Apple had made a Deal with China Mobile Ltd. to offer iPhone in China around December 18.
According to Wall Street Journal report, this deal with China Mobile would give Apple access to a subscriber base that is seven times the size of Verizon Wireless, the U.S.’s largest carrier. Greater China, including Hong Kong and Taiwan, is Apple’s third biggest market after the U.S. and Europe in terms of revenue.
China Mobile was trying to offer iPhones for several years. But Apple hesitated to bring the iPhone to the carrier’s unique and relatively unreliable 3G network. Now China Government had provided 4G license to China Mobiles Ltd.
Apple iPhone is already available on China Mobile’s smaller competitors, China Telecom and China Unicom.
