Market Currents

• Tuesday, January 6, 2009

• 12:36 PM iPhone (AAPL) activations at Canada's Rogers Communications (RCI) were surprisingly weak in Q4, down to 130K from Q3's 255K. While no longer a novelty in Q4, Genuity Capital says it assumed the Christmas selling season would keep sales up. Comment!

• Wednesday, August 6, 2008

• 14:22 PM "Wireless and cable assets are great places in which to be invested in uncertain economic times," Scotia Capital says. It likes Canada's Rogers (RCI -2.4%), which is somewhat shielded from a U.S. slowdown - and for another 10 reasons. Comment!

• Wednesday, July 9, 2008

• 12:51 PM Following wide-spread criticism, including from Apple (AAPL), Rogers (RCI) decided to roll back the pricing of its 6GB iPhone 3G plan to $30 - from a previous $60-115. "We listen to customers... We heard them." Comment!

• Tuesday, July 8, 2008

• 13:22 PM Apple retail stores (AAPL) will not sell the 3G iPhone in Canada, out of disgust with Rogers Wireless's (RCI) egregious service plans. Comment!