iPhone 6 gets one Chinese licence, needs another before sales begin

Apple Inc's iPhone 6 received regulatory approval for use on domestic frequencies, but still requires one more critical licence before it may be sold in the country, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Thursday.

Apple has not yet issued an iPhone 6 release date for China, one of its most important markets, leading to widespread speculation that it has encountered difficulty in obtaining the requisite licences from the ministry of industry and information technology, which tests new phones before they may enter national telecom networks. Apple still needs to obtain a critical network access licence for the iPhone, after which sales may begin, Xinhua said.