000, having its principal office at No. 8, Commercial Complex Masjid Moth, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX, Xxx Xxxxx 000000, Xxxxx (hereinafter referred to as "HFCL"), which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning hereof, mean and include its successors and permitted assigns of the one Part;

AND

UTStarcom, Inc. a company established under laws of Delaware in the United States of America, having its principal office at 1275 Harbor Bay Parkway, Suite 100, USA (hereinafter referred to as "UTStarcom"), which expression shall unless repugnant to the context or meaning hereof, mean and include its successors and permitted assigns of the other Part.

HFCL and UTStarcom are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Parties", and individually as a "Party".

WHEREAS:

A. UTStarcom designs, develops, manufactures, markets and sells digital loop carriers, including the Product (as hereinafter defined);

B. HFCL is in the business of manufacturing and supplying telecommunications equipment and wishes to manufacture and distribute the Product;

C. For this purpose, HFCL wishes to obtain from UTStarcom a license to manufacture and sell the Product in India;

D. UTStarcom is willing to license to HFCL the right to manufacture the Product in India for sale in India;

E. HFCL has explained to UTStarcom the need to manufacture the Product on a [***] basis in order to be competitive; and

F. The Parties intend that with respect to manufacturing the Product on a [***] basis, HFCL will require to obtain components and material from [***] sources and other [***] sources wherever possible.

For valuable consideration, including the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, the Parties agree to the following terms and conditions:

1. DEFINITIONS

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions shall have the following respective meanings and terms defined in the text of this Agreement shall have the meanings respectively indicated:

1.1 "Agreement" shall mean this Agreement between HFCL and UTStarcom including any and all appendices attached to this Agreement.

1.2 "Effective Date" means:

(a) the date of this Agreement, or

(b) the date on which all consents, licenses, permits and approvals of any relevant governmental or non-governmental agency or body necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated in this Agreement including Secretariat for Industrial Assistance/Reserve Bank of India approval in terms of Article 7, have been obtained, released or issued, as the case may be, whichever is later.

1.3 "Improvements" means:

(a) all information, of a nature similar to the Technical Information, that UTStarcom acquires or puts into use during the term of this Agreement for purposes of manufacturing the Product ("UTStarcom Improvements"); and

(b) all information of a nature similar to the Technical Information that HFCL devises or develops in connection with or for purposes of manufacturing the Product including improvements in terms of Sections 6.9 and 6.10 below ("HFCL Improvements").

1.4 "Product" means the [***] as more fully described in Exhibit A and certain upgrades from time to time in the same product hierarchy.

1.5 "Technical Information" means such designs, drawings, specifications and other information that UTStarcom uses for the purposes of manufacturing the Product, including written documentation and unwritten know-how used by UTStarcom in the assembly, manufacture, testing, sale, use and maintenance of the Product, as more fully described in Exhibit B.

1.6 "Territory" shall mean [***].

2. TECHNICAL INFORMATION

2.1 UTStarcom shall, on a time scale mutually agreed by the Parties and commensurate with the reasonable requirements of HFCL in that behalf supply to HFCL such Technical Information [***] necessary to enable HFCL to assemble the Product at HFCL's plant(s) in the Territory.

2.2 UTStarcom shall not be obliged to make any alterations to any document, extract or copy which it supplies hereunder as part of the Technical Information or in relation to any UTStarcom Improvement.

2.3 HFCL shall use the Technical Information, know-how and UTStarcom Improvements only for the manufacture of the Product at the manufacturing plant of HFCL in the Territory and shall not use any Technical Information, know-how or UTStarcom Improvements in any manner or for any other purpose not expressly authorized by this Agreement. HFCL shall not part with or dispose of, whether by sale, transfer, gift or other disposition, any Technical Information, know-how or UTStarcom Improvements except as expressly and previously permitted by UTStarcom in writing.

2.4 In the event that any deficiency, inaccuracy, error or other defect shall at any time become apparent in any Technical Information so supplied by UTStarcom, UTStarcom shall, upon receiving a written request from HFCL, promptly use all reasonable endeavors to make and supply the appropriate corrections.

2.5 If, within [***] of executing this Agreement, HFCL does not commence manufacturing the Product; then UTStarcom shall have the right to deem this Agreement terminated, effective upon UTStarcom's giving written notice to HFCL. Upon receiving such notice, HFCL shall, in addition to its obligations and liabilities under Sections 12.3, 12.4 and 12.6 of this Agreement and its obligation to pay the technology license fee in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,

cease using and shall have no right to use any of the Technical Information, know-how and UTStarcom Improvements.

2.6 Notwithstanding Section 2.5, UTStarcom may in its absolute discretion allow HFCL a reasonable extension to commence manufacturing the Product of up to [***] term if the failure to start manufacturing the Product arises from a force majeure or is substantially caused by UTStarcom's failure to provide the Technical Information in a timely manner, unless such failure on the part of UTStarcom is attributable to an act or omission of HFCL or is directly caused by any reason substantially attributable to the acts of a third party reasonably within the control of HFCL.

2.7 The Parties acknowledge that except as specifically licensed to HFCL under this Agreement, UTStarcom owns or has licenses to, to the exclusion of HFCL, all rights, title and interest in the Technical Information, know-how, UTStarcom Improvements and the Product, as they exist now and as they may exist in the future, and in all related know-how and all software that may be provided by UTStarcom as part of or in connection with the Technical Information, know how or UTStarcom Improvements for the manufacture of the Product. HFCL warrants that its use of any of the Technical Information, know-how or UTStarcom Improvements for manufacture of the Product shall not directly or indirectly create in or for HFCL any right, title or interest in such Technical Information, know-how or UTStarcom Improvements, except as expressly specified in this Agreement.

