Market Report- iPhone China

Chinese mobile providers are in negotiations with Apple to introduce the iPhone into the Chinese market. Here's more
China Unicom, the country's second largest mobile provider, said it was in talks with Apple to introduce the iPhone to the huge market.

Rival China Mobile, the world's No.1 mobile company with more domestic subscribers than the U.S. population, was in negotiations to sell the iPhone but has not come to an agreement.

Apple's multi-media smartphone was launched world-wide in 2007 but has yet to issue licences in China largely due to a lack of third generation mobile services.

But competition is growing.

Unicom announced earlier this year it wants to roll out coverage to 280 cities by the end of 2009, with 3G users expected to account for 20 percent of all China mobile users within three years.

China has around 640 million mobile subscribers, but analysts wonder if an Apple deal will be an earnings catalyst for either company, as the Apple brand is not particularly strong there.

Many Chinese are already using iPhones brought in through private channels or various local versions or competitors already on the market.

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[Tireye]

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[techadd123]

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