Johnsyn.... Where are you??? .. nic

This company is on the go. Time to invest. Yoo Hoo!! Well.... Just wanted to see if one could post a message on a defunct company. Think I'll try for moderator. Oh my. .. .. nic

Woo Hoo!!! Johnsyn.... We finally did good. ... nic

@TickerStock: “@BloombergTV: BREAKING: Spreadtrum to be bought by Tsinghua Group for $1.78 billion” $SPRD

Christmas came early :)

9:41 AM Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, 5.3% increase from prior dividend of $0.095. Forward yield 1.55%. For shareholders of record July 09. Payable July 24. Ex-div date July 07.

7:12 AM Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) announces receipt of a non-binding $28.50/share cash acquisition offer from Tsinghua Holdings. Shares +7.6% premarket to $23.98. Kudos to SA Pro's Ashraf Eassa who just two weeks ago - with the stock under $20 - said he saw 55% upside in the shares.

Anyone got a take on this one as to which way sprd's going? ta. .. nic

9:56 AM Bank of America upgrades Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD +2%) to Buy and raises price target to $30 from $18. The company declared a $0.10/share dividend earlier in the week.

9:07 AM Spreadtrum Communications, Inc (ADR) (SPRD) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend. Forward yield 2.19%. For shareholders of record Apr. 10. Payable Apr. 25. Ex-div date Apr. 08.

$17.51? Suppose that makes those feel good that bought premarket 2 days ago at $18 only to see regular hours finish at just over $15. Whoo woulda thunk it? .. nic

Well nic, that big spike didn't last long... as usual. .. nic

2/26/2013 Spreadtrum Spikes As Q4 Results Top Street Estimates

(Spreadtrum this morning is up $1.18, or 7.2%, to $17.50.)


http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericsavitz/2013/02/26/spreadtrum-spikes-as-q4-results-top-street-estimates/?partner=yahootix

I don't know when either, not worth trying to figure it. investors get real spooked everytime another Chinese company gets named for funny bookkeeping, let alone lull in microchip stocks.

Yep, guess so as I should have waited until next month to buy in. Don't know when you bought, but it had to be quite some time ago. Looking back, sprd closed at $23.05 on October 31. Not much has actually happened, but exactly 3 months later, spred is down over 32% or $7.45 with no support seemingly in sight. Yuck!!! Dang Chinese hot dog companies! .. nic

at least I didn't bet the farm on them. Thanks for alerting me. Believe it or not, I'm still green on them. LOL, maybe I ought to sell mine to you.

Down, down, down. Seems no support or strength is evident yet. Maybe I'll add some if it drops much lower. .. nic

I'm still way green on it, but it is definitely sitting a lot lower than it's peak. Pretty ugly drop today.

Thinking about exiting this one as it seems no money can be made on it lately. Sigh!!!!

8:22 AM Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD) declares $0.10/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.39%. For shareholders of record Dec. 24. Payable Dec. 31. Ex-div date Dec. 20.

1:47 PM Baseband chipmakers Spreadtrum (SPRD -6.3%), Marvell (MRVL -1.9%), and Sequans (SQNS -1%) are all off. Chinese media reports only 1 of 9 companies taking part in government tests for 4G TD-LTE baseband chips - a group including the aforementioned names - fully met government standards in a test. China Mobile is plotting a commercial TD-LTE launch, but its timing depends on approval by a government that may chose to bide its time in so that more subscribers are racked up for CHL's 3G network, which relies on home-grown TD-SCDMA tech.

Looks like $11 commin. .. nic

No support.. Looks like this one's gotta go for a few months. Maybe come back and play later .. nic

prediction... fical cliff $11
no fiscal cliff.............$22
Oh well, we'll see .. nic

LOL, that's about it. Apple sunk the whole sector, the re-election sank the whole market. Once the panic set in when it started diving, the MMs push the envelope and get it as far down and panicked as much as possible. Bastards.

POS stock. Good earnings report with no additional news and the stock keeps falling many multiple times the rate of the general market. I'm certain the stock will at some point level off without any reason at all. .. nic

4:18 PM Spreadtrum Communications (SPRD): Q3 EPS of $0.56 beats by $0.07. Revenue of $187.9M (+1.7% Y/Y) beats by $16M.

