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arstechnica.com - 2/11/2009
iPhone may not see light of day in China thanks to App Store
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Apple's on again-off again negotiations with China's largest mobile carrier, China Mobile, have supposedly come to a standstill yet again. According to Interfax China, China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou is none too thrilled with the idea of Apple selling apps directly to China Mobile ...
tmt.interfaxchina.com - 2/9/2009
Online store wrangling scuppers China Mobile iPhone talks
— tmt.interfaxchina.com — China Mobile's insistence on administering the online sale of iPhone apps caused the breakdown of talks with... Apple. (more) Online store wrangling scuppers China Mobile iPhone talks

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China Unicom in talks with Apple over iPhone -
china.org.cn - 2/12/2009
China Unicom in talks with Apple over iPhone -
— china.org.cn — China Unicom, one of China's big three telecoms carriers, has started negotiations with Apple Inc. over the... launch of iPhone in China, China Business News reported Wednesday. "Yes, we are in talks with Apple Inc.," a manager told the newspaper. ... (more) China Unicom in talks with Apple over iPhone -

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Apple’s Latest Negotiations To Bring iPhone To China Broke Down Over App Store Control
moconews.net - 2/10/2009
Apple’s Latest Negotiations To Bring iPhone To China Broke Down Over App Store Control
— moconews.net — Will the iPhone ever officially make it to China? The wrangling between Apple ( NSDQ: AAPL )... and China Mobile, the country’s overwhelmingly dominant network operator, to launch the iPhone in the world’s largest mobile market has been long reported. ... (more) Apple’s Latest Negotiations To Bring iPhone To ...

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iSmashPhone:  Chinese Technocracy: The iPhone Hits A (Great) Wall

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Chinese Technocracy: The iPhone Hits A (Great) Wall
iSmashPhone — ... Red Book with shiny new iPhones, insisting that that "we're constantly evaluating the best way to play in these [emerging] markets. We know that there's a huge market opportunity there, and we'll make adjustments in the future accordingly to play in a stronger way."  Some analysts think Apple should shift its focus to less dominant carriers, such as China Unicom or China Telecom, both of whom would love to stage their own "cultural revolution" against Chinese Mobile. [Via Ars Technica] ...

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Apple’s Chinese iPhone Torture
digitaldaily.allthingsd.com 2/10/2009 — “We will enter Asia with the iPhone in 2008… we will one day enter China, we’re not saying when.” Apple COO Time Cook said that back in March of 2008 and it’s a good thing he declined to offer a more specific timeline. ...
Talks with China Mobile fail over who can sell apps — The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
Talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in the Chinese market have stalled again, according to Interfax -- this time over the fact that China Mobile wanted to sell iPhone apps directly to customers , rather than through the App Store. A source in the Interfax story said that China Mobile CEO Wang ...
Apple, China Mobile scrap over iPhone apps — MacNN | The Macintosh News Network
Distribution of apps has led to another breakdown in talks between Apple and China Mobile, according to Interfax China. A source for the news agency claims that China Mobile president Wang Jianzhou recently visited the company's Research Institute, and explained in detail how talks with Apple ...