07.09.2009 22:50 Uhr, Quelle: 9to5Mac

China Unicom grabs a sliver of O2 parent, Telefonica, as Chinese iPhone deals unfurl

The corporations. They do keep growing, expanding, forming their own blueprint across the planetary landscape, a sleight of hand so crafy some things just get lost in the ether. Not this one though: Fresh from its iPhone deal, China Unicom today took a slice of another iPhone carrier, O2 parent company, Telefonica. (Or perhaps its true to say the two corporations took a slither of interest in one another). Spanish-owned Telefonica is one of the largest fixed-line and mobile telecommunications companies in the world: 3rd in terms of number of clients (with the acquisition of O2, Movistar and Manx Telecom) only behind China Mobile and Vodafone, and in the top five in market value. Apple’s brand-new Chine

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