Chunghwa Telecom to start selling Apple’s iPhone on Dec. 13

New York-listed Chunghwa Telecom Co. Ltd, the largest telecoms service provider in Taiwan, will start selling Apple Inc’s iPhone in Taiwan on Dec. 13, the China Post reported.
The Taiwanese telecom operator expects to attract more subscribers and boost revenue with the launch of the 3G iPhone in the island, according to Lin Jen-Hon, Executive Vice [...]

China Mobile may sell iPhone without 3G, Wi-Fi

China Mobile<941>, the country’s largest mobile phone operator, may agree to launch iPhone on the mainland, on condition that Apple would be willing to disable iPhone’s 3G and Wi-Fi network functions, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing a report from the Daiwa Institute of Research.
IPhone, with a built-in 3G function based on [...]

China Mobile, Apple in iPhone breakthrough

China Mobile is close to agreement with Apple on bringing the iPhone to China, a mainland newspaper reported.
China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou says the “biggest obstacles” in talks with Apple have been eliminated and the two parties are “at the operational stage”, the Oriental Morning Post reported.

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Apple’s iChat and China: The Perfect Marriage

With the Beijing Apple store on schedule to open for the Olympic Games, Apple (AAPL) appears ready to unleash their own sleeping giant. According to recent Chinese trends, instant messaging has replaced the conventional communication methods of text messaging, email, and social networking. “Young Chinese people don’t ask one another for email addresses. They ask [...]

China’s Telecom Reform: The Sound and the Fury

The Chinese government has finally announced the broad strokes of the long-anticipated plan for the restructuring of the telecom industry, and a quasi-definitive time frame for the government to finally issue the coveted 3G licenses. The business and industry media are having a field day with it, arguing about what it will mean for everyone [...]

Chinese Consumers Cite Pricing as Concern for Apple’s iPhone

China, the world’s largest mobile market, remains an untapped market for the new Apple (AAPL) 3G iPhone. On June 9, Apple announced a 3G iPhone retailing for $199 at its worldwide developers conference, half the price of its $499 original iPhone model.
China could be a significant market for Apple with its 565 million mobile phone [...]

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