China Mobile and Apple 'tie the knot' in cooperation plan

'Happy marriage' will help US electronics company sell more products in China, and two companies may join hands in iPad sector, Shen Jingting reports

Apple Inc's recent agreement with China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest telecom carrier with a user base of 760 million, is a significant start for the two companies' cooperation, according to two of their top executives.

Xi Guohua, chairman of China Mobile, compared the company's six-year continuous negotiations with Apple with a long "courtship". After the two companies finally reached a deal on Dec 23, 2013, Xi joked that China Mobile and Apple had entered into a happy marriage.