Spreadtrum and ZTE Sign TD-SCDMA Strategic Partnership Agreement

Spreadtrum and ZTE Sign TD-SCDMA Strategic Partnership Agreement

August 29, 2007

    SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPRD), one of
China's leading wireless baseband chipset providers, today
announced that its subsidiary, Spreadtrum Communications
(Shanghai) Co., Ltd., has entered into a TD-SCDMA strategic
partnership agreement with Zhongxing
Telecommunication-Equipment Enterprise (ZTE).

    A number of factors made the partnership agreement
possible. Both Spreadtrum and ZTE have invested in the
research and development of complementary TD-SCDMA products
for the past several years, Spreadtrum in baseband chipset
and ZTE in system equipment. Both companies also share a
common vision in how to further develop TD-SCDMA technology
and the industry. As a result, both companies have decided
to form a strategic partnership and will cooperate in a
number of projects designed to improve the functionality of
TD-SCDMA system and terminals and introduce additional
TD-SCDMA commercial products.

    Both companies believe that this partnership between
two reputable Chinese communications companies should help
speed up the development of TD-SCDMA products and the
commercialization of TD-SCDMA technology. 

    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 the potential benefits of the strategic
partnership formed between Spreadtrum and ZTE, the
cooperation in future projects designed to improve the
functionality of TD-SCDMA system and terminals and
introduce additional TD-SCDMA commercial products and the
timing and deployment of commercial products resulting from
such partnership. 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, the ability
of Spreadtrum and ZTE to successfully carry out the
intended purpose of their strategic partnership and
cooperation efforts; continued competitive pressure in the
semiconductor industry and the effect of such pressure on
prices; unpredictable changes in technology and consumer
demand for mobile products; uncertainty regarding the
timing and pace of the commercial deployment of TD-SCDMA
products in China; Spreadtrum's ability to sustain its
development in TD-SCDMA baseband semiconductor; and the
state of and any change in Spreadtrum's relationships with
its major customers and partners, including ZTE. 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 
     Phone: [phone] x217
     Email: [e-mail]