Apple officially inked a deal with China Mobile

Apple's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook is ‘incredibly optimistic’ about China Mobile deal.He said that great things will happen in the future and 2014 will be a big year for Apple.After years of failed negotiations, Apple finally inked a deal with the carrier last month, giving it access to the worlds-largest subscriber base of 750+ million people.Apple currently ranks 5th in China’s smartphone market.iPhone on China Mobile will support 4G/TD-LTE and 3G/TD-SCDMA networks.

This is actually a very big deal for Apple which was left aside by China’s main carrier for all this time, potentially due to the terms of the agreement Apple wanted.To give you a quick idea of how big China Mobile is, its subscriber base of about 700 million is twice as big as the whole United States. Yes, you read that right, China Mobile has twice as many customers as there is people in the US.China Mobile has aggressively promoted iPhones and iPads.China Mobile also confirmed the news of taking pre-orders for the iPhone 5s and 5c before it's launch.This deal comes after 6+ years of on-and-off negotiations between China Mobile and Apple.Apple ships 1.4 million iPhone 5s units to China Mobile on it's launch.