iPhone’s access to China approved

APPLE Inc moved a step closer to accessing some 33 million potential iPhone users in China, as regulators authorised specifications for a device that would run on the network of China Telecom Corp.

The China Radio Management Office approved Apple’s application for a handset that operates on the CDMA2000 network standard, the regulator said in a statement on its website.

The wireless standard is the third-generation network technology used by Hong Kong-listed China Telecom, which is China’s third-largest carrier.