3. IMPROVEMENTS.

3.1 For [***] after the Effective Date, subject to grant of appropriate export licenses in the United Stated of America, UTStarcom shall supply HFCL with Technical Information relating to UTStarcom Improvements including software upgrades that are actually incorporated by UTStarcom into the Product. Upon request [***] of HFCL, UTStarcom shall furnish engineering personnel to provide the know-how to allow HFCL to obtain the benefits of the UTStarcom Improvements, upon terms and conditions related to royalty payments for Improvements to be mutually agreed to in writing. All information contained in UTStarcom Improvements, including the related know-how, when provided pursuant to such mutual agreement, shall become a part of the Technical Information.

3.2 Section 3.1. does not apply to new products. The manufacturing information on certain upgrades—[***] shall be supplied [***] by UTStarcom. UTStarcom expects these designs to be mature by the [***].

4. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; VISITS

4.1 UTStarcom shall, at HFCL's request and prepayment of [***] applicable charges and expenses, including but not limited to [***] and such other [***] expenses, and subject to the availability of UTStarcom personnel, take all reasonable steps to arrange for UTStarcom engineers and technicians, as appropriate to work at the plant in India where HFCL will manufacture the Product, to establish and bring into operation the manufacturing processes of the Product and to train HFCL personnel, as may be required by HFCL. UTStarcom shall determine in its sole discretion the number, identity and level of expertise of the personnel required to provide technical assistance to HFCL, and HFCL shall obtain all necessary prior approvals, including all immigration permits and authorizations, from the Government of India for UTStarcom engineers and technicians to visit the plant and shall pay UTStarcom in accordance with UTStarcom's standard charges then in effect for such services.

4.2 For the purpose of familiarizing HFCL's staff with the methods used by UTStarcom in relation to the manufacture of the Product, HFCL shall be entitled during the term of this Agreement, on request, but in each case at a time reasonably convenient to UTStarcom, to send

suitably qualified employees of HFCL, not exceeding [***] in number, to UTStarcom's facilities for visits not exceeding in the aggregate [***] per [***]. UTStarcom will also host visits by employees of HFCL's customers on terms and conditions subject to mutual agreement. HFCL shall be responsible for [***] such employees' [***] expenses in connection therewith. HFCL shall [***] UTStarcom from all damages, losses, claims and expenses of any nature whatsoever arising from any deliberate act or omission of HFCL's personnel while with UTStarcom for the purpose of such training. Additionally, HFCL shall cause all such personnel to execute and abide by any and all confidentiality agreements and other requirements that UTStarcom may reasonably request.

4.3 All information communicated by UTStarcom to HFCL pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 shall constitute Technical Information of UTStarcom and HFCL shall keep all such information confidential as is required by Article 5, whether or not elsewhere described and whether or not summarized in writing and given by UTStarcom to HFCL.

4.4 HFCL shall procure all necessary approvals, licenses, no-objection certificates, sanctions, permits, permissions, waivers, certificates, consents, and other such items from the concerned governmental authorities as are required under law or reasonably recommended by UTStarcom's counsel, including as may be required under the Environmental Protection Act, Factories Act and other such laws, to enable HFCL to manufacture the Product in accordance with this Agreement. In manufacturing the Product, HFCL shall observe all applicable laws in the Territory with respect to manufacturing, labeling and installation of the Product.

4.5 UTStarcom shall have the right, [***] and on reasonable prior notice to HFCL, to inspect HFCL's premises and the premises of any of HFCL's permitted sub-contractors from time to time engaged in assembling or testing of the Product or any parts or components of the Product, for purposes of reviewing the quality of HFCL's manufacturing process and of the end product. If at any time UTStarcom determines that HFCL's process or the end product does not conform to UTStarcom's requirements, it shall so inform HFCL. Upon receiving notice of such non-conformance, HFCL shall take all steps required to cause its processes and the end products to conform to UTStarcom's requirements and provide a written undertaking to UTStarcom of such compliance.

4.6 HFCL undertakes to conform to UTStarcom's quality standards. In order to ensure HFCL's compliance with UTStarcom's quality standards, qualitative specifications, descriptions and directions specified by UTStarcom from time to time, in relation to the manufacture of the Product, HFCL undertakes to manufacture the Product in accordance with the Technical Information provided, the applicable laws of the Territory and as per standards and procedures that are equivalent to that maintained by UTStarcom in its own manufacture of the Product. HFCL shall make no change or alteration in the Product manufactured without the prior written consent of UTStarcom. UTStarcom reserves the right to access into and inspect the premises of HFCL and of any subcontractors in order to ascertain that the quality of the Product meets UTStarcom's quality standards. Upon request of UTStarcom or UTStarcom's designated agents, HFCL shall furnish UTStarcom with information and copies of documents necessary for UTStarcom to obtain assurance that the Product is manufactured using the Technical Information and know-how in accordance with this Agreement and in compliance with applicable laws.

4.7 HFCL shall implement such procedures or regulations as UTStarcom may consider necessary to ensure conformity to UTStarcom's quality standards and to impose corrective actions as deemed necessary.

5. CONFIDENTIALITY

5.1 UTStarcom discloses the Technical Information, know-how and UTStarcom Improvements (in this Article collectively referred to as "Confidential Information") to HFCL pursuant to this

Agreement solely on a confidential basis, conditioned upon HFCL not disclosing any portion of any Confidential Information to any third party, except to the extent such Confidential Information is needed by customers of HFCL for use, maintenance or repair of the Product. Disclosure of any Confidential Information to any officer, director, consultant or employee of HFCL for the manufacture of the Product will be on "as needed basis" and all such Confidential Information shall be subject to the confidentiality requirements of section 5 of this agreement. HFCL shall use the Confidential Information only for the assembly, manufacture, testing, repair, marketing, sale and use of the Product strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and for no other purpose.

