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Apple’s CEO Tim Cook met with China Mobile’s Chairman Xi Guohua last Thursday to discuss “matters of cooperation,” a China Mobile spokesman said. No further details were given due to a confidentiality agreement signed, and we’ll rather have to wait for another few weeks or months to get something new on this.
Apple currently has deals with China Unicom and China Telecom to sell its iPhones in China, but it still hasn’t managed to make an arrangement with China Mobile, which is the world’s largest mobile carrier by subscribers. Making such a deal would propel the Cupertino-based company to the new heights, helping it fight currently dominant Android platform in the country.
The problem with dealing with China Mobile arose when the carrier asked for special privileges, including revenue sharing, from Apple, which doesn’t have something similar in place with any other carrier. We tend to think that if China Mobile gets its way, other operators from all around the world will follow suit, pushing the iPhone maker to give them a portion of their revenues, as well.
As usual, you can expect us to follow up on this story and get back to you with new information as soon as we get them,
[Via: Reuters]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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