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Top 20 mobile networks in the world: China tops, Bharti Airtel in top 5

By Sriram Vadlamani Fri, May 27, 2011 2:08PM UTC 0 Comment

Bharti Airtel is the only India-based operator to find a mention in the world top 5 club by subscribers and top 20 club by revenues. Bharti Airtel has 199.6 million subscribers across the world. China Mobile with 584 million subscribers and $19.9 billion in revenue is at the top position. Revenues, however paint a different picture...

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Apple: China world’s fastest-growing iPhone market

By Jon Russell Fri, Apr 22, 2011 12:00PM UTC 4 Comments

Following the release of Apple’s most recent quarterly figures, the company has said China has become its fastest-growing iPhone market. More details from digitaltrends.com: PC World reports that during [Apple's public quarterly earnings] call, Apple’s acting CEO Tim Cook said that iPhone sales in “Greater China” grew by nearly 250 percent from the same period...

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CEO says China Mobile will get 4G iPhone 5

By Jon Russell Sun, Jan 30, 2011 12:00PM UTC 9 Comments

Fresh from commenting about Facebook and China, China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou has been discussing Apple, and specifically, the iPhone – which his company does not yet carry – as Fortune’s tech blog reports from Davos. Will the iPhone 5 be the one that finally cracks open the No. 1 carrier in the world’s biggest...

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Facebook discussed “possibility of cooperation” with China Mobile

By Jon Russell Thu, Jan 27, 2011 3:00PM UTC 0 Comment

Facebook.com's mastermind, Mark Zuckerberg at his office in Palo Alto, Calif. Pic: AP.

China Mobile Chairman Wang Jianzhou has claimed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg met with him at the end of last year to discuss “the possibility of cooperation” in China, according to a Bloomberg article published yesterday. Zuckerberg’s recent visit to China generated much speculation but beyond the hearsay and analyst comments, Jianzhou’s comment, made at...

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