5.2 HFCL undertakes that it will keep the Confidential Information communicated to it by UTStarcom confidential.

5.3 The obligations of HFCL with respect to the Confidential Information shall not apply to any information which,

(a) is already in HFCL's possession at the date of first communication by UTStarcom and HFCL can reasonably demonstrate that it was in its rightful possession at the date of first communication by UTStarcom;

(b) is now or, in the future becomes public knowledge otherwise than by reason of any breach of this Agreement by HFCL; or

(c) is received by HFCL from any other person in good faith, and who has no restriction with respect to disclosing such Confidential Information.

5.4 All documents and extracts comprising or containing Technical Information and Improvements, including the copyright therein, shall be and remain the property of UTStarcom, and HFCL shall not in any way reproduce such material.

5.5 The provision of confidentiality shall remain into force for a period of five years after expiration or termination of this Agreement.

5.6 HFCL understands that disclosure of Confidential Information may irreparably harm UTStarcom. In the event of breach or threatened breach of obligations pertaining to Confidential Information, UTStarcom shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief and any other remedy available at law or equity.

6. LICENSES

In consideration of the performance of the Parties' respective obligations herein:

6.1 UTStarcom hereby grants to HFCL [***] license to use the Technical Information to assemble, manufacture, and test the Product in the Territory.

6.2 UTStarcom hereby grants to HFCL [***] license to use, sell, lease, install, maintain and repair the Product in the Territory.

6.3 UTStarcom hereby grants to HFCL the license to assemble, manufacture, test, use, sell, lease, install, maintain and repair, in accordance with Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Product under the Patents owned or controlled by UTStarcom and under which UTStarcom has the right to grant such a license.

6.4 UTStarcom hereby grants to HFCL the license to print, copy and distribute Product related user documentation in paper, electronic or CDROM media in the Territory in conjunction with the sale of Product.

6.5 To the extent any of the licenses described in Sections 6.1, 6.2 or 6.3 include software of any nature, the right granted with respect to such software shall be a [***] license solely with respect to the object code of such software:

(a) to [***] such software only to customers of HFCL for use with the Product in the Territory; and

(b) to use such software for HFCL's own purposes in operating the Product to the extent provided in this Agreement.

6.6 In granting these licenses to HFCL, UTStarcom does not in any way grant any ownership interest in any of the software referred to in Section 6.4 and does not grant any interest to utilize, discover or in any way obtain the source code or any human perceivable version of any such software. UTStarcom reserves all rights not expressly granted under this Agreement by UTStarcom to HFCL.

6.7 The license and rights granted as above in Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 shall at all times be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, shall be limited to the sole extent required for the purpose for which they are granted and shall remain in effect only as long as HFCL fully complies with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

6.8 HFCL shall not, and shall require and ensure that all of its customers and users do not, reverse compile, reverse engineer, reverse assemble or otherwise attempt in any way to obtain or create any source code or other humanly perceivable version of the software. HFCL shall require its customers to enter into such sublicenses with its customers which shall include, among other things, provisions to safeguard and keep secret UTStarcom's Improvements, know-how, Technical Information and all software and which shall contain such of the terms and conditions as may be agreed from time to time by UTStarcom and HFCL. In addition, HFCL shall supply or include UTStarcom's intellectual property notices in all copies made of all of UTStarcom supplied software.

6.9 HFCL shall inform UTStarcom immediately upon the creation of any perceived or actual modification, improvement or other change to the Product or to the Technical Information conceived, developed, modeled or in any way worked on by HFCL or any agent, representative, contractor or employee of HFCL (an "HFCL Improvement").

6.10 HFCL hereby assigns, transfers and coveys to UTStarcom all rights, title and interest in every HFCL Improvement, and UTStarcom hereby grants to HFCL a license, identical in terms to the license that UTStarcom grants to HFCL pursuant to this Agreement with respect to the Technical Information, to all HFCL Improvements. HFCL shall take all such further acts and execute and deliver to UTStarcom all such instruments as may be required, or reasonably recommended by counsel, to perfect, register or enforce UTStarcom's ownership of the rights conveyed under this Section 6.10 or to carry out the intent and purpose of this Agreement.

6.11 Except as specifically permitted by this Agreement or in writing signed by UTStarcom, HFCL shall not, and shall not have the right to, utilize sub-contractors for the purposes of assembling or testing the Product.

6.12 This Agreement does not grant any right to HFCL, and HFCL shall have no right, interest or title to use the trademark "UTStarcom" or any other trademark, trade name, design or logo of UTStarcom, except that HFCL may use the printed and unstylized name, "UTStarcom, Inc." for the limited use required by Section 6.13. Furthermore, HFCL shall not use any trademark, trade name, design or logo that may be confusingly similar to any of the trademarks, trade names, designs or logos of UTStarcom, nor shall HFCL take any action that

would in any way be detrimental to UTStarcom's rights and ownership in such trademarks, trade names, designs and logos.

6.13 HFCL shall include written notices in all advertising literature, sales brochures and the like, as well as on the Product, to the affect that the Product "is manufactured under license from UTStarcom, Inc."

6.14 UTStarcom shall decide, in consultation with HFCL, what logo(s) are to be displayed on Product. HFCL shall comply with such a requirement.

