Demand for Apple's iPhone appears high before it launches on China Mobile. That's great for Apple, given that China Mobile's subscriber base is seven times that of Verizon. If only a few percent of subscribers buy an iPhone, Apple will see big gains.…
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Big deal: Apple’s iPhone comes to China Mobile, the world’s largest network
With 760 million subscribers and a brand new 4G network, China Mobile is ready for the iPhone. Apple is happy to oblige. Why? Selling iPhones to just 10% of China Mobile subscribers would be twice that of the 33.6 million sales worldwide last quarter.…
Read MoreIntel to buy Mindspeed Technologies to go after the telco base station market
Intel has purchased the wireless assets of Mindspeed Technologies in an effort to get the radio technology it needs to serve the telecommunications market.…
Read MoreReport: China Mobile to begin offering iPhone pre-orders this week
According to the Wall Street Journal, China Mobile will begin offering iPhone pre-orders on Thursday.…
Read MoreApple deal with China Mobile expected on December 18: One more iPhone model?
Flush with a 4G license, China Mobile is expected to announce network details on December 18; a day that could also see a new customer for Apple. With the carrier's unique 3G technology though, Apple may need one more new iPhone.…
Read MoreWith new 4G licenses awarded in China, Apple is ready for big iPhone sales
Now that China has awarded 4G TD-LTE licenses to the three largest carriers, are there are any phones ready for the network? Yup, Apple's newest iPhones already support the technology, which could go live on December 18 on China Mobile.…
Read MoreThere must be one more iPhone: A version for China Mobile’s 3G network
China's Telecom Equipment Certification Center approved Apple's iPhone to work on China Mobile, the worlds' largest operator with more than 700 million subscribers. That's interesting since China Mobile uses a unique 3G network technology that isn't yet supported by the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C.…
Read MoreCrossing borders to boost sales: iPhone 5C is headed to China Mobile
It's not official just yet, but if Apple is planning to ship a lower-cost version of the iPhone to China Mobile, the two must have worked out a deal. The iPhone 5C can help Apple gain a bigger foothold in the world's most populous nation.…
Read MoreTop Apple, China Mobile execs meet to talk “cooperation”
China Mobile is the world's largest carrier with 650 million subscribers. China is one of the fastest-growing markets for Apple devices. As Apple looks to expand its customer base, this one carrier alone could help it make faster inroads into China.…
Read MoreThe world’s largest mobile operator is playing hard to get with Apple
The president of China Mobile told a conference of developers on Wednesday that network compatibility is not what's keeping him from offering the iPhone. Rather, he says his concerns are related to the potential profits it would get out an arrangement with Apple.…
Read MoreWhy Lumia 620 plus 920T equals big opportunity for Nokia
Nokia is hitting both the high- and low-end markets with two new handsets. The Lumia 620 is $249 before subsidies and are smartly aimed at new smartphone owners. The full-featured Lumia 920T comes to China Mobile, the largest operator in world, which has no iPhone.…
Read MoreWhy Apple needs a more worldly phone soon
Apple has doubled its share of the smartphone market in China in the last year. But it's still really far behind Android -- 70% vs 18%. Apple needs to do something about that. And the easiest way would be partnering with the world's biggest carrier, China Mobile.…
Read MoreSteve Jobs to get the Sorkin treatment, plus 4 other Apple stories to read today
Here's our daily pick of stories about Apple from around the web that you shouldn't miss. Today's installment: The other Steve Jobs movie (without Ashton Kutcher), China Mobile and Apple keep talking, Sprint looks longterm with the iPhone, and Tim Cook goes to Washington.…
Read MoreNokia’s 1 billion opportunity: A China Lumia launch
Nokia's Lumia smartphone line is expected to launch in China on March 28. China Unicom, China Telecom and China Mobile will all reportedly sell Nokia Lumia handsets; combined, these three operators have nearly 1 billion subscribers; a huge opportunity both for Nokia and for Microsoft.…
Read MoreApple gets China Telecom, but China Mobile still out of its grasp
The iPhone 4S will arrive March 9 on China Telecom, China's third-largest carrier. It's an important step for Apple, which has highly prioritized its China business, but the number of reachable customers pales in comparison to the 650 million customers China Mobile serves.…
Read MoreReport: China Telecom Will Finally Get The iPhone 4S In February
Another piece in Apple's worldwide expansion looks like it might at long last be coming into view: the leading CDMA operator in China, China……
Read MoreChina Telecom could offer the iPhone as early as February
China Telecom is getting very near to launching Apple's iPhone 4S on its network, according to a new report. China Telecom subsidiary Beijing Telecom said it will likely offer a CDMA version of the iPhone 4S by the end of February or the beginning of March.…
Read MoreAnalyst: China could bring 57M iPhone bump by 2013
Apple's iPhone was a hot seller in the company's first fiscal quarter of 2012, but that's nothing compared to what one analyst predicts we could see in just a couple of years' time. Morgan Stanley thinks Apple's efforts in China could pay big dividends by 2013.…
Read MoreIntel’s next big wireless play: It’s not smartphones
Intel's wireless ambitions go beyond smartphones and tablets. It’s set its sights on the guts of the mobile network as well. By embracing a new network design concept called Cloud-RAN, Intel believes it can reshape wireless networks to make the best use of its chips.…
Read MoreChina set to surpass 1 billion mobile connections
China is closing in on the 1 billion mobile connections mark, according to a new Wireless Intelligence report. China has always been a world power in wireless, but it’s set to become more significant still as its huge population embraces mobile data services.…
Read MoreChina Unicom one small step from selling iPhone 4S
The iPhone 4S has made waves around the world, but it has yet to even enter the water in China, Apple's second-most important market. We should see how it does there soon, however, as a launch is very close, according to a China Unicom exec.…
Read MoreWith The Kindle Yet To Hit China, ZTE And China Unicom Grow E-Book Venture
Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) has a substantial operation in China, but it has yet to take its Kindle e-reader into that market. That has left the doo……
Read MoreOne More Step For Apple In China: It's Now Accepting App Payments In Yuan
China has become an increasingly important part of Apple's empire, and today it looks like the company has taken one more step to growing th……
Read MoreHey, T-Mobile USA: Here’s A Tip From China Mobile On How To Sell The iPhone
T-Mobile is the last major carrier in the U.S. not to have the iPhone -- a consequence of the device's radio chipsets being different from t……
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