That China Mobile Deal Is Paying Off for Apple’s App Store

After years of talks, Apple struck a deal in 2013 with the world’s largest mobile carrier, China Mobile, and began selling the iPhone 5s and 5c on its network on Jan 17.

Now it looks like that team-up was a boon for App Store revenue. According to an App Annie report released this morning, iOS revenue from China grew 70 percent between Q4 2013 and Q1 2014. The report also cited strong app download numbers led by the games, travel and social networking categories.