6.15 HFCL expects that following will be minimum sale of lines of the product year wise:

Year 2001  [***]
Year 2002  [***]
Year 2003  [***]
Year 2004  [***]
Year 2005  [***]

UTStarcom reserves the right to review HFCL's sales performance [***] and make this agreement [***] if failure to achieve the sales targets is primarily due to lack of proper effort on HFCL's part.

7. CONSIDERATION.

7.1 HFCL shall pay UTStarcom a technology license fee in upto [***] instalments, not exceeding [***], to be calculated in terms of para 7.2. The first [***] payment will be due immediately on completion of following activities:

[***]

The first payment shall be due on the last day of first [***] and subsequent payments shall be done in the same manner. The calendar year is to be divided into the following [***]. Subsequent installments will be due on the last day of each of the [***] following the due date of the first payment. The payment shall be made within [***] from the invoice date.

7.2 The amount of each installment payable would be calculated based upon the quantity of Product manufactured and shipped by HFCL in the [***] immediately preceding the date of the payment. The rate at which the technology license fee adjustment is calculated varies with the different types of Product components manufactured and is detailed in Exhibit A.

7.3 This Agreement will automatically terminate upon the occurrence of the earlier of the two events:

(a) The cumulative amount of the license fee payment under this Agreement equaling or exceeding [***]

(b) The completion of [***] installments of [***] payments of license fee.

This agreement may be renewed immediately upon termination with mutual agreement of HFCL and UTStarcom.

7.4 Additionally, HFCL shall

(a) pay UTStarcom a [***] software license fee of [***], payable within [***] of signing of this agreement and

(b) purchase from UTStarcom or a UTStarcom authorized agent, all application specific integrated circuits, (ASIC) or field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) that HFCL incorporates into a Product, in accordance with the pricing in Exhibit "A" and terms of Exhibit "C."

(c) not attempt to manufacture, purchase, or acquire in any other way the components referred to in 7.4(b) from any source other than UTStarcom without the prior written approval of UTStarcom.

7.5 HFCL shall be responsible for applying for and obtaining all approvals required for remitting payments to UTStarcom required under this Agreement, including Secretariat for Industrial Assistance/Reserve Bank of India approval. HFCL shall use all reasonable diligence and expediency to obtain all required approvals for remitting payments to UTStarcom required under this Agreement. If HFCL is unable to obtain any required approval for remitting payments to UTStarcom required under this Agreement within [***] of signing this Agreement, then this Agreement shall terminate in accordance with Section 12.2(f), and the provisions of Sections 12.3, 12.4 and 12.7 shall apply.

7.6 HFCL shall make all payments under this Agreement [***], without recourse to UTStarcom for any reimbursement, contribution or indemnity. Notwithstanding its obligations pursuant to the prior sentence HFCL shall deduct [***] on the amount to be remitted to UTStarcom on account of:

(a) any fee or other amount to be paid by HFCL to UTStarcom; or

(b) UTStarcom with respect to any such fee or

(c) if such tax is required by the Government of India to be paid by UTStarcom or withheld by anyone paying to UTStarcom.

7.7 Whether as a result of any payment under this Agreement or any characterization by the Government of India or any payment due under this Agreement, HFCL shall ensure that the tax is withheld and paid on behalf of UTStarcom and all other parties liable for such tax and shall also provide to UTStarcom, immediately after each such tax payment, an official tax receipt or other evidence of payment issued by the tax authority with respect to such tax. HFCL shall indemnify and hold UTStarcom harmless from any liability with respect to any tax, including all taxes levied on this Agreement, duties, levies or other fees of any kind whatsoever, which become payable as a consequence of this Agreement, inside the Territory other than the withholding tax as proposed in para 7.6.

7.8 [***] shall be responsible for taxes on its net income arising in the United States as a result of its providing the Technical Information and assistance in connection with this Agreement.

7.9 The Parties acknowledge that all payments set forth in this Agreement are not based entirely upon the trade secret nature of the Technical Information or the anticipation of patent protection, but also reflect the value of certain information that is not generally known to the public being available to HFCL for its use to manufacture, test, market and sell the Product.

7.10 All payments from HFCL to UTStarcom shall be in [***].

7.11 HFCL shall keep and maintain all appropriate records including records of every Product manufactured in such form and manner that all payments payable under this Agreement to UTStarcom may be readily and accurately determined. Such records shall include, without limitation, all information necessary for HFCL's auditors to prepare the reports provided for in this section. Beginning with the signing of this Agreement and for up to [***] after either the termination of this Agreement UTStarcom shall have the right, [***] to retain independent auditors to review HFCL's records with respect to every Product manufactured to verify the accuracy of the statements provided and amounts paid pursuant to this Article. If the auditors find an overpayment or an underpayment, the difference shall be accounted for in the subsequent statement of accounting and payment. If the auditor's review verifies an underpayment in excess of [***] of the royalties payable for any [***] period under review, or if the auditors determine that

HFCL has not maintained sufficiently appropriate records, HFCL shall pay all costs associated with the auditor's review.

7.12 The Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chips listed in Exhibit A may only be procured by HFCL as per procedures approved by UTStarcom. Initially the following procedures are approved:

(a) HFCL may purchase the listed ASICS from UTStarcom. UTStarcom agrees to charge not more than a [***] surcharge on the cost of procurement and programming of these items.

(b) HFCL may purchase the listed ASICS directly from third party vendors and send them to UTStarcom's facility in China for programming. HFCL agrees to pay a [***] programming fee per ASIC chip thus programmed.

In addition, UTStarcom will explore the feasibility of establishing a programming facility in India, either at a third party's premises or in HFCL's premises. Under such a scenario, UTStarcom will invoice HFCL the actual cost of such programming incurred by UTStarcom. UTStarcom reserves the right to modify the list of controlled ASICS in Exhibit A at any time by informing HFCL of the change in writing. UTStarcom will make a good faith effort to reduce the size of the list to the minimum in order to contain administrative and overhead costs.

