Shanghai, China, December 20, 2016- Spreadtrum Communications ('Spreadtrum'), a leading fabless semiconductor company in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G, and 4G wireless communication standards, today announced that its LTE SoC platform SC9832 will power China Mobile smartphones that are expected to be available in the market in the first quarter of 2017.

The new China Mobile smartphones will be powered by Spreadtrum 28nm quad-core 1.3GHz ARM Cortex-A7 five mode (TDD-LTE/FDD-LTE/WCDMA/HSPA(+)/GSM/GPRS) LTE chip platform SC9832. It supports a 5-inch HD 720P IPS touch screen, VoLTE as well as dual-SIM and dual-standby functions, providing users a great LTE experience.

'We are honored to partner with China Mobile for their own smartphone brand. This is the first time that China Mobile has collaborated with Spreadtrum for its independent brand, and is a demonstration of the trust that China Mobile has in Spreadtrum due to our long-term partnership.' said Dr. Leo Li, Chairman and CEO of Spreadtrum. 'With Spreadtrum's powerful LTE chipset at the core of this smartphone, we are confident that China Mobile customers will be better served in efficiency and performance.'

China Mobile has always been an important partner to Spreadtrum, and both parties are already working closely in many areas. Focused on innovation, both Spreadtrum and China Mobile are also collaborating to create a laboratory for joint research and testings on smartphones. In IoT, Spreadtrum has already partnered with China Mobile to launch the first fully independently developed industrial dual-band 2G communications module, M6311, which can meet many application requirements of the IoT industry. In 5G, Spreadtrum is a member in China Mobile's 5G Joint Innovation Centre where both parties will work together to carry out research and development on new technologies for the future.

About Spreadtrum Communications
Spreadtrum Communications is a fabless semiconductor company that develops mobile chipset platforms for smartphones, feature phones and other consumer electronics products, supporting 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards. Spreadtrum's solutions combine its highly integrated, power-efficient chipsets with customizable software and reference designs in a complete turnkey platform, enabling customers to achieve faster design cycles with a lower development cost. Spreadtrum's customers include global and China-based manufacturers developing mobile products for consumers in China and emerging markets around the world. Spreadtrum is a privately held company headquartered in Shanghai and an affiliate of Tsinghua Unigroup, Ltd. For more information, visit www.spreadtrum.com.

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