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China Mobile iPhone talks break down; Apple now eyeing No. 2 carrier
Between the Lines —
... for a wireless carrier in the U.S. was Verizon, not AT&T. But when Verizon and Apple clashed over terms of a deal, AT&T (then-Cingular) was standing there on the sidelines. Sure, the pool of potential customers under China Unicom is smaller than the pool with China Mobile. But the integration of the iPhone with the China Unicom network could be easier. Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog reports : China Unicom has an edge over its larger competitor: On May 17, it will launch China’s first 3G service based on the WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) protocol — the one Apple ...
Apple Looking To Partner With China Unicom for iPhone In China?
mocoNews —
... over who would control the iPhone App Store—previous rounds had broken down over China Mobile paying Apple a slice of service revenues and the price of the handset. The Fortune Apple 2.0 blog quotes some Chinese publications as saying that Apple is now in talks with China Unicom, the second largest carrier in China, and the iPhone may be available as early as May 17. Although, the article does note that the talks "have stumbled over some of the same issues as the China Mobile talks — including government restrictions on cell phones with integrated ...
China Unicom Confirms Apple iPhone Talks
Cult of Mac —
... While Xiaobing did not mention a date when any agreement with Apple might materialize, in February, Fortune reported a deal with China Unicom could be signed May 17. ...
China syndrome: iPhone closing in on the mainland?
VentureBeat —
... This is the day that China Unicom will launch China’s first Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) 3G network. Earlier reports of the same day have also popped up on the Internet. ...
Report: ‘Crippled’ iPhone coming to China in September
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... market for Apple’s iPhone. Using conservative estimates, I believe Apple can capture a full 2% share of the wireless market in China within the first 12 months of an official iPhone launch. That’s 14 million iPhones and perhaps another 2 million or so coming via grey-market iPhone sales.”
For the rest of Butterfield’s Mobinode interview, see here.
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China’s iPhone deal: New details emerge
Brainstorm Tech: Technology blogs, news and analysis from Fortune Magazine » Apple 2.0 —
... including giant China Mobile.
Nor does the report mention when China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) might grant Apple’s iPhone the required Network Access License (NAL).
When the markets opened in Hong Kong Tuesday, traders bid China Unicom’s stock up 1.5%
See also:
Report: ‘Crippled’ iPhone coming to China in September
China Unicom posts ad for iPhone
New Chinese iPhone talks target May 17
iPhone talks in China in ‘final stages,’ state media ...
