Apple’s iPhone 3G has appeared on China Unicom’s official website:
www.sh.chinaunicom.com/3G/4/4_1.html
MacDailyNews reader Michael Li explains, “It’s a China Unicom 3G devices introduction page, other handsets in the list include HTC G1, SE X1, Nokia N97, all WCDMA devices. “
Owen Fletcher reports for IDG News Service, “The information (in Chinese), which listed smartphones supported by the 3G network China Unicom is building, appeared only on the Web site of the company’s Shanghai branch and did not say whether the products would be offered in China.”
“The site’s changes follow media reports that a China Unicom delegation visiting Apple last week made a breakthrough in talks over offering the iPhone 3G on its network,” Fletcher reports. “A spokeswoman for the company’s headquarters said she did not know why the information was on the Web site. China Unicom’s regional branches are fairly independent.”
Fletcher reports, “China Unicom is expected to launch trials in May for its 3G network based on the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access standard, which is popular outside China and supported by both the iPhone 3G and the G1.”
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