Apple Inks iPhone Deal with China Mobile

(MENAFN- Arab Times)After lengthy negotiations, Apple and China Mobile on Sunday announced a deal to bring iPhones to the world's largest mobile phone network. "China is an extremely important market for Apple and our partnership with China Mobile presents us the opportunity to bring iPhone to the customers of the world's largest network," said Apple chief Tim Cook in a joint announcement China Mobile, with approximately 760 million customers, was one of the last large mobile phone providers that did not offer iPhones The agreement comes just as China Mobile is set to unveil the world's largest 4G network Per the agreement, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available in both China Mobile and Apple retail stores throughout mainland China beginning January 17, 2014.