Citing an unnamed source, the Wall Street Journal claims that Apple’s deal with China Mobile will go live later this month, around Dec. 18.
If true, the deal has been a long time in coming. Only the two companies know for sure why a deal has taken so long, but reports dating as far back as 2011 indicated that China Mobile wanted a significant cut of Apple’s app store revenue.
In the run-up to the release of the iPhone 5S and 5C several months ago, fresh rumors attached to a possible deal between the two companies cropped up, but ultimately proved to be premature. But shortly thereafter, Apple was granted a license for the iPhone to run on China Mobile's network.
According to a Reuters report, the state-owned carrier began a new round of talks with Apple regarding a possible deal sometime in the spring of 2012.
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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