PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 2006--Microtune(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:TUNE), the Tuner Company, announced today that it offers silicon tuners and amplifiers that are in full compliance with the European Union's (EU) Directive for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS). Microtune began its 'green' initiative more than two years ago and has worked closely with its subcontractors to assure compliance with industry regulations that promote a cleaner and healthier environment.

The RoHS directive (2002/95/EC) mandates that, effective July 1, 2006, six hazardous substances (lead, mercury, cadmium, hexavalent chromium, polybrominated biphenyls or polybrominated diphenyl ethers) must be removed from all electrical and electronic equipment sold into the EU. Although RoHS legislation is targeted for products sent to Europe, Microtune tuners shipped to the U.S. and other parts of the world meet the same environmental standards.

"Our tuner products are deployed in a wide range of consumer products, and as a result, we took an early and pro-active position to aggressively support 'green' specifications," said Albert Taddiken, Microtune's Chief Operating Officer. "Our plan was to provide customers a smooth migration path to RoHS standards, ensuring product quality, supply and flexibility during their transition."

Microtune, inventor of the single-chip silicon TV tuner, provides radio frequency silicon and systems products for the consumer electronics and automotive electronics markets. Its semiconductor portfolio spans a variety of miniature tuners, from very high-performance 1-GHz analog/digital tuners to ultra low-power digital tuners for handheld TV devices. Its tuners are designed to support worldwide reception standards and to function as key components in delivering TV signals to popular consumer electronics devices, including digital televisions, multi-tuner set-top boxes, multimedia entertainment computers, and voice-enabled cable modems and mobile TV phones.

ABOUT MICROTUNE, INC. (NASDAQ:TUNE)

Microtune, Inc. is a silicon and subsystems company that designs and markets radio frequency (RF) solutions for the worldwide broadband communications and transportation electronics markets. Inventor of the MicroTuner(TM) single-chip broadband tuner, Microtune offers a portfolio of advanced tuner, amplifier, and upconverter products that enable the delivery of information and entertainment across new classes of consumer electronics devices. The Company currently holds 64 U.S. patents for its technology. Founded in 1996, Microtune is headquartered in Plano, Texas, with key design and sales centers located around the world. The website is www.microtune.com.

MICROTUNE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Microtune's assessment of the RoHS compliance of its products is based upon warranties from third-party package manufacturers and independent third party analysis.

All statements in this press release other than statements of historical are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause such statements to differ materially from actual future events or results. Such forward-looking statements are generally, but not necessarily, accompanied by words such as "plan," "if," "estimate," "expect," "believe," "could," "would," "anticipate," "may," or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These forward-looking statements and other statements made elsewhere in this release are made in reliance, in part, on the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Factors which could cause actual results to differ from anticipated results include the Company's ability to introduce new products, achieve design wins, maintain customer and strategic partner relationships, forecast customer demand and manage inventory levels, control and budget expenses, protect proprietary technology and intellectual property, and successfully prosecute and defend any future litigation. Any one of these factors may cause the Company's actual financial results to differ materially from its projected results. The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to revise or update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason. Readers are referred to our Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings which discuss the foregoing factors as well as other important risk factors that could affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Microtune is a registered trademark and MicroTuner is a trademark of Microtune, Inc. All other company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated.

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