AMAP (MM)

AutoNavi Holdings Limited ("AutoNavi" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:AMAP), a leading provider of digital map content and navigation and location-based solutions in China, today announced that the Company's premium Navigation application ("app") has been pre-installed on Samsung's new flagship smartphone, the GALAXY S III, which was officially launched in China this month. The pre-installation is the latest achievement in the Company's ongoing partnership with Samsung, through which AutoNavi pre-installs its premium navigation and map apps on Samsung's mobile handsets and tablets in China.

The GALAXY S III, running on the latest Android™ Ice Cream Sandwich, boasts a 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED touchscreen and a powerful applications processor, and makes for an engaging and seamless user experience and an ideal interface for AutoNavi's navigation and location-based services. In addition to comprehensive map data, 3-D views and real-time traffic information, AutoNavi's premium navigation app includes features designed specifically for the GALAXY S III, including a map layer of Samsung designated points-of-interest, user archives of favorite places, city-specific functions, smart search features, and mobile positioning through GPS, cell towers, and Wi-Fi.

AutoNavi's chief executive officer, Mr. Congwu Cheng, commented, "We are thrilled that AutoNavi's premium navigation application has been selected for one of the world's most highly anticipated mobile devices, Samsung's GALAXY S III. Samsung is the world's largest mobile phone maker and one of AutoNavi's most important long-term strategic partners in the mobile Internet space. Samsung's selection of AutoNavi demonstrates our focus on product and technological innovation, customer satisfaction, as well as the quality and reliability of our premium navigation application. Samsung's choice also reflects continued market demand for our premium navigation application in China, underscoring the sustainability of our pre-installation business."

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About AutoNavi Holdings Limited

AutoNavi Holdings Limited (Nasdaq:AMAP) is a leading provider of digital map content and navigation and location-based solutions in China. At the core of its business is a comprehensive nationwide digital map database that covers approximately 3.3 million kilometers of roadway and over 20 million points of interest across China. Through its digital map database and proprietary technology platform, AutoNavi provides comprehensive, integrated navigation and location-based solutions optimized for the Chinese market and users, including automotive navigation solutions, mobile location-based solutions and Internet location-based solutions, and public sector and enterprise applications. For more information on AutoNavi, please visit http://www.autonavi.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements made under the "safe harbor" provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "confident" and similar statements. Among other things, the quotations from management in this press release, as well as AutoNavi's strategic and operational plans, contain forward-looking statements. AutoNavi may also make written or oral forward-looking statements in its reports filed with or furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, in its annual report to shareholders, in press releases and other written materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about AutoNavi's beliefs and expectations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, including but not limited to the following: AutoNavi's ability to adequately maintain and update its digital map database and minimize errors in its solutions; its current reliance on the automotive navigation market and a small number of customers for a substantial portion of its revenues; the project-based nature of its public sector and enterprise applications business; its limited operating history in the mobile/Internet location-based solutions markets; compliance with a complex set of laws, rules and regulations governing its surveying and mapping and other businesses in China; competition in the navigation and location-based solutions businesses in China; and its ability to manage its growth effectively and efficiently. Further information regarding these and other risks is included in AutoNavi's annual report on Form 20-F as well as in its other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All information provided in this press release is current as of the date of the press release, and AutoNavi undertakes no duty to update such information, except as required under applicable law.

CONTACT: For investor and media inquiries please contact:

         In China:
         
         Serena Shi
         AutoNavi Holdings Limited
         Tel: +86-10-8410-7883
         E-mail: serena.shi@autonavi.com
         
         
         Derek Mitchell
         Ogilvy Financial, Beijing
         Tel: +86-10-8520-6284
         E-mail: amap@ogilvy.com
         
         
         In the U.S.:
         
         Jessica Barist Cohen
         Ogilvy Financial, New York
         Tel: +1-646-460-9989
         E-mail: amap@ogilvy.com