China Mobile Gains The Upper Hand In Apple Talks

China Mobile still doesn't carry the iPhone but that didn't stop it from reporting its best-ever monthly 3G uptake numbers. The largest wireless carrier in the world took the market by surprise, adding 5.5 million net 3G subscribers in December as against an average of about 3 million in the previous months. A big chunk of these net adds are likely to have come from its existing 2G base, which declined by about 2.5 million during the month. The surprise, however, didn't extend to China Unicom an...