8. COLLATERAL SUPPLIES.

To the extent necessary to support HFCL in its manufacturing activity, UTStarcom undertakes, subject to UTStarcom's availability and the parties' agreement on terms, reasonably to supply HFCL with assembly, and testing tools, equipment and parts, as the parties determine separately in writing. Except as may be expressly provided in such other written agreement, UTStarcom shall have no obligation of any nature to supply any part or component to HFCL.

9. NOVATION; ASSIGNMENT.

This Agreement is personal to HFCL and HFCL shall not have any right to dispose in any way, by lease, transfer, novation or assignment, partially or totally, any license granted to it under this Agreement, to any third person, in form of a sub-license or any other form, unless previously authorized in writing by UTStarcom. Any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of this Article 9 shall be void.

10. PATENTS, MARKING.

10.1 UTStarcom shall not be liable to indemnify HFCL against any loss sustained by it as the result of any claim made, or any action brought by, any third party for infringement of any letters, patent, registered design, or like instrument of privilege by reason of the manufacture, assembly, use or sale by HFCL of the Product using the Technical Information, the Improvements or any other information supplied or to be supplied to HFCL pursuant to this Agreement. If any such claim is brought against HFCL, UTStarcom shall take all reasonable steps to provide HFCL with copies of UTStarcom's documentation to assist HFCL in defending itself under such claim. UTStarcom confirms that all intellectual property rights for proprietary software developed by UTStarcom is held by UTStarcom, except to the extent licensed such as pursuant to this Agreement.

10.2 UTStarcom shall not be bound to take legal proceedings against any third party in respect of any infringement of letters, patent, registered design or like instrument of privilege which may now or at any future time be owned by it.

10.3 HFCL shall indemnify and hold UTStarcom, [***] harmless from and against all losses, costs, expenses and damages, including reasonable attorneys' fees, resulting from or in connection

with any breach by HFCL of this Agreement or any claim by third persons resulting from or in connection with HFCL's assembly, manufacture, marketing, sale or use of Product, to the extent such third party claim does not arise from any design, act or omission directly attributable to UTStarcom, subject to UTStarcom having notified HFCL promptly in writing of any such claim, tendered to HFCL the defense or settlement of any such claim at HFCL's expense, and cooperated with HFCL, at HFCL's expense, in defending or settling such claim.

10.4 HFCL shall defend, indemnify and hold UTStarcom harmless from and against all claims, causes of action, lawsuits, loss, expenses, obligations, damages, and liability, including costs of defense and reasonable attorney's fees, whether in contract or tort, including negligence and strict liability, as a result of property damage, personal injuries or death of any persons arising out of, or proximately caused by, in whole or in part, any action or inaction by HFCL or any defect, including any design defect, attributable, to or involving the manufacture, use, lease or sale of any Product.

10.5 HFCL shall reproduce in all copies that it makes or causes to be made of any aspect of the Product all patent, copyright and proprietary notices included by UTStarcom on any publication, software and firmware provided in connection with this Agreement so as to continue to maintain UTStarcom's rights therein. If instructed in writing by UTStarcom, HFCL shall modify such notices in order to comply with all applicable laws.

11. GOVERNING LAW AND ARBITRATION.

11.1 This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and construed in accordance with the laws of India. Each Party consents to the -exclusive personal jurisdiction of the courts of India. The Parties specifically [***] the application of the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

11.2 The Parties shall seek to resolve all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including the construction, validity, performance or breach of this Agreement, without resorting to litigation or arbitration. Prior to either Party utilizing the remedies detailed in Section 11.4, it shall first notify the other Party that the notifying Party wishes to resolve a dispute, controversy or claim that it has with the other Party arising out of or connected to this Agreement (a "Dispute"). As soon as practical and no later than [***] after the other Party receives a notice of Dispute, each Party shall appoint a dispute representative ("Dispute Representative") who shall contact the other Party toward seeking a resolution to the Dispute.

11.3 All discussions, correspondence and negotiations between the Parties pursuant to their seeking a resolution in accordance with Section 11. 1 shall be exempt from discovery and production, and shall not be admissible in any litigation or arbitration with respect to the Dispute, without the written consent of both Parties. Documents identified in or provided with such communication, which are not prepared for purposes of the Dispute resolution in accordance with Section 11.2 shall not be so exempted and may, if otherwise admissible, be admitted in evidence in any such arbitration or litigation.

11.4 If the negotiations taken place pursuant to Section 11.2 do not resolve the Dispute within [***] of the other Party's receipt of the notice of Dispute, either Party may submit the Dispute to binding arbitration to be held in London, England pursuant to the Rules of Conciliation and Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "ICC") in accordance with the laws of England, modified as follows:

(a) All proceedings, filings and submissions shall be made solely in English, the matter shall be heard before a single arbitrator who must be selected by the mutual consent of both Parties, failing which by the ICC within [***] of submission of the respondent's answer to the

demand for arbitration, and the arbitrator shall be an attorney experienced in international commercial transactions and trained in the common law system.

(b) Each Party shall be entitled to pre-hearing depositions of not more than three percipient witnesses.

(c) Each Party shall identify all witnesses, including experts, and produce copies of all documents to be used at the hearing at least 90 days prior to the hearing.

(d) All experts identified under Section 11.4(c) shall be subject to deposition by the opposing party at any time prior to the discovery cut-off in Section 11.4(e).

(e) All discovery must be completed at least 30 days prior to the hearing.

(f) The hearing on the matter shall occur within 180 days after selection of the arbitrator.

