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China Unicom to sell iPhone in China from October
By Amarendra Bhushan for CEOWORLD Magazine Updated:September 28, 2009
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China Unicom said on Monday it will start selling the iPhone in October, marking the official launch of the widely popular handset in the world’s largest mobile market.
Unicom, China’s second-largest mobile operator by subscribers, will offer the trendy smartphone to its customers in eight service packages costing between 126 yuan (18.5 dollars) and 886 yuan a month, the company said in a statement on its website.
The touchscreen handset will be available in Unicom outlets and other stores across the country starting in October, the company said, without specifying a date.
Unicom and US high-tech giant Apple announced last month a multi-year deal to offer the handset in the country, in a hope to attract high-end users to turn around weak performance in competition with rivals China Mobile and China Telecom.
The Chinese launch of the iPhone 3G closely tracks the commercial launch of China Unicom’s 3G service, which is based on WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) technology. The 3G service officially starts operations on Oct. 1, which is a national holiday and the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China.
As well as the iPhone, Unicom will launch more than 80 different types of handsets next month, as part of the official start of the carrier’s third-generation wireless network on October 1, it added.
Third generation telecom services are based on technology that permits transmission of images and video at high speed.
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