Those aren't minuses, they're connector hyphens.
UTStarcom is running WPA2-PSK (a.k.a WPA2-Personal).
It's using AES-CCMP as its confidentiality cipher. The other network has both TKIP and AES-CCMP enabled, so the ciphers are shown as a list connected with +'s.
I presume from context that [ESS] just means it's in normal AP mode, as opposed to this network being an IBSS (ad hoc network). ESS does not imply a multiple-AP roaming network. it just implies that the AP is a point of access to some kind of DS (Distribution System; could be a wired Ethernet LAN or a DSL or DOCSIS link or anything for that matter).