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Tatas rolls out single-chip mobile handset
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 03 March 2007, 00:50 IST
Bangalore: CDMA operator Tata Teleservices have launched the Motofone F3c. Claimed to be the first single-chip cellular product in operation worldwide, Motorola's Motofone F3c handset with Qualcomm's chipset measures 9.1mm,weighs 75 grams and runs on a QSC 6010 chip. The phone redefines telecommunication with its amazing features, design and low price and ruggedness.
Most phones are composed of four chip- baseband, modem, radio-transceiver, power management and multimedia engine. With the QSC single chip the Motofone F3c is more stable with extended features including a longer standby time said Kanwalinder Singh, President Qualcomm India and SAARC.
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. More languages will be added later.
"Combined with the benefits of the Go Xtra Pack, the first of its kind offer will enable subscribers to avail double talk time for the first six months with bonus talk time valid for one year on activation. The scheme also offers free incoming calls for the first six months without re-charge," said Tata Teleservices CEO Darryl Green.
Qualcomm believes that the local makers should be encouraged to manufacture phones based on the chipset, which works out to be cheap. The chipset is presently used by the 28 OEMs. The F3c is a black and white handset, the single chip and can be used to develop camera-phones, color phones and handsets with FM radio also.
"We are targeting to achieve over 100 million subscribers by 2011. In Delhi, we have already crossed the two million mark and one million mark in Karnataka. With the latest single-chip handset at an affordable price, we hope to rope in about three million subscribers in the next three months," Green said.