Rogers Reports High Demand and Sales for iPhone

Demand for the iPhone in Canada is still more than the supply but there is no active iPhone shortages at the current time.  Rogers Wireless says it's getting weekly shipments from Apple to meet the demand. 

The company does not release specific sales numbers for competitive reasons but says that the sales of the iPhone are continuing at an accelerated pace.  Rogers has the only network in Canada capable of running the high-end touch-screen phones.  The 3G iPhones cost $199 and $299 and some analysts have estimated it will cost consumers $1,200 to $1,400 yearly to operate the iPhone.

Demand may have been helped as Rogers dropped the price of its data plan for Web browsing, video watching and sending emails to $30 a month on a three-year contract for customers who activate their iPhones by Aug. 31. The price change came after consumer criticism and an online petition signed by tens of thousands.