Market Report – iPhone Coming to China?



Eugenia Lee, David Lee

Market Report – iPhone Coming to China?

市場報導：iPhone 將進入中國?

【新聞關鍵字】

1.negotiation：n. 協商、談判

2.subscriber：n. 訂戶，用戶

3.smartphone：n. 智慧型手機

4.launch：v. 推出

5.catalyst：n. 催化劑、刺激(或促進)因素

6.version：n. 版本、形式

Chinese mobile providers are in negotiations with Apple to introduce the iPhone into the Chinese market. Here’s more.

中國手機通信業者正在與蘋果公司協商要將iPhone引進中國市場，請看以下報導。

STORY:

China Unicom, the country’s second largest mobile provider, said it was in talks with Apple to introduce the iPhone to the huge market.

中國第二大手機通信業者–中國聯合網絡通信有限公司表示，該公司正在與蘋果公司商議要將iPhone引進中國這個巨大的市場。

Rival China Mobile, the world’s No.1 mobile company with more domestic subscribers than the U.S. population, was in negotiations to sell the iPhone but has not come to an agreement.

該公司的競爭對手中國移動通信，是全世界最大的手機通信業者，在中國擁有的客戶數量甚至超過美國人口。中國移動正在協議iPhone的銷售事宜，但尚未取得共識。

Apple’s multi-media smartphone was launched world-wide in 2007 but has yet to issue licenses in China largely due to a lack of third generation mobile services.

蘋果公司多媒體智慧型手機於2007年在全球推出，但在中國尚未發給執照，主要是因為中國欠缺第三代行動通信服務。

But competition is growing. Unicom announced earlier this year it wants to roll out coverage to 280 cities by the end of 2009, with 3G users expected to account for 20 percent of all China mobile users within three years.

不過競爭已經開始加劇。中聯網通今年稍早宣告，該公司將在2009年底前擴增覆蓋範圍至280個城市，第三代行動通信使用者也估計將在三年內達到20%的市佔率。

China has around 640 million mobile subscribers, but analysts wonder if an Apple deal will be an earnings catalyst for either company, as the Apple brand is not particularly strong there.

中國已有將近6.4億個手機用戶，不過分析師質疑蘋果公司的交易對於這些行動通信公司會有多少盈餘上的注挹，因為蘋果的品牌在中國並不特別強。

Many Chinese are already using iPhones brought in through private channels or various local versions or competitors already on the market.

許多中國人已經透過私下管道或各種不同的當地仿冒版、或競爭者，已開始使用iPhones手機了。

本則影音新聞出自新唐人英語新聞：http://english.ntdtv.com/?c=155&a=8116

【看頭條 學英語】

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2.Tibetans to protest against China’s brutality in Taipei

西藏人將在台北抗議中國的野蠻

3.Gao Zhisheng’s Wife and Children Arrive in the U.S.

高智晟妻女到達美國

4.China must respect Taiwanese people’s desire: MAC chief

陸委會主委說：中國必須尊重台灣人民的想望

5.29-member Israeli delegation to attend Deaflympics in Taiwan

有29位成員的以色代表團將參與聽障奧運在台灣

【每日一句】

I’m in charge of computer system. 我負責電腦系統

【今日諺語】

Gold will not buy anything.

金錢並非萬能