Comments on: China Mobile and Apple unable to settle on terms to bring iPhone to China http://news.techwhack.com/6911-china-mobile-iphone-2 News from the Tech and IT World Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:03:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: idannyb http://news.techwhack.com/6911-china-mobile-iphone-2#comment-263033 idannyb Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:58:19 +0000 http://news.techwhack.com/6911/china-mobile-iphone-2/#comment-263033 Rumor smashed: Talks with China Mobile continue. From Bloomberg: 11/30/2007 “China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest wireless-phone operator by subscribers, said it is still in discussions to offer Apple’s iPhone handset, denying a newspaper report that talks between the two companies have ended.” Fact is that Apple continues to have serious discussions with all key players in China - China Mobile, China Unicom, Shenzhen Aisidi and others. Perhaps even with the China Ministry of Information. No doubt “revenue sharing” negotiations with the two dominant players in China (China Mobile and China Unicom) will be delicate. Negotiating ploy? Reports of Apple partnering with Shenzhen Aisidi to open stores (presumably to sell unlocked phones) may actually help Apple in their negotiations with the two major China cellular operators. If they believe that Apple is seriously considering selling iPhone “direct,” then they may find new motivation to reconsider “revenue sharing.” Given iPhone activation via iTunes + ongoing iPhone upgrades via iTunes + unprecedented (“love craze”) excitement for iPhone in China, there is a strong case for “revenue sharing.” ~ idannyb Rumor smashed: Talks with China Mobile continue.
From Bloomberg: 11/30/2007
“China Mobile Ltd., the world’s largest wireless-phone operator by subscribers, said it is still in discussions to offer Apple’s iPhone handset, denying a newspaper report that talks between the two companies have ended.”

Fact is that Apple continues to have serious discussions with all key players in China – China Mobile, China Unicom, Shenzhen Aisidi and others. Perhaps even with the China Ministry of Information.
No doubt “revenue sharing” negotiations with the two dominant players in China (China Mobile and China Unicom) will be delicate.
Negotiating ploy?

Reports of Apple partnering with Shenzhen Aisidi to open stores (presumably to sell unlocked phones) may actually help Apple in their negotiations with the two major China cellular operators. If they believe that Apple is seriously considering selling iPhone “direct,” then they may find new motivation to reconsider “revenue sharing.”

Given iPhone activation via iTunes + ongoing iPhone upgrades via iTunes + unprecedented (“love craze”) excitement for iPhone in China, there is a strong case for “revenue sharing.”

~ idannyb

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