China Unicom vice president via Li Gang: talks about introducing ipad

Li Gang, deputy general manager of China Unicom, said the company is in talks with Apple about introducing the ipad, "caijing reporter Wang Chihua trainee reporter Wang Ningning" China Unicom is in talks with Apple to introduce its powerful electronics ipad, depending on Apple's global push plan and production.　　May 21, China Unicom (0762.HK) Vice general manager Li Gang in the fourth session of APEC e-Commerce forum to accept the "financial" reporter interview, said, as Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) 's strategic partner, China Unicom is in talks with Apple to introduce the ipad, but the specific time is undecided.　　On May 12, China Mobile's chairman, Mr Wang, said he was interested in the ipad at a press conference of China Mobile (00941.HK). However, Li Gang analysis that the ipad currently has two versions of the product, one is a WiFi version, the other is a 3G plus WiFi version.　　The 3G version of the ipad uses WCDMA, so it will certainly take the form of a partnership with China Unicom to enter the Chinese market.　　Li said that Apple has a very stringent global push plan, coupled with the limited production of the ipad, it is difficult to fully spread, but only to step forward. In recent days, a number of Apple agents have begun to accept the WiFi version of the ipad subscription, said it will be officially released on May 28. May 7 Apple said the ipad will be available outside the United States on May 28, with no China in the first 9 countries.　　China's Hong Kong listing will wait until July.　　The owner of the Apple Store in Sanlitun, Beijing, denied that it would launch the ipad in the Chinese market on May 28, saying it was unclear when it would enter China. In November 2009, China Unicom launched Apple's iphone, which was 2.5 faster than the iphone's IPO in the United States.　　The ipad, which was listed in the U.S. on April 3, sold 300,000 units on its first day and broke 1 million in 28 days, after the iphone took 74 days to exceed that figure.　　According to RBC Capital Harsh analyst estimates, the ipad in the U.S. market weekly sales of 200,000 units, slightly lower than the iphone 3GS 246,000, the ipad is expected to achieve worldwide sales of 5 million to 8 million units. On May 21, Apple's shares rose 1.92% per cent to $242.32. On the morning of May 24, China Unicom's shares rose 2.7% to close at HK $9.13.