(g) The arbitrator's decision shall be in accordance with the law of England, except that exemplary damages shall not be awarded.

(h) The arbitrator shall be deemed instructed by this Agreement and the Parties to issue a written decision within 60 days after completion of the hearing.

(i) The arbitrator may award costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, to the prevailing Party.

(j) Notwithstanding the foregoing procedures in this Section 11.4, the Parties may modify these procedures by written agreement.

11.5 Notwithstanding the provisions set forth above in this Article 11, UTStarcom may initiate litigation for the purpose of seeking an injunction or other relief, or other equitable relief in order to seek enforcement of any equitable remedy referred to in Section 5.6.

11.6 The Parties shall continue to perform the Agreement during the arbitration proceedings, and neither Party shall withhold any payment due or otherwise payable under this Agreement unless any such payment is, or forms a part of, the subject matter of the arbitration proceeding.

11.7 The Parties shall consent to such extension of time as may be necessary for the arbitrators to make their award.

12. TERM AND TERMINATION.

12.1 Subject to the following provisions of this Article, this Agreement and the rights and licenses hereby granted or agreed to, shall continue in force for [***] or until the termination of the Agreement according to the provisions of article 7.3, whichever is earlier.

12.2 Without affecting UTStarcom's rights pursuant to Section 2.5, in the event that HFCL shall at any time during the term of this Agreement:

(a) be in breach of any of its obligations under this Agreement, including the obligations to purchase the ASICS pursuant to Article 7, where such breach is irremediable or, if capable of remedy, is not remedied within [***] of notice from UTStarcom requiring its remedy;

(b) be or become bankrupt or insolvent, unable to pay its debts as they fall due;

(c) admit in writing that it is unable to pay its debts, make any composition with its creditors, have a receiver or manager appointed for the whole or any part of its undertaking or assets or, otherwise than as a solvent company for the purpose of and followed by an amalgamation or reconstruction where-under its successor shall be bound by its obligations

hereunder, commence to be wound up or undergo any analogous act or proceeding under the laws of the state in which it is registered;

(d) be acquired or otherwise come under the direct or indirect control of a person or persons other than those controlling it as of the Effective Date;

(e) fail to receive required approvals for remitting payments to UTStarcom as required under this Agreement or failure to make any payment to UTStarcom as and when due pursuant to this Agreement including payments under Article 7; or

(f) terminate this Agreement for any reason other than the expiration of [***] after the Effective Date if the term of this Agreement has not been previously extended by mutual written agreement, subject to any required regulatory approvals, then, and in any such event, UTStarcom may forthwith by notice in writing terminate this Agreement, and thereupon all rights and licenses hereby granted or agreed to be granted by UTStarcom pursuant to this Agreement shall immediately terminate.

12.3 Upon termination, HFCL shall immediately cease manufacturing the Product using the Technical Information, know-how and any Improvement and shall immediately desist from using the Technical Information, know-how and all Improvements for any purpose whatsoever. HFCL shall promptly, on UTStarcom's request, and return to UTStarcom at HFCL's cost or destroy all copies of all documents and extracts comprising or in any way containing any Technical Information, know-how or Improvements. HFCL shall procure a declaration from its board of directors as well as its legal counsel to be delivered to UTStarcom confirming that all Technical Information, know-how and Improvements, including all designs, drawings, models, samples, plans, documents, specifications and other information supplied to it by UTStarcom and all copies of such information in HFCL's possession have been destroyed or returned. The Parties expressly agree that UTStarcom shall not be liable or responsible to HFCL or to any third party claiming under or through HFCL for any claims, damages, or costs in any way whatsoever, arising in connection with any termination of this Agreement.

12.4 Upon termination of this Agreement, all rights and obligations granted under or imposed by this Agreement shall immediately cease and terminate except for the rights, duties and obligations which by their nature one would reasonably expect to survive, including the rights and obligations covered in such provisions in this Agreement with respect to payments, the sublicensed use of technology, Confidential Information, trademarks, indemnities, warranties, remedies and limitations of liability, independent contractors, export controls, governing law, arbitration and jurisdiction, assignment, severability, publicity, legal expenses, notices, subject headings, waiver and this Agreement being the entire agreement of the Parties.

12.5 UTStarcom shall not be in breach of this Agreement or liable for any damages, losses or expenses whatsoever which occur as the direct or indirect result of any delay or inability to export the Technical Information, any know-how or any UTStarcom Improvement, or any item hereunder, due to the action or inaction of any United States Government Agency.

12.6 If UTStarcom reasonably determines that HFCL has breached in any way any obligation with respect to the disclosure and use of Confidential Information of UTStarcom, including the Technical Information, know-how and UTStarcom Improvements, UTStarcom shall be immediately entitled to exercise all of its rights under this Agreement and under the law without regard to any notice or waiting period or any other provision of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the prior sentence, UTStarcom shall not terminate this Agreement or any of HFCL's rights to the Technical Information under it unless UTStarcom has first made inquiry upon HFCL with respect to such breach and allowed HFCL [***] to respond to such inquiry. Any failure by HFCL to respond to

UTStarcom's inquiry within [***] shall constitute sufficient basis for UTStarcom to terminate this Agreement.

12.7 No termination of this Agreement shall prejudice the accrued rights of either Party, and the foregoing remedies are in addition to and shall not affect other remedies available under the governing law of this Agreement.

12.8 The terms of this agreement will apply to all manufacture and sale of the Product, to any customer whatsoever by HFCL, except the sale undertaken to DOT under the terms of the [***]. The sale of the Product to DOT by HFCL as required by the [***] will continue to be governed by the terms of the agreement signed by UTStarcom and HFCL on 6^th Day of April 2000.

