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No 3G or wi-fi on iPhone in China?
Tim Green Oct 1 2008, 11:06am
China Mobile will remove some functionality from iPhone before its expected launch.
According to the South China Morning Post, the device’s 3G and Wi-Fi services will be disabled. This is because China Mobile is planning to build a 3G network based on TD-SCDMA format. It’s therefore concerned that, if the iPhone incorporated W-CDMA 3G, it would be unlocked and used by subscribers of China Telecom, which uses this network.
China Mobile has been in on/off talks with Apple since July, and it’s believed that Apple is no longer insisting on revenue-sharing.