Decent strength in a down market. What will a 10 cent dividend do? .. nic

Spreadtrum Communications Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD; "Spreadtrum" or the "Company"), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has approved its sixth quarterly cash dividend of US$0.10 per American Depositary Share or approximately US$0.0333 per Ordinary Share (each American Depositary Share represents three Ordinary Shares). The sixth quarterly dividend will be payable to holders of record of Ordinary Shares (which includes holders of American Depositary Shares) as of the close of business on October 10, 2012 and will be paid on October 25, 2012. This dividend represents a quarterly payout of approximately $4.7 million in aggregate to Ordinary Shares, which Ordinary Shares exclude the shares repurchased by the Company from the open market pursuant to its share repurchase program. The payment of any future quarterly dividends will be at the discretion of the Board and will be dependent upon Spreadtrum's financial position, results of operations, available cash, cash flow, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

About Spreadtrum Communications

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRD; "Spreadtrum") 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. For more information, visit www.spreadtrum.com.

SOURCE Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.

Well, this one has a history of falling back, big time. Yet, so far, at higher lows. .. nic

Dang!! Sold a bit too early today. Oh well, made money. Must be some news eminent as sprd is on the move today for seemingly no particular reason. Guess I'll wait for the news. .. nic

K-Touch Adopts Spreadtrum's Smartphone Platform

8:30 AM 8/29/2012 - PR Newswire

SHANGHAI, Aug. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD; "Spreadtrum" or the "Company"), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, today announced that K-Touch has adopted Spreadtrum's 1GHz TD-SCDMA smartphone platform, the SC8810. The K-Touch T800 and T580, TD-SCDMA smartphones based on the SC8810, are designed to address the needs of the mass market consumer. Both models have completed China Mobile's certification testing in preparation for commercial launch.

"K-Touch has been a promoter of 3G smartphones for many years," said Mrs. Rong Xiuli, president of K-Touch."The K-Touch T800 and T580, which are based on Spreadtrum's smartphone platform, deliver stable performance and abundant applications, meeting the needs of Chinese consumers for rich applications and an excellent consumer experience. We will continue to bring high performance mobile terminals to the Chinese market in collaboration with Spreadtrum."

Dr. Leo Li, Spreadtrum's president and CEO, said, "We have a close relationship with K-Touch, which has allowed us to support them in the release of high performance smartphones and help further promote the rapid development of the TD-SCDMA market in China. As a chip provider, we focus on the delivery of smartphone platforms with strong performance and high-end features, that are easy to design in and allow our customers to get their products to market faster. "

Spreadtrum's SC8810 integrates a 1GHz Cortex A5 processor, 3D/2D Mali graphics accelerator, a 5 megapixel camera sub-system and supports resolution up to WVGA and wireless connectivity including Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS. The SC8810 delivers low power multimode TD-SCDMA/EDGE/GPRS/GSM operations with dual-mode automatic switching and supports TD-HSDPA at 2.8Mbps and TD-HSUPA at 2.2 Mbps. The SC8810 is delivered with turnkey Android and systems software.

About Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPRD; "Spreadtrum") 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. For more information, visit www.spreadtrum.com.

About K-Touch:

K-Touch is one of the mobile phone manufacturers with its own research strength. Founded in April, 2002 in Beijing, K-Touch has its research center in Beijing and has built a global top lab for mobile research. As a famous mobile phone manufacturer, K-Touch is developing rapidly these years. As a result of accurate marketing forecasting, strong research strength, efficient integration, excellent off-sale network and a unique commercial business style, K-Touch is honored as a local mobile phone brand with the most growth potential. K-Touch phones have been sold all over of the world, to 22 countries including Russia, Malaysia, India, Taiwan, Hongkong and others. For more information, please visit www.k-touch.cn.

thanks for the insight nicmar. I love it when people are honest.

johnson. For the last few months, I have been buying on the dips and selling on the highs and I have done very well since sprd had been running to near 20 and falling back to near 17 on a fairly consistance pattern.

I did however get caught a bit as I held through the earnings report where I had bought in the 19s and then came the dive. I would have been ok except in the recovery, I sold a bit too quickly because I felt the stock would again hit highs in the 18s. The highs just happened to be higher (near 20) than I thought they would be.

I've regained most from my high point other than maybe down 30 to 40 cents which can be easily recovered unless sprd takes a dive as I'm currently holding quite a few shares in the 18s. This one has been good to me other than the bad earnings spill. I am thinking about going for a longer hold on half my shares and trading the other half just in case this one runs to the 20s.

Hope you do very well and if you decide to trade a bit, best of luck on hitting the highs. Maybe hold some longs just in case. .. nic

thanks, been holding long for a few months, a growth play. Definitely way in the green for me, even with the pullback. Thought about taking some profits and selling a few last week, but changed my mind.

