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China Mobile Getting Desperate for iPhone, iPad Deal?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 18, 2010 at 9:16 am PT

Four years after starting talks with Apple, China Mobile, China’s largest wireless phone operator, is still seeking to add the iPhone to its smartphone lineup. But these days, the carrier sounds a bit more optimistic about a deal. During a Thursday news conference, China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou said his company hopes to soon sell both Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

Apple's Latest Fortune: You Will Be Unusually Successful in Business

John Paczkowski in News on July 20, 2009 at 2:20 am PT

“We will enter Asia with the iPhone in 2008,” Apple COO Tim Cook declared in March 2008. “And we will one day enter China, we’re not saying when.” How’s September of 2009 sound? Because China Business Network claims that China Unicom and Apple have finally inked a deal that will bring the iPhone to the country around that time.

Apple’s Latest Fortune: You Will Be Unusually Successful in Business

John Paczkowski in News on July 20, 2009 at 2:20 am PT

“We will enter Asia with the iPhone in 2008,” Apple COO Tim Cook declared in March 2008. “And we will one day enter China, we’re not saying when.” How’s September of 2009 sound? Because China Business Network claims that China Unicom and Apple have finally inked a deal that will bring the iPhone to the country around that time.