With Apple’s market share in China under pressure, CEO Tim Cook seems to be taking a renewed focus on hammering out a deal with China Mobile to carry the iPhone. Chinese publication Tech.ifeng.com reports that Cook is in China this week and will likely meet with executives from China Mobile “in the coming days” to talk about bringing the iPhone to the world’s largest mobile carrier. Getting a deal with China Mobile done would more than double the potential number of iPhone users in China since the carrier’s 730 million subscribers are more than twice the combined subscribers held by rival carriers China Telecom and China Unicom.
Apple CEO visits China, likely to hash out China Mobile iPhone deal
Published Jul 30th, 2013 11:00AM EDT
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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.
