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China Unicom gains 5,000 iPhone subscribers from launch
AppleInsider —
... 07:50 AM EST China Unicom announced Tuesday that its brand new 3G network had already signed up more than a million subscribers, but only 5,000 iPhone customers since the device launched last week. China's second-largest wireless operator said that it is satisfied with iPhone sales thus far. Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing said his company expects to add a million new 3G subscribers each month, and that the iPhone will boost its fourth-quarter revenues, though further details were not provided , according to Reuters . Chinese investment group CLSA Ltd. has estimated that ...
Apple Adds Just 5,000 New iPhone Customers In China
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... China's number two carrier, China Unicom, says it's pleased with the launch of the iPhone, and it will add revenue for the company in Q4, Reuters reports. ...
News: China Unicom: 5K iPhones sold in first 5 days
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond —
China Unicom has announced that it has signed up only 5,000 new iPhone subscribers in the first five days the device has been on sale, but adding it was satisfied with the results. Unicom Chairman Chang Xiaobing said that the company is “satisfied with iPhone sales so far,” and added that the launch would help boost revenue in the fourth quarter, without providing any additional details. Reuters reports that analysts expect Unicom may be forced to offer more subsidies on the iPhone to bring down its price and boost sales. China Unicom became the first carrier to offer the ...
China iPhone launch a 'disappointment'
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... Following press reports that China Unicom (CHU) only managed to sign up 5,000 new iPhone subscribers after four days of sales, Piper Jaffray's Gene Munster and Barclays Capital's Ben Reitzes each issued notes to clients Tuesday that tried to put a positive spin on the news.
"The China launch is a disappointment," Munster acknowledged. But he added that it reminded him of the launch of the original iPhone in June 2007, when reports that AT&T had activated only 146,000 iPhones in two days caused "unfounded concerns among ...
China Unicom sell just 5,000 iPhones in opening weekend
SlashGear —
... While the competition for iPhone carriers is hotting up in Europe, the smartphone has only just gone on sale in China. Unfortunately, sales success hasn’t followed the Apple device over to China Unicom’s new 3G network; only 5,000 iPhone handsets were sold in China over the first weekend, according to the carrier, despite over a million new subscribers to that network in the same period. ...
