Two stories have broke about Apple, the iPhone, and China. First off, International Business Times is covering a story originally broke by the Chinese news site Sina.com.cn, where reportedly a team of Apple executives, lead by VP of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing Greg Joswiak. They are headed to Beijing to meet with executives of China Unicom […]
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Apple Execs Headed to China for iPhone Negotiations? iPhone Approval Untrue?

Aug 4th 2009 by

Two stories have broke about Apple, the iPhone, and China.

First off, International Business Times is covering a story originally broke by the Chinese news site Sina.com.cn, where reportedly a team of Apple executives, lead by VP of iPod and iPhone Product Marketing Greg Joswiak. They are headed to Beijing to meet with executives of China Unicom to secure an agreement, and begin selling the iPhone in China.

“Senior officials from Apple Inc are to visit China this week, and they haven’t arrived in Beijing yet,” the informed source told Sina.com. “Apple’s branch company in China are ready for the reception, and it has informed China Unicom about this earlier,” the source revealed the information on Monday night.

“Their visit aims to visit senior officials of China Unicom and discuss with them how iPhone should enter Chinese market,” the source said, adding that officials of Apple may also meet seniors of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

This bring us to the second story of the day. This story from World of Apple, suggests that previous reports of the iPhone having gained regulatory approval from China’s State Radio Regulatory Commission are untrue. When the story originally broke, it was reported that an entry on the SRRC website referred to the approval of the iPhone for sale in China, most likely with China Unicom.
This point is being countered by an article on iPhoneAsia which says the receipt of radio transmission certificate “is not news”, and the iPhone has not been approved for sale yet because of the lack of a network access license.
In short, reports are all over the board. In one breath the iPhone is ready for sale in China, in another breath, it is not. This could very well be the reason Apple is dispatching execs to China (if they actually are); to clean this mess up.

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