China Approves iPhone With WAPI Wi-Fi

China has reportedly approved a new Apple mobile device with 3G and Wi-Fi support, according to PC World. Apple has been selling iPhones in China without Wi-Fi making it hard for cellular compares to compete against black market vendors.

Chinese regulators last month approved the frequency ranges used by a new Apple mobile phone with 3G and wireless LAN support, the Web site of China's State Radio Monitoring Center shows. The device appears to be an iPhone and uses GSM and the 3G standard WCDMA, just like iPhones currently offered in China by local carrier China Unicom.

Now that WAPI (WLAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) is supported it's thought that Apple will soon launch a new version of the iPhone in the country.


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