China Mobile will build stores modeled after Apple's iPhone

by yinyin on 2008-11-19 11:52:44

China mobile CEO wang jianzhou morning in Macao to attend No timetable for talks with Apple

On the morning of the same day, Wang Jianzhou attended the relevant seminar of GSMA Mobile Asia Conference, and also visited the stands of China Mobile and various equipment manufacturers after the conference.

In a speech at the conference, Wang said he was still in talks with Apple to introduce the iPhone but had no timetable.

Wang Jianzhou also said that he is very optimistic about the iPhone business model, "Apple through the store to software, sales applications" is a very successful model, China Mobile may also build a similar software application store in the future.

The industry believes that the negotiations between China Mobile and Apple on the iPhone have dragged on for such a long time without results, and it is expected that the possibility of successful negotiations in the short term is not very large, and whether the success of negotiations will depend on the 3G market.

Conditions for acquisition of overseas projects

Wang also discussed his views on the acquisition of overseas assets. He said China Mobile would continue to keep an eye on telecom asset acquisition opportunities overseas, including in emerging markets and Asia, as lower asset prices now offer more opportunities. China Mobile is interested in projects with or without management rights. He added that the global economic slowdown will have an impact on all Asian mobile operators.

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