The iPhone finally goes China (starting this October)

Aug 27th 2009
No Comments
respond
trackback

Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic.

Major Chinese news portal 163.com is reporting [Google machine translation] that Apple has finally signed a deal with China Unicom to bring the iPhone 3G to mainland China in October. This is huge news for Apple, which is now to enter a market with around 700 million mobile phone users, the biggest in the world (US: around 270 million).

Following months of negotiations between Apple and China Unicom, “industry insiders” are reportedly expecting an official announcement to be made by the country’s second biggest mobile telecommunications company tomorrow in Hong Kong.

This post is tagged: cgjapan, China, china unicom, Headline, iPhone, MobileCrunch

Leave a Reply × Cancel reply

Cisco: mobile connections will hit 10 billion by 2016, helped by tablet boom
That Cisco's always been prescient. Three years ago, the networking giant predicted a 66-fold increase in worldwide mobile data traffic -- a surge that was expected to dovetail with the spread of 4G networks. With us to this point? Sounds pretty obvious sensible, right? Well, the company's got more wisdom to share from its crystal ball: the outfit's just released its annual mobile… »
Scalado Remove clears up your photos, we go hands-on (video)
It is a familar scenario. You're traveling with a pal, she poses in front of a famous monument, you are prepared to take her picture along with your phone, but there is a constant stream of folks and vehicles stepping into and from your shot. What are your options? You are able to anticipate the proper lull in traffic to press the shutter key otherwise you could use Remove -- Scalado … »