Can the iPhone 3G Save TD-SCDMA?
The Financial Times reports (hat tip Telecom Asia):
The head of China Mobile, the world’s largest mobile phone group, said the country’s homegrown third generation mobile technology was “a few years behind” other international standards because of problems with handsets.
…Wang Jianzhou, China Mobile’s chairman and chief executive, said: “[TD-SCDMA’s] network operation is normal but there are [...]
The Million Cracked iPhone March
Chinatzone, quoting Wireless Asia, reports:
Around 1 million iPhones have been illegally unlocked and brought into China to work on China Mobile’s network, a telecoms analyst told China’s Interfax news agency this week.
Kevin Li, an analyst with In-Stat China, says the number of unlocked iPhones potentially in use in China has more than doubled in the [...]
Would the Olympics Look Better on an iPhone?
The South China Morning Post reports:
China Mobile (SEHK: 0941, announcements, news) , the world’s biggest telephone company, is closer to reaching an agreement to offer Apple’s iPhone after the US consumer electronics firm stopped demanding operators to surrender part of the monthly telephone bill.
“Apple’s policy of requiring revenue-sharing has been the biggest obstacle in the [...]
Apple: When Cracking is Loving
Computer Reseller News reports:
After announcing its second quarter earnings on Wednesday, Apple COO Tim Cook told analysts and investors that the company expects to hit its target and sell 10 million iPhones this year, and that unlocked iPhones are just evidence of the phone’s popularity.
“We’re confident on hitting the 10 million for the year,” said [...]
Apple in China: Retailing the Mac Daddy
China Tech News reports:
Apple’s (AAPL) first store-in-store in mainland China has been unveiled at the Best Buy store in Shanghai’s Xuhui area.
By opening this store-in-store for Apple, Best Buy is intending to consolidate its position in the middle and high-end market of China and adopt a different operation pattern from Chinese domestic electronic appliance retailers. [...]
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