Nokia Chinese deal confirmed. Nokia stock up 13% today, Apple down over 6%.

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kowenicki said:

trasharmdsister12 said:

kowenicki said:
Why cant China Mobile use iPhones?

The answer is slightly hidden in the OP. China Mobile's network uses TD-SCDMA, which is not supported by any current incarnation of the iPhone. There have been rumors here and there concerning a version of the iPhone that does support this modulation/demodulation scheme.

I see. thats a it of a mistake isnt it?

I don't think it's quite that simple. If Apple wanted to build an iPhone for China Mobile, they certainly could (see CDMA iPhone 4).

I think the larger problem is that China Mobile doesn't want to lose control of the user to Apple. There are a few carriers around the world who just don't want to lose control (and the money that comes from that control), and China Mobile is one of them. NTT DoCoMo is another. Verizon used to be one.

Holdouts tend to bleed subscribers to rival carriers that do carry the iPhone, so eventually I'd expect China Mobile to cave. They might be able to wrangle a few concessions out of Apple first, though. Anyway, there's no point in Apple building phones that support SCDMA until China Mobile's on board.