Rogers Communications, the telco that owns Canada’s dominant wireless carrier, could publicly name its current chief operating officer and president Nadir Mohamed as its next chief executive officer sometime in the next two weeks, according to the Globe and Mail, citing “a source close to the situation.” Mohamed’s appointment has…

AT&T isn’t the only carrier shining in the afterglow of the iPhone. Canada’s Rogers reported an 84 percent jump in profits, thanks largely to strong iPhone sales and subscriber growth. The company sold about 255,000 iPhone 3Gs during the last quarter and about half of them were sold to new…

—Security flaw and repair date: A recently discovered security flaw will be fixed by September, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) told Macworld today. “The minor iPhone security issue which surfaced this week is fixed in a software update which will be released in September,” said Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock. The bug allows…

Despite all the complaints about the higher-than-average service plans for the iPhone that Rogers Wireless intends to charge and subsequent reports about Apple’s disappointment with the Canadian carrier, the iPhone 3G is selling quite well in Canada today, Reuters reports. Indeed, Rogers backtracked on pricing mid-week and announced a promotional…

—UK operator O2 has sold out online of its stock of iPhones, with its web site crashing under the strain of punters flocking to get one, reports Reuters. Meanwhile, the UK independent mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse said interest in the upcoming iPhone is ten times that of the original…

This isn’t exactly the biggest protest that Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) could have waged against Rogers Wireless, but it’s getting a ton of attention. Reports today are claiming that the iPhone-maker will refuse to sell the new 3G version of the phone in Apple retail stores on Friday because it is…