Set-top Boxes Using Spreadtrum's AVS SV6111 Decoder Chip Passes China Netcom's Commercial Trial Tests

Set-top Boxes Using Spreadtrum's AVS SV6111 Decoder Chip Passes China Netcom's Commercial Trial Tests

October 10, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, Oct. 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD), one of
China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, today
announced that set-top boxes (STB) using Spreadtrum's AVS
SV6111 chip solutions successfully passed the first
commercial trial tests based on AVS standard conducted by
China Netcom (CNC) in Dalian, achieving all performance
goals set by China Netcom for this commercial trial.

    The SV6111 chip being used by the STB manufacturer is
the industry's first commercially produced AVS audio/video
decoder chip, which Spreadtrum announced at its Technology
Forum in August 2007.  The SV6111 product includes all of
the decoding functions required by the AVS standard, while
at the same time supporting MPEG-2 specifications. 
Utilizing advanced SoC technology that integrates critical
software with the hardware processing system, the SV6111
provides a robust AVS audio/video decoder solution at a low
cost of production and low power consumption.

    In addition, set-top boxes using Spreadtrum's SV6111
solutions were the only ASIC-based solutions that adopted
AVS standards among manufacturers who participated in the
tests.  Compared with the other set-top boxes using
non-ASIC solutions, the Company believes that set-top boxes
using Spreadtrum's solution generally should have lower
costs yet higher reliability.  Commenting on the successful
outcome, Dr. Qiang Cao, Spreadtrum's Vice President of
Marketing, said "The successful trials demonstrated
the feasibility and applicability of our solution in a real
world application and showed our continuing commitment to
the promotion of the AVS standard."

    Spreadtrum has commenced sampling of the SV6111 and
expects deployment through its commercial customers'
products in the near future.AVS is in the second-generation
source coding-decoding standard independently created by
China.  For more information on AVS, please go to the Audio
and Video Coding Standard Workgroup of China, at
http://www.avs.org.cn/en/ .

    About Spreadtrum:

    Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. is a fabless
semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets
baseband processor solutions for the mobile wireless
communications market.  Spreadtrum combines its
semiconductor design expertise with its software
development capabilities to deliver highly-integrated
baseband processors with multimedia functionality and power
management.  Spreadtrum has developed its solutions based on
an open development platform, enabling its customers to
develop customized wireless products that are feature-rich
and meet their cost and time-to-market requirements.

    Safe Harbor Statements:

    This press release contains "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of the "safe
harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Such forward-looking
statements include, without limitation, statements
regarding Spreadtrum's continuing commitment to the
promotion of the AVS standard, and Spreadtrum's expectation
that commercial products based on the SV6111 chips will be
deployed by its customers in the near future.  These
statements are forward-looking in nature and involve risks
and uncertainties that may cause actual achievements and
market trends to differ materially from those expressed or
implied in these forward-looking statements for a variety
of reasons.  Potential risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, unpredictable changes in technology and
consumer demand for audio/video products; uncertainty
regarding the timing and pace of the commercial deployment
of AVS-based products in China; and Spreadtrum's ability to
sustain its development in AVS semiconductor chips; and the
state of and any change in Spreadtrum's relationships with
its major customers.  For additional discussion of these
risks and uncertainties and other factors, please consider
the information contained in Spreadtrum's filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC"), including the registration statement on
Form F-1 filed on June 26, 2007, as amended, especially the
sections under "Risk Factors" and
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations," and such other
documents that Spreadtrum may file with the SEC from time
to time, including on Form 6-K.  Spreadtrum assumes no
obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which
apply only as of the date of this press release.

    For more information, please contact:

     William Shi
     Spreadtrum Communications
     Tel:    [phone] x217
     E-mail: [e-mail]