Apple’s much talked about iPhone 5 is all set to be launched in December after getting go-ahead from Chinese regulators.

China's Telecommunications Equipment and Certification Center (TENAA) on Thursday gave iPhone models necessary network access licenses. The pictures of devices that looked like iPhone 5 appeared on TENAA's website on Thursday.

According to Computerworld, one of the approved devices has the model number "A1429" and is built for a WCDMA 3G network. It's expected to be sold for the mobile carrier China Unicom, which has 233 million mobile users.

The other version, with the model number "A1442" is built for a CDMA2000 3G network, and is most likely meant for China Telecom, which has 155 million mobile subscribers.

Apple's has previously said that its expects the iPhone 5 will go on sale in China sometime in December.

The chairman of China Unicom, the country's second-largest mobile carrier, said early this month that it expected to start selling the iPhone 5 this year as it aims for a major boost in 3G users to 100 million by the year-end, up from 67 million in the first nine months, Reuters reports.