Speculation has it that 52-year-old telecom exec Nadir Mohamed has been tapped as the new CEO of Toronto TV and wireless giant Rogers Communications. The position has been vacant since the passing of Ted Rogers last December. Company chairman Alan Horn has been acting CEO since October.

Mohamed joined Rogers in 2000 and shortly after was named president and CEO of Rogers Wireless – a lucrative division that represents the bulk of Rogers’ business. Under Mohamed’s watch, Rogers Wireless struck an agreement with Apple to bring its popular iPhone to Canada, an investment that boosted the company’s third-quarter revenue by 84% in 2008.

In other Rogers news, Pary Bell becomes VP of product, digital media, leaving a similar role at Canwest Global. Bell was VP of content for Canwest Digital Media, responsible for overall digital content strategy at all Canwest broadcast properties, including Global Television and the former Alliance Atlantis channels. At Rogers, he will work under Claude Galipeau, currently SVP of digital media at Rogers Media. Both executives worked together at the former AAC and the CBC in digital posts.