China’s 3rd largest mobile operating China Telecom has begun preparations for sales of Apple’s next generation [iPhone 5] by training its staff accepting orders at the end of September. According to many sources the carrier has already announced availability of the device at one of its stores, and the official sales beginning in October.
All the predictions point to more than a million iPhone 5 by the end of 2011, which means China Telecom may increase the subsidy it offers on the new Apple smartphone in an effort to bump sales, and the carrier is also rumored to be prepping a 1.5 billion yuan ($235 million) marketing and advertising campaign surrounding the iPhone 5.
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