Just two weeks after signing an agreement with China Unicom, Apple once again in talks with rival China Mobile, to offer the iPhone as well.

China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou confirmed that his company is negotiating with Apple, to offer the iPhone, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Monday. Unlike some countries like the United States, where the carrier agreement, as a rule, exclusive contract with China Unicom is a non-exclusive.

This leaves open the Apple to negotiate with the carriers as much as he wants in this market. That’s both good and bad for Apple.

China Mobile, â„– 1 carrier in China, has 141 million subscribers, the magazine reported. This is more than three times the subscribers number 2 carrier China Unicom. It is obvious that getting the iPhone in the hands of China’s mobile customers would be great economic and market share gains for Apple.

However, as the magazine notes, Apple will need to make some changes to the iPhone to his work on TD company China Mobile-SCDMA wireless platforms. Another option is to leave the iPhone as it is and let it work on slower 2G platform carrier.

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