An unidentified industry insider cited byMarbridge Consultingclaims that Chinese Internet company Sina and Samsung have formed a partnership wherein the former will operate the Samsung Apps mobile application store for China.
It will not directly be handled by Sina, but by 1000CHI Software Technology, a mobile phone download client developer that is backed by the Internet company.
A spokesperson for Samsung China said that the move is part of Samsung’s plan to encourage development of localized mobile applications. It is also presumed that after this deal, Sina’s mobile applications will be pre-installed on Samsung handsets, which currentlyaccounts11% of all mobile phones in China, making it the 3rd largest phone manufacturer in the country with thebiggestmobile phone population.
Story byFrancis Tan
Francis Tan is the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social me(show all)Francis Tanis the Asia editor of TNW, who is based in the Philippines. He is particularly interested in Asian Internet startups, social media and e-commerce. Get in touch with him via Twitter@francistanor Emailfrancis@thenextweb.com.
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