Tata rolls out single-chip mobile handset
Hindustan Times — March 5, 2007

Tata Teleservices has launched a new single-chip mobile handset that offers multiple features and a host of functions. The company claims that that the Motorola Motofone F3C handset, fitted with a Qualcomm's chipset is the first single-chip cellular product in operation worldwide. The handset measures 9.1 mm and weighs 75 grams. The ultra slim handset has been specially designed to suit the Indian consumers, with voice prompts in six languages - English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam. The company says that more regional languages will be added later.

With this release, Tata Indicom claims to have become the first operator in the subcontinent to introduce the single-chip handset in place of the four-chip handsets prevailing in the market.