Good post, but looks like the sp has temporarilly rallied. .. nic

10:27 AM Spreadtrum (SPRD -1.7%) trades lower after receiving a downgrade to Neutral from Chardan Capital; the firm cites power amplifier shortages (presumably for TD-SCDMA 3G devices) and growing competitive pressures. Power amplifier vendor RF Micro Devices (RFMD -2%), which has decent Chinese exposure, is also lower. It was only a week ago that Avian issued a bullish note on Spreadtrum that touted the chipmaker's design win activity.

UPDATE 2-Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2 - IDC

4:55 AM 8/24/2012 - Reuters

* Apple Q2 China smartphone mkt share 10 pct vs 19 pct in Q1

* Samsung still leads, with 19 pct mkt share vs 21 pct in Q1

* Chinese brands - Lenovo, ZTE - gain traction - IDC

* Smartphones took 51 pct of overall mobile mkt in Q2 - IDC

By Lee Chyen Yee

Aug 24 (Reuters) - Apple Inc's share of China's smartphone market almost halved to 10 percent in April-June as buyers waited for the next iPhone model - expected later this year - or switched brands, data from industry research firm IDC showed on Friday.

China, Apple's second-largest market, is set to overtake the United States as the world's biggest smartphone market this year, with demand driven by generous handset subsidies offered by the three main carriers, increasingly tech-savvy consumers and more feature-packed and affordable products.

For the first time, smartphone shipments in China overtook feature phones in the second quarter, with local brands Lenovo Group Ltd and ZTE Corp pushing Apple to fourth place from second, the IDC data showed.

Total April-June smartphone shipments rose to 44 million, accounting for 51 percent of China's total mobile shipments of 87 million, IDC said.

"There are two things in play," said IDC analyst TZ Wong, referring to Apple's drop in ranking and market share. "One is seasonal, people know the new phone is coming. And the second is that the alternatives are becoming much more attractive than a year ago. The iPhone didn't change much over the year."

South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd retained its lead in the Chinese smartphone market with a share of 19 percent, though this was down from 21 percent in the previous quarter, according to the IDC data.

Lenovo, the world's No.2 vendor of personal computers which makes the LePhone, climbed to second place and increased its China market share to 11 percent from a single-digit percentage in the first quarter when it was ranked 7th, the data showed. Local rival Huawei Technologies Co Ltd ranked fifth.

Data from Gartner, another research firm, showed Apple's market share fell to 12 percent in the second quarter from 17 percent in the previous three months, though it kept its No.2 ranking, according to a report by Nomura Securities.

CHIPS FOR CHINA

U.S. chipmakers such as Qualcomm Inc have been trying to capture a larger slice of a booming market that has long been dominated by Taiwan's Mediatek Inc and China's Spreadtrum Communications Inc, by offering chipsets and solutions catered to Chinese vendors.

Recently launched Chinese smartphones packed with Qualcomm's Snapdragon chips include Huawei's G330D and Xiaomi Technology's MI2.

"It's such an important market because of the volume and the growth rate, which are so attractive for chipset vendors ... so we're seeing a lot of competition," said James Shen, Qualcomm's vice president for business development.

In the overall mobile phone market in China, which includes smartphones and feature phones, Samsung, Nokia and ZTE top the rankings for the second quarter, IDC said.

IDC's Wong said it was inevitable that Chinese brands would gradually gain more share due to their aggressive marketing and close ties with local carriers China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom.

"In the mid- to long-term, it's very possible they will start to dominate four of the top five (rankings), leaving Samsung as the only one standing. At that point, even Samsung will start to feel the pressure."

Maybe earnings tomorrow. eeeeeee

Well, sprd took a beating today. Earnings out in less than an hour. Need a good one or s/p crashes. .. nic

Never short a good thing...never have...never will :)


GLTA!

:)

Hello! I am not shorting this..muddy waters is the one shorting.....like EDU...look at that stock from over a week ago..I hope SPRD takes off back into the 20.00s....

OTP

Oh geez, ontoprofit. Hope you're not still shorting this one. Nice little run that looks like it will continue to run today. Good luck on your Muddy Waters read, tsk, tsk. Thinking I'll take some profit today. You know "on to profit". .. nic

11:22 AM Spreadtrum (SPRD +3.5%) rallies following a report claiming it has secured a number of design wins for Samsung TD-SCDMA 3G phones that will be sold by China Mobile. Digitimes adds the design wins have come at the expense of archrival MediaTek, and that Spreadtrum has a lead on MediaTek in developing quad-core processors and 4G baseband chips. Marvell (MRVL) is also a major rival in the TD-SCDMA market. The report comes as Spreadtrum announces a design win for a Huawei phone. SEEKING ALPHA

ontoprofit. It's also very likely muddy, by taking a short position and publicising an "open letter" to the board of sprd will help muddy achieve their goal. A very self severing letter.

