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Despite not being an official Apple partner carrier, China Mobileannounced on Monday that a spike of 5 million activations sinceOctober has brought the total number of iPhone users on its networkto over 15 million following the launch of the iPhone 4S and a fixthat allows the device to operate on the carrier's 3G network. China Mobile chairman Wang Jianzhou said that the telecom has beenin talks with Apple over bringing the iPhone to its network, andthe two companies are reportedly in "bilateral cooperation" ( machine translation ) toward the advancement of future 4G handset implementations,according to Sina Tech . A report from October 2011 put the number of iPhone owners usingChina Mobile's service at 10 million , meaning that the world's number one mobile operator saw 5 millionactivations since then. The surge was no doubt led by the launch ofthe iPhone 4S, which was in such high demand that it caused ChineseApple Stores to postpone retail sales due to unruly crowds. Demand for Apple's handset has been so high in China that mobileusers have taken to purchasing expensive grey market units to beused on non-partner networks such as China Mobile's. The fact that the devices can't reach 3G speeds due toincompatibility with the mobile monolith's TD-SCDMA network hasn'tdissuaded subscribers from adopting the smartphone, though thathurdle may no longer be a problem if a report from People's Daily Online is accurate. The baseband chip in the iPhone 4S supports the P frequency band(885-915MHZ), but does not support the E frequency band(880-890MHz) and is thus unable to communicate with China Mobile'snetwork. According to the publication, Apple has modified how the iPhone 4S handles communication with its GSM chip inmodels built after Feb. 8, and promises a fix to those handsetsmade before that date in an upcoming iOS update that will possiblylure even more users to the country's largest operator. Monday's news sheds more light on a possible partnership with China Mobile as recent reports revealed that the companieswere in talks regarding 4G TD-LTE integration in an upcoming modelof the iPhone. The technology would allow the device to access thetelecom giant's unique next-generation network. Currently, the only official Chinese partner carrier is thecountry's number two operator China Unicom, which has an exclusiveagreement with the Cupertino, Calif., company to sell the iPhone.Apple is scheduled to expand its presence in the Chinese marketthis week, however, as China Telecom is set to offer the newest iPhone 4S at a fully subsidized price beginning Friday. I am an expert from ps3-motion-controller.com, while we provides the quality product, such as China Unique Electronic Gadgets , Dashboard Sticky Pad Manufacturer, IPhone Gamepad Controller,and more.
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