Tata, Samsung unveils dual SIM smart phone

Hyderabad

August 7th, 2007

Tata Teleservices and Samsung Telecommunication have announced the launch of
first touch screen based Dual SIM smart world phone - Samsung Duo in India. The
Dual SIM phones contain two SIM slots, unlike normal phones, which have only
one.

Samsung Duo features large 2.2" TFT Touch Screen, 1.3 Mega Pixel camera,
Micro SD Card Slot, MP3/ AAC+ Player with A2DP Bluetooth support. On the
software front the handset packs in handwriting recognition, file viewer, sketch
memo, advanced organiser capability with functional screen and the first time
special India specific applications of Indian calendar, Hinglish, Mobile Prayer,
panchang and cricket scorer.

Vinayak Deshpande, president Enterprise Solution, Tata Teleservices Limited,
said, "This is an extension of our commitment and in line with our strategy
to offer superior CDMA technology to our customers and facilitate customers from
any network to switch to Tata Indicom and thereby experience the difference. The
introduction of Samsung Duo is an opportunity for customers to now move to Tata
Indicom without worrying about voice clarity, call drops or their old
number."

The handset also supports data speeds at the robust speed of 153kbps on Tata
Indicom network and can be connected to your laptop through Bluetooth. The
handset is priced at Rs 11,999.