All systems go for iPhone in China as regulator signs-off final licence

Photo: mshn.com now has all three of the licences needed to allow the new i to be used on China’s three major carriers:China Mobile,China UnicomandChina Telecom. TheWSJreports that the final licence was issued today.According to the website of China’s Telecom Equipment Certifiion Center Wednesday, was given a “network access ” for a handset resembling the iPhone that runs on the mobile standards used by China Mobile for third and fourth eration cellular services. announcedyesterdaythat bothiPhone 5candiPhone 5swould go on sale in China on 20th September, in parallel with the US launch.Analysts have estimated that Chinese andJapanesesales combined could add up to anextra 38M handsetsa yr.