Operator says 'pretty please' as competition heats up
China Mobile has asked Apple to consider making the next-gen iteration of iPhone compatible with its home-grown flavour of 3G network technology, TD-SCDMA.
The FT reports on the request from China Mobile boss Wang Jianzhou, who said that Apple had not yet responded to the request, before asserting that the process was relatively simple - citing the fact that RIM is integrating the technology.
China's 3G market is intensely competitive, and China Mobile's cause has not been helped by its usage of the TD-SCDMA network standard - it has several times called for help from big overseas handset manufacturers in supporting the format.
Conversely, rival China Unicom is already offering the iPhone as it uses the well-eastablished UMTS 3G standard, while China Telecom has no shortage of device support as its uses the also widely adopted WCDMA standard.
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