13. FORCE MAJEURE.

In the event that either party shall be delayed or impeded in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder by industrial disputes, or by any cause beyond its reasonable control, including but not limited to war, hostilities, disorder, embargoes or export restrictions, acts of God, fire, earthquakes, storm, proclamations, regulation, ordinance or any other analogous events, it shall not be liable to other for any failure to carry out or to observe any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement and be entitled to such extension of time as may be reasonable in all the circumstances.

14. WAIVER.

Failure by either Party to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this Agreement or any delay in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement shall not be construed as a waiver by such Party of any such provisions nor in any way affect the validity of the Agreement or any part thereof.

15. PUBLICITY.

15.1 Publicity or advertising relating to this Agreement may be released by either of the Parties hereto only with the prior written approval of the other Party.

15.2 HFCL shall state in advertisements and publicity relating to the Product that it is manufactured under license from UTStarcom.

16. NOTICES; SERVICE.

All notices, requests, reports and communications of any type given or transferred by a Party to the other in connection with this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effective when delivered to the other Party addressed as provided below:

If to HFCL:		If to UTStarcom:
Managing Director HFCL, 8 Commercial Complex, Masjid Moth, Greater Kailash — II Xxx Xxxxx-000000 Xxxxx		Director, India Operations, 00 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax x00-00-0000000 Attention:		Fax: x0 000 000 0000 Attention: Xxxxxx Godura

Either Party may change the address at which it wishes to receive notices under this article by giving notice to the other Party of the new address.

17. EFFORTS AND QUALITY.

HFCL shall maintain manufacturing standards for the Product to assure that their quality is at least equal to the Product produced by UTStarcom. In order to verify quality of the Product HFCL shall permit UTStarcom's representative to inspect and test any assembled Product at HFCL's facilities prior to shipment.

18. WARRANTY; EXCLUSIONS.

18.1 UTStarcom warrants that:

(a) it has the right to license the Technical Information, the know-how and the UTStarcom Improvements to HFCL as contemplated by this Agreement; and

(b) the Technical Information, know-how and UTStarcom Improvements furnished to HFCL under this Agreement are substantially equivalent to what UTStarcom uses, as of the Effective Date, to manufacture the Product.

18.2 Except as specifically provided in this Article 18, the Technical Information, know-how and UTStarcom Improvements, including such provided software, are provided to HFCL and licensed on an "AS IS" basis WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, AND THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY EXCLUDE ANY AND ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION, KNOW-HOW AND UTSTARCOM IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS ANY PRODUCT, AND THE PARTIES EXCLUDE ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE PARTIES ALSO SPECIFICALLY EXCLUDE ALL WARRANTIES OF NON-INFRINGEMENT WITH RESPECT TO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS.

18.3 Except as otherwise specifically provided for in this Agreement, each Party shall be responsible for any and all liability to all third persons based on claims arising out of such Party's own manufacture, use or sale of any Product or any other product, whether or not in conformity with the Technical Information, know-how or UTStarcom Improvements.

18.4 HFCL warrants that:

(a) it shall be fully responsible for providing all support, maintenance and repair for all end users of every Product that it manufactures, distributes or sells and shall take all commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no such end user contacts UTStarcom for any support or other issue with respect to any Product;

(b) it shall manufacture the Product using only high quality materials and top class workmanship and that the end product will be free from any defect in manufacture, misbranding, merchantable and fit for the intended use. HFCL shall take all reasonable care and skill in manufacturing the Product;

(c) it has the necessary expertise and staffing capabilities to manufacture the Product and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and that the Product manufactured will conform in all respect with the specifications provided by UTStarcom; and

(d) it shall give proper consideration and weight to the interests of UTStarcom in all dealings and abide by all rules, regulations, standards methods, procedures and instructions provided to it by UTStarcom.

19. GOVERNMENT APPROVALS.

19.1 This Agreement is subject to the United States export laws and regulations, and HFCL acknowledges that no technical data or other information to be provided pursuant to this Agreement may be exported until UTStarcom has first obtained all necessary and recommended

approvals and licenses, including from the United States Government and any other entity or person that may have regulatory or other authority over this Agreement or any activity contemplated pursuant to this Agreement.

19.2 HFCL shall be responsible for obtaining all approvals of the Government of India and every other regulatory body that may be needed or recommended for entering into this Agreement and performing all of the obligations provided for under this Agreement. Specifically HFCL shall be responsible for obtaining all type approvals and all other authorizations, licenses and permits connected in any way to interconnecting or otherwise utilizing the Product in India and with any existing or future telecommunications system. HFCL shall obtain all such authorizations, licenses and permits on behalf of and for the benefit of UTStarcom and shall in no way utilize any such authorization, license or permit or its rights connected to any of them to block or in any way restrict UTStarcom from enjoying, directly or indirectly, the rights and privileges obtained pursuant to any such authorization, license or permit.

20. RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES.

HFCL and UTStarcom are independent contractors. Neither Party nor its employees, consultants, contractors or agents are agents, employees or joint venturers of the other Party, nor do they have any authority to bind the other Party by contract or otherwise to any obligation. Neither Party shall expressly, implicitly, by appearance or otherwise make any representation contrary to the relationship described in this Article 20. The Parties do not intend for this Agreement or any relationship between them to create any aspect of a franchise in any way or manner.

21. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.