Now notice the irony.

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/muddy-waters-announces-it-has-started-short-position-spreadtrum-nasdaq-sprd

Careful here...muddy waters seem to be on a mission...

Showing alot of strength in a bad market. I'm thinking sprd is ready to run. .. nic

credit to johnsyn.. Spreadtrum Communications Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
Fri June 29, 2012 7:00 AM | about: SPRD NEWS PROVIDED BY:
PR Newswire
SHANGHAI, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (SPRD) (NASDAQ: SPRD; "Spreadtrum" or the "Company"), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has approved its fifth quarterly cash dividend of US$0.10 per American Depositary Share or approximately US$0.0333 per Ordinary Share (each American Depositary Share represents three Ordinary Shares). The fifth quarterly dividend will be payable to holders of record of Ordinary Shares (which includes holders of American Depositary Shares) as of the close of business on July 10, 2012 and will be paid on July 25, 2012. This dividend represents a quarterly payout of approximately $4.6 million in aggregate to Ordinary Shares, which Ordinary Shares exclude the shares repurchased by the Company from the open market pursuant to its share repurchase program. The payment of any future quarterly dividends will be at the discretion of the Board and will be dependent upon Spreadtrum's financial position, results of operations, available cash, cash flow, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

About Spreadtrum Communications

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRD; "Spreadtrum") 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. For more information, visit www.spreadtrum.com.

SOURCE Spreadtrum Communications, Inc

Spreadtrum Communications Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend
Fri June 29, 2012 7:00 AM | about: SPRD NEWS PROVIDED BY:
PR Newswire
SHANGHAI, June 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (SPRD) (NASDAQ: SPRD; "Spreadtrum" or the "Company"), a leading fabless semiconductor provider in China with advanced technology in 2G, 3G and 4G wireless communications standards, today announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") has approved its fifth quarterly cash dividend of US$0.10 per American Depositary Share or approximately US$0.0333 per Ordinary Share (each American Depositary Share represents three Ordinary Shares). The fifth quarterly dividend will be payable to holders of record of Ordinary Shares (which includes holders of American Depositary Shares) as of the close of business on July 10, 2012 and will be paid on July 25, 2012. This dividend represents a quarterly payout of approximately $4.6 million in aggregate to Ordinary Shares, which Ordinary Shares exclude the shares repurchased by the Company from the open market pursuant to its share repurchase program. The payment of any future quarterly dividends will be at the discretion of the Board and will be dependent upon Spreadtrum's financial position, results of operations, available cash, cash flow, capital requirements and other factors deemed relevant by the Board.

About Spreadtrum Communications

Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPRD; "Spreadtrum") 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. For more information, visit www.spreadtrum.com.

SOURCE Spreadtrum Communications, Inc.

Credit to Data Rox ***Spreadtrum TD-SCDMA IC goes in Samsung GALAXY S III ****
Junko Yoshida

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4375667/Spreadtrum-TD-SCDMA-Baseband-goes-in-Samsung-GALAXY-S-III

6/19/2012 10:51 AM EDT
(note this is a repost that needs to be listed as a sticky) nic

Spreadtrum TD-SCDMA IC goes in Samsung GALAXY S III
Junko Yoshida

http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4375667/Spreadtrum-TD-SCDMA-Baseband-goes-in-Samsung-GALAXY-S-III

6/19/2012 10:51 AM EDT


SHANGHAI -- Spreadtrum Communications, Inc. announced Tuesday (June 19th) that the company’s TD-SCDMA baseband modem, the SC8803G, and its RF transceiver, the SR3200, are designed into Samsung's latest TD-SCDMA smartphone – Galaxy S III(GT-I9308). The Samsung model, featuring TD-SCDMA modem as required by China Mobile – is shipping now.

Spreadtrum pulled off a huge turnaround in 2011, by leveraging its lead in the TD-SCDMA market in China.

In 2011, the company made $674 million in revenue, 95 percent increase over the previous year. Spreadtrum is expecting revenues to grow to more than $700 million this year.

In a recent interview with EE Times, Leo Li, president and CEO of Spreadtrum, said that Spreadtrum has grabbed five design wins among six TD-SCDMA smartphone models selected by China Mobile in May, 2012. A “MediaTek chip got designed into only one model,” noted Li, referring to its Taiwan chip rival.

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