Rumor: China Unicom to share Apple’s China App Store expenses in return for slice of revenues?
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Yesterday (April 6, 2009) Trading Markets posted a story “Talks Between Apple and China Unicom Suspended.” The report stated that; “Talks between China Unicom and Apple to introduce iPhone into China came to a halt as Apple was said to have asked the Chinese telecoms [...]
Posts Tagged ‘iPhone Negotiations’
Apple and China Unicom to share revenues and expenses?
Posted in App store, China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged Apple, Chang Xiaobing, China App Store, China Unicom, Expense Sharing, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, Revenue Sharing, WCDMA 3G on April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
China Unicom/Apple Summit in Cupertino in March (now)
Posted in China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged Chang Xiaobing, China Unicom, Gao Guan, iPhone in China, iPhone Negotiations, Li Zheng Mao, Lou Qinjian, W-CDMA on March 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Update – March 8, 2009: Interfax’s Cindy Geng is reporting that a China Unicom delegation is visiting Apple and will conduct ”decisive negotiations” on March 8 (that would be now). Cindy Geng’s report is based on an internal telecom source. The source is “confident that the talks will be successful.”
iPhonAsia has picked up from several sources in China that a [...]
Piper Jaffary iPhone analysis
Posted in 3G, AAPL, Apple, China Mobile, Smart Phones, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, iPhone in Asia, iPhone in China, tagged Apple, China Mobile, Gene Munster, iPhone, iPhone in Asia, iPhone Negotiations, Piper Jaffary, Revenue Sharing, Tim Cook on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sub-$300 iPhone, 3G model seen driving 45M unit sales in 2009
Full article > HERE
By Katie Marsal
Published: 10:00 AM EST
Investment bank Piper Jaffray is out with a bullish research note on Apple today predicting a diversification of the iPhone line into a multi-tiered family of handsets that will combine for sales [...]
China telecom industry restructuring may be announced post Olympics
Posted in 3G, Beijing, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, iPhone in China, tagged Apple, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Via China Trade Information
Minister confirms telecom restructuring in progress
Wang Xudong, the Minister of the Information Industry of China, has confirmed that the restructuring of the country’s telecom industry is in progress. This is the first time a Chinese top official made such an announcement, sources reported.
However, Wang declined to give the details of the restructuring [...]
China telecom industry restructuring may happen sooner than expected
Posted in Apple, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, TD-SCDMA, iPhone Negotiations, iPhone in China, tagged Apple, China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA, Wang Jianzhou on March 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
What does a combined Telecom/Unicom with W-CDMA mean to Apple’s iPhone in China negotiations? LINK > The China Game – Apple has a chance
Posted by: idannyb
China Unicom says not aware of reason for share price surge in Hong Kong
03.05.08, 2:51 AM ET
HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - China Unicom Ltd said it was not aware of any reason for a sharp rise [...]
Steve Jobs & Tim Cook – iPhone coming to Asia this year
Posted in AAPL, Apple, China, China Mobile, iPhone Negotiations, iPhone in China, tagged Apple, China Mobile, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, Shareholder's Meeting on March 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »
2008 Apple Shareholder’s Meeting – March 4, 2008
One of the questions asked during today’s Apple Shareholder’s Meeting was about the status of iPhone launch in Asia and Apple’s negotiations with China Mobile. And how important China might be to Apple’s 10 million iPhones in 2008 goal.
Steve Jobs answered first – “We plan [...]
China Mobile says keen on iPhone, but not in talks
Posted in China Mobile, China Telecom, China Unicom, TD-SCDMA, iPhone, iPhone in China, tagged Apple, China Mobile, China Netcom, China Telecom, China Unicom, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, TD-SCDMA, W-CDMA, Wang Jianzhou on March 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here below is the latest from China Mobile as reported by Reuters. Note: iPhone in Asia editorial comment is interspersed – distinguished by blue italic font
China Mobile says keen on iPhone, but not in talks
Reporting by Kirby Chien; Editing by Edmund Klamann – [editorial comments by iPhone in Asia Editor – blue, italic [...]
Apple’s presentation at Goldman Sachs Technology Investment
Posted in AAPL, Apple, iPhone, tagged Apple, Apple COO, Due Diligence, Fortune, Goldman Sachs, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, SDK, Technology Symposium, Tim Cook on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
iPhonAsia comment on Steve Jobs and Tim Cook > HERE
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See text below – audio link dead > Tim Cook - Goldman Sachs Technology Conference (see text below - audio link now dead)
Due Diligence > Know the people who run your business (Tim Cook)
See also > Tim Cook and Apple Exec Mgmt (good debate in comments re Apple Mgmt [...]
Apple is Open to New iPhone Business Models
Posted in AAPL, Apple, iPhone, iPhone SDK, tagged Apple, Goldman Sachs, iPhone, iPhone Negotiations, SDK, Technology Symposium, Tim Cook on February 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unlocked iPhone coming to Asia and rest of the world?
Tim Cook, Apple COO at Goldman Sachs Technology Symposium
February, 27 2008
Tim Cook was interviewed today at the annual Goldman Sachs Technology Symposium. This interview covered many Apple topics and Tim Cook was forthcoming. He noted that new iPhone enterprise features might be arriving soon (TBA [...]
iPhone: unlock for Australia?
Posted in 3G, Apple, iPhone, iPhone Australia, tagged Apple, iPhone in Australia, iPhone Negotiations, unlocked iPhone on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
iPhone: unlock for Australia?
Apple may be forced to sell iPhones unlocked in Australia
Jonny Evans
Apple may be forced to sell unlocked iPhones in Australia, and is engaged in an attempt to patent the device’s Multi-touch “pinch” technology.
Reports from Australia this morning claim competition law experts there have analysed Apple’s preferred network business practice for iPhone, and [...]
