Bisbille between Apple and China Mobile?

By admin at 15 April, 2008, 8:17 pm

Having started negotiations with Apple on the distribution of the iPhone in China, the main local operator, China Mobile, maintains that he is not prepared to accept the conditions imposed by the manufacturer of Cupertino. Wang Jianzhou, president and CEO of China Mobile, has reiterated to the press Saturday that he was by no means willing to share revenues from subscriptions associated with the iPhone, a modus operandi that yet accepted Orange, AT & T or Deutsche Telekom.

IPhone would be 400,000 already in circulation in China, appliances from the parallel market, which therefore fall outside the distribution system set up by Apple, and therefore do not generate any revenue other than the sale of the phone. To meet its objectives and achieve the ten million iPhone sold before the end of the year, Apple will have to find a way to return to China by the royal path.

The rumor, however, ready to Apple’s intention to abandon the distribution model associated with the iPhone, which would no doubt be greatly simplify the launching of a possible iPhone 3G in Asia…