China Mobile has started receiving pre-orders of iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C which support the Operator’s TD-LTE technology, Xinhua News Agency has reported.  Operator has signed LTE deals with more than 10 mobile phone makers, including Samsung, HTC and Xiaomi.

China Mobile aims to sell 100 million 4G phones in 2014 and expand 4G services to 340 cities nationwide by the end of next year. Chinese government granted 4G licenses to the country's top three telecom operators in early December. 

According to operator, 700 million China Mobile users are now able to apply for SIM cards for 4G services without changing numbers in the local outlets.

No details of the iPhone price and other information are currently available.