Sources said that Apple might be secretly negotiating with China Unicom about the way for iPhone to enter China, but it still needed the approval of MIIT to enter the Chinese market. At present, MIIT had the final say in mobile phone network access testing and license issuance. Analysts believed that after this reorganization, China Unicom's 3G was expected to adopt the WCDMA standard, and Apple's 3G iPhone also supported the WCDMA standard. Based on the merger plan between China Unicom and China Netcom approved by the shareholders meeting of China Unicom on September 30 this year, 3G iPhone launched by China Unicom would become an important resource for New China Unicom to compete for high-end customers with China Mobile and China Telecom.