21.1 EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH A BREACH OF THE OBLIGATIONS PROVIDED IN ARTICLE 5 OF THIS AGREEMENT, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT, IN NO CASE SHALL EITHER PARTY, ITS AFFILIATES OR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND AGENTS, BE LIABLE TO THE OTHER PARTY FOR INDIRECT, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOSS OF PROFITS OR CAPITAL REVENUE IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT EVEN IF IT HAS BEEN ADVISED AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY TO ALL CAUSES OF ACTION AND CLAIMS, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, BREACH OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, MISREPRESENTATION AND OTHER TORTS. BOTH PARTIES UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT THE REMEDIES, EXCLUSIONS AND LIMITATIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT ALLOCATE RISKS BETWEEN THE PARTIES AS ALLOWED BY LAW. THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THIS AGREEMENT REFLECT, AND ARE SET IN RELIANCE UPON, THIS ALLOCATION OF RISKS AND THE EXCLUSION OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH.

21.2 IN NO EVENT SHALL UT STARCOM'S LIABILITY TO HFCL OR ANY OTHER PARTY ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PRODUCT EXCEED THE [***] OR [***] WHICHEVER IS LESS.

22. SEVERABILITY.

In the event that any one or more provisions of this Agreement shall be declared to be illegal or unenforceable under any law, rule, or regulations of any government having jurisdiction over the Parties hereto, such illegibility or unenforceability shall not affect the validity and enforceability of the other provisions of this Agreement, and the parties shall agree upon a modification to this Agreement with respect to such illegal or unenforceable provisions to eliminate such invalidity or unenforceability.

23. NO RIGHTS IN THIRD PARTIES.

This Agreement is made for the benefit of HFCL and UTStarcom and not for the benefit of any third party individual or entity.

24. HEADINGS AND REFERENCES.

The subject headings of the articles of this Agreement are included for the purpose of convenience only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation of any of its provisions.

25. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.

No modification or addition to this Agreement or its enclosures shall be binding on the two Parties unless specifically agreed upon, in writing, by the Parties themselves. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes all agreements, expressions of interest, communications and other representations, understandings, and agreements, oral or written, between the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement. For purposes of interpretation and performance hereof, the English language version of this Agreement shall be controlling and binding on the Parties.

26. CONSTRUCTION.

This Agreement has been negotiated by the Parties and their respective counsel and shall be interpreted fairly in accordance with its terms and without any strict construction in favor of or against either Party.

AS WITNESS the hands of the duly authorized representatives of the Parties hereto, effective as of the day and year first written above.

Signed for and on behalf of				Signed for and on behalf of
HIMACHAL FUTURISTIC COMMUNICATION Ltd.				UTStarcom, Inc.
By:				By:

Name:				Name:

Title:				Title:

Exhibit "A" Product Elements, controlled ASICS, (Page 1)

This Exhibit A lists the defining plug-in modules for the Product. The Product may also consist of associated mechanical, cabling and power subsystems and components that are reasonably required to support the operation of the items in the below list.

Item	Module Description	Technology License Fee($US)
1	[***]	[***]
2.1	[***]	[***]
2.2	[***]	[***]
3	[***]	[***]

Exhibit "A" Product Elements, controlled ASICS, (Page 2)

Item	Module Description	Technology License Fee($US)
4	[***]	[***]
5	[***]	[***]
6	[***]	[***]
7	[***]	[***]
8	[***]	[***]
9	[***]	[***]

Exhibit "A" Product Elements, Controlled, ASICS (Page 3)

Item	Module Description	Technology License Fee($US)
10	[***]	[***]
11	[***]	[***]
12	[***]	[***]
13	[***]	[***]
14	[***]	[***]
15	[***]	[***]
16	[***]	[***]

Exhibit "A" Product Elements, controlled ASICS (Page 4)

Item	Module Description	Technology License Fee($US)
17	[***]	[***]
18	[***]	[***]
19	[***]	[***]
20	[***]	[***]
21	[***]	[***]
22	[***]	[***]
23	[***]	[***]
24	[***]	[***]
25	[***]	[***]

Notes:

1): The Technical Information for the [***] will be provided by HFCL
2): The license fee for [***], when used in one to one correspondence with a [***] is [***]
3): The license fee for a [***] when used to deliver [***] as a subscriber service is [***]. License fee for [***] line card will be determined later by UTStarcom

Exhibit "A" Product Elements, controlled ASICS, (Page 5)

The following is the list of controlled ASICS:

S/N	ASIC code	UTS Part (top)	UTS P/N	Base Code
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]
[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]	[***]

EXHIBIT "B" Technical Information

For each part of the Product to be manufactured by HFCL, UTStarcom will supply the following information:

1): Parts List for each Printed Circuit Board including Procurement specifications, vendor details and order code of vendors
2): Gerber files for each Printed Circuit Board
3): Firmware details and files in object code (excluding FPGA [ASIC] object code).
4): Circuit Diagram
5): Assembly Diagram
6): Mechanical Drawings including manufacturing drawings for each Printed Circuit Board
7): For each Sub-system and for the total system the following Technical Literature in English
•: System Description
•: Installation and Operation Manual
•: Testing Manual which contains test plans and procedure
•: Maintenance and Repair Manual which also contains Trouble shooting procedures
8): List of any special jigs for manufacturing and testing
9): List of Test instruments required for testing

The above information shall be provided for the Product Elements as in Exhibit "A"

EXHIBIT "C" Terms of Payment ASICS and FPGAs

HFCL shall make payments to UTStarcom for ASICs and FPGAs against an [***] to be established by HFCL in favour of UTStarcom with a bank authorized by the Reserve Bank of India to deal in foreign exchange and acceptable to UTStarcom in its sole discretion. HFCL shall open a [***]for each ASIC and/or FPGA at the time it orders them from UTStarcom. UTStarcom may also indicate in writing to HFCL, alternative means of payment and HFCL may choose to use such means.

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