Spreadtrum Communications,Inc. ("Spreadtrum", Nasdaq: SPRD), Amoi Electronics Co., Ltd ("Amoi", stockcode: 600057) and Desay Electronics (Huizhou) Co., Ltd ("Desay") today jointlyannounced the world's first TD-HSDPA residential gateway for wirelessbroadband internet access based on Spreadtrum's SC8800S chip solution.

The TD-HSDPA residential gateway for wireless broadband Internet access isa product jointly promoted by the three parties. Amoi's data card usingSpreadtrum's SC8800S is connected to Desay's residential gateway devicethrough a USB interface, offering TD-HSDPA wireless broadband Internet accessto the users. At present, this residential gateway supports not only USBinterface (for TD-HSDPA wireless access), but also Wi-Fi interface, fixed lineinterface RJ11 and LAN interface. Therefore, this product should facilitatethe convergence of fixed and mobile communications with the Internet. Thebirth of this TD-HSDPA residential gateway product for wireless broadbandInternet access also represents the world's first commercialization of the TD-HSDPA service.

TD-HSDPA is a new member in the HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access)family, which was announced by 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) toaddress the need of high-speed data transmission for multimedia service. TD-HSDPA is an extension of TD-SCDMA, supporting uplink synchronization, dynamicchannel allocation and other features. As a result, TD-HSDPA provides bettersupport for asymmetric data business.

The TD-HSDPA residential gateway for wireless broadband Internet accessuses Spreadtrum's SC8800S chip, a TD-SCDMA/GSM dual-mode baseband chipdesigned to support HSDPA/EDGE. The SC8800S chip not only includes the sametype of high integration as previous Spreadtrum baseband chipsets, but alsomeets EDGE (EGPRS Class10) standard and offers high-speed HSDPA datatransmission rates up to 1.6 Mbps.

Dr. Ping Wu, Chairman and CEO of Spreadtrum said, "We are delighted withthis cooperation. As one of China's leading wireless baseband chipsetproviders, Spreadtrum is devoted to the evolution of wireless communicationand multimedia technology. Spreadtrum offers a comprehensive portfolio ofhighly-integrated baseband processor solutions from 2G to 3.5G, as well asspecialized software, handset development platform, mobile TV and AVSaudio/video decoder chips. The TD-HSDPA residential gateway product usesSpreadtrum's SC8800S chip solution. It once again proves Spreadtrum'sdedication to the development of TD-SCDMA technology and the support todevelop 3G-network business. As the commercialization of TD-SCDMA progresses,Spreadtrum will focus on designs to improve high-speed services in thewireless communication market while still meeting the basic demands forquality voice communication via mobile phones. We believe that thiscooperation not only provides residential customers with a product thatsupports both fixed line and mobile communication services, but also creates anew cooperation pattern to enhance the further development of TD-HSDPAbusiness."

Source:Xinhua-PRNewswire