China Telecom to start selling Apple's iPhone 4S
China Telecom said on Tuesday it will begin selling the iPhone 4S on March 9, making it the second carrier in the country to officially sell Apple's popular smartphone.
The agreement opens up sales of Apple's newest iPhone to China Telecom's 129 million mobile subscribers. Rival China Unicom had previously been the sole carrier of the iPhone in China. Analysts said this helped drive China Unicom's mobile subscriber growth. It now has 202.8 million users.
Apple has previously said China is its second largest market after the U.S. For the first three months of 2011, iPhone sales in the country increased by 250 percent year-over-year. "iPhone 4S has been an incredible hit with customers around the world," said Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. "We're thrilled to be launching iPhone 4S with China Telecom and can't wait to get it into the hands of even more customers in China."
